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Antifa Website Calls for Violence Against Upcoming Pro-Life Demo, Urges Thugs Use ‘Same Force as at Nazi Rally’

Antifa Website Calls for Violence Against Upcoming Pro-Life Demo, Urges Thugs to Use ‘Same Force as at Nazi Rally’


by Cassandra Fairbanks
May 26, 2018

Antifa is calling for violence against a pro-life rally outside Planned Parenthood in Washington next month, urging that peaceful demonstrators should be “met with the same force as a nazi rally or a white power gathering.”

The group Patriot Prayer has called for a peaceful demonstration outside the Planned Parenthood in Kent on June 9. The group has several speakers lined up to discuss why they believe the organization should be defunded.

The organizers have specifically called for those who attend not to harass any women who are going in or out.

“We are not there to harass any women coming or going, it is important to remain positive and to spread a good message,” the event page reads.

Planned Parenthood has a policy which asks that supporters do not stage counter demonstrations, However, arguably the largest Antifa website, It’s Going Down, has put out a call to action to treat the rally attendees as if they are Nazis or white supremacists. Those of us who have been watching Antifa counter protests over the past few years know that means violent assaults, vandalism, intimidation, and general chaos.

In their call to action, the anonymous Antifa author acknowledged Planned Parenthood’s policy of avoiding counter protests, but stated that as anarchists — they do not need to pay attention to that.

“Planned Parenthood has a policy in place for supporters to ignore protesters at their sites. As anarchists, we know this is impossible and ‘avoidance politics’ is a particular brand of leftist cowardice,” the call to action states.

The website goes on to call on their readers to “crew up” and use force against the peaceful demonstration.

“This is a call to crew up, roll tight and organize to obstruct yet another targeted attack by Joey Gibson and his rabble of misogynist frat-boys. If we are to continue to call ourselves anti-fascists, these kinds of gendered attacks must be met with the same force as a nazi rally or a white power gathering.”

The post goes on to mock the more moderate liberals who oppose political violence and to team up with people who support it.

“Anarchists and anti-fascists in the Pacific Northwest have learned over the last year that the broader coalition of liberals and socialists who tend to show up to oppose public gathering of the Right are not friendly to tactics of direct action that stray out of the confines of ‘non-violence.’ They will provide no safe space or harbor for those of us willing to carry out direct action against this mob of pond scum, so it is imperative that anarchists and anti-fascists alike organize to keep ourselves safe and protected,” the website suggests.

The founder of Patriot Prayer, Joey Gibson, told the Gateway Pundit that Antifa always calls for violence against their rallies — but that he hasn’t actually seen them back it up since August when several thousand people gathered on for a “Rally Against Hate” in response to one of their events. The event was canceled after the city refused to issue a permit, but a handful of bold Trump supporters still showed up.

Footage from the scene captured shocking amounts of violence, including a Trump supporter being beaten with pipes and sticks.

Gibson explained that Antifa seem to be losing their effectiveness. Members of Patriot Prayer also now open carry.

“We will always be prepared, but we will never stand down,” Gibson said. 

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Trump: ‘We are not going to apologize for America’

Evoking memories of Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump addressed the graduating class of the Naval Academy, giving a full-throated defense of US history, saying “We are not going to apologize for America.”


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“Together there is nothing Americans can’t do, absolutely nothing,” Trump told 2018 graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy. “In recent years, and even decades, too many people have forgotten that truth. They’ve forgotten that our ancestors trounced an empire, tamed a continent, and triumphed over the worst evils in history.”


He added: “America is the greatest fighting force for peace, justice and freedom in the history of the world. We have become a lot stronger lately. We are not going to apologize for America. We are going to stand up for America.”


You didn’t really think Newsweek would let that pass unchallenged, did you?


Before Europeans arrived in what became the United States, Native Americans occupied the land but were forced to relinquish territory as the new Americans pushed westward as part of what was termed “manifest destiny.” In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which led to the deaths of thousands of Native Americans.


Reminds me of that scene in “Airplane II” where the gayish air traffic control operator was asked for an update from Robert Stack’s McCroskey for “absolutely everything that’s happened up till now.”


Jacobs: Well, let’s see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di’s clothes. I couldn’t believe it.


Newsweek’s analysis of US history was about as sophisticated.


