Thursday, February 2, 2017

CLG" UC Berkeley cancels Milo Yiannopoulos event amid violent protest




 News Updates from CLG
02 February 2017
 
Previous editions: Trump rips up controversial TPP 'trade' deal and says getting out is 'a great thing for the American worker'
 
UC Berkeley cancels Milo Yiannopoulos event amid violent protest | 01 Feb 2017 | After a protest at UC Berkeley turned violent Wednesday night, campus officials announced that a scheduled speech by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled. The Breitbart News editor was set to deliver a speech inside a UC Berkeley campus building but hundreds of protesters began throwing fireworks and pulling down the metal barricades police set up to keep people from rushing into the building. Windows were smashed and fires were set outside the building as masked protesters stormed it. The Berkeley Police Department said people threw bricks, smoking objects, and fireworks at police officers. Protesters took down a light pole and university police locked down all buildings and ordered a shelter in place.
 
Speech by Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos canceled amid big protests at Berkeley | 01 Feb 2017 | A speech by conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled at UC Berkeley on Wednesday amid large protests and some vandalism. Video showed huge protests on the campus, with some demonstrators chanting "shut him down." speech by conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled at UC Berkeley on Wednesday amid large protests and some vandalism...Davis College Republicans decided it was unsafe to continue the event after a large number of protesters blocked access to the venue, according to a release from the school. UC Davis interim Chancellor Ralph Hexter said he was "deeply disappointed" by the protests and the cancellation.
 
UN report says several air strikes by Saudi-led coalition in Yemen may amount to war crimes | 30 Jan 2017 | A UN investigation of 10 air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has concluded that most of the attacks did not involve legitimate military targets and may amount to war crimes, according to a report obtained by AFP on Monday. A UN panel of experts also said in the report that Yemen's Huthi rebels had tortured and ill-treated detainees in violations that could also amount to war crimes. The panel investigated 10 air strikes between March and October last year that killed at least 292 civilians, including at least 100 women and children.
 
U.S. Commando Killed in Yemen in Trump's First Counterterrorism Operation | 29 Jan 2017 | One American commando was killed and three others were wounded in a fierce firefight early Sunday with Qaeda militants in central Yemen, the military said on Sunday. It was the first counterterrorism operation authorized by President Trump since he took office, and the commando was the first United States service member to die in the yearslong shadow war against Al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate. Members of the Navy's SEAL Team 6 carried out the surprise dawn attack...After initially denying that there were any civilian casualties, American officials said they were assessing reports that women and children had died in the attack.
 
Russia's upper house speaker says Kiev will inevitably stand trial for war in Donbass | 01 Feb 2017 | Russia's Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko has said she has no doubt that the Ukrainian authorities will face trial for the war in Donbass. "I have no doubt that sooner or later there will be trial over the people who are at war in Donbass with their own people," Matviyenko said. The images provided by journalists these days will serve as evidence of crimes committed by Ukraine's forces and people who gave the orders, she said.
 
China military official says war with US under Donald Trump 'becoming practical reality' | 28 Jan 2017 | War with the US under Donald Trump is "not just a slogan" and becoming a "practical reality", a senior Chinese military official has said. The remarks were published on the People's Liberation Army website, apparently in response to the aggressive rhetoric towards China from America's new administration. They communicated a view from inside the Central Military Commission, which has overall authority of China's armed forces.
 
Leaked Hillary Clinton emails show U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar supported ISIS --Emails released by WikiLeaks add to the growing body of evidence that [US-backed] Gulf regimes have backed the Islamic State | 11 Oct 2016 | A recently leaked 2014 email from Hillary Clinton acknowledges, citing Western intelligence sources, that the U.S.-backed regimes in Saudi Arabia and Qatar have supported ISIS [I-CIA-SIS]. "We need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments [regimes] of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region," the document states. This adds to a growing body of evidence that theocratic Gulf monarchies have helped fuel the surge of extremist groups throughout the Middle East. Another newly released email, from January 2016, includes an excerpt from a private October 2013 speech in which Clinton acknowledged that "the Saudis have exported more extreme ideology than any other place on earth over the course of the last 30 years."
 
