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Undocumented worker arrested by Ice after delivering pizza to military base

They are so not brave

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Man faced background check upon delivery, Brooklyn base says, leading to detention and plans for deportation

An undocumented immigrant faces deportation after he was reported to US immigration authorities and detained while delivering pizza to a military base in Brooklyn last week, in another episode demonstrating the increasingly hostile climate for immigrants under the Trump administration.

Pablo Villavicencio, a father of two from Ecuador, remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) custody, and authorities plan to remove him from the country, an Ice spokesperson said.

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Putin pushes for end to ‘harmful’ sanctions during Austria visit

The new fascist alliance!

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Russian leader evaded MH17 questions during first visit to an EU country since re-election

Vladimir Putin lobbied for the phasing out of economic sanctions and dodged questions about the shooting down of flight MH17 during his first state visit to an EU member state since being re-elected as Russian president in March.

“Both those who initiate these actions and those such measures that we call sanctions are aimed against find them harmful,” Putin said in Vienna on Tuesday, claiming that European countries were merely “finding it hard to say so”.

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Fox News accused of ‘propaganda’ after implying praying players knelt for anthem

Faux news should repent! lol

Fox News may have hit on a problem as it looked to report on Donald Trump’s decision to disinvite the Philadelphia Eagles from a White House visit “because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country.” The hitch being that none of the Eagles’ players knelt for the anthem last season (some players did stage other protests such as raising fists).

In search of striking images, Fox used pictures of Eagles players taking a knee on the field suggesting they had knelt for the anthem. Those players were not protesting at racial injustice though: they were praying as players across the league have done before games for years. Eagles tight end Zach Ertz, who is a committed Christian, tweeted his displeasure at Fox on Tuesday: “This can’t be serious…. Praying before games with my teammates, well before the anthem, is being used for your propaganda?! Just sad, I feel like you guys should have to be better than this.”

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