Trump previously caused controversy when he held an event honoring Native Americans in the Oval Office last November with a portrait of Jackson in the background. Trump has regularly praised Jackson, although at times with a questionable grasp of history. He has also repeatedly referred to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed Native American heritage,” as “Pocahontas.”


“A nation must have pride in its history to have confidence in its future,” Trump said Friday. The president’s comments mirrored a tweet he sent out in March celebrating National Agriculture Day.


“Our Nation was founded by farmers,” he wrote. “Our independence was won by farmers. And our continent was tamed by farmers. Our farmers always lead the way — we are PROUD of them, and we are DELIVERING for them! #NationalAgricultureDay.


Well, no, the president’s comments about agriculture did not “mirror” his patriotic sentiments, except in the sense that he was praising America and that’s a no no.


I get it. You simply can’t talk about America this way. How about slavery? How about racism? How about genocide? How about oppressing women, child labor, anti-immigrant bias, denying workers’ rights…? 


Did I mention racism?


There is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating America’s monumental achievements and it’s immensely positive impact on the human race without bringing up our many and varied sins. There is absolutely nothing wrong with pointing out American exceptionalism or our contributions to peace and freedom in the world.


These things are historical facts whether the left likes it or not. It speaks to the complexity of our history that these accomplishments exist side by side with our sins. But they do, and to highlight nothing but the negative without bringing up the positive is simple minded and juvenile.


Trump’s Reaganesque speech is exactly what those graduates needed to hear. 


 


 


Evoking memories of Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump addressed the graduating class of the Naval Academy, giving a full-throated defense of US history, saying “We are not going to apologize for America.”


Newsweek:


“Together there is nothing Americans can’t do, absolutely nothing,” Trump told 2018 graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy. “In recent years, and even decades, too many people have forgotten that truth. They’ve forgotten that our ancestors trounced an empire, tamed a continent, and triumphed over the worst evils in history.”


He added: “America is the greatest fighting force for peace, justice and freedom in the history of the world. We have become a lot stronger lately. We are not going to apologize for America. We are going to stand up for America.”


You didn’t really think Newsweek would let that pass unchallenged, did you?


Before Europeans arrived in what became the United States, Native Americans occupied the land but were forced to relinquish territory as the new Americans pushed westward as part of what was termed “manifest destiny.” In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which led to the deaths of thousands of Native Americans.


Reminds me of that scene in “Airplane II” where the gayish air traffic control operator was asked for an update from Robert Stack’s McCroskey for “absolutely everything that’s happened up till now.”


Jacobs: Well, let’s see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di’s clothes. I couldn’t believe it.


Newsweek’s analysis of US history was about as sophisticated.


Trump previously caused controversy when he held an event honoring Native Americans in the Oval Office last November with a portrait of Jackson in the background. Trump has regularly praised Jackson, although at times with a questionable grasp of history. He has also repeatedly referred to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed Native American heritage,” as “Pocahontas.”


“A nation must have pride in its history to have confidence in its future,” Trump said Friday. The president’s comments mirrored a tweet he sent out in March celebrating National Agriculture Day.


“Our Nation was founded by farmers,” he wrote. “Our independence was won by farmers. And our continent was tamed by farmers. Our farmers always lead the way — we are PROUD of them, and we are DELIVERING for them! #NationalAgricultureDay.


Well, no, the president’s comments about agriculture did not “mirror” his patriotic sentiments, except in the sense that he was praising America and that’s a no no.


I get it. You simply can’t talk about America this way. How about slavery? How about racism? How about genocide? How about oppressing women, child labor, anti-immigrant bias, denying workers’ rights…? 


Did I mention racism?


There is absolutely nothing wrong with celebrating America’s monumental achievements and it’s immensely positive impact on the human race without bringing up our many and varied sins. There is absolutely nothing wrong with pointing out American exceptionalism or our contributions to peace and freedom in the world.


These things are historical facts whether the left likes it or not. It speaks to the complexity of our history that these accomplishments exist side by side with our sins. But they do, and to highlight nothing but the negative without bringing up the positive is simple minded and juvenile.


Trump’s Reaganesque speech is exactly what those graduates needed to hear. 


 


 




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Trump makes it easier to fire deficient govt workers… finally

The latest executive order news coming out of the White House addresses some long overdue questions about government workers and their unions. Efforts to not only shrink the size of government but to remove ineffective or misbehaving workers have largely been stymied by union agreements which were crafted over decades with nobody at the bargaining table looking out for the taxpayer. Other goodies for the labor groups allowed most of their union work to be done on government time and using government resources. These executive orders will be changing some of those processes. (Government Executive)

President Trump issued a series of executive orders Friday that could gut federal employee unions’ ability to negotiate with agency leaders and represent workers, as well as reduce the time it takes for an agency to fire people for poor performance or misconduct.

