Saturday, January 28, 2017 4:35:11 PM
Obama’s DOJ Fought Texas Voter ID Law. Trump’s New Civil Rights Chief Offered Tips On Writing It.
That’s not a great sign for voting rights protection.
01/25/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civil-rights-division-trump-texas-voter-id_us_5887a75fe4b098c0bba6f72d [with embedded video and document, and comments]
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Donald Trump’s Comments on Torture Provoke Harsh Reaction Abroad
Jan 26 2017
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/donald-trump-s-comments-torture-provoke-harsh-reaction-abroad-n712381 [with embedded videos]
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While other outlets fact-check Trump, Infowars provides alternative facts
Almost every media outlet from left to right, from Salon to Fox News, has debunked President Trump's claim about millions of illegal votes being cast in the 2016 election. Almost.
January 26, 2017
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/26/media/infowars-alex-jones-donald-trump/index.html [with embedded video]
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In private meeting, Pence vows ‘full evaluation of voting rolls’ over claims of fraud
President Trump, accompanied by Vice President Pence, shakes hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, prior to speaking at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia.
January 27, 2017
In a private meeting with congressional Republicans this week, Vice President Pence vowed that the Trump administration would pursue a wide-ranging probe of voting rolls in the United States to examine whether millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election as President Trump has charged.
“What I can tell you is that I would anticipate that the administration is going to initiate a full evaluation of voting rolls in the country, the overall integrity of our voting system in the wake of this past election,” Pence told Republican lawmakers during a question-and-answer session at their annual policy retreat in Philadelphia this week.
The vice president’s comments, captured in a recording obtained by The Washington Post, give the clearest indication yet of how the Trump administration intends to investigate whether 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally in the 2016 general election, an unsupported claim Trump has made.
In the recording, Pence invoked a study [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/29/trump-camps-repeated-use-of-dubious-sources-on-voter-fraud/ ] that Trump has falsely claimed shows widespread voter fraud.
“Just because so many Americans share the concern that you have, I have, the president certainly has about people being registered in multiple states,” Pence added. “You can anticipate that we will be looking for ways to work with you, to simply dig into it, to follow the facts, to see where the facts go. That one-person, one-vote principle is at the very heart of this republic and our democratic institutions, and it must be defended.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/in-private-meeting-pence-vows-full-evaluation-of-voting-rolls-over-claims-of-voting-fraud/2017/01/27/1c1fa1de-e49a-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html [with embedded videos, and comments]
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Jake Tapper’s Response To Steve Bannon Is A Model For Journalists Everywhere
Yes.
01/26/2017 Updated January 27, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jake-tapper-steve-banno-model-for-journalists-everywhere_us_588ab632e4b0303c0752e618?gj2m9zn4ndwo8ncdi [with embedded video (from https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/824740305148706818 {with comments}), and comments]
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Shut Out in France, National Front Looks for Financing Abroad
National Front leader Marine Le Pen at a news conference in Paris on Thursday.
Opponents say anti-immigrant party’s appeals for loans in Russia and elsewhere opens door to foreign influence
Jan. 26, 2017
http://www.wsj.com/articles/shut-out-in-france-national-front-looks-for-financing-abroad-1485465769 [with comments]
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Official from Le Pen’s far-right party says it’s ‘just like the Israeli government’
01/27/2017
Nicholas Bay, the secretary-general of France’s ultra-nationalist National Front party, made a low-key three-day visit [ http://jpupdates.com/2017/01/26/official-from-frances-ultra-nationalist-national-front-party-visits-israel/ ] to Israel this week, meeting with Young Likud chairman David Shayan. Bay’s visit was unusual in that the far-right party, which has been associated with anti-Semitism, is boycotted by Israel.
In an interview [ http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.767857?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&v=7823B79E1F296546C033788FA41C07DF / http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.767857 ] with Haaretz Thursday, Bay, 39, stressed that his party, headed by presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, is not racist or anti-Semitic.
According to Bay, the Israeli government does not understand that the National Front “only wants to protect the security of French citizens, the French economy, France’s borders and French identity – just like the Israeli government, and just like the Trump administration in the U.S. We don’t want to interfere in your decisions, but we’re extending our hand to the Israeli government.”
Founded in 1972 by Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Front is based on a platform of extreme opposition to immigration, economic protectionism, and a strict approach to law and order issues. Jean-Marie Le Pen was ousted from the party in 2011 due to anti-Semitic comments.
In the Haaretz interview, Bay claimed that the National Front was never anti-Semitic, and has always had Jewish members.
“There were Jews in the party already upon its establishment, but when [Jean-Marie] Le Pen began speaking as he does he found himself at a disagreement with most of the party’s voters and members,” Bay said.
A 2002 article by the Anti-Defamation League noted the elder Le Pen’s long record of anti-Semitism. The article cited Le Pen’s statement that “the races are not equal,” and accusation in 1997 that then-President Jacques Chirac was “in the pay of Jewish organizations, and particularly of the notorious B’nai B’rith.”
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http://jpupdates.com/2017/01/27/official-from-le-pens-far-right-party-says-its-just-like-the-israeli-government/
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NewEurope: Spain’s PM warns Marine Le Pen and AfD will ‘destroy Europe’
“I don’t even want to think about it, that would be a disaster, it would simply mean the destruction of Europe,” Mariano Rajoy said during an interview with radio Onda Cero when asked about the possibility of Le Pen or the AfD winning power.
27 January 2017
http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/01/27/415728/neweurope-spains-pm-warns-marine-le-pen-and-afd-will-destroy-europe.html
Spanish PM warns Le Pen victory would be 'a disaster'
26th January 2017
http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/Spain-France-Germany-EU-politics-rightwing_925909.html [no comments yet]
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Far-right European politicians are talking about “making Europe great again”
"Say cheese!"
January 26, 2017
https://qz.com/893348/far-right-european-politicians-are-talking-about-making-europe-great-again/
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The nation’s top scientists can’t get through to Trump — and they’re alarmed
Protesters gather in front of the offices of Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) as part of a nationwide rally organized to protest the nominations of climate change deniers in the cabinet of President Donald Trump on Jan. 9.
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/leaders-of-science-organizations-dismayed-by-trump-administration-moves/ [with embedded document ( http://www.esa.org/esa/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2016_11_23-Multisociety-CEO-Transition-Letter.pdf ), and comments]
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How Neil DeGrasse Tyson Would Explain Trump’s Use of ‘Alternative Facts’
January 26, 2017
http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/neil-degrasse-tyson-trump-alternative-facts.html [with comments]
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Sen. Booker: Trump is 'a repeated liar and propagandist'
All In with Chris Hayes
1/26/17
The Democratic Senator condemned President Donald Trump for repeating debunked myths about voter fraud, calling on him instead to take action against barriers to voting. Duration: 11:24
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-booker-trump-is-a-repeated-liar-and-propagandist-863800899691
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Trump favors torture and 'taking the oil'
All In with Chris Hayes
1/26/17
The implications multiply a day after President Trump reiterated campaign comments about bringing back torture and 'taking the oil' from Iraq. Duration: 5:32
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-favors-torture-and-taking-the-oil-863800899846
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Trump favor for unpopular Russia raises questions of influence
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/17
Rachel Maddow relays reports of espionage and treason arrests in Russia and wonders why Russia has done for the U.S. to warrant favorable treatment from Donald Trump given Russia's political unpopularity in the U.S. Duration: 17:10
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-favor-for-unpopular-russia-raises-questions-of-motive-863845443847 [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128169449 (and any future following), and http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128170471 (and any future following)]
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Russia treason arrest seen as tacit corroboration of US intel
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/17
Rachel Maddow reports on concerns about Russia's influence over Donald Trump, and the likelihood that Russia's arrests of FSB members for treason is confirmation of some part of recent U.S. intelligence releases about Russia. Duration: 8:43
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-treason-arrest-seen-as-tacit-corroboration-of-us-intel-863859267681 [and again, see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128169449 (and any future following), and http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128170471 (and any future following)]
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Trump: I'm going to keep as many campaign promises as I can
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXIJgqnII2ZOINSWNOGFThA / http://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel/videos ]
In a 'Hannity' cable news exclusive, the president discusses plans for a border wall, choosing a Supreme Court justice, cutting regulations and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRaN9mQ8x-4 [with comments]
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President Trump gives 'Hannity' a tour of the Oval Office
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
The new president discusses how he's been influenced by past presidents in a 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
Donald Trump Brands Madonna ‘Disgusting’ [next YouTube below] and ‘Saturday Night Live’ a ‘Disgrace’ in New Interview With Sean Hannity
January 27, 2017
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-labels-madonna-disgusting-and-snl-a-disgrace-w463287 [with embedded videos, and comments]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDP36Dqz4oo [with comments]
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Trump on combating terror: We're fighting 'sneaky rats'
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
President addresses the use of waterboarding in interrogations, US relationships with other nations in 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
Donald Trump Didn’t Think Madonna Was ‘Disgusting’ When He Lied About Her Wanting to Date Him
After splitting from Marla Maples, the Donald posed as his own publicist—John Miller—in order to spread falsehoods to the tabloids about various famous women’s interest in him.
01.27.17
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/27/donald-trump-didn-t-think-madonna-was-disgusting-when-he-lied-about-her-wanting-to-date-him.html [with embedded videos]
Donald Trump vs. Madonna: Everything We Know
Pop icon and new president have been feuding for more than 25 years
January 27, 2017
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/donald-trump-vs-madonna-everything-we-know-w463439 [with comments]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lac8-7zx62Q [with comments]
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Trump on ObamaCare, energy independence and job creation
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
The president outlines his policy views in a 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjvuFGGOEyU [with comments]
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President Trump on media: 'They're the liars'
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
President comments on controversy over a Martin Luther King Jr. bust in the Oval Office, speech at CIA headquarters in 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNTQzYneqL4 [with comments]
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Pres. Trump's first negotiation was a humiliation
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/26/17
Lawrence O'Donnell explains why Mexican President Peña Nieto's decision to not attend a scheduled meeting with Pres. Trump over the border wall is Trump's first humiliation on the global stage and sends a message to other world leaders about future negotiations. Duration: 11:29
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/pres-trump-s-first-negotiation-was-a-humiliation-863874627788 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM8iWOOLlls [with (over 7,000) comments]
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Trump disarray starts with the President
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/26/17
The President of Mexico cancels his meeting with Trump, Trump's senior advisor attacks the media, and Trump staffers are leaking insulting stories about Trump's fixation with media reports about him. David Frum and Joy Reid explain that his words matter. Duration: 12:12
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/trump-disarray-starts-with-the-president-863873091856
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The Daily Show - Welcome to President Trump's Reality
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
In his first interview since taking office, President Trump praises Fox News's coverage of his CIA speech and defends a ban on immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.
