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Sheriff

Atlanta anti-ICE protest turns violent as demonstrators clash with police


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:00 UTC
Ati-ice demonstration Atlanta Jul 2018
© Atlanta Police Department / YouTube
Atlanta police have released bodycam footage following anger over a viral video of a woman screaming and being dragged by her feet by officers during her arrest at an anti-ICE protest which officers claim was violent.

Protesters were picketing the local offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week, over President Donald Trump's now-suspended policy of detaining children of illegal immigrants separately from their parents. Media furor over the policy has touched off anti-ICE protests across the US.


Protest action group AllOutATL shared their footage online, showing the woman being dragged by police across the street, face-down, as she took part in a protest against the immigration policy on July 4. The video went viral, prompting police to release their own recording.

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Bad Guys

Raqqa streets still strewn with bodies after US-backed liberation - but West nowhere to be seen


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:15 UTC
Damaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria
© Erik de Castro / ReutersDamaged buildings in Raqqa, Syria; August 19, 2017
Scores of corpses are still being dug up from the ruins of Raqqa, one year after its US-backed liberation from IS, but the West is seemingly in no rush to help the community recover. RT takes a look at the city's plight.

Once a prosperous and vibrant place, Raqqa emerged from the 2017 liberation operation with 90 percent of its buildings blasted into ruin. The city suffered almost complete destruction as US-backed coalition airstrikes pounded Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) forces holed up in it. A year on, the fighting has stopped, but streets lie in ruin and dead bodies are still being dug up daily from beneath the rubble and mass graves.

"In this grave there are people of all confessions. Militants, civilians, children, the elderly... They were from all parts of society. Some of them were killed in the fighting, some - from the airstrikes. Others were killed by snipers. All causes of death can be found here,"pathologist Asaad al-Mashudj, who is part of the first response team, told RT Arabic.

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Russian Flag

Duma committee approves bill to protect Russian children from 'Columbine' internet groups promoting suicide and school attacks


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:05 UTC
Russian school evacuation armed student
© Maksim Blinov / SputnikPolice officers escort children out of Moscow School No. 263, which was entered by an armed student of the school's senior class.
The Russian Lower House committee for family, women and children has approved a bill ordering urgent action against internet groups - known as 'Columbine' communities - promoting child suicide and school attacks.

The bill was drafted by State Duma Deputy Speaker Irina Yarovaya (United Russia), who said certain legislative "blank spots" must be removed, particularly by amending the law against promoting suicide to children by including a part on the involvement of children in illegal and dangerous activities.

The new bill, approved by parliamentary experts on Tuesday, allows law enforcement agencies to quickly disclose and stop such criminal activities by banning access to web communities that promote suicide or describe various ways of committing suicide, as well as to groups that glorify perpetrators of school attacks and help their members prepare and execute similar acts of violence.

Comment: Russia is serious about promoting traditional values and protecting children and their families, while the West seems hell bent on their destruction:

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Boat

Gaza's National Committee spokesman: New flotilla sets sail from Gaza in protest at Israeli siege


PressTV
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:01 UTC
Activists escort a blockade-running boat carrying Palestinian students and others injured during protests out to sea from the Gaza City harbor
© Photo by AFPActivists escort a blockade-running boat carrying Palestinian students and others injured during protests out to sea from the Gaza City harbor on July 10, 2018 against Israel’s siege
Another flotilla has set sail from the Gaza Strip to Cyprus in a show of protest against the Israeli regime's crippling siege of the coastal enclave, which has been in place for more than a decade.

"The flotilla will set out at 11 a.m. tomorrow carrying sick and injured Palestinians who have been unable to travel abroad [for medical treatment] as a result of the blockade," Bassam Manasra, a spokesman for Gaza's National Committee for Breaking the Siege, said at a Monday press conference in Gaza City.

"We announced plans to launch another flotilla... more than a month ago and won't back down from the decision until we meet our objectives," Manasra said.

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Star of David

Ireland set to boycott imports from illegally occupied Israeli settlements


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:58 UTC
palestinian boy waving flag
© Ronen Zvulun / ReutersPalestinian Bedouin boy waves a Palestinian flag in front of Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank July 4, 2018
Ireland looks set to pass a landmark bill prohibiting the importation and sale of goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements, potentially setting a new precedent within the EU.

The Control of Economic Activities (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 seeks to prohibit the import and sale of goods, services and natural resources originating in illegal settlements in occupied territories.

The proposed legislation has been slammed as "immoral" by Israel's Mission in Dublin. The embassy claims that a boycott would "empower the Hamas terrorists as well as those Palestinians who refuse to come to the negotiating table."

