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More than half of those arrested at anti-Trump protests in Portland either didn't vote or weren't registered to vote in Oregon

Kyle Iboshi
KGW Portland
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 15:43 UTC
Portland anti-Trump protests
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More than half of the anti-Trump protesters arrested in Portland didn't vote in Oregon, according to state election records.

At least sixty-nine demonstrators either didn't turn in a ballot or weren't registered to vote in the state.

KGW compiled a list of the 112 people arrested by the Portland Police Bureau during recent protests. Those names and ages, provided by police, were then compared to state voter logs by Multnomah County Elections officials.

Records show 34 of the protesters arrested didn't return a ballot for the November 8 election. Thirty-five of the demonstrators taken into custody weren't registered to vote in Oregon.

Twenty-five protesters who were arrested did vote.

KGW is still working to verify voting records for the remaining 17 protesters who were arrested.

This article originally stated that 35 people were registered to vote and did not. One woman who was arrested told KGW she recently moved to Washington and did vote in Washington. She was also registered to vote in Oregon.
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Let's be real: Fascism exists in Ukraine, not in America

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:43 UTC
Ukraine fascists
The mainstream media refuse to recognize the fascist regime in Ukraine as such, let alone associate Wahhabist terrorism with fascism. Yet the term is batted about in very unusual places.

In a recent interview, I was asked if the term fascism is batted around too much. I responded by saying it is used too little. Certainly this is the case when there are actual fascists on Europe's doorstep whose crimes are being ignored.

For those who have little or no knowledge of the Great Patriotic War, The Holocaust or the struggles of European partisans against German, Italian, Spanish and allied puppet fascist regimes, the term fascism has sadly become a kind of de rigueur insult for anything broadly disliked or deemed to be outside of the realm of mainstream, polite emasculated western culture.

But in reality, fascism is different. It is real and it lives. It is evil and it is dangerous.
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FBI reports US hate crimes rose 7% last year, against Muslims increased 67%


RT
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:34 UTC
Muslim women in US
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Hate crime rates in America rose nearly 7 percent overall in 2015, but it was the targeting of Muslims that skyrocketed, with a 67 percent hike, according to the FBI.

Hate crimes grew 6.8 percent last year, with a total of 5,850 cases reported to police last year, according to the FBI in its latest Uniform Crime Report. In 2014, there were 5,479 incidents.

The new statistics in a snapshot show increases in attacks on gay men, up 10 percent; on blacks, up 7.6 percent; on whites, up 3 percent. The states with the highest incidents of hate crime were California, New York and Massachusetts.

Many times a hate crime case involves multiple offenses and victims. Out of the 5,850 cases in 2015, there were 6,837 offenses, and they involved 7,121 victims.

The FBI's analysis shows 56.9 percent of the cases were motivated by race, ethnicity and ancestry bias, while 19.8 percent were motivated by religious bias.
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It's Trump's fault? Swedish chef violently assaulted by 'Muslim men' because he 'looks like Trump'


RT
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:23 UTC
Swedish chef Anders Vendel
© studioehelsingborg / YouTubeSwedish chef Anders Vendel
A Swedish chef was reportedly assaulted by three Muslim men who punched and kicked him in the face and head, sending him to the emergency room. Writing about the assault on Facebook, he said he was attacked because he looked like Donald Trump.

Writing in a post which has since been deleted, Anders Vendel explained that two men grabbed his arms from behind, while a third began punching him in the face. After about 20 blows to the face, Vendel fell to the floor, and all three men began kicking him in the head and face.

The prominent Malmo chef said he believes the attack, which left him with a "broken nose, bumps, clogged eye, mouth, lips, and jaw... even a broken right thumb," took place because he "looks like Donald Trump."

The assault apparently took place at a fast food grill in Malmo at 4:25 Saturday morning, according to Sydsvenskan newspaper.

Comment: Hmm, don't see much resemblance to Trump.

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Chicago nursing home and rehab facility fined $100k after patients overdosed on heroin


RT
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 22:35 UTC
Rehab
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A nursing home and rehab facility in Chicago, Illinois is fighting fines of over $100,000 from state and federal agencies after five patients overdosed on heroin. Two of them proceeded to take more drugs mere hours after returning from the hospital.

In February, a female visitor sold "white powder in a small zippered baggie" to several residents at Continental Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Chicago. Five patients from the same floor, all in their 40s and 50s, were then rushed to the hospital with similar symptoms. As the Illinois Department of Public Health (DPH) investigated, it turned out the residents had all overdosed on heroin.

