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Now managed by #RacistTrump manager. A revision of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services mission statement omits the phrase “nation of immigrants.”

US companies cut ties with NRA amid growing boycott calls

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  • Best Western and Wyndham say they are no longer affiliated
  • Amazon urged to drop NRA video channel from streaming service

US companies are distancing themselves from the National Rifle Association as the gun lobby comes under increasing pressure following the mass shooting in Florida last week.

Related: Meet the British CEO of the firm behind the gun that brought tragedy to Florida

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Trump returns to usual style at CPAC with boastful and divisive speech

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The president abandoned the sombre stance of this week and hurled insults, told jokes and bragged about the best start to any presidency

Donald Trump returned to his part-demagogue, part-standup comedian self on Friday when he addressed grassroots conservative activists outside Washington, effectively tearing up a scripted speech he called “a little boring”.

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Friday Open Thread | Lupita Nyong’o says Black Panther’s Wakanda is Africa if it had never been colonized

Cinematic smash hit Black Panther means many things to many people – including the film’s star Lupita Nyong’o, who said that the film’s re-imagining of Africa had the continent not been colonised is liberating.

The 34-year-old appeared on The View to discuss the new film with her co-star Danai Gurira, and when asked what it means to have African culture celebrated in such a way throughout the film, Lupita – who grew up in Kenya – came back with a profound response.

‘It’s so liberating. We come from a continent of great wealth, but a continent that has been assaulted and abuse very often. What colonialism did was it rewrote our history and our narrative, and our global narrative is one of poverty and strife, and so the wealth of the continent is very seldom seen on such a global scale.

‘So what this film does is it looks cool, it looks futuristic, but it’s drawing from ancient cultures. The diversity from this film is specifically from the continent.

#BlackPanther is more than a MOVIE!!… “wakanda is special because it was never colonized, what we can see there is re-imagining of what would’ve been possible, had Africa been allowed to realise itself for itself” – Lupita Nyongo 👊👊❤pic.twitter.com/vxArZIqrU8

— biodun yusuf (@bideyy) February 22, 2018

‘Wakanda is special because it was never colonised, so what we can see there for all of us is a re-imagining what would have been possible had Africa been allowed to realise itself for itself. And that’s a beautiful place.’ The actress has also previously praised the portrayal gender equality in the film, telling Popsugar Australia: ‘we see women alongside men, and they’re powerful in their own right, but them assuming their power in no way diminishes the males in their lives’.

It really is the film that has everything – which is probably why it slipped past Star Wars: The Last Jedi earnings to make $242 million in four days, with the biggest Monday at the box office of all time (in the US), earning $40.2 million.

#BlackPanther‘s @Lupita_Nyongo talks being unapologetic about embracing her blackness in her work: “I make my way with what I have and I try and make more of it without having to apologize for the fact that the status quo does not necessarily respond to me.” pic.twitter.com/mf146pTcnJ

— The View (@TheView) February 19, 2018

Lupita went on to speak about how Hollywood isn’t and has never been inclusive

‘The history of Hollywood didn’t look like me. The people who are writing and creative films historically did not look like me. [Actor] Sidney Poitier came and broke barriers back in the day and we’re still breaking barriers, that’s why we have a moment like this with Black Panther.

‘What me and Danai believe is that you work with what you have, and I’ve been given such an incredible platform with 12 Years A Slave and everything that followed it. ‘I want to work with what I have – I work with my sister Danai, I work with Ryan Coogler. I make my way with what I have and I try and make more of it without having to apologise that the status quo doesn’t necessarily respond to me.’

Lupita for president, please?

سورية…النفاق الانساني في ابشع صوره

Blood is on too many hands and ours are not clean either.

سورية..النفاق الانساني في أبشع صوره

 

يستيقظ الضمير المستتر للانسان منا على حسب ما يتم تنظيمه له اعلاميا. نتذكر ضحايا سورية الابرياء عندما يخرج الجيش السوري في دباباته ودفاعاته على مدنه وقراه ويقتل الأبرياء.

مؤلم مشاهدة دم الاطفال والقتل العشوائي. مشاهد تتكرر امامنا . قتل الابرياء في كل مكان. كان اخرها في امريكا بلد التقدم والحضارة والديمقراطية ، عندما افرغ شاب سلاحه في ساحة مدرسته وقتل ما يقرب من عشرين فتاة وشاب. كان رد الرئيس الامريكي حاسما وسريعا : ” سنسمح بتسليح المعلمين والمعلمات في المدارس!”

وكأن للدم سعر، وكأن بعض الأرواح اغلى من الاخرى ، وكأن الموت لا يجعل البشر سواسية! هناك من يجب الانتقام لهم. هناك من يستحق دموعنا ودعمنا وغضبنا وثأرنا . وهناك من تلقفه الارض وتبعثر روحه في ارجائها السماء.