Trump cabinet: Rex Tillerson sworn in as top US diplomat | 01 Feb 2017 | Rex Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, has been sworn in as President Donald Trump's secretary of state. The Texas native, 64, was cleared for full Senate approval in a 56-43 vote. The vote came after Senate Republicans changed the rules in order to approve Mr Trump's nominees for health and treasury, despite a Democratic boycott. Mr Tillerson, who has never held political office, faced intense scrutiny over his [alleged] ties to Russia.
 
Democrats Vow Resistance to Neil Gorsuch, Trump's Supreme Court Pick | 31 Jan 2017 | As soon as President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was selecting federal appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, the battle over his confirmation was well underway, with Democrats questioning his record on women's issues and corporate interests. But Republicans praised the pick as "an outstanding choice" and confidently predicted victory. The battle will be waged in the Senate, where Republicans have the majority needed to confirm Gorsuch but are short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster should Democrats mount one.
 
President Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court | 31 Jan 2017 | President Donald Trump will nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Trump announced Tuesday night at the White House. The nomination of Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appellate judge from Colorado, gives Trump and Republicans the opportunity to confirm someone who could cement the conservative direction of the court for decades. His selection also sets up an intense fight with Senate Democrats, still angry over the Republicans' decision to essentially ignore former President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for the empty Supreme Court seat last year.
 
Senate Dems will filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee --It will be only the second time in modern history that the Senate has mounted a filibuster against a nominee. | 30 Jan 2017 | Senate Democrats are going to try to bring down President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick no matter who the president chooses to fill the current vacancy. With Trump prepared to announce his nominee on Tuesday evening, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said in an interview on Monday morning that he will filibuster any pick that is not Merrick Garland and that the vast majority of his caucus will oppose Trump's nomination. That means Trump's nominee will need 60 votes to be confirmed by the Senate.
 
Pair arrested in London over crippling cyber attack on Washington DC's CCTV network just days before Trump was sworn in as president --More than 120 CCTV cameras in US capital went dark days before inauguration | 01 Feb 2017 | Two suspected hackers have been arrested in London by detectives investigating a crippling cyber attack which brought down Washington DC's CCTV cameras eight days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The Sun reported that police swooped on a house in Streatham, south London last month after the US government reported 123 of 187 security cameras in Washington went offline, amid fears it may be linked to an attempt on Trump's life. Just hours before the 45th President was sworn in, a 50-year-old British man and a Swedish woman, also 50, were detained by the National Crime Agency.
 
Student accused of shooting dead six people at a Quebec mosque 'rented an apartment close to the Islamic center more than six months ago' | 31 Jan 2017 | The French-Canadian student accused of killing six people during evening prayers in a Quebec City mosque had rented an apartment nearby, neighbors said on Tuesday, a sign he may have been targeting the house of worship. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was charged in court on Monday with six counts of premeditated murder and five counts of attempted murder with a restricted weapon after Sunday evening's massacre at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center. Police said he acted alone.
 
Quebec mosque shooting: 'lone wolf' kills 6, officials say | 30 Jan 2017 | The suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday that left six people dead was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder, according to Canadian authorities. Alexandre Bissonnette was identified as the person who opened fire at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center, according to a source with Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a Quebec City court clerk. He faces six counts of first-degree murder and five attempted murder charges, according to the verified Twitter account of the Quebec Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale characterized Bissonnette as a "lone wolf" during a news conference in Ottawa on Monday.
 
3 terrorism suspects arrested after mosque raid in Berlin | 01 Feb 2017 | Three suspects with alleged links to the Islamic State terrorist group have been arrested in Berlin. Prior to the arrests - a mosque, which Christmas market attacker Anis Amri frequented - was raided, according to media reports. Berlin police arrested three people late Tuesday, the Bild newspaper reported, citing the prosecutor’s office.
 
Mystery death of ex-KGB chief linked to MI6 spy's 'dirty dossier' on Donald Trump | 27 Jan 2017 | An ex-KGB chief suspected of helping the former MI6 spy Christopher Steele to compile his dossier on Donald Trump may have been murdered by the Kremlin and his death covered up, it has been claimed. Oleg Erovinkin, a former general in the KGB and its successor the FSB, was found dead in the back of his car in Moscow on Boxing Day in mysterious circumstances. Erovinkin was a key aide to Igor Sechin, a former deputy prime minister and now head of Rosneft, the state-owned oil company, who is repeatedly named in the dossier.
 
