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Not My President! Twitter employee takes down Trump's account


RT
Fri, 03 Nov 2017 09:01 UTC
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A Twitter employee deactivated President Donald Trump's personal account, before it was brought back online 11 minutes later, the social media company said.

Twitter initially said the incident, which occurred around 7:00pm Eastern time, was caused by "human error" and that it was "inadvertent."

However, three hours later, new details emerged suggesting it was intentional. The tech company found that the employee responsible was working their last day with the company, in the customer support sector.

"We are conducting a full internal review," Twitter said. In an earlier statement, the social network said it was "taking steps to prevent this from happening again."

The deactivation was welcomed by some of the president's critics and detractors, who urged Twitter to repeat the mistake again, permanently, in the near future.
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Explosion hits night club in Malmo, Sweden


RT
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 01:11 UTC
Nightclub explosion attack doors sweden November 2017
© Mikael NilssonAnother attack in Sweden
A powerful explosion mangled the doors of a nightclub in Malmo, Sweden, on Thursday, but no casualties have so far been reported. The city has recently been hit by a series of blasts.


Comment: SOTT's investigation into an attack in April this year: Terror attack in Sweden - who's behind it?


A bomb squad and a team of technical specialists have been called to the Babel nightclub in central Malmo, police spokesman Magnus Lefèvre said, as cited by SVT. So far it is unclear what type of explosive device was used, but efforts to determine it are under way.

Although the incident took place in the evening, no clubgoers are believed to have been injured in the blast, he said. The motive for the explosion remains as yet unknown.

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Predictable: Daesh claims responsibility for New York terrorist attack


Sputnik
Fri, 03 Nov 2017 06:28 UTC
NYC Terror Attack scene
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Daesh said that the attacker in the deadliest terrorist attack in New York since 9/11, is a member of the terrorist organisation.

Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for the Tuesday's terrorist attack that killed eight in New York City in its online publication. The terrorist organisation said in its weekly newspaper issue that the attacker was one of their "soldiers", Reuters reported.

The newspaper failed to provide any evidence to support such claims, however.

Comment: See more:

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Antifa says it has no plans for civil war this Saturday

Jason Wilson
The Guardian
Wed, 01 Nov 2017 17:30 UTC
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© Amy Osborne/AFP/Getty ImagesAccording to a new conspiracy theory, antifa groups want to start a civil war on November 4. But the idea rests on some very slender reeds.
If you are inside the "alt-right" information bubble, you might be preparing yourself for a civil war to commence this Saturday.

Since late September, the idea has been circulating on Facebook groups, subreddit message boards, Twitter, and leading conspiracy media outlets that on 4 November, anti-fascist groups will begin a violent insurrection.

Some websites are telling their readers that antifa groups are "planning to kill every single Trump voter, Conservative and gun owner" this weekend. Hundreds of Facebook posts show how seriously consumers of such media are taking the news, and comments like "One more threat against white people and I swear to God I'm going to take a goddamn car and run over every fucking one of them" are not unrepresentative of the response.

But antifa groups have no plans to protest that day, and the small leftist groups who are planning protests have only dubious connections to the antifa movement. So what gives?

The whole thing rests on some very slender reeds, according to Spencer Sunshine, who recently wrote a report on the theories for the far right-monitoring group Political Research Associates. In the conspiracy underground on YouTube, he explains, there has been talk that "there was going to be a civil war" starting in November for some months.


Comment: In these days of rampant hysterization, all it takes is a rumor and you'll have them at each others throats. Are the powers-that-be looking to further divide the masses via their alternative news shills? Perhaps Charlottesville was a trial run, and having primed everyone, this is the next step. It won't take much for the powder keg that is America to explode.

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Antifa plans insurgency against Donald Trump, supporters on November 4th

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Tue, 31 Oct 2017 19:11 UTC
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Are we about to see chaos in the streets in major cities all over America? Antifa and other radical leftist groups are promising that a series of protests will begin on November 4th that will never end until "the Trump/Pence regime" is "removed from power". And as you will see below, Antifa has openly and publicly embraced violence and the Department of Homeland Security says that they have engaged in domestic terrorism. Hopefully these "protests" will fizzle out after a few weeks, because political organizations that believe in "the necessary use of violence" have no place in our society.