Billed as the first step toward broad civil service reform, senior administration officials announced in a call with reporters on Friday afternoon three executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire poor performers and ordering harsher treatment of union representatives.

“Today, the president is fulfilling his promise to promote a more efficient government by reforming civil service rules,” said Andrew Bremberg, director of the president’s Domestic Policy Council. “Every year, the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey shows that less than one third of federal employees believe poor performers are adequately addressed by their agency. These executive orders make it easier to remove poor performing employees, and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used.”

Some of the biggest (and best) changes address policies which we’ve been carping about here for years. The first one shortens the period of Performance Improvement Plans (where the misbehaving or underperforming worker is given time to straighten up and fly right) to 30 days across all agencies. Under the old system, these PIPs could last up to half a year.

The next change really hits the motherload, though. Trump is clamping down on so-called “official time” where employees who are union officials can spend unlimited time doing union work while they are on the clock, sometimes doing zero work for the public. They also get to use offices and other government equipment for union work at no cost. Trump is clamping down on that, ordering that no union officials spend more than 25% of their work hours on union business and ordering a new agreement where the unions can use their own facilities or pay rent for using government offices. These changes are long, long overdue.

Already being called “a devastating blow” by some union supporters, opponents may be surprised to find that there probably isn’t much sympathy among the public for the status quo in government human resources management. This is particularly true for anyone who has spent any amount of time working in the private sector. In a normal job out in the real world, if you repeatedly screw up massively or are credibly accused of any serious malfeasance, odds are that you will be packing up your desk and heading for the parking lot before the end of the day. But as the Washington Times reported this week, one study after another shows that federal government workers are treated far differently than the rest of us. (Emphasis added)

Office of Personnel Management data shows federal employees are 44 times less likely to be fired than a private sector worker once they’ve completed a probationary period.

A recent Government Accountability Office report showed that it takes between six months and a year to remove a federal employee for poor performance, followed by an eight-month appeals process.

One official indicated some lower numbers for the average amount of time it takes to remove someone for poor performance or misbehavior, averaging close to 120 days. But that’s still months longer than what happens in the real world. And we’ve frequently seen discharged employees remaining on the payroll while an appeals process drags on for months or even years. What precisely makes these workers so much more “special” than everyone else? This should not be some sort of forbidden question when the taxpayers are the ones paying those wages.

The one thing missing from these executive orders was a fresh look at the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). Originally designed as a safeguard against political retribution against career workers when different parties take control, the MSPB has morphed into a union tool to prevent most workers from ever being fired. The MSPB has overturned some truly jaw-dropping dismissals, including people found dealing drugs out of their office desk or spending the workday watching porn on their government computer instead of working. Since it was created through congressional action Trump couldn’t just do away with it entirely, but some measure of sanity should be possible to impose. Perhaps Trump will get around to the MSPB in the next round of EOs.

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BOZELL & GRAHAM: Fox Beats Up On God

As the television season wraps up, it seems that Satan is having a bad year on Fox. The still-Rupert Murdoch-owned network canceled not only its devil drama “Lucifer” but also “The Exorcist,” which “blessed” us with anti-religious plots about sexually active gay and straight priests and mercy-killing nuns. It even waved goodbye to the sitcom “The Mick,” which routinely mocked religion as something only naive grade schoolers believe until they grow up to be “smart and progressive.”

Is Fox going soft? Rest easy, atheists. For people who want to ridicule God and those crazy believers, there is still Seth MacFarlane and “Family Guy,” which has been renewed for season 17. May 20 was Pentecost, the day Christians celebrate the Holy Spirit descending on the Apostles, and Fox was kicking the usual “comedic” dirt at the faithful.

In the episode, Peter Griffin, the title character, lapses into a coma and believes he’s stuck in an elevator with God. God says He’s incapable of getting out of the elevator. Later it turns out He is trying to decide whether Peter is going to heaven or hell. (MacFarlane’s God conveniently proclaims to Peter that atheists don’t go to hell but somehow the netherworld’s deepest torments are saved for people who say they are spiritual but not religious.)