[originally aired January 26, 2017]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2YLS80Nmls [with (over 6,000) comments]
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Trump's False Claims and Executive Orders: A Closer Look
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]
Seth takes a closer look at the false claims President Trump repeated during his first national TV interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfgKqsTMhM [with (approaching 4,000) comments]
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Prosecutor: Man attacks Muslim airline employee at JFK
FILE - In this Saturday, April 6, 2013, file photo, a Delta Airlines jet flies past the company’s billboard at Citi Field, in New York. A Massachusetts man who authorities say assaulted a Muslim airline employee at New York’s Kennedy Airport is facing hate crime charges. The Queens District Attorney’s Office says 57-year-old Robin Rhodes, of Worchester, was waiting for a flight to Massachusetts Wednesday night, Jan. 25, 2017, when he approached Delta employee Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, while she was sitting in her office. Prosecutors say Rhodes cursed Islam, punched the door and kicked Khan’s leg.
(Mark Lennihan, File/Associated Press)
Jan. 27, 2017 8:31 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A Massachusetts man is accused of attacking a Muslim airline employee at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, allegedly kicking and shouting obscenities at the woman and telling her that President Donald Trump "will get rid of all of you," authorities said.
The Queens District Attorney's Office said Robin Rhodes, of Worcester, had arrived from Aruba and was awaiting a connecting flight to Massachusetts Wednesday night when he approached Delta employee Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, while she was sitting in her office.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Rhodes came up to the door and went on a profanity-laced tirade, asking the woman if she was praying. Rhodes then allegedly punched the door, which hit the back of Khan's chair. Khan asked Rhodes what she had done to him and Rhodes replied, "You did nothing." He then cursed at her and kicked her in the leg, Brown said.
When another person tried to calm him down, Brown said Rhodes moved away from the door and Khan ran out of the office. Rhodes followed her, got down on his knees and began to bow down in imitation of a Muslim praying, shouted obscenities and said "Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you. You can ask Germany, Belgium and France about these kind of people. You see what happens," Brown said.
At the time of his arrest, Rhodes allegedly told police, "I guess I am going to jail for disorderly conduct. I couldn't tell if it was a man or woman because their back was to me and they had something covering their head."
Rhodes was charged with assault, unlawful imprisonment, menacing and harassment as hate crimes. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney who can comment on the charges.
"The bigotry and hatred that the defendant is accused of manifesting and acting upon have no place in a civilized society — especially in Queens County, the most culturally diverse county in the nation," Brown said. "Crimes of hate will never be tolerated here and when they do, regrettably occur, those responsible will be brought to justice."
© 2017 Associated Press
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/87591b8430ed499199427e14df172961
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Student promoting white nationalism on UW-Madison campus exposed as racially-motivated arsonist
Bascom Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
January 27, 2017
Earlier this month, Daniel Dropik, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, decided to found a Madison chapter of the American Freedom Party.
The American Freedom Party is a party of white nationalists that proclaims itself as primarily for “white Americans, and all Americans who support our mission,” its website states [ http://theamericanfreedomparty.us/mission-statement/ ]. Founded in January 2010, its platform [ http://american3rdposition.com/?page_id=9184 ] invokes “freedom from immigration invasion” and “freedom of association,” specifically “freedom in racial matters.”
Dropik, 33, had long been interested in political debate, and believed that the UW-Madison campus had an anti-white climate. He believed that there was room for a pro-white student group outside of the conservative and libertarian party groups that already existed on the campus. And he wanted to be the creator of an explicit white advocacy party on campus.
So Dropik created a website, MadisonAFP.org [ https://madisonafp.org/ ], a recruitment video [ https://videopress.com/v/N9BOMhag ], and set out to give out fliers to other students.
“Fight Anti-White Racism on Campus! | Join Our Student Club | MadisonAFP.org/contact | #UWAltRight,” the flier read.
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... Dropik had entered a guilty plea to two racially-motivated arsons, according to documents from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit [ http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/061492p.pdf ].
In 2005 Dropik had been caught starting fires in two predominantly African American congregations, causing $850 in damage to the Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee and $39,000 in damage to the Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lansing, Mich. according to the Daily Cardinal [ http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2017/01/leader-of-uw-madison-alt-right-movement-committed-racially-motivated-crimes-in-2005 ].
Dropik had committed the crimes because he “believed a black person had stolen his backpack … and black men beat him up during a party near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,” according to the Associated Press [ http://bigstory.ap.org/article/610943610a2a4a6c98a44c7d81880120 ].
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Rudolph Randa sentenced Dropik to 63 months in prison, which he served, as well as three years on supervised release.
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When Dropik was released, he pursued and was granted an associate degree at UW-Waukesha in 2013. He applied to UW-Madison in 2015 and is currently in his second year on campus, with a focus in computer science. He uses as his Twitter avatar “Pepe the Frog,” a symbol co-opted by white nationalist groups.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/27/student-promoting-white-nationalism-on-uw-madison-campus-exposed-as-racially-motivated-arsonist/ [with comments]
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Emmett Till’s Accuser Admits She Lied About Claims That Led To His Murder
“Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him,” Till’s accuser admits in a new book.
01/27/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/emmett-tills-accuser-admits-she-lied-about-claims-that-led-to-his-murder_us_588ba65ee4b0b065cbbbd4f0?k8zhopx8atv7h9f6r [with comments]
Woman Linked to Emmett Till Lynching Says Her Claims Were False
JAN. 27, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/emmett-till-lynching-carolyn-bryant-donham.html
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Vice President Mike Pence remarks at March for Life (C-SPAN)
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by C-SPAN [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb--64Gl51jIEVE-GLDAVTg / http://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN , http://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN/videos ]
Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks at the March for Life in Washington, DC.
Watch full event video here:
March for Life Rally
Vice President and Mrs. Pence, Kellyanne Conway, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and several lawmakers spoke at the annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
January 27, 2017
https://www.c-span.org/video/?422535-1/public-officials-address-march-life-rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJB5W1-E6B0 [with comments] [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=3967329 and preceding and following, and http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=54833454 and preceding and following]
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Forget The Economy: The Election Was Always About Abortion
It’s the most durable single-issue vote and the success of both the Women’s March and the March for Life proves it.
01.27.17
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/28/forget-the-economy-the-election-was-always-about-abortion.html
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Federal judge blocks Texas fetal tissue burial rule
Overcome with emotion after speaking at an August state hearing on a fetal burial rule, Dr. Leslie Spotz, right, hugs Rose Ireland, a retired nurse.
Judge says rule serves no medical purpose but can serve as a pretext to limit access to abortion.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton quickly promises to appeal the ruling, which indefinitely blocks the rule.
January 27, 2017
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-texas-fetal-tissue-burial-rule/wnZPv9VhOQN9O0gYgzxilI/ [with comments]
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Baylor Graduate Sues College Over Alleged 2013 Gang Rape
January 28, 2017
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/baylor-graduate-sues-college-over-alleged-2013-gang-rape.html [no comments yet]
New Baylor lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by football players in 4 years, 'show 'em a good time' culture
Updated Jan 28, 2017
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/baylor/2017/01/27/new-baylor-lawsuit-describes-show-em-good-time-culture-cites-52-rapes-football-players-4-years [with embedded copy of the complaint ( https://www.scribd.com/document/337738007/Elizabeth-Doe-vs-Baylor-University ), and comments]
New Baylor lawsuit alleges culture in which drugs, alcohol and sex were encouraged
Jan 28, 2017
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18569197/latest-lawsuit-filed-baylor-university-alleges-culture-which-drugs-alcohol-sex-were-encouraged [with comments]
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Full Show - NWO Slayer, Trump Delivers In First Seven Days - 01/27/2017
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
On this Friday, Jan. 27th 2016 edition of the Alex Jones Show [with an appearance by Roger Stone], we are joined by Dr. Iris Mack to discuss Trump's renegotiation of NAFTA and dumping the TPP. We also look into the Chinese takeover of U.S. media as well as a new study confirming Hillary Clinton received 800,000 votes from non-citizens.
Gallup Daily: Trump Job Approval
[on January 27, 2017, Trump at 42% approve, 50% disapprove]
http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qkTr5Rd_k [with comments]
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Human-pig 'chimera embryos' detailed
The embryos were allowed to develop for 28 days.
Embryos that are less than 0.001% human - and the rest pig - have been made and analysed by scientists.
26 January 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38717930
study: http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31752-4
Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants
Injection of human iPS cells into a pig blastocyst. A laser beam (green circle with a red cross inside) was used to perforate an opening to the outer membrane (zona pellucida) of the pig blastocyst to allow easy access of an injection needle delivering human iPS cells.
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/scientists-create-a-part-human-part-pig-embryo-raising-the-possibility-of-interspecies-organ-transplants/ [with comments]
New Prospects for Growing Human Replacement Organs in Animals
A pig embryo at four weeks, which had been injected with human stem cells.
JAN. 26, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/science/chimera-stemcells-organs.html
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New U.S. U.N. envoy warns allies: back us or we'll take names
Jan 27, 2017
The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, pledged on Friday to overhaul the world body and warned U.S. allies that if they do not support Washington, then she is "taking names" and will respond.
Haley made brief remarks to reporters as she arrived at the world body's headquarters in New York to present her credentials to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
"Our goal with the administration is to show value at the U.N. and the way that we'll show value is to show our strength, show our voice, have the backs of our allies and make sure that our allies have our back as well," Haley said.
"For those that don't have our back, we're taking names, we will make points to respond to that accordingly," added Republican President Donald Trump's U.N. envoy.