New York plans to install vast system of facial recognition cameras that matches drivers licenses to social media accounts at bridges and tunnels --A memo by NY's Democratic governor calls for surveillance technology in New York City bridges and tunnels | 28 Jan 2017 | The state of New York has asked surveillance companies to install a system using facial recognition technology to scan and identify people who drive in and out of New York City. A memo, obtained by Vocativ, calls for private companies to submit plans for the installation of these cameras. The plan is a part of Governor Cuomo's major infrastructure package, introduced in October, which also included plans to renovate airports and improve public transportation in New York. [If Trump called for same, oh how the heavens would fall!]
 
Trump signs three more executive orders | 28 Jan 2017 | President Trump signed three executive orders on Saturday afternoon in front of cameras in the Oval Office. The immediate text of the orders wasn't immediately available, but a senior administration official said one was expected to outline a plan to reorganize the National Security Council. Trump said another order dealt with a 5-year lobbying ban on administration officials. The senior administration official said it also included a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for a foreign country. The third executive order gives military leaders 30 days to construct and present a report outlining the U.S. strategy for defeating the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the official said.
 
Trump fires Justice Department's top official after she refuses to defend his travel ban | 30 Jan 2017 | President Trump fired Acting Atty. Gen. Sally Yates Monday, just hours after she announced that the department would not defend his controversial executive order banning refugees and travelers from certain countries. Yates has "betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," the White House said in a statement. "It is time to get serious about protecting our country." The move came after Yates, who was the Acting Attorney General, sent a letter to Justice Department lawyers saying that she questioned the lawfulness of Trump's executive order.
 
Trump defiantly says 'all is going well' on immigration order amid chaos, while Obama backs protesters |30 Jan 2017 | President Trump continued Monday to adamantly defend his immigration order temporarily banning entry into the United States for migrants from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees from around the world, despite mounting criticism, legal challenges and questions that stretched from Capitol Hill to the United Nations. Trump's order has sparked protests from coast to coast, court cases challenging its constitutionality, unease in cities worldwide and a host of questions about the limits of its scope. Even as the White House remained defiant, former president Barack Obama became the latest high-profile voice to weigh in on the issue, offering his first public criticism of his successor while backing the demonstrators.
 
Where were the protesters? April 2015: U.S. restarts refugee program for Iraqis after Obama's year-long ban | 24 April 2015 | A special U.S. refugee program for Iraqis is back up and running this month after being largely suspended almost a year ago due to growing insecurity in the Arab country, POLITICO has learned. But the backlog is huge: At least 57,000 Iraqis have applied for a chance to resettle in America...Last June, as Islamic State militants gained territory in Iraq, the U.S. pulled out staffers in Baghdad who were interviewing the applicants.
 
Starbucks boycott underway after CEO announces plan to hire thousands of refugees | 30 Jan 2017 | Some Starbucks customers are threatening to boycott the coffee giant, after the CEO took a stand against President Trump's executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. On Sunday, Starbucks announced it plans to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide in the next five years. While many customers were immediately supportive of Starbucks' actions on social media, others threatened to boycott after the letter's release.
 
Soros Bankrolling Effort to Stop Trump's Temporary Refugee Halt Order | 29 Jan 2017 | The flurry of anguished news stories and protests surrounding President Trump's executive action temporarily suspending "immigrants and non-immigrants" from "countries of particular concern" appears to be part of a coordinated PR effort financed by left-wing billionaire George Soros. Rather than a complete "Muslim ban" as promised during the campaign, Trump's executive order contains moderate refugee restrictions, similar to those that have been implemented by President Obama. If reports are true that restrictions are being applied even to green-card holders, that is an unfortunate misapplication of the law that will likely soon be corrected.
 
Man who claimed mom died in Iraq after Trump's ban lied, Imam confirms | 01 Feb 2017 | The leader of a mosque in Dearborn has confirmed to FOX 2 that a man who claimed his mother died in Iraq after being barred from returning to the United States under a ban instituted by President Trump this weekend, lied to FOX 2 about when her death occurred. Imam Husham Al-Hussainy, leader of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn, says Mike Hager's mom did not pass away this weekend after being barred from traveling to the United States. The Imam confirms that Hager's mother died before the ban was put in place.
 