اليمن، العراق، افغانستان ، فلسطين ، وسورية … المآسي فيها مجزأة والتداعي في شأنها يتطلب الانفصال في رؤيتنا للمشهد. نرى ونتأثر في بعضها ، ونشدد على همجية النظام ودمويته ، ويصبح اولئك الضحايا امنين في بيوتهم ولقد دك النظام الفاشي هدوء حياتهم. في تلك اللحظات ننسي كل تلك المنظمات الارهابية التي تعشعش في سورية في هيئة داعش واخوانها من مرتزقة يعتاشون على بث الجهل والارهاب في نفوس البسطاء من البشر.

تركيا دخلت بجيشها منتهكة سيادة دولة اخرى واستباحت ابناء سورية بعفرين . قتل الابرياء وسفكت الدماء . لم كانت الضمائر مستترة مختبئة حينها ؟ الصواريخ الامريكية تدك سماء سورية ، هل كانت تسقط الحلويات من السماء؟

بين سورية واليمن ، القتل والظلم يومي، بل لحظي ، اين تلك الضمائر ؟ اين البكاء ؟ اين الصراخ في وجه الظلم ؟ اين الامم المتحدة؟ اين دول العالم المتحضر؟

انتهيت من تبرير دفاعي عن احقية وشرعية نظام بشار الاسد. فمقاومة هذا الرجل وجيشه واشراف سورية امام عنجهية الغرب الاستعماري وتكالب الشرق القبلي الخائن ، والمؤامرة المستمرة على تطويع هذا الشرق واستعباده وامتصاص كل خيراته، اشبه بالمستحيل تحمله. فلم يبق نظام تكالب عليه شعبه والعالم المستوحش انتظارا لنهب خيراته صامدا كما استطاع الرئيس بشار الاسد الصمود بجيشه وشعبه .

تصوير ما حدث بالغوطة على انه مذبحة ، على الرغم من اليقين انه عش لأفاعي الارهابيين المرتزقة المسلحون بأسلحة تفوق عتادها ما للجيش السوري من عتاد، هو بلا ادنى شك انهيار بانسانيتنا نفسها.

لا يمكن تبرير قتل اي بريء ، او غير بريء كذلك. ولكن ، اليست هذه هي الحرب؟ اليسوا اولئك هم الداخلون الغاصبون المعتدون على سورية واهلها؟ ما الذي نريده من الجيش السوري ؟ استقبال الصواريخ والقنابل والارهاب المحتدم عليه بالورود؟

هؤلاء “المساكين” في الغوطة ، هم من يصوبون الصواريخ نحو دمشق واهلها متفاخرين ؟ كيف يقبل الانسان المفكر ، بأن يرضى بهكذا مشاهد مزدوجة ،تغيب الحقيقة عن مسارها .

قد نستمر بالكلام عن النظام السوري ودمويته ،التي لا استطيع الا الدفاع عنها مقابل ما يحصل في سورية من ارهاب دولي مرتزق متعدد الابعاد والاطراف والمصالح . اسرائيل تضرب عندما تهدأ داعش واخوانها. تهجم تركيا عند استراحة اسرائيل .وهؤلاء المرتزقة من الارهابيين يعششون في القرى والمدن السورية يهددون اصلا ابناء هذه المدن . يختبؤن في البيوت وراء الاطفال والعوائل البسيطة. ادمغته ممسوحة وقلوبهم ممسوخة. ليسوا بشر!

ان كان هناك حق في دفاع ، فهو ما يفعله النظام السوري في بلاده. فهو يدافع عن ارضه ووطنه وشعبه. الجيش السوري لا يحارب خارج حدوده شعوبا عزلة . ولا يمد الاعتاد والاسلحة ولا الاموال للارهاب ليقتل ويسفك بلا رحمة او انسانية.

بشار الاسد وجيشه يدافعون عن وطنهم وارضهم وشعبهم امام وحشية العالم المتكالب، المستضبع ضدهم ، لأن هذا النظام لم يركع ولم يرضخ ولم يصبح العميل العلني ولا المستتر لاجندات الامبريالية الصهيونية.

الرحمة لكل الضحايا من كل صوب ودرب. من كل عرق ودين وانتماء … والنصر والدعم للجيش السوري العظيم برئيسه الاسد.

An 18-Year-Old Said She Was Raped While In Police Custody. The Officers Say She Consented.

An 18-Year-Old Said She Was Raped While In Police Custody. The Officers Say She Consented.:

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“When Anna said she was raped by two on-duty cops, she thought it would be a simple case. She had no idea she lived in one of 35 states where officers can claim a detainee consented.“

One of 35..

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