🇸🇦 **Report: Saudi King to Step Down Next Week**
<https://archive.is/vHICA>

The King of Saudi Arabia plans to step down and announce his son as his successor next week, a source close to the country's royal family has exclusively told DailyMail.com. The move is seen as the final step in 32-year-old Prince Mohammed bin Salman's power grab, which began earlier this month with the arrests of more than 40 princes and government ministers in a corruption probe.

The source said King Salman will continue only as a ceremonial figurehead, handing over official leadership of the country to his son - often referred to as MBS. 'Unless something dramatic happens, King Salman will announce the appointment of MBS as King of Saudi Arabia next week,' said the source.

'King Salman will play the role of the queen of England. He will only keep the title "Custodian of the Holy Shrines".'
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🇿🇦 🇿🇼** The unique kind of prison awaiting Robert Mugabe in South Africa**

<http://archive.is/dYvaC>
If deposed Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe is indeed forced into exile in South Africa, as has been proposed, he will be escaping to a less fortunate circumstance than you’d imagine.

While he may avoid jail, public humiliation, or worse in South Africa, he would be fleeing to a country maintained, in many respects, by the people he drove out. They are South Africa’s nannies, cleaners, and Uber drivers. Its shopkeepers, financiers, secretaries, teachers, and business professionals. His wife, Grace Mugabe, is wanted in South Africa oncharges of assault, which she recently escaped under the cover of diplomatic immunity. What charges might Robert Mugabe face?

Perhaps most ironically, he would arrive the same way thousands of Zimbabweans have before him: as a political asylum seeker, trying to escape the consequences of his 37-year-old rule.

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GRAPHIC: NAVY ADMITS TO BEING INVOLVED IN OBSCENE SKYDRAWINGS SPOTTED IN OKANOGAN CO.

http://www.wtsp.com/mobile/article/news/graphic-navy-admits-to-being-involved-in-obscene-skydrawings-spotted-in-okanogan-co/67-492521457

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🇬🇧 **Three people feared dead after helicopter and light aircraft collide in mid-air over Rothschild family's Buckinghamshire estate**
<https://archive.is/dtOP5>

Three people are feared dead after a light aircraft and a helicopter crashed in mid-air over Buckinghamshire this afternoon. Wreckage from both aircraft fell from the sky after locals living near the historic Waddesdon estate heard a loud bang shortly after midday.

The pilot of the helicopter and its single passenger, as well as the pilot of the plane, are all feared to have died in the crash, which happened at around 1,000ft.

Pictures from the scene show splinters of metal from the helicopter littering the floor of the woodland along with parts of rotor-blades and fragments of the cockpit. A local resident told MailOnline: 'My father heard a loud bang. He ran up to the scene. It was clear pretty quickly that no one has survived.'
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🇺🇸 **Soros sells Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Snap**
<https://goo.gl/ZbDV7i>

George Soros's hedge fund, Soros Fund Management LLC, eliminated or reduced investments in some of the biggest names in tech last quarter, including Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc.

Soros divested a 1,700-share stake in Apple as well as 1.55 million shares of Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. according to a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The hedge fund greatly decreased its holdings in Facebook and Twitter Inc., cutting Facebook shares from 476,713 shares to 109,451 and chopping investments in Twitter's stock and debt. Among the new investments Soros opened in the quarter were General Electric Co., General Motors Co., Campbell Soup Co., and Oracle Corp.
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🇺🇸 **Student Bible study led by teacher shut down at elementary school; group called activity ‘illegal’**
<https://archive.is/UwGcX>

MACRA insisted the Bible studies had been held for years, WOOD reported, while the district said the group met only twice after students approached the teacher about holding Bible studies during lunch in his classroom. Between 35 and 45 students attended one or both of the studies, the station said.

MACRA added in a statement that “this illegal and unconstitutional activity was being conducted without parental notification or consent. One parent told MACRA that their child, who is only 10 years old, was singled out and subjected to peer pressure for declining to attend the Bible studies,” WOOD reported.

Smith told the station that the district received no complaints about the Bible studies other than the one from MACRA, and Kahle told MLive the parents want to remain anonymous over fear of community backlash.