Amazingly, there are still some out there that are claiming that the radical left is not planning anything for November 4th. The following comes directly from refusefascism.org, which is one of the key websites for Antifa and other radical leftist groups...
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Former Tory MP Anne Widdecombe says world's gone bonkers if Sir Michael Fallon resigned over touching a woman's knees (VIDEO)


RT
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:56 UTC
Ann Widdecombe
© Joel Goodman / Global Look PressAnn Widdecombe
Former Tory MP Anne Widdecombe has denounced women speaking out against sexual harassment at Westminster as "helpless little snowflakes" during an interview with RT.

The politician-turned-commentator decried that "women are being so wimpish these days, wallowing in self-pity, expecting the men always to protect them."

"This wasn't what the women's lib I signed up to in the 70s was about. We weren't helpless little snowflakes then, we'd have dealt with any man who actually went too far or actually tried to go too far, we'd have dealt with him," she said.

The former Maidstone MP was responding to Wednesday's resignation of Sir Michael Fallon as defense secretary. Fallon conceded that his past behavior may have "fallen short" of the standards expected by the UK military.

Fallon's position became increasingly precarious after he admitted that he had repeatedly touched the knee of journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer at a dinner event 15 years ago. The pair both said that the matter was settled. The minister nevertheless felt that he had to resign.

Widdecombe said the "world had gone completely bonkers" if his resignation was simply over the touching of a Hartley-Brewer's knee, about which she "didn't care tuppence," according to the ex-MP.
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Ryan Nash: The man who brought down the NYC attacker


Daily Caller
Wed, 01 Nov 2017 09:28 UTC
Ryan Nash the man who brought down the new york city attacker
© APNew York City Police Officer Ryan Nash speaks to reporters.
When New York City terrorist Sayfullo Saipov turned a rented Home Depot truck against pedestrians and bikers Tuesday, NYPD Officer Ryan Nash was the one who stopped the rampage.

Nash, 28, happened to be responding to an emergency call in Lower Manhattan at 3 p.m. Tuesday, when Saipov, 29, drove his truck 20 blocks down a two-way bike path, killing at least eight and wounding even more. When Saipov crashed his truck, he leapt from the vehicle wielding two weapons and screamed "Allahu Akbar." Nash shot the terrorist in the gut and took him into custody, the New York Post reported.


Comment: New York hit-and-run suspect Sayfullo Saipov being investigated for links to terrorism (hint: they won't find any)


Comment: Yet another attack using a vehicle to plow through busy streets. US authorities were quick to label this one 'terrorist', but as with many other such incidents, the link between the attackers and terrorist organisations is tenuous:

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IOC president condemns calls for disqualification of Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics


RT
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:32 UTC
Thomas Bach
© Li Ming / Global Look PressPresident of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach has condemned calls for the disqualification of Russia from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Speaking at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly on Thursday, Bach said everybody had the right to a "fair and due procedure," referring to the ongoing Oswald Commission into the country's alleged state-sponsored doping.

"It was very clear, the Olympic Movement considers it unacceptable that some sanctions are being demanded in the public domain," Bach said, insidethegames reported.

"Everybody enjoys the same rights and obligations. Everybody enjoys the rights to a fair and due procedure. Think how you would react if you were alleged to have wrongdoings, it is a human right," he added.
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Best of the Web: The good, the bad and the ugly in major new study on free speech and PC culture in America

Guy Benson
Townhall
Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:16 UTC
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A newly-released national survey commissioned by the libertarian-leaning CATO Institute is brimming with fascinating, heartening, and occasionally dispiriting data on how Americans view the First Amendment and free speech issues in general.

Overall, the data confirms that liberals are significantly more hostile to the open exchange of ideas than other groups; self-identified liberals tilt heavily toward banning or punishing speech they find to be offensive or "hateful," although conservatives have some pro-authoritarian blind spots, too.

The numbers reveal that in many cases, large majorities agree with critiques of political correctness often advanced by conservatives.

Comment: Previously: Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Silenced Discussions Society Needs to Have, 58% Have Political Views They're Afraid to Share

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Americans registered as child molesters will be required to get new passports marking them as sex offenders


RT
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:06 UTC
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American citizens registered as child molesters will have their passports revoked and new ones issued with a special note designating them sex offenders, according to the State Department.

The "unique identifier" will be a printed notice inside the back cover of the passport book, reading: "The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against a minor, and is a covered sex offender pursuant to (US regulation)," according to an announcement from the State Department, which issues US passports.

Those convicted of sex offenses against minors will be notified to apply for new IDs after the State Department receives their names from the Department of Homeland Security, AP reported. The DHS is responsible for registering sex offenders.
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