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LAPD will not help deport immigrants under Trump, chief says

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-police-immigration-20161114-story.html 😄

US elections: The end of a dream | In English | EL PAÍS

Electing Hillary Clinton would not only have put a woman in charge of the most important country in the world, along with other great nations like Germany (Angela Merkel), the United Kingdom (Theresa May and before her, Margaret Thatcher) and Brazil (Dilma Rousseff until she was impeached). More importantly it would have allowed the United States to make two symbolic moves in two back-to-back revolutions: racial equality and gender equality. And if it were on a roll, why not imagine a Hispanic man or woman in the White House?Instead, the United States has elected the enemy of minorities, women, immigrants, Muslims and the political correctness that has made coexistence possible in democracies. The dream fades and, in its place, a nightmare begins.

Source: US elections: The end of a dream | In English | EL PAÍS

Netanyahu denies inciting 1995 Rabin assassination | German-Jewish cultural heritage in Israel | DW.COM | 13.11.2016 As good as admitting he has Rabin’s blood on his hands.

The Israeli leader took to Facebook on the 21st anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination to deny any responsibility for the latter’s death. He called the killing of Rabin by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir a “shocking political murder that all of us condemn.”He wrote: “Since the murder there have been continuous attempts to distort the historical truth and blame me for the incitement that preceded the killing.”He also posted video clips showing himself condemning virulent statements against Rabin in the weeks before the prime minister was killed.

Source: Netanyahu denies inciting 1995 Rabin assassination | German-Jewish cultural heritage in Israel | DW.COM | 13.11.2016

Lupita Tovar Dead: ‘Dracula’ Actress Was 106 | Hollywood Reporter

The Mexican film legend was the mother of ‘Imitation of Life’ star Susan Kohner and grandmother of screenwriters Chris and Paul Weitz.Lupita Tovar, the Mexican actress who starred in the 1931 Spanish-language version of Dracula that was shot concurrently with the famed Bela Lugosi version, has died. She was 106.

Source: Lupita Tovar Dead: ‘Dracula’ Actress Was 106 | Hollywood Reporter

Photos: Largest Anti-Trump Protest Yet Swarms In Downtown L.A. For Fifth Day : LAist

An enormous gathering of more than 8,000 people expressing their disapproval of President-Elect Donald Trump have taken to the streets of downtown Los Angeles. The thousands of people began gathering this morning in MacArthur Park at around 10:00 a.m. Soon after, the march began walking east towards downtown Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard. By 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, the protest has begun circling through downtown Los Angeles’ streets.Wick reports that the gathering is a largely peaceful assembly of Angelenos from different backgrounds, many of whom have brought their kids along for a taste of their first amendment right to peaceful assembly.The march was organized the group Union del Barrio, a political organizing group that aims to increase political literacy in America’s growing Latinix community.

Source: Photos: Largest Anti-Trump Protest Yet Swarms In Downtown L.A. For Fifth Day : LAist