Kahle reported that this was the district’s second recent violation. MACRA made the district aware in February 2015 that it was inappropriately allowing students at another elementary school to attend a Bible club in a recreational vehicle in the parking lot during lunch. The district stopped the activity and made Bible Club Ministries International-Western Michigan aware of the conflict.
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🇺🇸 **7th-grader told to remove T-shirt mocking CNN on day of CNN field trip.**
<https://archive.is/QbMTs>

An Atlanta-area 7th-grade boy recently asked his parents if he could buy a T-shirt mocking CNN so he could wear it on his school field trip to the nearby cable news network. They agreed.

But on the day of the field trip last week, officials at Peachtree Charter Middle School got an eyeful of the kid’s “FNN” shirt — for “Fake News Network,” a play on Republican President Donald Trump’s assessment of CNN — and told him to remove it.

“I’m disappointed by the hypocrisy of this decision,” said the boy's father. “Some students are celebrated when they make a controversial display during the national anthem. My student was forced to remove his shirt because someone didn’t like it. I defend speech and expression, even if I disagree, or it makes me uncomfortable.”
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🇺🇸 **Cult Leader Charles Manson Rushed To California Hospital**
<https://archive.is/3rEX7>

Cult leader and mass murderer Charles Manson has been rushed to a California hospital for undeclared medical reasons, state law enforcement announced Wednesday.

This is the second time Manson has been brought to the hospital since January, when authorities checked him in for a “serious medical problem,” the Los Angeles Times reported. Manson notoriously led the “Manson Family” cult in California throughout the ’60s, culminating in him ordering his followers to slaughter eight people across Los Angeles in 1969 in an attempt to start a race war. While police confirmed Manson was alive, they have declined to release details of his condition.

According to Fox News’ Thursday morning on air headlines, Manson is reportedly clinging to life.
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🇫🇷 **French police use tear gas to disperse protest against slave auctions in Libya**
<https://archive.is/9cCTI>

Hundreds of activists flocked to the Libyan Embassy in Paris on Saturday, outraged with the government’s failure to tackle people smuggling after a CCN report unveiled a network of migrant slave auctions in Libya.

Carrying signs reading “No to slavery in Libya,” the demonstrators gathered in front of the Libyan Embassy on Saturday afternoon before marching towards the Champs-Elysees, where they were stopped by riot police cordons. “Free our brothers,” “Let’s liberate Africa,” “We are black, we are human!” the demonstrators chanted.

Clashes broke out as police moved to disperse the protest. Some activists began hurling rocks at police, who responded with tear gas. A Ruptly crew was on the spot to film as activists attempted to break through metal barriers erected by police. One person was arrested following the scuffles, AFP reports. Police say the protest was illegitimate, adding that “no damage” resulted from the clashes.
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🇬🇧 **Britain First deputy arrested over speech made at Belfast rally**
<https://archive.is/oxOZL>

The deputy leader of far-right group Britain First has been arrested in London over a speech made at a rally in Belfast this summer. Jayda Fransen, 31, from Penge, south-east London, was arrested in Bromley by Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) detectives on Saturday.

He said: “A large group of plainclothes police detectives from Belfast of all places jumped out of nowhere and have arrested Jayda. “What have they arrested her for? Both of us addressed, made a speech, at a public demonstration outside Belfast City Hall all the way back in August. “The detective I spoke to told me she is being flown to Belfast tonight to be interrogated. It’s absolutely ridiculous – this is non-stop with me and Jayda, non-bloody stop.”

Fransen and Golding were in Belfast on 6 August for a demonstration by about 50 people calling themselves Northern Ireland Against Terrorism, which took place on the same day as a republican march organised by the Anti-Internment League to mark the use of detention without trial by the British army during the height of the Troubles in 1971.
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🇿🇼 **Zimbabwe’s Mugabe sacked as ruling party’s leader, given deadline to step down as president *(STILL NOT A COUP)***
<https://archive.is/y36NF>

Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has voted to remove the Zimbabwean president from the party’s leadership role after a meeting in Harare on Sunday. Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former vice president fired by Mugabe two weeks ago, was chosen to replace him.

The same motion also expelled Mugabe’s wife, Grace Mugabe, from her chair of the party’s women’s league. Speaking at a televised news conference, cyber security minister Patrick Chinamasa added that Mugabe has until noon on Monday to step down from the presidency or face impeachment.