Haley, who was South Carolina's Republican governor when Trump picked her for the post, has little foreign policy and no U.S. federal government experience.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-un-idUSKBN15B1NG
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Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘World Is Preparing for War’
Jan 27 2017
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ex-soviet-leader-mikhail-gorbachev-world-preparing-war-n712891
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Trump Meets Theresa May of Britain as He Weighs Lifting Russia Sanctions
JAN. 27, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump [ https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/donald-trump ] was meeting on Friday with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain in a session fraught with tension as the new American leader contemplates lifting sanctions against Russia [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/russiaandtheformersovietunion/index.html ] despite the objections of many Europeans wary of Moscow.
In hosting Ms. May at the White House, Mr. Trump was holding his first meeting with a visiting foreign leader since taking office, and it will test the contours of his new “America First” foreign policy. The meeting came just a day after Mexico’s president canceled his plans to sit down with Mr. Trump amid a dispute over his proposed border wall.
Russia presumably will be a major part of the discussion between Mr. Trump and Ms. May. Mr. Trump has scheduled a telephone call [ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/27/world/europe/ap-eu-russia-us.html ] with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for Saturday as administration officials debate how far the American should go in easing up pressure on the Kremlin. Mr. Trump also plans to talk by phone with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, who has been a leading voice in Europe for keeping pressure on Russia.
Kellyanne Conway, the president’s counselor, said that Mr. Trump was considering lifting sanctions against Russia. “All of that is under consideration,” she said on “Fox and Friends” on Friday. “And if another nation that has considerable resources wishes to join together with the United States of America to try to defeat and eradicate radical Islamic terrorism, we’re listening.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/europe/theresa-may-britain-trump.html
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FULL: President Trump & British Prime Minister Theresa May Press Conference
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by FOX 10 Phoenix [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg/videos ]
British Prime Minister Theresa May says President Donald Trump has reaffirmed both countries' "unshakeable commitment" to the NATO military alliance. Trump had rattled European allies by suggesting NATO is "obsolete" and that the United States might not come to the aid of countries that don't meet targets for their own defense spending. May's comments after their meeting Friday are meant to put that concern to rest. She says the two also agreed it is important for member countries to "invest properly to face our shared challenges together." May also says she extended an invitation to visit England on behalf of the queen and that Trump has accepted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hILiTZZjZqI [with (over 5,000) comments] [the ABC News YouTube at/see (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128216986 and preceding (and any future following)]
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An ‘America first’ philosophy? During May’s visit, it’s more like ‘Trump first.’
President Trump holds a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday at the White House.
January 27, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/an-america-first-philosophy-during-mays-visit-its-more-like-trump-first/2017/01/27/ce9831c0-e4cf-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html [with comments] [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128193831 and preceding and following]
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Russian lawmakers decriminalize some domestic violence
Russian lawmaker Olga Batalina, one of the bill's co-authors rejected suggestions that the bill would sow impunity for those who beat up their families, speaks on a phone at the State Duma (lower parliament house) in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. The State Duma voted 380-3 Friday to eliminate criminal liability for battery on family members that doesn't cause bodily harm, making it punishable by a fine or a 15-day day arrest.
(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Jan. 27, 2017 6:58 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — Soon it will no longer be a crime in Russia to beat family members — as long as you don't cause bodily harm.
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday gave final approval to a bill decriminalizing some forms of domestic violence — a move that has sparked intense public debate.
The State Duma voted 380-3 Friday to eliminate criminal liability for battery on family members that doesn't cause bodily harm, making it punishable instead by a fine or a 15-day arrest. The law needs to be approved by the largely rubber-stamp upper chamber and signed by President Vladimir Putin, who has signaled his support.
The bill has raised fears that it could sow impunity for those who beat up their wives and children, but its supporters have argued that it retains criminal responsibility for repeat offenders.
The measure is a response to conservative criticism of the current law, seen by some as a threat to parents who might spank their children.
The bill stems from last year's Supreme Court ruling to decriminalize battery that doesn't inflict bodily harm, but to retain criminal charges for those accused of battery against family members. The Duma then approved the corresponding legislation only to change course now.
Andrei Isayev of the main Kremlin faction, the United Russia, said lawmakers are "heeding the public call" by correcting a mistake they made last year.
A survey this month by state-run pollster VTsIOM showed that 19 percent of Russians said "it can be acceptable" to hit one's wife, husband or child "in certain circumstances." The nationwide poll by phone of 1,800 people was held Jan. 13-15. The survey had a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
Critics of the measure have warned that it would encourage domestic violence and fuel crime.
"This bill would establish violence as a norm of conduct," Communist lawmaker Yuri Sinelshchikov said during the debate.
Data on domestic violence in Russia is scarce, but Interior Ministry statistics show that 40 percent of all violent crimes in Russia are committed in family surroundings. In 2013, more than 9,000 women were reported to have been killed in domestic violence.
Russian police are often reluctant to react to domestic violence calls, which many regard as meddling in family affairs.
Prosecutors in November began investigating a police officer who took a call from a woman complaining about her boyfriend's aggressive behavior. Instead of offering help, the officer reportedly told the woman that the police would only come if she got killed. Shortly afterward, the man beat the woman to death.
© 2017 Associated Press
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1490d479d90d4ad896130bd1fa7c32a8
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Malala Yousafzai Says She’s ‘Heartbroken’ Over Donald Trump’s Plan For Refugees
[ https://twitter.com/MalalaFund/status/825101904116080647 (with comments]]
The young human rights activist urged Trump “not to turn his back” on children and families.
01/27/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/malala-heartbroken-trump-refugees_us_588bb88be4b0b065cbbbf28c?mv3y9zmn0645qm2t9 [with comments]
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Trump’s statement marking Holocaust remembrance leaves out mention of Jews
A woman lights a candle during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Jan. 27.
January 27, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-statement-marking-holocaust-remembrance-leaves-out-mention-of-jews/2017/01/27/0886d3c2-e4bd-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
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Daniel W. Drezner
@dandrezner
Dear @POTUS: on Holocaust Remembrance Day my synagogue told me the Syrian refugee family we're sponsoring is not coming. Go fuck yourself.
5:29 PM - 27 Jan 2017
https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/825108503429787649 [with comments]
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Trump's ban on Muslim-dominated countries
All In with Chris Hayes
1/27/17
President Trump issues an executive order temporarily banning immigration from Muslim-dominated countries and the response from lawmakers and refugee organizations is fierce. Duration: 16:14
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-ban-on-muslim-dominated-countries-864582211971
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Audio recording reveals GOP in chaos over Obamacare
All In with Chris Hayes
1/27/17
The Washington Post obtained an audio recording from a closed-door meeting at congressional Republicans' retreat, where numerous members sounded alarms about the lack of a consensus plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Duration: 7:31
Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare
President Trump, accompanied by Vice President Pence, center, shakes hands with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday at a Republican congressional retreat.
January 27, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/behind-closed-doors-republican-lawmakers-fret-about-how-to-repeal-obamacare/2017/01/27/deabdafa-e491-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html [with embedded video, and (over 8,000) comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/audio-recording-reveals-gop-in-chaos-over-obamacare-864586819853
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Trump, weak under pressure, caves; wall's future uncertain
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/27/17
Rachel Maddow reports on a series of orders from Donald Trump to federal agencies this week that were ultimately reversed as Trump caved to pressure, and wonders about the future of Trump's wall when Americans learn he wants them to pay for it. Duration: 19:03
Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen
Science 26 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1579
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/01/25/science.aal1579
related press releases:
Metallic hydrogen, once theory, becomes reality [Harvard PR]
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-metallic-hydrogen-theory-reality.html
From theory to reality: The creation of metallic hydrogen [AAAS PR]
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/aaft-ftt012317.php
Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material'
Scientists in the US say they have at last managed to turn hydrogen into a state where it behaves like a metal.
Smaller than the cross-section of a hair on your head: The tiny sample went from transparent, to black, to highly reflective as the pressure was increased. Becoming shiny and reflective is a sign the material has become a solid metal, the Harvard team claims.
27 January 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38768683
Physicists doubt bold report of metallic hydrogen
Many researchers are sceptical of a paper claiming to have compressed hydrogen to a metallic state.
Under pressure: physicists aren't convinced by a claim that hydrogen has been squeezed to a metallic form inside a diamond-tipped anvil.
26 January 2017
http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-doubt-bold-report-of-metallic-hydrogen-1.21379 ["Commenting is currently unavailable."]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-weak-under-pressure-caves-wall-s-future-uncertain-864665155938
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Trump ignores shameful holocaust lessons with refugee ban
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/27/17
Rachel Maddow reports on how Donald Trump's ban on refugees comes on Holocaust Remembrance Day and notes that America's policy of compassion for refugees stems directly from shameful lessons learned in the wake of the holocaust. Duration: 5:05
Haunting Twitter Account Shares the Fates of the Refugees of the St. Louis
In 1939, Cuba and the United States turned back a ship full of German Jews, 254 of whom were later killed during the Holocaust
German-Jewish refugees are shown at the rail of the German Liner St. Louis in Havana Cuba on June 1, 1939.
January 27, 2017
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/haunting-twitter-account-shares-the-fates-of-the-refugees-of-st-louis-180961955/ [with comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-ignores-shameful-holocaust-lessons-with-refugee-ban-864675395864
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Trump sparks anger with misguided refugee ban
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/27/17
Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at Tufts University, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump's refugee ban manages to be both an affront to American values and harmful to American interests. Duration: 8:02
Trump’s Immigration Ban Blocks Travelers at Airports Around Globe
The wife of an Iraqi citizen who was detained at Kennedy Airport. She was at her sister’s home in Houston on Saturday.
JAN. 28, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s executive order on immigration quickly reverberated through the United States and across the globe on Saturday, slamming the border shut for an Iranian scientist headed to a lab in Boston, an Iraqi who had worked as an interpreter for the United States Army, and a Syrian refugee family headed to a new life in Ohio, among countless others.
Around the nation, security officers at major international gateways had new rules to follow. Humanitarian organizations scrambled to cancel long-planned programs, delivering the bad news to families who were about to travel. Refugees who were airborne on flights when the order was signed were detained at airports.
