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Immigration group files racketeering lawsuit to force Southern Poverty Law Center to revoke 'hate' label

Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
SPLC
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One of the most prominent groups advocating for stricter immigration went to court Wednesday to demand a judge order the Southern Poverty Law Center to stop labeling it a "hate group," accusing the self-described watchdog of running an illegal racket to silence political opponents.

The Center for Immigration Studies says the SPLC's accusations that it is racist and anti-immigrant are wrong and have cost the nonprofit support and financial backing by scaring people away from doing business with the center.

The center brought its challenge to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by filing a civil complaint under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act against SPLC President Richard Cohen and Heidi Beirich, who runs the group's Hatewatch blog.

Mark Krikorian, the Center for Immigration Studies executive director, says his organization doesn't meet the SPLC's definition of a hate group and the Alabama-based watchdog knows it but persists anyway - which he said was evidence of the racket.

Comment: The SPLC, a 'non-profit' legal advocacy group with a substantial war chest specializes in hate - while it claims to be a monitor it does an outstanding job of spreading hate, using smear tactics and intimidation to silence its political opponents:

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USA

Newly-elected Minnesota Congresswoman draws accusations of 'unbelievable' bigotry and anti-Semitism


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:39 UTC
Ilhan Omar
© Reuters / Yuri GripasIlhan Omar (R) on Capitol Hill.
Newly-elected Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar found herself in the spotlight, not for passing legislation, but for defending herself against accusations of homophobia, bigotry, and anti-Semitism from all sides.

Omar's victory in November was a milestone for identity politics. But even as the first Somali-American and one of two Muslim women elected to Congress last year, accusations of intolerance have dogged her first days in office.

In a tweet posted Tuesday, Omar shared a video of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) denouncing then-candidate Trump in 2015. Now, with Graham a reliable supporter of Trump in the Senate, Omar suggested "They got to him, he is compromised!"
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Cross

US Christians protect Christians in the Middle East while ignoring persecution in the West

Seraphim Hanisch
The Duran
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
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ISIS represents the single most prominent national or pseudo national entity that makes the persecution of Christians a central part of its activity. The would-be Islamic Caliphate is widely understood to be on its last legs, having been destroyed or driven out of most of the Syrian territory and Iraq, which it had gained in surprisingly swift conquests during the administration of US President Barack Obama. However, ISIS is not the only persecutor of followers of Jesus Christ. In fact, Christianity is by far the most widely persecuted religion on earth, with the last 100 years seeing more martyrdoms than in the entire history of Christianity before.

In this video, released by Fox Entertainment, Dede Laugesen discusses the activity of Christians in the US moving to help those abroad. The video is well worth watching, but with additional considerations.


Persecution of Christians has many forces, and although this piece largely concerns itself with causing the physical death of Christian believers, it also makes a point of "exclusion from civil society, loss of property, and many other things."

Comment: From Christian faith to nihilistic void

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Attention

French police and protestors clash ahead of Macron visit to Souillac


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:10 UTC
french police confrontation
© AFP / Pascal Pavani
French demonstrators scuffled with armed police as they await Emmanuel Macron's visit to Souillac. The town in southwest France has been locked down in anticipation of the presidential visit.

Videos circulating on social media shows protesters gathering in front of police who prevent them from passing.

On Boulevard Louis Jean Malvy, demonstrators are seen attempting to shove their way past the line of police, while singing and chanting can be heard as people call for Macron's resignation.
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Pocket Knife

Man wielding large knife - mistaken as sword by witness - arrested in Dartford, UK

Ben Ashton
KentLive.news
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:54 UTC
dartford train station
© GoogleArmed police were called to Dartford railway station
A man has been arrested after brandishing a large knife at Dartford railway station this afternoon (January 18).

Armed police descended on the platforms shortly before 12.45pm after reports that a man had been "seen with a sword".

He was detained on suspicion of being in possession of an offensive weapon.

Police say the incident is not currently believed to be terror related.


Comment: Just another day in Dartford?

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Ambulance

Russian national stabs woman in Norway - terror-related, say authorities


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:39 UTC
oslo norway police
© NTB Scanpix/Terje Pedersen via ReutersA police investigation in Oslo
A Russian national has been arrested by Norway police, who suspect him to be the perpetrator of a knife attack which happened in Oslo on Thursday. The crime is being investigated as "terror-related" by the authorities.

