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Miss Marple would demolish in minutes the Saudi story of a fistfight gone wrong | Simon Tisdall | World news | The Guardian
Why did Bin Salman and his officials wait almost two weeks before admitting Khashoggi was dead, if his killing was not deliberate? Why all those staunch denials of involvement and the repeated, on-the-record assertions that Khashoggi had left the consulate unscathed, if they knew all along that he had died? Why has Khashoggi’s body disappeared? If his death was an unintended accident, why was an ambulance not called and the police informed? The Saudi statements offer no clue as to where Khashoggi’s remains may be now. Turkish assertions that he was dismembered, smuggled out of the building in suitcases and buried in a forest near Istanbul will now be more widely accepted.
The Issues That Russian Operatives Used to Divide Americans, in Their Own Words – The New York Times – Our own hunger to reinforce our biases – they just fed them with lies we wanted to hear.
A criminal complaint offered a rare view into how Russian operatives tried to disrupt the American political process, including the midterm elections.
bellingcat – Did Far-Right Internet Chatter Inspire An Arson Attack on Refugees in Toronto? – bellingcat
The “Campaign” Begins in Earnest On July 25, 2018, The Daily Caller, a right-wing news site part-owned by Tucker Carlson, published an article: “Trudeau’s Border Control Plan: Place Illegals in Hotels.” The next day Tucker Carlson himself covered the refugee situation at the Toronto East Radisson on Fox News. The video clip of the coverage uploaded to Fox’s YouTube account titles the segment, “Trudeau’s immigration solution: put illegals in hotels.”
A President Who Believes He Is Entitled to His Own Facts – The New York Times – Similar to a Bavarian Clown
Mr. Trump has appeared to grow noticeably more comfortable in the role of president, according to advisers, and that comfort level has reinforced his confidence in his own instincts, including what he regards as facts. Mr. Trump often points to a key moment — his election in 2016, which defied the polls — as proof that agreed-upon data can be wrong. His long career in the New York real estate world convinced Mr. Trump that all people are prone to shading their views according to their own self-interest. Objectivity is not something he expects of people, and he long ago came to believe that “facts” are really arbitrary.
[UPDATE] Second Proud Boy Arrested, McInnes Says More Will Turn Themselves In: Gothamist
Afterwards, Young bragged on Facebook about “bashing that terrorist breeder,” according to screenshots included in the Medium post. He also changed his Facebook bio to note that he was a “Fourth Degree Proud Boy,” apparently signaling that he had “leveled up by assaulting me, a small Muslim woman,” the alleged victim wrote.
Source: [UPDATE] Second Proud Boy Arrested, McInnes Says More Will Turn Themselves In: Gothamist
‘He’s my guy’: Donald Trump praises Gianforte for assault on Guardian reporter | US news | The Guardian – The audience applauded attacking journalist.
Guardian US editor, John Mulholland, said: “The president of the United States tonight applauded the assault on an American journalist who works for the Guardian. To celebrate an attack on a journalist who was simply doing his job is an attack on the first amendment by someone who has taken an oath to defend it. “In the aftermath of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, it runs the risk of inviting other assaults on journalists both here and across the world where they often face far greater threats. We hope decent people will denounce these comments and that the president will see fit to apologize for them.”
Tory rightwingers seek to embarrass May over high-powered rifles ban | Politics | The Guardian Right-wingnuts across the sea are nuts too!
ERG members aim to stymie .50-calibre weapons ban to show strength before vote on Brexit deal
Source: Tory rightwingers seek to embarrass May over high-powered rifles ban | Politics | The Guardian
The Nooses of Adelanto – IMM Print
An unannounced visit to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center by federal inspectors has found nooses present in various cells, unfair segregation policies, and that those in detention have been receiving inadequate medical care. The nooses were braided bed sheets hanging from the vents, and were found in a large number of the detention centers’ cells. There has already been one suicide committed with the assistance of a bed sheet, and as the report from the federal inspectors noted, there has been at least seven suicide attempts between 2016 and 2017.
Thursday Open Thread | This Administration’s Disgusting Reaction to the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi | 3CHICSPOLITICO
Saudi born jouralist Jamal Khashoggi was torture and murdered by the Saudi Government. They couldn’t just murder the man with a gun, fast and quick. They had to be ‘imaginative’. …
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