The 93-year-old has led Zimbabwe since 1980, which throughout his controversial rule has seen periods of extreme hyperinflation, attacks on white farmers, and claims of human rights abuses. The elderly statesman was placed under house arrest by the military on Wednesday.
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🇺🇸 **Border Patrol Agent Killed, Another Injured in 'Attack'**
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Border-Patrol-Agent-Killed-Another-Injured-in-Attack-458668163.html

An agent with U.S. Border Patrol was killed and another injured when the two came under attack, according to information released Sunday by the agency and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.

Border Patrol officials said the agents were on patrol in Culberson County in the Big Bend Sector of the Texas border.

Agent Rogelio Martinez died Sunday morning as a result of injuries he and his partner sustained after responding to "activity" while on patrol on Interstate 10 near Van Horn, according to a statement from Border Patrol. It wasn't immediately clear when the incident occured.

Agent Martinez's partner radioed that he and his partner were injured and needed help. Agents reportedly responded and provided medical care and took the two agents to the hospital.

Border Patrol spokesmen said they could not provide any details Sunday on what caused the agent's injuries or what led to them. Spokesman Carlos Diaz says the FBI has taken over the investigation.
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🇺🇸 ** VIDEO: Student radio hosts yanked from air, suspended after using the word ‘tranny’**
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/39094/

The University of Minnesota-Morris has threatened a student radio show with cancellation after one of the hosts used the word “tranny” on-air, with campus officials offering several shifting reasons for pulling the show from the airwaves. The College Fix has obtained exclusive video of the moment when the students were pulled from the air during the middle of their show.

“Deplorable Radio” is a weekly show on KUMM hosted by students Brandon Albrecht and Tayler Lehmann. Albrecht told The College Fix in an email that the programming is “a mix of politics, music, and some random musings about current events locally and around the world.”

During a discussion about the university’s lack of “Antifa” violence, Albrecht said the campus was too small for a potential violent activist to hide his identity.

“You know, you can definitely, you see one tranny that’s trying to punch someone,” Albrecht told The Fix he said on-air. “You know it’s automatically that one guy that you know I’m talking about. I bet you know. I’m not going to dox anybody and name them on air. But you two know if I say the tranny who looks like he’s going to punch someone. Yep.”

“About fifteen minutes later,” Albrecht told The Fix, “the student station manager came into the studio with a UMMPD officer and told us to leave. She said we had violated FCC law by saying a word that was never allowed on air, ‘tranny.’ So we packed up and left the studio.”
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<:shiiiiit:348458410217308170> **Marshawn Lynch only stands for Mexican national anthem**
https://nypost.com/2017/11/19/marshawn-lynch-only-stands-for-mexican-national-anthem/

Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat during most of U.S. anthem and stood for the Mexican anthem before their game against the Patriots at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

Lynch has not stood for the national anthem since returning from retirement this season.
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<:shiiiiit:348458410217308170> **LaVar Ball Does Not Credit Trump for Son’s Release After China Arrest**
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/11/18/lavar-ball-not-credit-trump-sons-release-china-arrest/

UCLA basketball star LiAngelo Ball and two other players were arrested in China for shoplifting — a crime that carries a ten-year sentence there — and President Donald Trump intervened, asking Chinese President Xi Jinping to look into the case. Chinese authorities have since freed the players, but now, LiAngelo’s father, LaVar Ball, has dismissed the president’s efforts.

The senior Ball spoke to ESPN’s Arash Markazi on Trump’s intercession, and instead of thanking the president, Ball attacked him.

“Who?” Ball said when Markazi raised the topic. “What was he over there for? Don’t tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out,” he added.

Ball also insisted that the crime his son was accused of was no big deal. “As long as my boy’s back here, I’m fine,” Ball said.

“Everybody gets stuck on the negativity of some things, and they get stuck on them too long,” he concluded. “That’s not me. I handle what’s going on, and then we go from there.”

The fallout for the players did not end with their release from Chinese custody. All three players were suspended indefinitely from the UCLA team upon returning home.
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🇺🇸 **GOP Sen Collins: ‘I Hope That the Voters of Alabama Choose Not to Elect’ Roy Moore**
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/11/19/gop-sen-collins-hope-voters-alabama-choose-not-elect-roy-moore/

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said she hoped voters in Alabama “choose not to elect” former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore for U.S. Senate.

Collins said, “I came out against Roy Moore very early. In fact, before these terrible allegations were levied against him because I was concerned about his performance as a member of the Alabama Supreme Court. He had been removed twice for failing to follow lawful orders and also because of his comments on Muslims and LGBT individuals.”