At least one case quickly prompted a legal challenge as lawyers representing two Iraqi refugees [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/iraqi_refugees/index.html ] held at Kennedy International Airport [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/k/kennedy_international_airport_nyc/index.html ] in New York filed a motion early Saturday seeking to have their clients released. They also filed a motion for class certification, in an effort to represent all refugees and other immigrants who they said were being unlawfully detained at ports of entry.
Mr. Trump’s order, enacted with the stroke of a pen on Friday afternoon, suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The White House said the restrictions would protect “the United States from foreign nationals entering from countries compromised by terrorism” and ensure “a more rigorous vetting process.” But critics condemned Mr. Trump over the immediate collateral damage imposed on people who, by all accounts, had no sinister intentions in trying to come to the United States.
An official message to all American diplomatic posts around the world provided instructions about how to treat people from the countries affected: “Effective immediately, halt interviewing and cease issuance and printing” of visas to the United States.
Confusion turned to panic at airports around the world, as travelers found themselves unable to board flights bound for the United States. In Dubai and Istanbul, airport and immigration officials turned passengers away at boarding gates and, in at least one case, ejected a family from a flight they had boarded.
Seyed Soheil Saeedi Saravi, a leading young scientist in Iran, had been scheduled to travel in the coming days to Boston, where he had been awarded a fellowship to study cardiovascular medicine at Harvard, according to Thomas Michel, the professor who was to supervise the research fellowship.
But Professor Michel said the visas for the student and his wife had been indefinitely suspended.
“This outstanding young scientist has enormous potential to make contributions that will improve our understanding of heart disease, and he has already been thoroughly vetted,” Professor Michel wrote to The New York Times. “This country and this city have a long history of providing research training to the best young scientists in the world, many of whom have stayed in the U.S.A. and made tremendous contributions in biomedicine and other disciplines.”
A spokesman for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities — the association of large public colleges — said that the group was aware of an Iranian undergraduate student who had been barred from boarding a flight.
A Syrian family of six who have been living in a Turkish refugee camp since fleeing their home in 2014 had been scheduled to arrive in Cleveland on Tuesday, according to a report [ http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/president_donal_trump_acts_to.html ] in The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Instead, the family’s trip has been called off.
Danielle Drake, a community relations manager at US Together, a refugee resettlement agency, told the newspaper that Mr. Trump’s ban reminded her of when the United States turned away Jewish refugees during World War II. “All those times that people said, ‘Never again,’ well, we’re doing it again,” she said.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html [with comments]
Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order'
Memo from CEO Pichai says more than 100 employees impacted
Pichai says President’s move caused painful ’personal costs’
Sundar Pichai.
January 28, 2017
Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the U.S. now.
Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai slammed Trump’s move in a note to employees Friday, telling them that more than 100 company staff are affected by the order.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-28/google-recalls-some-staff-to-u-s-after-trump-immigration-order
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-sparks-anger-with-misguided-refugee-ban-864684099724
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'Far Too Much Planning' Went Into Florida Mass Shooting Plot: Police
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
By Kelly Terez
Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 9:35 pm | Updated: 10:00 pm, Fri Jan 27, 2017
LADY LAKE, Fla.) -- New details have emerged in the alleged mass shooting plot by two teenagers on a Florida middle school.
"Far too much planning" went into the alleged mass shooting plan for The Villages Charter Middle School in Lady Lake, Florida, said Sumter County Sheriff's Capt. James "Chris" Haworth. Two boys -- ages 13 and 14 -- came up with the alleged plan after they researched the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, Haworth told ABC News.
Haworth described the amount of detail the students put into the alleged plot, which was planned for Friday, as "very specific" and "serious enough to the point that the other children were scared -- scared enough to come forward and say something."
The teens allegedly told fellow students to wear white on Friday if they didn't want to get shot, Haworth said. But, in subsequent interviews with the teens, that request was revealed to be a ruse, Haworth said.
"They wanted them to wear white because the blood shows better on a white shirt," Haworth said.
The teens told investigators that "they were going to drop a pencil, and that would be the initiating of the shooting," Haworth said. Witnesses also indicated that some students were warned to not attend school on Friday, according to a police press release.
After school ended on Tuesday, it was reported to a school resource officer that rumors had been circulating among students about a planned mass shooting at the school for Friday, Haworth said.
On Tuesday, the 13-year-old student was allegedly overheard saying he was going to "shoot up the school on Friday," according to a police affidavit released by the sheriff's office.
Police intercepted one of the accused teens on their way into school on Wednesday, and after preliminary interviews, "It was quickly divulged that they had been, in fact, planning a school shooting," Haworth said.
The accused 13-year-old confirmed to the school resource officer Wednesday that he and another 14-year-old student were plotting the shooting, Haworth said. During the interview with the school principal and resource officer, he said that he had made a dumb statement about the Columbine shooting the previous day, telling the 14-year-old, "Imagine if that was me shooting," according to the police affidavit. He then told students around him not to come to school on Friday.
The 13-year-old also told the school resource officer that he had been suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts, saying, "I just want to die."
The 14-year-old said he discussed the details of the alleged plan with the 13-year-old because he thought it was a joke, according to the police affidavit.
Haworth said the threat was not a joke and that police are taking it seriously because of how much detail went into the alleged plot and because the students had allegedly conducted research on the Columbine shooting.
"This was real," Haworth said of the alleged plot.
After being questioned on Wednesday, the two students were taken into custody to be evaluated, Michelle Keszey, media manager at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, told ABC News. It is her understanding that the students went home following the evaluation, she said.
The two students were then arrested Thursday at their homes, Haworth said. Multiple firearms were found at the 14-year-old's house in Wildwood, Florida, including a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the nightstand in his parent's bedroom, a loaded semi-automatic gun in a family vehicle and an assortment of other guns in a safe, Haworth said.
A loaded semi-automatic rifle was also found in the 13-year-old's home in Fruitland Park, Florida. No weapons were found on either of the students or in their bags or lockers when they were apprehended at school on Wednesday, police said in a release.
In an interview, the 14-year-old said that his father owns a gun, but added that it was locked up, according to the police affidavit. The teen also said that the two never discussed what guns they were going to use in the alleged plot.
A student told police that the 13-year-old had recently attended a tribute to the Holocaust and had showed up to school with swastikas on his hands and Nazi logos on his arms, according to the police affidavit.
Both teens are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and are currently at a juvenile assessment center in Ocala, Florida, Haworth said. The Florida State Attorney’s Office will determine whether they will be tried in juvenile or adult court, Keszey said. They have not yet entered a plea.
While it is still early in the investigation, there is nothing to indicate that the teens' parents will be charged as well, Haworth said.
More than half of the school's students were not in attendance Friday, Haworth said.
Copyright © 2017, ABC Radio
http://www.willmarradio.com/news/national/far-too-much-planning-went-into-florida-mass-shooting-plot/article_8350cdf3-df86-5f51-b907-cfd0cfd02d57.html [with embedded video; no comments yet]
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Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal
Protesters near the White House on Wednesday.
By DAVID J. BIER
JAN. 27, 2017
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that purports to bar for at least 90 days almost all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria and Iraq, and asserts the power to extend the ban indefinitely.
But the order is illegal. More than 50 years ago, Congress outlawed such discrimination against immigrants based on national origin.
That decision came after a long and shameful history in this country of barring immigrants based on where they came from. Starting in the late 19th century, laws excluded [ https://ourdocuments.gov/doc_large_image.php?flash=true&doc=47 ] all Chinese, almost [ https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/japanese-relations ] all Japanese, then [ http://library.uwb.edu/Static/USimmigration/1917_immigration_act.html ] all Asians in the so-called Asiatic Barred Zone. Finally, in 1924, Congress created [ https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act ] a comprehensive “national-origins system,” skewing immigration quotas to benefit Western Europeans and to exclude most Eastern Europeans, almost all Asians, and Africans.
Mr. Trump appears to want to reinstate a new type of Asiatic Barred Zone by executive order, but there is just one problem: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 banned [ http://library.uwb.edu/Static/USimmigration/1965_immigration_and_nationality_act.html ] all discrimination against immigrants on the basis of national origin, replacing the old prejudicial system and giving each country an equal shot at the quotas. In signing the new law, President Lyndon B. Johnson said that “the harsh injustice” of the national-origins quota system had been “abolished.”
Nonetheless, Mr. Trump asserts that he still has the power to discriminate, pointing to a 1952 law [ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182 ] that allows the president the ability to “suspend the entry” of “any class of aliens” that he finds are detrimental to the interest of the United States.
But the president ignores the fact that Congress then restricted this power in 1965, stating [ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1152 ] plainly that no person could be “discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person’s race, sex, nationality, place of birth or place of residence.” The only exceptions are those provided for by Congress (such as the preference for Cuban asylum seekers).
When Congress passed the 1965 law, it wished to protect not just immigrants, but also American citizens, who should have the right to sponsor their family members or to marry a foreign-born spouse without being subject to pointless discrimination.
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David J. Bier is an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/trumps-immigration-ban-is-illegal.html
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Trump's second day of humiliation on the world stage
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/27/17
After the President of Mexico rebuked, Donald Trump lost round 2 today as Mexico said Trump agreed to stop talking publicly about Mexico paying for the wall. And the British Prime Minister is sounding the alarm about Russia ahead of Trump’s phone call with Putin. Duration: 12:43
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/trump-s-second-day-of-humiliation-on-the-world-stage-864669251631
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The Chaos Presidency: Trump Week 1
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/27/17
The Trump White House’s rocky first week included policy blunders, falsehoods and (of course) controversial tweets. Nicholas Kristof, EJ Dionne and Catherine Rampell join Lawrence to assess "the wreckage of government by impulse." Duration: 9:21
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/the-chaos-presidency-trump-week-1-864672323622
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Monologue: WTF Is Going On? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by Real Time with Bill Maher [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6kyFxaMqGtpE3pQTflK8A / http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime , http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime/videos ]
Bill reacts to Donald Trump's first week as POTUS in his Real Time monologue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQwkVgl6eHw [with comments]
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That’s not a great sign for voting rights protection.
