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  Black Lives Matter slammed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee after a memo leaked late Wednesday seemed to show the group carefully coaching candidates on how to avoid angering the "radical" activists.  The November 2015 memo included tips like: Do not offer “support for concrete policy positions;” be sure to "lead from behind;" stick to "small" meetings; and avoid mentioning terms like "black-on-black crime."  On its Facebook page, BLM said officials should "stop pacifying" them.  “We are disappointed at the DCCC’s placating response to our demand to value all Black life. Black communities deserve to be heard, not handled. People are dying,” the organization said, in response to the leaked document.  The leaked files were posted along with other Democratic documents by Guccifer 2.0, a hacker of unknown origin who the U.S. says could be working out of Russia and is intent on disrupting the U.S. presidential election. Guccifer 2.0 claims the document,blm,blm protest,blm movement,blm terrorist,blm meme,blm land map,blm jobs,blm demands,blm camping,blm leader ...ادامه مطلب

  President Obama may be struggling to tilt the balance of the Supreme Court – but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t already made his mark on the bench. The president, over the course of his two terms, has appointed hundreds of justices to the lower federal courts, leading to a majority of appeals courts now dominated by Democratic picks. While those nomination battles aren’t nearly as high-profile as they are for the high court, the impact of the appointments is just as pronounced.   “It's often overlooked, but nominees to the lower courts ... are often one of the most important legacies a president leaves behind,” said Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center. The Fourth Circuit, which sits just one level below the Supreme Court and is headquartered in Richmond, Va., is a prime example. Previously viewed as one of the most conservative appellate courts in the country, it has drifted significantly to the left, with Democratic appointees now,courtship,courts,courtesy,courts plus,courts va,courtside,courtside films,courtship definition,courtside grill,courtship of eddies father ...ادامه مطلب

  Donald Trump walked a political tightrope Saturday -- promising in heartland Iowa to help farmers across the country by cutting taxes and federal regulations while continuing his stark appeal to potentially disaffected minority voters in U.S. inner cities. “We are going to end this war on the American farmer,” Trump told the crowd at Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Est’s influential “Roast and Ride” rally in Des Moines. In a roughly 45-minute address in which Trump largely stuck to measured and prepared remarks, the Republican presidential nominee also repeatedly tried to distinguish himself from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and appealed to evangelicals and others to assist him in helping minorities and winning the November election. “Clinton wants to shut down family farms just like she wants to shut down the mines and the steel workers,” said Trump, waing her plan includes “radical” regulations and raising taxes on family farms, to rates as high as nearly 50 pe,chris christie heartland appeal ...ادامه مطلب

People walk around the Princeton University campus in New Jersey (Reuters) Princeton has become no man’s land. The famed Ivy League institution rolled out a series of gender-neutral terms aimed at removing the word “man” and other male-leaning language from official school material. As first reported Thursday by the conservative campus news outfit The College Fix, Princeton’s Human Resources and Office of Communications issued a four-page memo filled with examples of gender-neutral terminology that must now be used in official school documents, such as: The word “actress” should be replaced by “actor.” A “cameraman” must now be called a “camera operator.” There will be no more references to a “cleaning lady,” but instead an “office cleaner.” New students are no longer “freshmen” but rather “first-year students.” A “mailman” no longer delive,no man's sky,no man's sky update,no man's sky review,no man's sky 1 04,no man's sky patch,no man's sky reddit,no man's sky pc,no man's sky mods,no man's sky release,no man's sky xbox one ...ادامه مطلب

  EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Hillary Clinton left the Obama administration, the State Department quietly took steps to purchase real estate in Nigeria from a firm whose parent company is owned by a major donor to the Clinton Foundation, records obtained by Fox News show. On March 20, 2013, William P. Franklin, an “inteational realty specialist” at the State Department, emailed Mary E. Davis, an American diplomat stationed in Africa, instructing her to “put on Post letterhead” an “expression of interest” by the department in purchasing property at Eko Atlantic, a massive real estate development off the coast of Lagos. Franklin further instructed that the signed letter was to be “delivered to Ronald Chagoury.” The draft letter, also obtained by Fox News, was undated and addressed to Chagoury care of his firm South Energyx Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of the larger, ...ادامه مطلب

  BANGKOK –  Coordinated explosions targeting some of Thailand's most popular resort cities and beach towns killed at least four people and wounded dozens more. Police said Friday that 10 foreigners were injured in the violence, some of the worst here since the military seized power in a coup two years ago. It was not clear who was behind the attacks Thursday and Friday, but police ruled out links to inteational terrorism or a low-level insurgency in the country's Islamic south. The timing and scope of the attacks suggested the bombs were set off by opponents of the Southeast Asian nation's ruling junta, which last weekend organized a successful referendum on a constitution that critics say will bolster the military's power for years to come. The explosions all occurred south of Bangkok and several of the blasts — including one on Patong beach in the tourist town of Phuket, three in the seaside resort city of Hua Hin — appeared designed to strike the tourism industry. , ...ادامه مطلب