She continued, “So these allegations are extremely disturbing, but under the Constitution, the test on whether or not you seat someone is whether they satisfied the age and residency requirements, so we would have to seat him, but I hope we don’t get there. I think we’re getting ahead of ourselves and I hope that the voters of Alabama choose not to elect him.”
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⚠ **Twitter gives neo-Nazis, racists Dec. 18 deadline—and could then kick them out entirely**⚠
http://mashable.com/2017/11/17/twitter-hate-speech-symbols-december-18/#0Hw5r8j60OqT

Twitter is cracking down on hate speech and not just by looking at its own site.

In what amounts to a major shift in Twitter policy, the company announced on Friday that it will be monitoring user's behavior "on and off the platform" and will suspend a user's account if they affiliate with violent organizations, according to an update to Twitter's Help Center on Friday.

"You also may not affiliate with organizations that — whether by their own statements or activity both on and off the platform — use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes," the update reads.

Twitter isn't taking action immediately. Rather, it's given users until December 18, 2017 when it will then begin enforcing the rule.

The Dec. 18 deadline also applies to using "hateful images or symbols" in profile images or profile headers. Twitter will also monitor for hate speech in usernames, display names, and profile bios.

This new rule closes a loophole that Twitter's critics had long pointed out: That known white supremacists and others affiliated with hate groups could still use the platform to send a sanitized version of their message and use their followers to bolster their overall profile.

It's unclear how exactly Twitter will prioritize taking action and how much will come from user reports versus its own monitoring.

"The updates to the rules today will be enforced starting December 18. We'll also have more details on these policies to share that day," a Twitter spokesperson wrote in an emailed statement.
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🇺🇸 **
Moon landing PHOTOS reignite conspiracy theories… again**

<http://archive.is/5QBkk>
A UFO conspiracist has uncovered what he believes is proof that the moon landings were fake, although his detective work has drawn criticism.

“Does Astronaut's visor reflection show a stagehand on the Apollo fake Moon set?" is the question posed by Streetcap1, who shared his recent discovery on YouTube.

The photo in question is taken from the Apollo 17 mission, which took place in late 1972. Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent about 22 hours exploring the surface and were the last humans to walk on the moon.

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🇿🇼 **Deadline for Zimbabwe's Mugabe to resign passes with no word from President**

<http://archive.is/EHDzc>
Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN) — A deadline set by the party of Robert Mugabe to resign as the country's President has passed without a public statement, as speculation swirls over the veteran leader's next move.

A source with knowledge of negotiations over Mugabe's future told CNN that the President had agreed to terms for his exit and that a letter had been drafted.

No further details were offered and Mugabe has defied all expectations in the past week of political turmoil. Efforts to end his 37-year rule appeared still be in a state of flux after Mugabe stunned the nation on Sunday night by making a rambling televised statement that unexpectedly did not end in his resignation.

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<:autism:292463076278665236> **Notorious killer cult leader Charles Manson dies aged 83 of natural causes, one week after being rushed to hospital** <https://archive.fo/Dmft9> Notorious killer Charles Manson has died aged 83 of natural causes.
The cult leader, who had been behind bars for 48 years, died at 8.13pm on Sunday at a hospital in Kern County, California.
He was taken there from Corcoran State Prison with an undisclosed illness last week.Charles Manson has died at the age of 83 a week after being taken to hospital
Debra Tate, the sister of one of his victims, received a call from the prison
**The notorious cult leader's health had been steadily declining for months**
In January, he was rushed to hospital for intestinal bleeding and a sigmoid lesion
**The 83-year-old had been behind bars for more than four decades, since 1969**
He ordered 'family' members of his cult to go on a murderous two-day rampage

🇲🇽 **Canada, Mexico to question U.S. auto content demands at NAFTA talks**

<http://archive.is/rhwdO>
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Canada and Mexico will not make counterproposals to U.S. demands for tougher NAFTA automotive content rules but instead will offer rebuttals and pepper American negotiators with technical questions on Monday, people familiar with the talks said.

A NAFTA banner is seen during the fifth round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada, in Mexico City, Mexico, November 19, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Canada will make a presentation arguing U.S. demands would cause serious damage to U.S. as well as North American automotive manufacturing, a Canadian source with knowledge of the negotiations said.

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🇺🇸 **North Korea may have ICBM capable of reaching US this year, says South Korea**

<http://archive.is/4trMb>
South Korea's spy agency said on Monday it is possible North Korea can develop an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland this year and that it is monitoring developments closely.