01/25/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civil-rights-division-trump-texas-voter-id_us_5887a75fe4b098c0bba6f72d [with embedded video and document, and comments]
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Donald Trump’s Comments on Torture Provoke Harsh Reaction Abroad
Jan 26 2017
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/donald-trump-s-comments-torture-provoke-harsh-reaction-abroad-n712381 [with embedded videos]
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While other outlets fact-check Trump, Infowars provides alternative facts
Almost every media outlet from left to right, from Salon to Fox News, has debunked President Trump's claim about millions of illegal votes being cast in the 2016 election. Almost.
January 26, 2017
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/26/media/infowars-alex-jones-donald-trump/index.html [with embedded video]
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In private meeting, Pence vows ‘full evaluation of voting rolls’ over claims of fraud
President Trump, accompanied by Vice President Pence, shakes hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, prior to speaking at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia.
January 27, 2017
In a private meeting with congressional Republicans this week, Vice President Pence vowed that the Trump administration would pursue a wide-ranging probe of voting rolls in the United States to examine whether millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election as President Trump has charged.
“What I can tell you is that I would anticipate that the administration is going to initiate a full evaluation of voting rolls in the country, the overall integrity of our voting system in the wake of this past election,” Pence told Republican lawmakers during a question-and-answer session at their annual policy retreat in Philadelphia this week.
The vice president’s comments, captured in a recording obtained by The Washington Post, give the clearest indication yet of how the Trump administration intends to investigate whether 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally in the 2016 general election, an unsupported claim Trump has made.
In the recording, Pence invoked a study [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/11/29/trump-camps-repeated-use-of-dubious-sources-on-voter-fraud/ ] that Trump has falsely claimed shows widespread voter fraud.
“Just because so many Americans share the concern that you have, I have, the president certainly has about people being registered in multiple states,” Pence added. “You can anticipate that we will be looking for ways to work with you, to simply dig into it, to follow the facts, to see where the facts go. That one-person, one-vote principle is at the very heart of this republic and our democratic institutions, and it must be defended.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/in-private-meeting-pence-vows-full-evaluation-of-voting-rolls-over-claims-of-voting-fraud/2017/01/27/1c1fa1de-e49a-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html [with embedded videos, and comments]
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Jake Tapper’s Response To Steve Bannon Is A Model For Journalists Everywhere
Yes.
01/26/2017 Updated January 27, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jake-tapper-steve-banno-model-for-journalists-everywhere_us_588ab632e4b0303c0752e618?gj2m9zn4ndwo8ncdi [with embedded video (from https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/824740305148706818 {with comments}), and comments]
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Shut Out in France, National Front Looks for Financing Abroad
National Front leader Marine Le Pen at a news conference in Paris on Thursday.
Opponents say anti-immigrant party’s appeals for loans in Russia and elsewhere opens door to foreign influence
Jan. 26, 2017
http://www.wsj.com/articles/shut-out-in-france-national-front-looks-for-financing-abroad-1485465769 [with comments]
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Official from Le Pen’s far-right party says it’s ‘just like the Israeli government’
01/27/2017
Nicholas Bay, the secretary-general of France’s ultra-nationalist National Front party, made a low-key three-day visit [ http://jpupdates.com/2017/01/26/official-from-frances-ultra-nationalist-national-front-party-visits-israel/ ] to Israel this week, meeting with Young Likud chairman David Shayan. Bay’s visit was unusual in that the far-right party, which has been associated with anti-Semitism, is boycotted by Israel.
In an interview [ http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.767857?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&v=7823B79E1F296546C033788FA41C07DF / http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.767857 ] with Haaretz Thursday, Bay, 39, stressed that his party, headed by presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, is not racist or anti-Semitic.
According to Bay, the Israeli government does not understand that the National Front “only wants to protect the security of French citizens, the French economy, France’s borders and French identity – just like the Israeli government, and just like the Trump administration in the U.S. We don’t want to interfere in your decisions, but we’re extending our hand to the Israeli government.”
Founded in 1972 by Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Front is based on a platform of extreme opposition to immigration, economic protectionism, and a strict approach to law and order issues. Jean-Marie Le Pen was ousted from the party in 2011 due to anti-Semitic comments.
In the Haaretz interview, Bay claimed that the National Front was never anti-Semitic, and has always had Jewish members.
“There were Jews in the party already upon its establishment, but when [Jean-Marie] Le Pen began speaking as he does he found himself at a disagreement with most of the party’s voters and members,” Bay said.
A 2002 article by the Anti-Defamation League noted the elder Le Pen’s long record of anti-Semitism. The article cited Le Pen’s statement that “the races are not equal,” and accusation in 1997 that then-President Jacques Chirac was “in the pay of Jewish organizations, and particularly of the notorious B’nai B’rith.”
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http://jpupdates.com/2017/01/27/official-from-le-pens-far-right-party-says-its-just-like-the-israeli-government/
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NewEurope: Spain’s PM warns Marine Le Pen and AfD will ‘destroy Europe’
“I don’t even want to think about it, that would be a disaster, it would simply mean the destruction of Europe,” Mariano Rajoy said during an interview with radio Onda Cero when asked about the possibility of Le Pen or the AfD winning power.
27 January 2017
http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2017/01/27/415728/neweurope-spains-pm-warns-marine-le-pen-and-afd-will-destroy-europe.html
Spanish PM warns Le Pen victory would be 'a disaster'
26th January 2017
http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/Spain-France-Germany-EU-politics-rightwing_925909.html [no comments yet]
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Far-right European politicians are talking about “making Europe great again”
"Say cheese!"
January 26, 2017
https://qz.com/893348/far-right-european-politicians-are-talking-about-making-europe-great-again/
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The nation’s top scientists can’t get through to Trump — and they’re alarmed
Protesters gather in front of the offices of Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) as part of a nationwide rally organized to protest the nominations of climate change deniers in the cabinet of President Donald Trump on Jan. 9.
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/leaders-of-science-organizations-dismayed-by-trump-administration-moves/ [with embedded document ( http://www.esa.org/esa/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2016_11_23-Multisociety-CEO-Transition-Letter.pdf ), and comments]
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How Neil DeGrasse Tyson Would Explain Trump’s Use of ‘Alternative Facts’
January 26, 2017
http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/neil-degrasse-tyson-trump-alternative-facts.html [with comments]
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Sen. Booker: Trump is 'a repeated liar and propagandist'
All In with Chris Hayes
1/26/17
The Democratic Senator condemned President Donald Trump for repeating debunked myths about voter fraud, calling on him instead to take action against barriers to voting. Duration: 11:24
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/sen-booker-trump-is-a-repeated-liar-and-propagandist-863800899691
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Trump favors torture and 'taking the oil'
All In with Chris Hayes
1/26/17
The implications multiply a day after President Trump reiterated campaign comments about bringing back torture and 'taking the oil' from Iraq. Duration: 5:32
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-favors-torture-and-taking-the-oil-863800899846
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Trump favor for unpopular Russia raises questions of influence
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/17
Rachel Maddow relays reports of espionage and treason arrests in Russia and wonders why Russia has done for the U.S. to warrant favorable treatment from Donald Trump given Russia's political unpopularity in the U.S. Duration: 17:10
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-favor-for-unpopular-russia-raises-questions-of-motive-863845443847 [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128169449 (and any future following), and http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128170471 (and any future following)]
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Russia treason arrest seen as tacit corroboration of US intel
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/17
Rachel Maddow reports on concerns about Russia's influence over Donald Trump, and the likelihood that Russia's arrests of FSB members for treason is confirmation of some part of recent U.S. intelligence releases about Russia. Duration: 8:43
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-treason-arrest-seen-as-tacit-corroboration-of-us-intel-863859267681 [and again, see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128169449 (and any future following), and http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128170471 (and any future following)]
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Trump: I'm going to keep as many campaign promises as I can
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXIJgqnII2ZOINSWNOGFThA / http://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel/videos ]
In a 'Hannity' cable news exclusive, the president discusses plans for a border wall, choosing a Supreme Court justice, cutting regulations and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRaN9mQ8x-4 [with comments]
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President Trump gives 'Hannity' a tour of the Oval Office
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
The new president discusses how he's been influenced by past presidents in a 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
Donald Trump Brands Madonna ‘Disgusting’ [next YouTube below] and ‘Saturday Night Live’ a ‘Disgrace’ in New Interview With Sean Hannity
January 27, 2017
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-labels-madonna-disgusting-and-snl-a-disgrace-w463287 [with embedded videos, and comments]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDP36Dqz4oo [with comments]
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Trump on combating terror: We're fighting 'sneaky rats'
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
President addresses the use of waterboarding in interrogations, US relationships with other nations in 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
Donald Trump Didn’t Think Madonna Was ‘Disgusting’ When He Lied About Her Wanting to Date Him
After splitting from Marla Maples, the Donald posed as his own publicist—John Miller—in order to spread falsehoods to the tabloids about various famous women’s interest in him.
01.27.17
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/27/donald-trump-didn-t-think-madonna-was-disgusting-when-he-lied-about-her-wanting-to-date-him.html [with embedded videos]
Donald Trump vs. Madonna: Everything We Know
Pop icon and new president have been feuding for more than 25 years
January 27, 2017
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/donald-trump-vs-madonna-everything-we-know-w463439 [with comments]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lac8-7zx62Q [with comments]
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Trump on ObamaCare, energy independence and job creation
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
The president outlines his policy views in a 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjvuFGGOEyU [with comments]
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President Trump on media: 'They're the liars'
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Fox News
President comments on controversy over a Martin Luther King Jr. bust in the Oval Office, speech at CIA headquarters in 'Hannity' cable exclusive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNTQzYneqL4 [with comments]
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Pres. Trump's first negotiation was a humiliation
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/26/17
Lawrence O'Donnell explains why Mexican President Peña Nieto's decision to not attend a scheduled meeting with Pres. Trump over the border wall is Trump's first humiliation on the global stage and sends a message to other world leaders about future negotiations. Duration: 11:29
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/pres-trump-s-first-negotiation-was-a-humiliation-863874627788 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM8iWOOLlls [with (over 7,000) comments]
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Trump disarray starts with the President
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/26/17
The President of Mexico cancels his meeting with Trump, Trump's senior advisor attacks the media, and Trump staffers are leaking insulting stories about Trump's fixation with media reports about him. David Frum and Joy Reid explain that his words matter. Duration: 12:12
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/trump-disarray-starts-with-the-president-863873091856
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The Daily Show - Welcome to President Trump's Reality
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
In his first interview since taking office, President Trump praises Fox News's coverage of his CIA speech and defends a ban on immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.