  Satellite photos released on Monday appear to show China making progress on construction of at least two dozen hardened concrete hangars suitable for housing Chinese air force planes, including strategic bombers and inflight refuelers, on disputed islands in the South China Sea. The photos were collected and studied,caught on satellite images,ufo caught on satellite,bigfoot caught on satellite,megalodon caught on satellite,caught on google satellite,aliens caught on satellite,tsunami caught on satellite,crimes caught on satellite,nessie caught on satellite,shark caught on satellite ...ادامه مطلب

  The backdrop at Hillary Clinton’s Orlando-area rally couldn’t get much stranger. In a startling appearance Monday evening, the father of ISIS-inspired Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen showed up just steps away from the Democratic nominee, cheering her on and waving an American flag in the background – even as she p, ...ادامه مطلب

  The backdrop at Hillary Clinton’s Orlando-area rally couldn’t get much stranger. In a startling appearance Monday evening, the father of ISIS-inspired Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen showed up just steps away from the Democratic nominee, cheering her on and waving an American flag in the background – even as she p, ...ادامه مطلب

  BEIJING –  China's air force said Saturday that it has conducted a combat air patrol over disputed areas of the South China Sea to improve its fighting ability. The announcement comes after Beijing said it wanted to tamp down tensions following its strong rejection of an inteational tribunal that ruled that its claim to virtually all of the South China Sea has no legal basis. China refused to take part in the case taken by the Philippines to the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration and continues to assert that islands in the South China Sea are its territory. The air force didn't say when the exercises took place. Last month, after the July 12 ruling, the air force said that it had conducted patrols over the South China Sea and would make it "a regular practice." Air force spokesman Senior Col. Shen Jinke said in an online statement that the patrol was "to enhance combat capabilities to deal with various security threats" and to safeguard the country's sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. Shen said bomber and fighter aircraft, early waing aircraft, reconnaissance planes and planes that can refuel in flight patrolled the airspace around the Spratly Islands, Scarborough Shoal and surrounding areas. The Spratlys and Scarborough Shoal are claimed by both China and the Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also claim the Spratlys. Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the U.S., Japan and Australia were "fanning the flames" of regional tensions after they released a joint statement urging China not to construct military outposts or reclaim land in disputed waters. On Wednesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that "China stands ready to continue its efforts to peacefully resolve relevant disputes in the South China Sea." Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Nov. 27, 2015: Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, left, and his chief of staff Josh Alpert visit the Hazelnut Groove homeless camp in North Portland, Ore. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, File) PORTLAND, Ore. –   Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on Tuesday announced the end of pilot program that allowed homeless people to sleep on the streets undisturbed by law enforcement, saying it created confusion because some believed it legalized public camping, but defended his overall approach. The so-called "Safe Sleeping Guidelines" policy will end immediately, but several other pilot programs that also were rolled out in February in the famously liberal City of Roses will continue or even expand, the mayor said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "The `safe sleep' policy was well intended, but it created a lot of confusion and maybe some accidental or deliberate misunderstandings," Hales said. "It was never intended to legalize (street) camping." Hales has walked a fine line in trying to address a growing problem with homelessness in the Pacific Northwest city while appeasing homeowners and businesses. His struggles mirror those in other West Coast cities, such as Seattle and San Francisco, where politicians have grappled to address a tide of homelessness. Portland's safe sleeping policy allowed homeless people to unroll a sleeping bag or unfurl a tarp between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on city sidewalks and allowed camping in some specific areas of the city -- but never in more than groups of six. When Hales announced it in February, it drew immediate criticism. Neighborhood and business groups, including the Portland Business Alliance, sued. The Willamette Week, the city's alteative weekly, sent a team of reporters to test the policy by pitching tents on the sidewalk in front of Hales' home and the homes of other elected officials. The policy was supposed to be a temporary measure while the city worked to create more temporary housing and dovetailed with the city's decl, ...ادامه مطلب