No sign of an imminent nuclear test had been detected, though the North's Punggye-ri complex appears ready for another detonation "at any time", the agency told lawmakers.

North Korea, pursuing nuclear and missile programs in defiance of world condemnation, is also enforcing stronger controls on outside information in the face of international sanctions, the lawmakers said after a closed-door briefing.

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🇺🇸 **Illegal Aliens Killed Border Agent by Crushing in His Skull with Rocks, Says NBPC**
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/11/19/exclusive-illegal-aliens-killed-border-agent-crushing-face-skull-rocks-says-nbpc/

Exclusive details have emerged on the early morning attack against Border Patrol agents that left one agent dead and another hospitalized in serious condition on November, 19 2017. Breitbart Texas first broke the news of the death and injuries and now the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) says that their agents on the ground have stated that the agents were tracking a group of illegal aliens who then beat the agents with rocks until one was killed and the other hospitalized.

Border Patrol Agent Brandon Judd, also president of the NBPC, stated, “What we know is that Border Patrol Agent Rogilio Martinez appears to have been ambushed by a group of illegal aliens whom he was tracking. Our agents’ reports from the ground say that he was struck in the head multiple times with a rock or rocks.”

Agent Judd continued, “The other agent arrived on scene a short time later and was also ambushed and struck in the head with what is believed to have been a rock or rocks. These disgusting acts and complete disregard for human life need to stop immediately. Family members of slain Agent Martinez will never get to see him come home again all because we have failed to secure our borders from such criminals.”
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🇺🇸 **Sen. Al Franken Spokesman: Senator Will Not Resign Despite Allegations**
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/19/sen-al-franken-spokesman-senator-will-not-resign-despite-allegations/

Sen. Al Franken’s (D-MN) spokesman announced that Franken would not resign despite allegations that he groped a woman’s breasts and kissed her without her consent.

“He is spending time with his family in Washington, D.C., and will be through the Thanksgiving holiday, and he’s doing a lot of reflecting,” the spokesperson told the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Saturday.

Sexual harassment allegations against the Minnesota senator surfaced this week after Los Angeles-based journalist Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of fondling her breasts while she was sleeping and aggressively shoving his tongue down her throat.

Franken verified that the photo was accurate after it surfaced and apologized for taking the picture with her. In an updated statement, he apologized to Tweeden and everyone he has ever worked with or repted.
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🇺🇸 **Trump declares North Korea state sponsor of terrorism, triggers sanctions**
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-usa/trump-declares-north-korea-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-triggers-sanctions-idUSKBN1DK223

President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, a designation that allows the United States to impose more sanctions and risks inflaming tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.

The designation came a week after Trump returned from a 12-day, five-nation trip to Asia in which he made containing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions a centerpiece of his discussions.

“In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, North Korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

“This designation will impose further sanctions and penalties on North Korea and related persons and supports our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the murderous regime.”
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<:jew:348458300947431426> **George Soros decries Hungary's PM Orban for anti-Semitic attacks 'reminiscent of the 1930s'**
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/20/george-soros-decries-hungarys-orban-for-anti-semitic-attacks-reminiscent-of-the-1930s.html

Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros is denouncing a propaganda campaign waged against him by the government in his native country.

Soros, whose political views are in stark contrast to Budapest's ruling Fidesz party, said Monday he had been targeted by an administration "stoking anti-Muslim sentiment and employing anti-Semitic tropes reminiscent of the 1930s."

In a statement published on his website, Soros also rejected seven statements in a "national consultation" orchestrated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which claimed he wanted to settle at least 1 million migrants a year in Europe and pay them each thousands of euros.

Orban launched a nationwide television and billboard advertising campaign in July accusing Soros of devising Europe's refugee crisis. Critics of Orban's drive to condemn the 87-year-old investor said posters were not dissimilar to the anti-Semitic imagery of the 1930s, which portrayed Jews as political manipulators.
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🇱🇧 **Lebanese Army ordered at ‘full readiness’ at southern border to face Israeli threat**
<https://archive.is/zPfOv>

The head of the Lebanese Army has asked the military to be at “full readiness” to face “the Israeli enemy” at the southern border, according to the army’s Twitter account.