[originally aired January 26, 2017]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2YLS80Nmls [with (over 6,000) comments]
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Trump's False Claims and Executive Orders: A Closer Look
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]
Seth takes a closer look at the false claims President Trump repeated during his first national TV interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfgKqsTMhM [with (approaching 4,000) comments]
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Prosecutor: Man attacks Muslim airline employee at JFK
FILE - In this Saturday, April 6, 2013, file photo, a Delta Airlines jet flies past the company’s billboard at Citi Field, in New York. A Massachusetts man who authorities say assaulted a Muslim airline employee at New York’s Kennedy Airport is facing hate crime charges. The Queens District Attorney’s Office says 57-year-old Robin Rhodes, of Worchester, was waiting for a flight to Massachusetts Wednesday night, Jan. 25, 2017, when he approached Delta employee Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, while she was sitting in her office. Prosecutors say Rhodes cursed Islam, punched the door and kicked Khan’s leg.
(Mark Lennihan, File/Associated Press)
Jan. 27, 2017 8:31 AM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A Massachusetts man is accused of attacking a Muslim airline employee at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, allegedly kicking and shouting obscenities at the woman and telling her that President Donald Trump "will get rid of all of you," authorities said.
The Queens District Attorney's Office said Robin Rhodes, of Worcester, had arrived from Aruba and was awaiting a connecting flight to Massachusetts Wednesday night when he approached Delta employee Rabeeya Khan, who wears a hijab, while she was sitting in her office.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Rhodes came up to the door and went on a profanity-laced tirade, asking the woman if she was praying. Rhodes then allegedly punched the door, which hit the back of Khan's chair. Khan asked Rhodes what she had done to him and Rhodes replied, "You did nothing." He then cursed at her and kicked her in the leg, Brown said.
When another person tried to calm him down, Brown said Rhodes moved away from the door and Khan ran out of the office. Rhodes followed her, got down on his knees and began to bow down in imitation of a Muslim praying, shouted obscenities and said "Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you. You can ask Germany, Belgium and France about these kind of people. You see what happens," Brown said.
At the time of his arrest, Rhodes allegedly told police, "I guess I am going to jail for disorderly conduct. I couldn't tell if it was a man or woman because their back was to me and they had something covering their head."
Rhodes was charged with assault, unlawful imprisonment, menacing and harassment as hate crimes. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney who can comment on the charges.
"The bigotry and hatred that the defendant is accused of manifesting and acting upon have no place in a civilized society — especially in Queens County, the most culturally diverse county in the nation," Brown said. "Crimes of hate will never be tolerated here and when they do, regrettably occur, those responsible will be brought to justice."
© 2017 Associated Press
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/87591b8430ed499199427e14df172961
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Student promoting white nationalism on UW-Madison campus exposed as racially-motivated arsonist
Bascom Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
January 27, 2017
Earlier this month, Daniel Dropik, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, decided to found a Madison chapter of the American Freedom Party.
The American Freedom Party is a party of white nationalists that proclaims itself as primarily for “white Americans, and all Americans who support our mission,” its website states [ http://theamericanfreedomparty.us/mission-statement/ ]. Founded in January 2010, its platform [ http://american3rdposition.com/?page_id=9184 ] invokes “freedom from immigration invasion” and “freedom of association,” specifically “freedom in racial matters.”
Dropik, 33, had long been interested in political debate, and believed that the UW-Madison campus had an anti-white climate. He believed that there was room for a pro-white student group outside of the conservative and libertarian party groups that already existed on the campus. And he wanted to be the creator of an explicit white advocacy party on campus.
So Dropik created a website, MadisonAFP.org [ https://madisonafp.org/ ], a recruitment video [ https://videopress.com/v/N9BOMhag ], and set out to give out fliers to other students.
“Fight Anti-White Racism on Campus! | Join Our Student Club | MadisonAFP.org/contact | #UWAltRight,” the flier read.
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... Dropik had entered a guilty plea to two racially-motivated arsons, according to documents from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit [ http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/7th/061492p.pdf ].
In 2005 Dropik had been caught starting fires in two predominantly African American congregations, causing $850 in damage to the Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee and $39,000 in damage to the Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lansing, Mich. according to the Daily Cardinal [ http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2017/01/leader-of-uw-madison-alt-right-movement-committed-racially-motivated-crimes-in-2005 ].
Dropik had committed the crimes because he “believed a black person had stolen his backpack … and black men beat him up during a party near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,” according to the Associated Press [ http://bigstory.ap.org/article/610943610a2a4a6c98a44c7d81880120 ].
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Rudolph Randa sentenced Dropik to 63 months in prison, which he served, as well as three years on supervised release.
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When Dropik was released, he pursued and was granted an associate degree at UW-Waukesha in 2013. He applied to UW-Madison in 2015 and is currently in his second year on campus, with a focus in computer science. He uses as his Twitter avatar “Pepe the Frog,” a symbol co-opted by white nationalist groups.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/27/student-promoting-white-nationalism-on-uw-madison-campus-exposed-as-racially-motivated-arsonist/ [with comments]
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Emmett Till’s Accuser Admits She Lied About Claims That Led To His Murder
“Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him,” Till’s accuser admits in a new book.
01/27/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/emmett-tills-accuser-admits-she-lied-about-claims-that-led-to-his-murder_us_588ba65ee4b0b065cbbbd4f0?k8zhopx8atv7h9f6r [with comments]
Woman Linked to Emmett Till Lynching Says Her Claims Were False
JAN. 27, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/emmett-till-lynching-carolyn-bryant-donham.html
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Vice President Mike Pence remarks at March for Life (C-SPAN)
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by C-SPAN [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb--64Gl51jIEVE-GLDAVTg / http://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN , http://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN/videos ]
Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks at the March for Life in Washington, DC.
Watch full event video here:
March for Life Rally
Vice President and Mrs. Pence, Kellyanne Conway, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and several lawmakers spoke at the annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
January 27, 2017
https://www.c-span.org/video/?422535-1/public-officials-address-march-life-rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJB5W1-E6B0 [with comments] [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=3967329 and preceding and following, and http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=54833454 and preceding and following]
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Forget The Economy: The Election Was Always About Abortion
It’s the most durable single-issue vote and the success of both the Women’s March and the March for Life proves it.
01.27.17
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/28/forget-the-economy-the-election-was-always-about-abortion.html
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Federal judge blocks Texas fetal tissue burial rule
Overcome with emotion after speaking at an August state hearing on a fetal burial rule, Dr. Leslie Spotz, right, hugs Rose Ireland, a retired nurse.
Judge says rule serves no medical purpose but can serve as a pretext to limit access to abortion.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton quickly promises to appeal the ruling, which indefinitely blocks the rule.
January 27, 2017
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-texas-fetal-tissue-burial-rule/wnZPv9VhOQN9O0gYgzxilI/ [with comments]
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Baylor Graduate Sues College Over Alleged 2013 Gang Rape
January 28, 2017
http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/01/baylor-graduate-sues-college-over-alleged-2013-gang-rape.html [no comments yet]
New Baylor lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by football players in 4 years, 'show 'em a good time' culture
Updated Jan 28, 2017
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/baylor/2017/01/27/new-baylor-lawsuit-describes-show-em-good-time-culture-cites-52-rapes-football-players-4-years [with embedded copy of the complaint ( https://www.scribd.com/document/337738007/Elizabeth-Doe-vs-Baylor-University ), and comments]
New Baylor lawsuit alleges culture in which drugs, alcohol and sex were encouraged
Jan 28, 2017
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18569197/latest-lawsuit-filed-baylor-university-alleges-culture-which-drugs-alcohol-sex-were-encouraged [with comments]
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Full Show - NWO Slayer, Trump Delivers In First Seven Days - 01/27/2017
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
On this Friday, Jan. 27th 2016 edition of the Alex Jones Show [with an appearance by Roger Stone], we are joined by Dr. Iris Mack to discuss Trump's renegotiation of NAFTA and dumping the TPP. We also look into the Chinese takeover of U.S. media as well as a new study confirming Hillary Clinton received 800,000 votes from non-citizens.
Gallup Daily: Trump Job Approval
[on January 27, 2017, Trump at 42% approve, 50% disapprove]
http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qkTr5Rd_k [with comments]
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Human-pig 'chimera embryos' detailed
The embryos were allowed to develop for 28 days.
Embryos that are less than 0.001% human - and the rest pig - have been made and analysed by scientists.
26 January 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38717930
study: http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31752-4
Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants
Injection of human iPS cells into a pig blastocyst. A laser beam (green circle with a red cross inside) was used to perforate an opening to the outer membrane (zona pellucida) of the pig blastocyst to allow easy access of an injection needle delivering human iPS cells.
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/26/scientists-create-a-part-human-part-pig-embryo-raising-the-possibility-of-interspecies-organ-transplants/ [with comments]
New Prospects for Growing Human Replacement Organs in Animals
A pig embryo at four weeks, which had been injected with human stem cells.
JAN. 26, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/science/chimera-stemcells-organs.html
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New U.S. U.N. envoy warns allies: back us or we'll take names
Jan 27, 2017
The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, pledged on Friday to overhaul the world body and warned U.S. allies that if they do not support Washington, then she is "taking names" and will respond.
Haley made brief remarks to reporters as she arrived at the world body's headquarters in New York to present her credentials to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
"Our goal with the administration is to show value at the U.N. and the way that we'll show value is to show our strength, show our voice, have the backs of our allies and make sure that our allies have our back as well," Haley said.
"For those that don't have our back, we're taking names, we will make points to respond to that accordingly," added Republican President Donald Trump's U.N. envoy.