Following Detainment, 'Refugees Welcome' Protest Erupts at JFK Airport | 28 Jan 2017 | With chants of  "No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here," protesters gathered at John F. Kennedy Airport where 12 refugees were detained Saturday under President Donald Trump's executive order to ban refugees from entering the United States for four months. More than 300 demonstrators held homemade signs that read "No ban, no wall" and "Refugees welcome" in front of Terminal 4's international arrivals area. One sign called for President Trump's impeachment and the deportation of the first lady.
 
2 Iraqis file lawsuit after being detained in NY due to travel ban | 28 Jan 2017 | Lawyers for two Iraqis with ties to the US military who had been granted visas to enter the United States have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the US government after they were detained when they arrived in New York Friday. The lawsuit could represent the first legal challenge to Trump's controversial executive order, which indefinitely suspends admissions for Syrian refugees and limits the flow of other refugees into the United States by instituting what the President has called "extreme vetting" of immigrants.
 
White House Official, in Reversal, Says Green Card Holders Won't Be Barred | 29 Jan 2017 | A top White House official appeared to reverse a key part of President Trump's immigration order on Sunday, saying that people from the affected countries who hold green cards [so corporations can continue to avoid hiring US workers] will not be prevented from returning to the United States. But the official, Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, also said that border agents had "discretionary authority" to detain and question suspicious travelers from certain countries. That statement seemed to add to the uncertainty over how the executive order will be interpreted and enforced in the days ahead.
 
Federal judge grants stay to allow those with visas to remain; 10 still detained at JFK | 28 Jan 2017 | A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York [Judge Ann Donnelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York], issued an emergency stay Saturday night that temporarily blocks the U.S. government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at a U.S. airport with valid visas. The order barred U.S. border agents from removing anyone who arrived in the U.S. with a valid visa from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. It also covered anyone with an approved refugee application. The Department of Homeland Security said that more than 170 people were denied entry to the U.S. as of Saturday night, according to Reuters.
 
Refugees Detained at U.S. Airports, Prompting Legal Challenges to Trump's Immigration Order | 28 Jan 2017 | President Trump's executive order closing the nation's borders to refugees was put into immediate effect Friday night. Refugees who were in the air on the way to the United States when the order was signed were stopped and detained at airports. The detentions prompted legal challenges as lawyers representing two Iraqi refugees held at Kennedy Airport filed a writ of habeas corpus early Saturday in the Eastern District of New York seeking to have their clients released. At the same time, they filed a motion for class certification, in an effort to represent all refugees and immigrants who they said were being unlawfully detained at ports of entry.
 
Full text of Trump's executive order on 7-nation ban, refugee suspension | 28 Jan 2017 | President Donald Trump on Friday banned nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States for at least the next 90 days by executive order. The order bars all people hailing from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Those countries were named in a 2016 law concerning immigration visas as "countries of concern." The executive order also bans entry of those fleeing from war-torn Syria indefinitely. Trump also has stopped the admission of all refugees to the United States for four months. The order also calls for a review into suspending the Visa Interview Waiver Program, which allows travelers from 38 countries -- including close allies -- to renew travel authorizations without an in-person interview.
 
Trump's 'extreme vetting' measures deny visas and immigration to State Sponsors of Terror, end all refugee resettlement for 120 days, and freeze Syrians out indefinitely --Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that he said was designed to close off the U.S. to 'radical Islamic terrorists' | 27 Jan 2017 | President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Friday, including one that will upgrade U.S. military readiness and a more controversial measure 'establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America.' 'We don't want them here,' he said as military brass assembled applauded in the Pentagon's 'Hall of Heroes.' ...The White House waited more than two hours to release the final executive order, acting after Daily Mail published a photograph taken Thursday aboard Air Force One that appeared to show most of one page on the president's desk.
 
Trump signs new vetting measures for immigrants | 27 Jan 2017 | Pushing full-speed into international controversies, President Donald Trump on Friday ordered "new vetting measures" to keep "radical Islamic terrorists" out of the United States and alternated tough talk with kind words in his diplomatic standoff with Mexico. Trump traveled to the Pentagon where he joined Defense Secretary James Mattis for the signing of an executive action to bring sweeping changes to the nation's refugee policies and put in motion his plans to build up the nation's military.
 