The army needs to be prepared to “confront the threats and violations of the Israeli enemy and its hostile intentions against Lebanon,” Joseph Aoun said on Tuesday. General Aoun also urged the army to cooperate with United Nations forces in Lebanon under UN Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted to resolve the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.

The statement comes after Lebanon’s president, Michel Aoun, claimed that “Israeli targeting still continues and it is the right of the Lebanese to resist it and foil its plans by all available means,” according to Reuters.
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🇺🇸 **Florida Democratic Party Chair Resigns over Allegations of Sexual Harassment**
<https://archive.is/3kvch>

Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel tendered his resignation Friday after a report alleged that he sexually harassed women and created a hostile work environment.

“When my personal situation becomes distracting to our core mission of electing Democrats and making Florida better, it is time for me to step aside,” Bittel said in a statement tweeted by the Florida Democratic Party. “I apologize for all who have felt uncomfortable during my tenure at the Democratic Party.”

Florida Democratic Party leaders had called on Bittel to resign before. In June, party officials asked Bittel to submit his resignation after he got caught telling a state senator that black lawmakers are like “children.”
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🇺🇸 **Trump’s ‘sanctuary cities’ executive order permanently blocked in US court**
<https://archive.is/sNAkU>

A US judge berated and ruled President Donald Trump’s “sanctuary cities” executive order unconstitutional. Cities that do not fully comply with federal immigration enforcement are still entitled to billions of dollars in federal money, the judge found.

San Francisco County and Santa Clara County claimed they were at risk of losing $2 billion in federal funds under the January 25 executive order. They argued that the executive order was unconstitutional, because it violated the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government.

Judge Orrick concurred that the US Constitution only delegates spending powers to Congress, but he went further in his judgment of Trump’s order.

“It is so broad and coercive that even if the President had spending powers, the Executive Order would clearly exceed them and violate the Tenth Amendment's prohibition against commandeering local jurisdictions. It is so vague and standardless that it violates the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and is void for vagueness,” Orrick
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🇬🇧 **Victims of Jehovah's Witness sex abuse 'told not to report it': Religious organisation accused of trying to cover up attacks to protect its reputation**
<https://archive.is/Qqb2s>

Children sexually abused by Jehovah’s Witnesses were encouraged not to tell police, it has been claimed. Victims have accused the religious organisation of trying to cover up attacks in order to protect its reputation. They claim the group’s rules, which require two witnesses before an incident can be investigated by elders, have protected perpetrators.

Louise Palmer, whose family are Jehovah’s Witnesses, was abused by her older brother Richard Davenport for six years from the age of five. He was jailed in 2015 for 14 years, later reduced to ten, for two charges of raping his sister and three of indecently assaulting her. Mrs Palmer, 41, of Evesham, Worcestershire, who has waived her anonymity, said: ‘They strongly advised me not to go to the police because it would bring reproach on Jehovah.’

Another woman, also from Worcestershire, told the BBC she was sexually abused as a child by a friend of her brother. She said she told elders what happened and they advised her not to report it.

The organisation said the latest claims were ‘unfair and misleading’. A spokesman said: ‘Congregation elders do not shield abusers from the authorities... Any suggestion that Jehovah’s Witnesses cover up child abuse is absolutely false.’
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🇬🇧 **Students study Mein Kampf in 'unsafe space' as 'antidote to poison of political correctness'**
<https://archive.is/C6M1B>

A school notorious for inviting alt-right speaker Milo Yiannopoulos to speak has introduced a controversial new program called ‘unsafe space,’ where students will study Mein Kampf and learn that not all cultures, genders, and sexual orientations are equal.

It is understood that Soderholm told pupils that the first session of the course would look at a memo sent out by axed Google employee James Damore. In the memo, Damore claimed that female engineers are inferior and less skilled compared to their male peers. *(fake news, he didn't say that)*

Sarah Cundy, 18, said the teacher told students the forum would highlight the pros and cons of Damore’s argument. “To hear a teacher say there are any pros at all in the argument did make me feel pretty uncomfortable,” she said. “I think female and minority students are going to face more issues. I think there will be a rise in sexism, which I would say is already an issue at the school – especially with it being an all-boys school except sixth form.”