Haley, who was South Carolina's Republican governor when Trump picked her for the post, has little foreign policy and no U.S. federal government experience.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-un-idUSKBN15B1NG
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Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev: ‘World Is Preparing for War’
Jan 27 2017
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ex-soviet-leader-mikhail-gorbachev-world-preparing-war-n712891
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Trump Meets Theresa May of Britain as He Weighs Lifting Russia Sanctions
JAN. 27, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump [ https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/donald-trump ] was meeting on Friday with Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain in a session fraught with tension as the new American leader contemplates lifting sanctions against Russia [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/russiaandtheformersovietunion/index.html ] despite the objections of many Europeans wary of Moscow.
In hosting Ms. May at the White House, Mr. Trump was holding his first meeting with a visiting foreign leader since taking office, and it will test the contours of his new “America First” foreign policy. The meeting came just a day after Mexico’s president canceled his plans to sit down with Mr. Trump amid a dispute over his proposed border wall.
Russia presumably will be a major part of the discussion between Mr. Trump and Ms. May. Mr. Trump has scheduled a telephone call [ http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/01/27/world/europe/ap-eu-russia-us.html ] with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for Saturday as administration officials debate how far the American should go in easing up pressure on the Kremlin. Mr. Trump also plans to talk by phone with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, who has been a leading voice in Europe for keeping pressure on Russia.
Kellyanne Conway, the president’s counselor, said that Mr. Trump was considering lifting sanctions against Russia. “All of that is under consideration,” she said on “Fox and Friends” on Friday. “And if another nation that has considerable resources wishes to join together with the United States of America to try to defeat and eradicate radical Islamic terrorism, we’re listening.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/europe/theresa-may-britain-trump.html
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FULL: President Trump & British Prime Minister Theresa May Press Conference
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by FOX 10 Phoenix [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg/videos ]
British Prime Minister Theresa May says President Donald Trump has reaffirmed both countries' "unshakeable commitment" to the NATO military alliance. Trump had rattled European allies by suggesting NATO is "obsolete" and that the United States might not come to the aid of countries that don't meet targets for their own defense spending. May's comments after their meeting Friday are meant to put that concern to rest. She says the two also agreed it is important for member countries to "invest properly to face our shared challenges together." May also says she extended an invitation to visit England on behalf of the queen and that Trump has accepted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hILiTZZjZqI [with (over 5,000) comments] [the ABC News YouTube at/see (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128216986 and preceding (and any future following)]
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An ‘America first’ philosophy? During May’s visit, it’s more like ‘Trump first.’
President Trump holds a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday at the White House.
January 27, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/an-america-first-philosophy-during-mays-visit-its-more-like-trump-first/2017/01/27/ce9831c0-e4cf-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html [with comments] [and see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128193831 and preceding and following]
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Russian lawmakers decriminalize some domestic violence
Russian lawmaker Olga Batalina, one of the bill's co-authors rejected suggestions that the bill would sow impunity for those who beat up their families, speaks on a phone at the State Duma (lower parliament house) in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. The State Duma voted 380-3 Friday to eliminate criminal liability for battery on family members that doesn't cause bodily harm, making it punishable by a fine or a 15-day day arrest.
(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Jan. 27, 2017 6:58 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — Soon it will no longer be a crime in Russia to beat family members — as long as you don't cause bodily harm.
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday gave final approval to a bill decriminalizing some forms of domestic violence — a move that has sparked intense public debate.
The State Duma voted 380-3 Friday to eliminate criminal liability for battery on family members that doesn't cause bodily harm, making it punishable instead by a fine or a 15-day arrest. The law needs to be approved by the largely rubber-stamp upper chamber and signed by President Vladimir Putin, who has signaled his support.
The bill has raised fears that it could sow impunity for those who beat up their wives and children, but its supporters have argued that it retains criminal responsibility for repeat offenders.
The measure is a response to conservative criticism of the current law, seen by some as a threat to parents who might spank their children.
The bill stems from last year's Supreme Court ruling to decriminalize battery that doesn't inflict bodily harm, but to retain criminal charges for those accused of battery against family members. The Duma then approved the corresponding legislation only to change course now.
Andrei Isayev of the main Kremlin faction, the United Russia, said lawmakers are "heeding the public call" by correcting a mistake they made last year.
A survey this month by state-run pollster VTsIOM showed that 19 percent of Russians said "it can be acceptable" to hit one's wife, husband or child "in certain circumstances." The nationwide poll by phone of 1,800 people was held Jan. 13-15. The survey had a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
Critics of the measure have warned that it would encourage domestic violence and fuel crime.
"This bill would establish violence as a norm of conduct," Communist lawmaker Yuri Sinelshchikov said during the debate.
Data on domestic violence in Russia is scarce, but Interior Ministry statistics show that 40 percent of all violent crimes in Russia are committed in family surroundings. In 2013, more than 9,000 women were reported to have been killed in domestic violence.
Russian police are often reluctant to react to domestic violence calls, which many regard as meddling in family affairs.
Prosecutors in November began investigating a police officer who took a call from a woman complaining about her boyfriend's aggressive behavior. Instead of offering help, the officer reportedly told the woman that the police would only come if she got killed. Shortly afterward, the man beat the woman to death.
© 2017 Associated Press
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1490d479d90d4ad896130bd1fa7c32a8
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Malala Yousafzai Says She’s ‘Heartbroken’ Over Donald Trump’s Plan For Refugees
[ https://twitter.com/MalalaFund/status/825101904116080647 (with comments]]
The young human rights activist urged Trump “not to turn his back” on children and families.
01/27/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/malala-heartbroken-trump-refugees_us_588bb88be4b0b065cbbbf28c?mv3y9zmn0645qm2t9 [with comments]
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Trump’s statement marking Holocaust remembrance leaves out mention of Jews
A woman lights a candle during an International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Jan. 27.
January 27, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-statement-marking-holocaust-remembrance-leaves-out-mention-of-jews/2017/01/27/0886d3c2-e4bd-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
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Daniel W. Drezner
@dandrezner
Dear @POTUS: on Holocaust Remembrance Day my synagogue told me the Syrian refugee family we're sponsoring is not coming. Go fuck yourself.
5:29 PM - 27 Jan 2017
https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/825108503429787649 [with comments]
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Trump's ban on Muslim-dominated countries
All In with Chris Hayes
1/27/17
President Trump issues an executive order temporarily banning immigration from Muslim-dominated countries and the response from lawmakers and refugee organizations is fierce. Duration: 16:14
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-s-ban-on-muslim-dominated-countries-864582211971
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Audio recording reveals GOP in chaos over Obamacare
All In with Chris Hayes
1/27/17
The Washington Post obtained an audio recording from a closed-door meeting at congressional Republicans' retreat, where numerous members sounded alarms about the lack of a consensus plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Duration: 7:31
Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare
President Trump, accompanied by Vice President Pence, center, shakes hands with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday at a Republican congressional retreat.
January 27, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/behind-closed-doors-republican-lawmakers-fret-about-how-to-repeal-obamacare/2017/01/27/deabdafa-e491-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html [with embedded video, and (over 8,000) comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/audio-recording-reveals-gop-in-chaos-over-obamacare-864586819853
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Trump, weak under pressure, caves; wall's future uncertain
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/27/17
Rachel Maddow reports on a series of orders from Donald Trump to federal agencies this week that were ultimately reversed as Trump caved to pressure, and wonders about the future of Trump's wall when Americans learn he wants them to pay for it. Duration: 19:03
Observation of the Wigner-Huntington transition to metallic hydrogen
Science 26 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1579
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/01/25/science.aal1579
related press releases:
Metallic hydrogen, once theory, becomes reality [Harvard PR]
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-metallic-hydrogen-theory-reality.html
From theory to reality: The creation of metallic hydrogen [AAAS PR]
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/aaft-ftt012317.php
Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material'
Scientists in the US say they have at last managed to turn hydrogen into a state where it behaves like a metal.
Smaller than the cross-section of a hair on your head: The tiny sample went from transparent, to black, to highly reflective as the pressure was increased. Becoming shiny and reflective is a sign the material has become a solid metal, the Harvard team claims.
27 January 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38768683
Physicists doubt bold report of metallic hydrogen
Many researchers are sceptical of a paper claiming to have compressed hydrogen to a metallic state.
Under pressure: physicists aren't convinced by a claim that hydrogen has been squeezed to a metallic form inside a diamond-tipped anvil.
26 January 2017
http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-doubt-bold-report-of-metallic-hydrogen-1.21379 ["Commenting is currently unavailable."]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-weak-under-pressure-caves-wall-s-future-uncertain-864665155938
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Trump ignores shameful holocaust lessons with refugee ban
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/27/17
Rachel Maddow reports on how Donald Trump's ban on refugees comes on Holocaust Remembrance Day and notes that America's policy of compassion for refugees stems directly from shameful lessons learned in the wake of the holocaust. Duration: 5:05
Haunting Twitter Account Shares the Fates of the Refugees of the St. Louis
In 1939, Cuba and the United States turned back a ship full of German Jews, 254 of whom were later killed during the Holocaust
German-Jewish refugees are shown at the rail of the German Liner St. Louis in Havana Cuba on June 1, 1939.
January 27, 2017
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/haunting-twitter-account-shares-the-fates-of-the-refugees-of-st-louis-180961955/ [with comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-ignores-shameful-holocaust-lessons-with-refugee-ban-864675395864
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Trump sparks anger with misguided refugee ban
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/27/17
Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at Tufts University, talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump's refugee ban manages to be both an affront to American values and harmful to American interests. Duration: 8:02
Trump’s Immigration Ban Blocks Travelers at Airports Around Globe
The wife of an Iraqi citizen who was detained at Kennedy Airport. She was at her sister’s home in Houston on Saturday.
JAN. 28, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s executive order on immigration quickly reverberated through the United States and across the globe on Saturday, slamming the border shut for an Iranian scientist headed to a lab in Boston, an Iraqi who had worked as an interpreter for the United States Army, and a Syrian refugee family headed to a new life in Ohio, among countless others.
Around the nation, security officers at major international gateways had new rules to follow. Humanitarian organizations scrambled to cancel long-planned programs, delivering the bad news to families who were about to travel. Refugees who were airborne on flights when the order was signed were detained at airports.