When Peter asks God why He isn’t in Heaven, God uses the PR-speak of a Hollywood sexual abuser: “There was an issue. Uh, a few angels came forward. I don’t remember things exactly as they do, but I respect their experience.”

When God tells Peter he’s an “inattentive husband and a terrible parent,” Peter retorts, “Oh, says father of the year!” Responding to the reference of a somehow cruel God sacrificing Jesus for the forgiveness of sinners, God says: “Oh, please. He played that for all it was worth. ‘Why has Thou forsaken me?’ … I did Him a favor.”

At the end of the episode, God tells Peter that he succeeded because he uttered, “You were right about everything.” God then explains: “That’s what religion is. It’s not about being good or bad. It’s just blind subservience to an imaginary being.”

Count on Hollywood for a snarky, self-satisfied, secular sermon served in a Sunday-night cartoon.

An hour earlier, a milder mockery of religion showed up on “The Simpsons,” which has been renewed for season 30. In this story, young Bart Simpson is in a coma after being struck by lightning and is seeing ghosts. In his dream, his annoying and nerdy friend Milhouse finds him in a dark room surrounded by crosses and lit devotional candles. He asks: “What’s going on, Bart? Are you into God now? I always was.” He then holds up a crucifix and says of Jesus: “Look at those abs. The secret is less loaves, more fishes!” Bart replies, “I don’t believe in some dopey religion. This is to keep out ghosts.”

At the end of the episode, after recovering from his coma and somehow possessing new psychic powers, Bart foretells to Lisa how everyone they know will die. Sitting in a Buddhist cross-legged pose, Lisa utters her last words: “Oh, my God! Now I realize, this has all been a waste of time.”

That might be an apt summary of a life spent watching too many hours of Fox cartoons.

L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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Chicago Police Protest Mayor Emanuel’s Anti-Police Policies – Leftist Woman Spits on Police (VIDEO)

Chicago Police Protest Mayor Emanuel’s Anti-Police Policies – Leftist Woman Spits on Police (VIDEO)

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by Jim Hoft
May 26, 2018

Guest post by Joe Hoft

During a police protest in Chicago over the anti-police policies of Chicago’s crooked Mayor Rahm Emanuel, an unidentified angry woman spit on a cop!  Lock her up!

The Chicago Police are protesting the policies of their Mayor Emanuel that prevent them from doing their job. The Mayor is personal friend and accomplice of former President Obama. During their protest a woman was caught on video spitting on one of the cops.

That policeman deserves a medal for not retaliating to the radical disgusting female spitter. She on the other hand needs to be arrested and put in jail.

** If anyone knows this woman please contact Chicago police.

President Trump tweeted his support for the police in Chicago stating they have every right to protest how the mayor will not let them do their job.

The police in our country do outstanding work under very stressful conditions while protecting all Americans. They should be praised and not spit on for their courage and desire to do what’s right. God bless all police this Memorial Day weekend.

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Exclusive — Barr: There’s No Reason Not to Harden Security at Schools

The United States Capitol Building often is referred to as “The People’s House.” For more than two centuries, access to the People’s House was largely unfettered.

Visitors, whether American citizens or otherwise, could easily and freely walk into the building to see their Representative, listen to a congressional hearing, roam the statue- and art-bedecked corridors, or sit in the visitors galleries to watch one of the two legislative bodies in action.

All that changed dramatically after July 24, 1998, the day a deranged gunman charged into the House entrance and mortally wounded two Capitol Hill police officers. That double murder set in motion an assessment of just how open to the people the People’s House should remain. Over the next several years, a massive and costly construction project took place that now funnels all non-official visitors to the Capitol through a huge, underground system of checkpoints and stairways before they can enter the building.

Security measures on the Hill were tightened further following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. In similar fashion, it has now become far more difficult for visitors to gain access to public areas of the White House that once were within easy reach for citizens eager to do what people in other countries could only dream about – walking into the actual home of their country’s leader.

These changes serve as very real, if unfortunate reminders of the 21st Century world in which we live; among other things, lengthening the distance between the people and their government. The same can be said with regard to America’s schools.

Where once a parent could walk unquestioned into an elementary school to share lunch with their son or daughter; now they must be buzzed in, badged, possibly directed through a metal detector, and permitted to go only to a specific place within the building.

Yet even with all these security measures, tragedies such as befell the high school in Santa Fe, Texas on May 18th, still occur.