A 33-year-old patient said she received the powder from the visitor who was visiting a relative. The resident then snorted the powder, but told investigators: "I don't remember much after that until I woke up and saw the paramedics standing over me."

A second resident who overdosed said he paid the visitor $25 for the heroin and told her he could triple her money "in three days at the facility" if the drugs were "good," the DPH report said.

Comment: See also:

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On this day in 1959: Kennedy publishes article on television and American politics


History.com
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 17:37 UTC
President Kennedy
JFK
On this day in 1959, an article written by Massachusetts senator and presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy appears in an issue of TV Guide. In it, Kennedy examined the influence of television, still a relatively new technology, on American political campaigns.

In the article, Kennedy mused that television had the power to bring political campaigns—and scandals—immediately and directly to the public and illuminated the contrast between political personalities. Kennedy shrewdly noted that a "slick or bombastic orator pounding the table and ringing the rafters" fared poorly against a more congenial candidate and "is not as welcome in the family living room" as a candidate with "honesty, vigor, compassion [and] intelligence." Kennedy strove to convey the latter image. He also compared Woodrow Wilson's 1919 month-long cross-country railroad trek to promote his League of Nations proposal (an exhausting trip that ended when Wilson suffered a stroke) to then-President Eisenhower's ability to reach millions of voters in a 15-minute television appearance.

Comment: Kennedy was unquestionably a powerful visionary, and he is very sorely missed. Regarding his comment "the time has come when a solution must be found to this problem of TV costs" maybe, just maybe, we've finally reached the stage where the Internet's credible alternative news outlets and social media sharing combined with careful and caring discernment can become more powerful than what has obviously become a very rigged and biased mainstream media.

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Trump Protestors: 7 harsh realities of life Millennials need to understand


The Burning Platform
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 00:00 UTC
Millennials

They may not yet be the present, but they're certainly the future. These young, uninitiated minds will someday soon become our politicians, doctors, scientists, chefs, television producers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and, one would hope, the new proponents of liberty. But are they ready for it?

Time after time, particularly on college campuses, millennials have proven to be little more than entitled, spoiled, anti-intellectual brats who place far too much emphasis on feelings and nowhere near enough emphasis on critical thinking. To the millennial, words are cause for the creation of safe spaces, alternative ideas must be stifled, and anything they perceive to be a micro aggression is enough to send them spiraling into a state of mental distress.

It's time millennials understood these 7 harsh realities of life so we don't end up with a generation of gutless adult babies running the show.

1. Your Feelings Are Largely Irrelevant
Cry babies
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Syrians get first portion of humanitarian aid delivered by train on Russian rebuilt railway


Sputnik
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:37 UTC
Humanitarian aid
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The first train carrying aid for the citizens of war-torn Syria went by the recently-restored railway from the port of Tartus to the town of Jableh.

The Russian experts helped to restore some 65 kilometers (40 miles) of the railway. "Some 27 tons of humanitarian aid have been delivered by sea. It was then reloaded to the train and would go to Jableh, where citizens mostly affected by the military actions will receive it," representative of the Russian reconciliation center in Syria Alexander Gubanov said.
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Mossad launches new VKontakte social media account to recruit Russians


Sputnik
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 00:18 UTC
Russian social media Mossad ad
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The national intelligence agency of Israel, Mossad, has made its debut post on Russian social network VKontakte in order to recruit new agents.

Mossad is known for being a very secretive spy agency responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations and counterterrorism. Its director reports directly to the Prime Minister.

A new group called "Mossad" has appeared on Vkontakte. According to information on the group's page anyone who wants to "say something" should click on the link provided below.
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#RapeMelania: Trending on Twitter, outrage aimed at social network


RT
Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:20 UTC
Rape Melania sign
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An image from an anti-Donald Trump protest showing a sign reading, "rape Melania," alluding to the president-elect's wife, caused controversy with the phrase becoming a trending topic on Twitter.

Many were angered by the sign and, after the hashtag 'Rape Melania' was used tens of thousands of times on Twitter, the social network was condemned for allowing such a violent issue to trend on its site.



The image came from an anti-Trump protest which took place Saturday night in Washington D.C. Protesters marched from the White House through the city, stopping outside Trump's hotel, where the image was taken.

Twitter users called for liberal feminists to give the rape sign as much attention as they would other feminist issues.

Comment: According to the feedback from Twitees, other less offensive messaging about Killary was censored. It matters not that it might be photoshopped. It is disgustingly disrespectful, an affront to all women. And, it was allowed to trend.

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