At least one case quickly prompted a legal challenge as lawyers representing two Iraqi refugees [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/iraqi_refugees/index.html ] held at Kennedy International Airport [ http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/k/kennedy_international_airport_nyc/index.html ] in New York filed a motion early Saturday seeking to have their clients released. They also filed a motion for class certification, in an effort to represent all refugees and other immigrants who they said were being unlawfully detained at ports of entry.
Mr. Trump’s order, enacted with the stroke of a pen on Friday afternoon, suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
The White House said the restrictions would protect “the United States from foreign nationals entering from countries compromised by terrorism” and ensure “a more rigorous vetting process.” But critics condemned Mr. Trump over the immediate collateral damage imposed on people who, by all accounts, had no sinister intentions in trying to come to the United States.
An official message to all American diplomatic posts around the world provided instructions about how to treat people from the countries affected: “Effective immediately, halt interviewing and cease issuance and printing” of visas to the United States.
Confusion turned to panic at airports around the world, as travelers found themselves unable to board flights bound for the United States. In Dubai and Istanbul, airport and immigration officials turned passengers away at boarding gates and, in at least one case, ejected a family from a flight they had boarded.
Seyed Soheil Saeedi Saravi, a leading young scientist in Iran, had been scheduled to travel in the coming days to Boston, where he had been awarded a fellowship to study cardiovascular medicine at Harvard, according to Thomas Michel, the professor who was to supervise the research fellowship.
But Professor Michel said the visas for the student and his wife had been indefinitely suspended.
“This outstanding young scientist has enormous potential to make contributions that will improve our understanding of heart disease, and he has already been thoroughly vetted,” Professor Michel wrote to The New York Times. “This country and this city have a long history of providing research training to the best young scientists in the world, many of whom have stayed in the U.S.A. and made tremendous contributions in biomedicine and other disciplines.”
A spokesman for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities — the association of large public colleges — said that the group was aware of an Iranian undergraduate student who had been barred from boarding a flight.
A Syrian family of six who have been living in a Turkish refugee camp since fleeing their home in 2014 had been scheduled to arrive in Cleveland on Tuesday, according to a report [ http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/president_donal_trump_acts_to.html ] in The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Instead, the family’s trip has been called off.
Danielle Drake, a community relations manager at US Together, a refugee resettlement agency, told the newspaper that Mr. Trump’s ban reminded her of when the United States turned away Jewish refugees during World War II. “All those times that people said, ‘Never again,’ well, we’re doing it again,” she said.
[...]
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html [with comments]
Google Recalls Staff to U.S. After Trump Immigration Order'
Memo from CEO Pichai says more than 100 employees impacted
Pichai says President’s move caused painful ’personal costs’
Sundar Pichai.
January 28, 2017
Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the U.S. now.
Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai slammed Trump’s move in a note to employees Friday, telling them that more than 100 company staff are affected by the order.
[...]
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-28/google-recalls-some-staff-to-u-s-after-trump-immigration-order
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-sparks-anger-with-misguided-refugee-ban-864684099724
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'Far Too Much Planning' Went Into Florida Mass Shooting Plot: Police
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
By Kelly Terez
Posted: Friday, January 27, 2017 9:35 pm | Updated: 10:00 pm, Fri Jan 27, 2017
LADY LAKE, Fla.) -- New details have emerged in the alleged mass shooting plot by two teenagers on a Florida middle school.
"Far too much planning" went into the alleged mass shooting plan for The Villages Charter Middle School in Lady Lake, Florida, said Sumter County Sheriff's Capt. James "Chris" Haworth. Two boys -- ages 13 and 14 -- came up with the alleged plan after they researched the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, Haworth told ABC News.
Haworth described the amount of detail the students put into the alleged plot, which was planned for Friday, as "very specific" and "serious enough to the point that the other children were scared -- scared enough to come forward and say something."
The teens allegedly told fellow students to wear white on Friday if they didn't want to get shot, Haworth said. But, in subsequent interviews with the teens, that request was revealed to be a ruse, Haworth said.
"They wanted them to wear white because the blood shows better on a white shirt," Haworth said.
The teens told investigators that "they were going to drop a pencil, and that would be the initiating of the shooting," Haworth said. Witnesses also indicated that some students were warned to not attend school on Friday, according to a police press release.
After school ended on Tuesday, it was reported to a school resource officer that rumors had been circulating among students about a planned mass shooting at the school for Friday, Haworth said.
On Tuesday, the 13-year-old student was allegedly overheard saying he was going to "shoot up the school on Friday," according to a police affidavit released by the sheriff's office.
Police intercepted one of the accused teens on their way into school on Wednesday, and after preliminary interviews, "It was quickly divulged that they had been, in fact, planning a school shooting," Haworth said.
The accused 13-year-old confirmed to the school resource officer Wednesday that he and another 14-year-old student were plotting the shooting, Haworth said. During the interview with the school principal and resource officer, he said that he had made a dumb statement about the Columbine shooting the previous day, telling the 14-year-old, "Imagine if that was me shooting," according to the police affidavit. He then told students around him not to come to school on Friday.
The 13-year-old also told the school resource officer that he had been suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts, saying, "I just want to die."
The 14-year-old said he discussed the details of the alleged plan with the 13-year-old because he thought it was a joke, according to the police affidavit.
Haworth said the threat was not a joke and that police are taking it seriously because of how much detail went into the alleged plot and because the students had allegedly conducted research on the Columbine shooting.
"This was real," Haworth said of the alleged plot.
After being questioned on Wednesday, the two students were taken into custody to be evaluated, Michelle Keszey, media manager at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, told ABC News. It is her understanding that the students went home following the evaluation, she said.
The two students were then arrested Thursday at their homes, Haworth said. Multiple firearms were found at the 14-year-old's house in Wildwood, Florida, including a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the nightstand in his parent's bedroom, a loaded semi-automatic gun in a family vehicle and an assortment of other guns in a safe, Haworth said.
A loaded semi-automatic rifle was also found in the 13-year-old's home in Fruitland Park, Florida. No weapons were found on either of the students or in their bags or lockers when they were apprehended at school on Wednesday, police said in a release.
In an interview, the 14-year-old said that his father owns a gun, but added that it was locked up, according to the police affidavit. The teen also said that the two never discussed what guns they were going to use in the alleged plot.
A student told police that the 13-year-old had recently attended a tribute to the Holocaust and had showed up to school with swastikas on his hands and Nazi logos on his arms, according to the police affidavit.
Both teens are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and are currently at a juvenile assessment center in Ocala, Florida, Haworth said. The Florida State Attorney’s Office will determine whether they will be tried in juvenile or adult court, Keszey said. They have not yet entered a plea.
While it is still early in the investigation, there is nothing to indicate that the teens' parents will be charged as well, Haworth said.
More than half of the school's students were not in attendance Friday, Haworth said.
Copyright © 2017, ABC Radio
http://www.willmarradio.com/news/national/far-too-much-planning-went-into-florida-mass-shooting-plot/article_8350cdf3-df86-5f51-b907-cfd0cfd02d57.html [with embedded video; no comments yet]
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Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Illegal
Protesters near the White House on Wednesday.
By DAVID J. BIER
JAN. 27, 2017
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday that purports to bar for at least 90 days almost all permanent immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Syria and Iraq, and asserts the power to extend the ban indefinitely.
But the order is illegal. More than 50 years ago, Congress outlawed such discrimination against immigrants based on national origin.
That decision came after a long and shameful history in this country of barring immigrants based on where they came from. Starting in the late 19th century, laws excluded [ https://ourdocuments.gov/doc_large_image.php?flash=true&doc=47 ] all Chinese, almost [ https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/japanese-relations ] all Japanese, then [ http://library.uwb.edu/Static/USimmigration/1917_immigration_act.html ] all Asians in the so-called Asiatic Barred Zone. Finally, in 1924, Congress created [ https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act ] a comprehensive “national-origins system,” skewing immigration quotas to benefit Western Europeans and to exclude most Eastern Europeans, almost all Asians, and Africans.
Mr. Trump appears to want to reinstate a new type of Asiatic Barred Zone by executive order, but there is just one problem: The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 banned [ http://library.uwb.edu/Static/USimmigration/1965_immigration_and_nationality_act.html ] all discrimination against immigrants on the basis of national origin, replacing the old prejudicial system and giving each country an equal shot at the quotas. In signing the new law, President Lyndon B. Johnson said that “the harsh injustice” of the national-origins quota system had been “abolished.”
Nonetheless, Mr. Trump asserts that he still has the power to discriminate, pointing to a 1952 law [ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182 ] that allows the president the ability to “suspend the entry” of “any class of aliens” that he finds are detrimental to the interest of the United States.
But the president ignores the fact that Congress then restricted this power in 1965, stating [ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1152 ] plainly that no person could be “discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of the person’s race, sex, nationality, place of birth or place of residence.” The only exceptions are those provided for by Congress (such as the preference for Cuban asylum seekers).
When Congress passed the 1965 law, it wished to protect not just immigrants, but also American citizens, who should have the right to sponsor their family members or to marry a foreign-born spouse without being subject to pointless discrimination.
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David J. Bier is an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/trumps-immigration-ban-is-illegal.html
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Trump's second day of humiliation on the world stage
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/27/17
After the President of Mexico rebuked, Donald Trump lost round 2 today as Mexico said Trump agreed to stop talking publicly about Mexico paying for the wall. And the British Prime Minister is sounding the alarm about Russia ahead of Trump’s phone call with Putin. Duration: 12:43
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/trump-s-second-day-of-humiliation-on-the-world-stage-864669251631
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The Chaos Presidency: Trump Week 1
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/27/17
The Trump White House’s rocky first week included policy blunders, falsehoods and (of course) controversial tweets. Nicholas Kristof, EJ Dionne and Catherine Rampell join Lawrence to assess "the wreckage of government by impulse." Duration: 9:21
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/the-chaos-presidency-trump-week-1-864672323622
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Monologue: WTF Is Going On? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Published on Jan 27, 2017 by Real Time with Bill Maher [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6kyFxaMqGtpE3pQTflK8A / http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime , http://www.youtube.com/user/RealTime/videos ]
Bill reacts to Donald Trump's first week as POTUS in his Real Time monologue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQwkVgl6eHw [with comments]
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