Connie Kissock, also 18, said she was “worried” by “teachers promoting anti-feminist ideas.” Kissock also said while she “definitely support[s] discussing a broad range of ideas in academic environments” she thinks that the invited speakers and lectures organized by Soderholm have “become an attack on what they see as leftist bias. We’ve had a speaker on women’s anti-feminism, we’re going to have one on why all cultures aren’t equal, implying that non-Western cultures are inferior.”
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🇺🇸 **Harvard Faces DOJ Probe Over Affirmative-Action Policies**
<https://archive.is/QtIYE>

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the use of race in Harvard University’s admissions practices and has accused the university of failing to cooperate with the probe, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The Justice Department is investigating complaints that formed the basis of a federal civil lawsuit filed in 2014 in Boston, according to the documents. That suit alleges Harvard intentionally discriminates against Asian-Americans by limiting the number of Asian students who are admitted.

Harvard has previously said its admissions process is consistent with the legal precedents set over the past 40 years by the Supreme Court, which have allowed universities to consider race as a factor in admissions to obtain the benefits of a diverse student body.
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🇺🇸 **Clinton Mega-Donor Dies of Gunshot Wound to Head**
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A wealthy Democratic mega-donor who co-founded the Ready for Hillary PAC, which helped launch Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for the White House, has died of a gunshot wound to the head after “a sudden onset and battle with a mental health issue,” his family says.

Steve Mostyn, a 46-year-old Texas trial lawyer who reportedly contributed millions to pro-Clinton super PACs, was found dead in his Houston home on Nov. 15.

Mostyn’s death was ruled a suicide by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. According to the New York Times, Mostyn’s wife, Amber, said her husband died after a “sudden onset and battle with a mental health issue.”
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🇺🇸 **California Dem Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations**
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A California Democrat assemblyman announced Monday he would be stepping down from his position in light of “rumors and speculation” of his alleged sexual harassment.

Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, the Democratic majority whip in the state assembly, will also not be campaigning for re-election in light of a Los Angeles Times report about six women alleging the assemblyman sexually harassed them, the outlet reported Monday.

Other state representatives and congressmen have been accused of sexual harassment in recent months. At least two women have come forward to accuse Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken of either fondling her while she was asleep or putting his hand on her behind while the two took a photo. Franken apologized for the first allegation, but said he did not remember the photo incident.
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🇿🇼 **Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe president in letter to parliament - speaker**
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The rule of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is over after he tendered his resignation in a letter to parliament, according to the house speaker. The 93 year old has been in power since Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain in 1980. Mugabe’s future had been the subject of intense speculation in recent days, after the Central Committee of the ruling ZANU-PF Party gave him an ultimatum to step down.

The firing of then vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa earlier this month prompted a military takeover, which culminated in Mugabe’s resignation. It’s not clear, however, who is in charge in the wake of his departure, Reuters reports.

On Sunday, Mugabe made known his intention to preside over the ZANU-PF congress next month. However, on Monday, the party announced plans to impeach him. In a statement cited by Reuters, the party said Mugabe had already been informed of his removal.
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🇺🇸 **Charlie Rose Fired by CBS over Sexual Harassment Allegations**
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Veteran broadcaster Charlie Rose has been fired by CBS News after eight separate women accused him of sexual harassment.

“A short time ago we terminated Charlie Rose’s employment with CBS News, effective immediately,” CBS News President David Rhodes wrote in a message to employees. “This followed the revelation yesterday of extremely disturbing and intolerable behavior said to have revolved around his PBS program.”

Some of the allegations against Rose include “lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping [women’s] breasts, buttocks, and genital areas.”

The firing represents a major blow to CBS News and the mainstream media as a whole, with Rose widely considered to be one of the network’s most experienced and respected journalists with a career spanning over 40 years.

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:🇯🇵 ** Japan has become a 'demographic time bomb' — here's the truth about what that means**

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Japan is dealing with what economists call a"demographic time bomb."

Through avicious cycle of low fertility and low consumer spending, the country's economy has gradually shrunk over the last 20 years.

Japan has coped with this demographic time bomb in creative and sometimes extreme ways. But the reputation Japan still maintains as a tech leader with a booming economy belies the daily reality for many citizens.

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🇺🇸 **U.S. sanctions 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations**
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations Washington accused of helping evade nuclear restrictions against Pyongyang and supporting the country through trade.

A North Korea fan wears a pin of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

The action, coming one day after President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, was announced by the U.S. Treasury in a statement on its website.

The new sanctions demonstrate the Trump administration’s focus on hurting trade between China and North Korea, which the administration has said is key to pressuring Pyongyang to back away from its ambition to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.
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