Miami-Dade mayor orders jails to comply with Trump crackdown on 'sanctuary' counties | 26 Jan 2017 | Fearing a loss of millions of dollars for defying immigration authorities, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez on Thursday ordered county jails to comply with federal immigration detention requests -- effectively gutting the county's position as a "sanctuary" for immigrants in the country illegally. Gimenez cited an executive order signed Wednesdayby President Donald Trump that threatened to cut federal grants for any counties or cities that don't cooperate fully with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Since 2013, Miami-Dade has refused to indefinitely detain inmates who are in the country illegally and wanted by ICE - not based on principle, but because the federal government doesn’t fully reimburse the county for the expense.
 
U.S. tech leaders sound alarm over Trump immigration ban [because they want the cheap labor] | 28 Jan 2017 | The U.S. technology industry, a major employer of foreign workers, hit back on Saturday at President Donald Trump's sudden executive order on immigration, with some leaders calling it immoral and un-American. Trump's order temporarily bars citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States even if they hold valid visas or permanent residence permits, a move that caught many companies off-guard.
 
Video: Trump Warns Flu Shots Are the Greatest 'Scam' in Medical History | 28 Jan 2017 | Donald Trump never had the flu - Opie Radio, Jim Norton, video posted 18 October 2015. "I've never had one [a flu shot]...I don't like the idea of injecting bad stuff into your body, which is basically what they do...I've never had a flu shot, and I've never had the flu." [Exactly!]
 
Teamsters' Hoffa says TPP Withdrawal a 'Big Victory' for Unions | 27 Jan 2017 | Teamsters President James Hoffa said he applauds President Trump for withdrawing from the TPP. "This was basically NAFTA on steroids," Hoffa told FOX Business Network. "We know with NAFTA that America's lost over a million jobs. These are good jobs that have gone to Mexico and this was just going to accelerate that." President Trump said he will also begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) when he meets with leaders from Canada and Mexico.
 
Women's March National Co-Chair: Sharia Law is 'Reasonable', 'Misunderstood' | 25 Jan 2017 | Linda Sarsour, a national co-chair of the Women's March on Washington - whose stated mission is "to send a bold message...that women's rights are human rights" - is also an outspoken advocate of Islamic Sharia Law that restricts the rights of women, claiming Sharia is "reasonable" and has simply been "misunderstood." "We will not rest until women have parity and equity at all levels of leadership in society. We work peacefully while recognizing there is no true peace without justice and equity for all," the Women’s March mission statement says, in part. In 2011, Sarsour referred to Sharia as "reasonable," tweeting: "once u read into the details it makes a lot of sense."
 
Officials announce proposal that would establish California as separate nation | 27 Jan 2017 | A proposal for California to secede from the United States was submitted to the Secretary of State's Office Thursday. The proposed "Calexit" initiative - its name borrowed from the UK's "Brexit" departure from the EU - would ask voters to repeal part of the state constitution that declares California an inseparable part of the U.S...If the proposal qualifies for the ballot and is approved by voters, it could be a step to a future vote on whether the state would break away from the rest of the nation.
 
Ohio State course to teach how to identify microaggressions, privilege | 28 Jan 2017 | Ohio State University will be offering a new course in the spring semester that will focus on how to "identify microaggressions" and "systems of power and privilege," The College Fixreported. The syllabus says the class will offer insight into developing "an understanding of major social justice concepts." The course literature includes a reading list with works such as, "Waking up White: What it means to accept your legacy, for better and worse," and "Readings for diversity and social justice."
 
New Orleans student gov. leader says 'right-handed people' need to check their privilege | 15 March 2016 | A University of New Orleans student government executive argues that aside from white males, college students, U.S. citizens, and even right-handers need to "check their privilege." Darius Miner, who serves as Chief Justice of the UNO Student Government Association (SGA), claims in an op-ed for The Odyssey Monday that in order to effectively fight injustice, individuals must acknowledge a greatly expanded definition of "the dominant and advantaged groups" in our society.
 
'Global epidemic of blindness' on the horizon, experts warn: Hours spent staring at screens 'will rob millions of their sight decades early' | 24 Jan 2017 | Experts warn we face a global epidemic of blindness if we continue to spend hours you spend staring at a screen. The high energy light emitted from digital screens is causing irreversible damage to our eyes by deteriorating the retinas. Damage to the retinas - the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye - is the biggest cause of central blindness. And a new report warns 'it is now clearer than ever that we are facing a global epidemic' of sight loss - particularly for the millions of children who are exposed to digital screens earlier than ever.
 
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