The Irish Senate (Seanad) votes on the bill, tabled by Independent Senator Frances Black, on July 11. Fianna Fail - the second-largest party in the Irish parliament, confirmed its support for the bill last week, raising hopes that it will pass.
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Arrow Down

'We love our (child-trafficking) neighbors!' Oakland residents protest ICE for raid on suspected child-prostitution ring

Juliana Knot
The Federalist
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:48 UTC
oakland ice protest
Video of neighbors protesting as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents broke up a child sex trafficking ring in their neighborhood has resurfaced, as politicians and activists call for the agency to be abolished.

A local CBS news station reported on the incident, which took place in West Oakland, California, last year. ICE began conducting the raid in the morning, waking up neighbors who saw ICE and Department of Homeland Security vehicles on the street.

Assuming the agents were arresting illegal immigrants, people began protesting outside of the house.

Neighbor Hadar Cohen woke up to her roommate crying, saying she didn't know what to do. The two of them and other housemates went outside to find agents on their street. Cohen, who was holding a "No person is illegal" sign, said that agents weren't telling the neighbors what was going on.


Comment: Just think about the absurdity of that statement. It's not a statement about grammar. What it means is that no person breaks the law. As the political hysteria increases, that belief will become more widespread. Violence against people who don't agree with you? Not evil. Violent revolution? Not evil. Pedophilia? Not evil. Mass murderer? Not evil, society just made him that way.


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Network

Germany and China sign trade deals worth over $20bln in wake of trade disputes with US


RT
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:30 UTC
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang
© Fabrizio Bensch / ReutersGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang review the guard of honour at the chancellery in Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang held talks on Monday in Berlin, and stressed their commitment to a multilateral trade system in the wake of trade disputes with Washington.

As part of the talks, the sides signed a range of commercial agreements worth about €20 billion ($23.5 billion). Joint projects, involving governmental agencies and companies such as Siemens, Volkswagen, BASF and others, were announced.

"We both want to sustain the system of World Trade Organization rules," Merkel said during the meeting. "We have a lot of direct investment in the United States of America; we have a lot of direct investment in China."
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Attention

Heather Heying on toxic femininity

Heather E. Heying
Quillette
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:01 UTC
Lioness
Male lions can be monsters, murderous and focused. Toxic, if you will.

Given the opportunity, male lions will kill the kittens in a pride over which they have gained control. They commit infanticide, which brings the new mothers, freshly childless, back into estrous. The females are quickly impregnated. This, we can all agree, is disturbing behavior, and may make some people feel rather less pleased with lions.

Given the opportunity, the vast majority of modern human males would do no such thing.

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Heart

Syrian football fan backs Russia and thank Putin for supporting country against Western-led war


RT
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:23 UTC
syria soccer fans
© Danny Armstrong / RT
Syrian football fans in Russia for the World Cup have expressed their thanks to President Vladimir Putin and the country's people in response to support shown during the nation's devastating civil war.

A group of Syrian fans from the country's war-torn capital Damascus gathered outside Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, the venue for Russia's epic World Cup quarter-final versus Croatia, wearing Russia T-shirts and hats and waving a giant Syrian flag.

Majed Hammo Abdulbaki, a 21-year-old refugee living in Norway but originally from Damascus, told RT that backing the Russian team was "the least we could do" for supporting his country "through hard times," before going on to thank Russia and President Putin.

"Because we love Russia and they are supporting us in our hard time in this war and we want to thank them and this is the least [we can do]. Thank you very much, thank you and good luck for next time," Majed said just moments after Russia lost a dramatic penalty shootout 4-3 to Croatia. The game had finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, and 2-2 after extra time.
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Megaphone

BBC Sport journalist tweets farewell to 'beautiful and friendly Russia'


RT
Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:12 UTC
english soccer fans
© John Sible / Reuters
Russia's picturesque cities, warm people and delicious food made for a welcoming World Cup experience, BBC Sport pundit Chris Sutton tweeted in a heartfelt farewell to the tournament's host country.

Even as the UK media howls about Russia - which has again been pre-emptively blamed for a curiously-timed "nerve agent" poisoning - Sutton expressed gratitude for the hospitality (and flattering haircut) he received while covering the World Cup. He even went so far as to note that the host nation had been unfairly maligned in the run-up to the tournament.

"Goodbye and thank you to Russia," Sutton tweeted out on Sunday. "[Russia] portrayed negatively and unfairly before the World Cup.. we couldn't have been made to feel more welcome!! Beautiful cities, friendly people, lovely food and world class barbers in Rostov."
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