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates –  A plane has crash-landed at Dubai Inteational Airport, before bursting into flames on the runway. Emirates airline has confirmed that a jet carrying 282 passengers and 18 crew has been "involved in an accident". It said the flight involved was EK251 coming from Kerala, India. Footage from the airport posted online showed flames bursting out of the front of the Boeing 777-300. Clouds of black smoke could be seen billowing from the plane, in other pictures posted to social media. BREAKING: #Dubal #EK521 explosion over right wing shortly after coming to stand still pic.twitter.com/vp1YFhfIe0 — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 3, 2016 A spokesman for Dubai Airport said that all passengers and crew had been safely evacuated. Emirates has confirmed that everyone who had been on board is now safe. It said on Twitter: "We can confirm that there are no fatalities among our passengers and crew. All passengers and crew are accounted for and safe." The Dubai govement has delayed all departure flights until further notice, while Emirates said it expected a network wide delay for four hours. Click for more from Sky News. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Nov. 27, 2015: Portland Mayor Charlie Hales, left, and his chief of staff Josh Alpert visit the Hazelnut Groove homeless camp in North Portland, Ore. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, File) PORTLAND, Ore. –   Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on Tuesday announced the end of pilot program that allowed homeless people to sleep on the streets undisturbed by law enforcement, saying it created confusion because some believed it legalized public camping, but defended his overall approach. The so-called "Safe Sleeping Guidelines" policy will end immediately, but several other pilot programs that also were rolled out in February in the famously liberal City of Roses will continue or even expand, the mayor said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "The `safe sleep' policy was well intended, but it created a lot of confusion and maybe some accidental or deliberate misunderstandings," Hales said. "It was never intended to legalize (street) camping." Hales has walked a fine line in trying to address a growing problem with homelessness in the Pacific Northwest city while appeasing homeowners and businesses. His struggles mirror those in other West Coast cities, such as Seattle and San Francisco, where politicians have grappled to address a tide of homelessness. Portland's safe sleeping policy allowed homeless people to unroll a sleeping bag or unfurl a tarp between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on city sidewalks and allowed camping in some specific areas of the city -- but never in more than groups of six. When Hales announced it in February, it drew immediate criticism. Neighborhood and business groups, including the Portland Business Alliance, sued. The Willamette Week, the city's alteative weekly, sent a team of reporters to test the policy by pitching tents on the sidewalk in front of Hales' home and the homes of other elected officials. The policy was supposed to be a temporary measure while the city worked to create more temporary housing and dovetailed with the city's decl, ...ادامه مطلب

  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. –  Historic, low-lying Ellicott City, Maryland, was ravaged by floodwaters Saturday night, killing two people and causing devastating damage to homes and businesses, officials said. Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman told The Associated Press by phone Sunday that the body of a man had been recovered, along with a woman's body that was recovered earlier Sunday in the Patapsco River. Everyone else had been accounted for, he said. The town about 14 miles west of Baltimore received 6.5 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service, and most of it fell Saturday evening between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. [embedded content] Videos posted on social media showed floodwaters rushing down the town's Main Street, which slopes toward the river, and sweeping away cars. Some vehicles came to rest on top of each other. In one video posted to the Facebook page of a Main Street art gallery, several people can be seen forming a human chain to rescue a woman from a car that was being swept down the street. Kittleman said the devastation was the worst he'd seen in 50 years living in the county, including Hurricane Agnes in 1972, which caused the river to overflow its banks. Virtually every home or business along Main Street sustained at least some damage, and the cost of repairs could reach the hundreds of millions of dollars, he said. "It looks like the set of a disaster movie," said Kittleman, a Republican. "Cars everywhere, cars on top of cars, parts of the road are gone, many parts of the sidewalk are gone, storefronts are completely gone." Gov. Larry Hogan toured the damaged area Sunday along with Kittleman and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who has an office in the town. Hogan declared a state of emergency, which will allow greater aid coordination and assistance. "No one has ever seen devastation like this in Ellicott City or anywhere in Howard County," Kittleman said. "There are a lot of businesses that are going to be hurting for a long time. The, ...ادامه مطلب

  Key lawmakers are demanding an explanation for the FBI’s decision to drop Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen from its terrorist watch list, despite signs the Orlando gunman had ties to radical Islam. In a Tuesday letter to the Department of Justice’s inteal watchdog, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Govemental Affairs asked for a thorough examination of the agency’s “decision to add—and, later, to remove” Mateen from the Terrorist Screening database. Mateen killed 49 and wounded 53 inside a gay nightclub in Florida on June 12, and pledged his allegiance to ISIS during the attack. “It is unclear how the FBI made the decision to remove Mateen from the TSDB, despite the conces that had been raised,” wrote committee chairman Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., pointing to multiple red flags linking the killer to terrorism in the years leading up to the attack. The FBI has said it initially added Mateen to the database in 2013 after he admitted he had ties to terrorist organizations, but removed him the following year - just days after a decision to close the preliminary investigation because of a failure to “substantiate” Mateen’s affiliation to terrorism. The 2014 removal allowed Mateen to legally purchase the semi-automatic firearms he used in the attack. The deadly incident has since prompted the federal govement to reexamine its agency actions, including its communication systems and law enforcement decisions. “If Mateen’s name was included at the time that he purchased the firearms, under existing authorities, the Justice Department would have been alerted to the purchases and had an opportunity to potentially stop the attack,” Johnson wrote. Johnson asked Inspector General Michael Horowitz, who serves as an objective third party to the Department of Justice, to compile an audit detailing the FBI’s investigation of Mateen, including its decision to remove him from the database. Johnson stressed the importance of an impartial investigation, since the F, ...ادامه مطلب