As with the debate about whether to place armed and uniformed law enforcement officers at schools, there remains much controversy surrounding the question of “how much security at a school is too much?”

Sociologists ponder whether physical security measures like metal detectors “alienates” students and makes them less receptive to learning. One writer at the RAND Corporation, Rajeev Ramchand, cites to a study that concludes, counterintuitively, that visible physical security measures makes students feel less safe. Some analysts fret that placing physical security measures at schools make the institutions appear unwelcoming.

In the end, one can become dizzy going ‘round in circles about whether to install physical security devices at school and to what extent. In many respects, this is the debate that virtually every country has faced since 9-11 regarding security at airports and other government structures.

Fears that tightened security at commercial airports would lead to a downturn in civilian air travel, however, never materialized.  Despite the animosity with which passengers occasionally view TSA security checkpoints or personnel, the public’s appetite for air travel remains at historically high levels. And, despite the increased security measures at the U.S. Capitol, it remains one of the most visited tourist sites in the country.

But there are differences that must be considered. Schools are not tourist attractions; and unlike most air travel, attendance is not a voluntary activity. It is appropriate and important to consider the effects on students, teachers, and parents of enhanced security measures at schools.

The strategy underlying virtually every plan for physical security measures at schools is quite simple: minimize the opportunity for a potential murderer to gain access to the school in the first instance, and maximize the chances his efforts will be quickly thwarted if he does gain entry.

Unlike airport security, however, school security measures need to be considered in the broader context of whether they negatively impact what goes on there; in other words, whether they enhance or diminish the ability of teachers to teach and students to learn. And, unlike commercial airports, a one-size-fits-all approach is not appropriate for the thousands of extremely diverse schools scattered across communities from Miami to Anchorage.

Striking that balance is not easy, and dollars often are in short supply; but there are resources available. Organizations such as “PASS” (the Partnership Alliance for Safer Schools), along with law enforcement organizations in all parts of the country and at all levels, are ready to assist school boards in developing, implementing and updating hardened security measures. But the will to do so has to be there.

Any school board’s failure to engage such steps for whatever reason, including political or bureaucratic concerns, should be cause for parents to demand those who failed in this regard be fired or removed from office.

Bob Barr is president and CEO of the Law Enforcement Education Foundation (LEEF). From 1995-2003, he represented Georgia’s Seventh Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Celebs Slam Trump Admin. Rule Separating Abortion Clinics from Federally Funded Facilities

Hollywood celebrities are coming to the aid of the abortion industry following the Trump administration’s announcement of a new rule that ends the notion that abortion is health care or family planning and requires abortion facilities to be physically and financially separate from federally funded family planning centers.

The new rule, which can be read at the website of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), bars recipients of federal Title X family planning funds from referring women for abortions and – for abortion providers that also offer family planning services – also requires completely separate facilities for these services. The rule sends the clear message that abortion is not family planning or health care.

The new regulations also require Title X recipients to both abide by all state and local laws that mandate the reporting of child sexual abuse, and to document that they have made those reports.

Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman started off ripping Trump on May 18 with her assertion the new rule is not about protecting life, but about “limiting women’s choices while courting a specific voting block”:

MRC NewsBusters noted other celebrity tweets as well:

“Tweet at him now and tell him: he has no right to make decisions about your body,” tweeted actress Jane Fonda:

Singer Pink tweeted, “Title X gives women access to contraception and more control over their lives, health, careers & economic security — and a gag rule takes that care away”:

The notion that women are somehow unable to obtain contraception with the new rule in place is, however, “fake news.” Taxpayer funds that would go to abortion facilities that refuse to abide by the new regulations – and some may choose not to – are slated to go to other federally qualified health centers that do not perform abortions and that provide more comprehensive health care. Any individual who would have chosen a Title X abortion facility for regular health care and family planning services can find another center at getyourcare.org.

“These centers outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities by a 20:1 ratio,” notes Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser.

Actress Jessica Biel also tweeted the “gag rule” is “a dangerous Trump-Pence policy that allows doctors to withhold information from women about their pregnancy options and block patients from coming to Planned Parenthood”:

The new rule, however, does not prohibit doctors in Title X facilities from counseling women about abortion.

Madame Secretary’s Tea Leoni also tweeted the same misinformation about the new Title X regulations:

“Under the administration’s gag rule, people who access care through Title X—mostly the uninsured, low income, or people of color—wouldn’t be able to get info about all their options, including abortions,” she posted. “Enough is enough.”