According to Norwegian media, the Tuesday attack happened in a store and left a woman in critical condition, after a man in his 20s stabbed her.

The suspected perpetrator was arrested later and reportedly had a knife, which the police believe to have been used in the attack.

Benedicte Bjoernland, the head of Norway's PST police security service, told journalists that the suspect confessed to the crime and stated during questioning that his intention was to kill several random people. His accounts confirm that it was an act of terrorism, she said.
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Fire

Czech man sets himself on fire at Prague square, 50 years after student died in anti-Soviet protest


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:46 UTC
Memorial
© Reuters and WikipediaThe scene in Wenceslas Square alongside a memorial to Jan Palach, who died in 1969.
A man has been rushed to intensive care and is being treated for burns after setting himself on fire in central Prague, almost 50 years to the day since a student committed suicide by doing the same in an anti-Soviet protest.

According to Prague police, the man poured fuel on himself before igniting it, shortly after 3pm. Passersby on the busy square panicked and extinguished the flames, and the man was taken to hospital with burn wounds.

He has been placed into an artificial coma, and has burns on 30 percent of his body, according to an emergency services spokesperson. He is believed to be a Czech man in his 50s.
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Red Flag

Child drag queen poses next to almost-naked adult counterpart sparking outrage, but mother says boy not sexualized


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:55 UTC
drag queen
© AFP / Andrew H. Walker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA
A photo showing a 10-year-old Canadian drag queen posing next to a half-naked adult performer sparked outrage online. But the boy's mother thinks it's all OK and the child is not overtly sexualized.

The world of drag queens - male performers taking on exaggeratedly female personas and taking to the stage - may seem like an inappropriate place for minors. After all, sexuality plays a major part in a drag performance, and the common wisdom is that sexualizing young children for entertainment is a taboo.

Yet there are child drag queens. One of them - Nemis Quinn Mélançon-Golden - received some unwanted attention online after a photo of him posing in a black dress and fishnet tights next to an adult drag queen was posted online.

The adult co-star, best known by the stage name Violet Chachki, wears stilettos and a patch of fabric to cover the genitals, and that's it. And, as expected, some people on social media were outraged by the image.
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Magnify

Surprise: Genius behind man-hating Gillette ad is a radical feminist

DC Larson
American Thinker
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:45 UTC
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In recent days, many online essays have rightly ripped apart Gillette's ugly new "We Believe" advertisement. One online critic dubbed it "feel-bad liberalism."

Carpentered by Grey Advertising for Proctor and Gamble's razors company, it does not detail product attributes, encourage brand loyalty, instill warm feelings in buyers, or even show basic respect for consumers. Instead, the grimly lecturing spot declares masculinity itself toxic, a peril to decent society.

"Is this the best a man can get? Is it?" asks the painfully serious narrator, as a wrongdoing slideshow passes by. "We can't hide from it. It's been going on far too long. We can't laugh it off, making the same old excuses."

"I guess the guy at the ad agency missed the lesson about not taking a dump on the people you want to buy your stuff," cracked comedian Steven Crowder.
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Fire

Russian investigators: Gas leak is the main version of house blast on NYE, don't trust claims by terrorists


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:36 UTC
Magnitogorsk explosion
© Reuters / Andrey SerebryakovEmergency workers at the site of a partially collapsed apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Russia
A natural gas explosion remains the primary version of the New Year's Eve tragedy in Magnitogorsk, Russian investigators have said, urging the media to not take the claims of terrorist groups at face value.

"Investigators have been studying all the possible versions of the tragedy from the very beginning. The gas blast remains the main one," spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said on Thursday, stressing that "experts and forensics did not find any traces of explosives and their components on the rubble collected at the scene."

The statement from the Investigative Committee comes shortly after Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) claimed responsibility for the blast. On Wednesday, the terrorist group published an article in one of its mouthpieces, stating that its unit had planted "explosives" in the building. Despite the lack of any solid evidence, the claims were repeated by a number of media outlets.

"I'd advise the journalists not to trust the statements by terrorist groups, who, as you know, claim their involvement into any major incidents in different countries," Petrenko stated.

The blast rocked the Magnitogorsk house early on New Year's Eve, obliterating one section of it and heavily damaging another. The explosion claimed the lives of 39 people, while 18 were rescued shortly after the blast, and 11 others during the search through the rubble. The entire building, including the undamaged sections, is now marked for demolition. Residents will be resettled elsewhere.

Comment: Previously:

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