Wednesday, November 14, 2018

We Can't Blame Politicians if They Don't Directly Call for Violence

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November 14, 2018
We Can't Blame Politicians if They Don't Directly Call for Violence
Alt-right leaders say Republicans lost the midterms because they weren't racist enough
CNN sues President Trump and White House for banning reporter Jim Acosta
The press — enemy of the people or of politicians?
Online Conspiracy Groups Are a Lot Like Cults

We Can't Blame Politicians if They Don't Directly Call for Violence

Alerta de Google: Cesar Sayoc
Packages addressed to prominent members of the Democratic party, said to have contained pipes bombs, were intercepted by federal authorities on Oct. 24. The targets of the attacks included former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and CNN.
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Alt-right leaders say Republicans lost the midterms because they weren't racist enough

Alerta de Google: Cesar Sayoc
Admitting Donald Trump’s brand of conservative politics likely cost the GOP control of the House is something supporters of the nation’s alt-right movement aren’t willing to do. Instead, several key white nationalist figures — including American Renaissance founder Jared Taylor, Altright.com founder Richard Spencer and YouTuber Vincent James Foxx — are blaming Republicans’ midterm losses on GOP leaders’ alleged attempts to distance their party from white identity politics.
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CNN sues President Trump and White House for banning reporter Jim Acosta

Alerta de Google: Cesar Sayoc
Kevin Lemarque | Reuters President Donald Trump points at CNN's Jim Acosta and accuses him of "fake news" while taking questions during a news conference following Tuesday's midterm congressional elections at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 7, 2018.
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The press — enemy of the people or of politicians?

Alerta de Google: Cesar Sayoc
The spectacle of President Donald Trump berating and insulting members of media at a press conference he held after the US mid-term elections was so reminiscent of a similar emasculation of a journalist by President Rodrigo Duterte several months ago.
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Online Conspiracy Groups Are a Lot Like Cults

Alerta de Google: Cesar Sayoc
In recent months there’s been an increase in stories in which a follower of radical conspiracies shifts their actions from the web and into the world. In June, a QAnon conspiracy follower kicked off a one-man standoff at the Hoover Dam.
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