Again, the new rule does allow facilities that receive Title X funding to counsel about abortion, but not refer for abortion. Low-income individuals and the uninsured can still go to the many thousands of federally qualified health centers that provide more expansive services than Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Additionally, Title X facilities that currently perform abortions and distribute contraception can choose to abide by the new rule and separate their family planning centers from those that perform abortions in order to remain  eligible for grants under this program.

Other celebrities tweeted similar left-wing talking points that reflected a lack of knowledge about the new rule.

“Stop playing politics with our bodies and health care,” postedTop Chef producer Padma Lakshmi:

“Title X gives women access to contraception and more control over their lives, health, careers, & economic security — and a gag rule takes that care away,” said Kate Walsh of 13 Reasons Why:

Numerous other celebrities joined in attacking the new rule:

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Sweden: Three Migrants Prosecuted for Synagogue Firebombing

Prosecutors have charged three migrants from Palestine and Syria for attacking a Jewish synagogue in Gothenburg, Sweden last December, following the announcement of the U.S. embassy in Israel’s move to Jerusalem.

The prosecution of the three men was announced this week by prosecutor Stella Lundqvist, who said that hate was likely a motive for the attack on the synagogue, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports.

The three migrants, who are in Sweden as temporary residents and are on work visas, are being charged with aggravated arson or attempted arson.

The prosecutor said the men, “together and in agreement with a number of unknown persons, started fires by throwing several bottles of burning gas or similar liquid to cars parked outside the synagogue of the property belonging to the Jewish Assembly in Gothenburg as well as neighbouring property. The cars belonged to members of the Jewish Assembly.”

Lundqvist added that the crime was being treated as especially serious because of the potential the fires had to spread to nearby buildings in the area, which could have caused far more damage.

The attack, which occurred last December, followed a protest in Gothenburg against the U.S. announcement to move its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and recognize the city as the capital of Israel, and was said to have involved at least 20 people.

Earlier that same day in the heavily migrant-populated city of Malmö, protestors against the embassy move said, “We have announced the intifada from Malmö. We want our freedom back, and we will shoot the Jews!”

The new U.S. embassy, which opened earlier this month, has been the subject of violent protest by some, including the terror group Hamas, but the move was also welcomed by several European countries including the Czech Republic and Romania, who have both expressed a desire to follow in the footsteps of U.S. President Donald Trump and move their country’s embassies to Jerusalem as well.

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Nicaragua explodes in violence as opposition to Ortega’s rule grows

Demonstrations across Nicaragua that began as opposition to reforms of the country’s social security system have exploded into violence against the rule of the President Daniel Ortega.


Ortega has governed Nicaragua for the last 11 years. It is his second stint as president, having ruled the country from 1979-1990 when his communist Sandanista thugs helped suppress any opposition. 



Ortega has no changed much since those days.


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The latest clashes broke out late Wednesday between opposition demonstrators and pro-government groups, with the worst occurring in Leon, northwest of the capital Managua.


A 31-year-old man, Manuel Chevez, was shot dead when government-linked groups tried to evict students and residents from a barricade on the main road to Leon, the man’s aunt Justa Ramirez said.


A second man, identified as Luis Diaz and belonging to the pro-government group, was allegedly struck by a homemade mortar bomb, said local Red Cross director Marcio Ocon.


During the clashes, which lasted about five hours, 54 people were wounded by a mixture of gunfire, rubber bullets and blunt instruments, according to the Red Cross.


Chevez’s aunt said he had been shot by a rifle. ‘He was shot with an AK, because it is a shot from an AK that he has on his forehead,’ she said.


Clashes also occurred in other Nicaraguan cities.


There have been talks between the government and opposition mediated by the Catholic church. 


The unrest came after the week-long church-mediated talks between the government and opposition forces to quell a month of violence broke down late on Wednesday.


‘Since there was no consensus today between the parties, we in the bishops’ conference regrettably are shutting down the… national dialogue,’ church officials said after eight fruitless hours of mediation at a Managua seminary.


The biggest major stumbling block is the government’s rejection of early elections.


‘That would be dismantling constitutional order and the democratically elected government,’ Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said.


Moncada reaffirmed the government’s readiness to dialogue, saying it is ‘essential to resolve and agree on the elimination of all the barriers’ on the roads, to avoid ‘violence in all its forms and to guarantee the right to work.’


The leader of the opposition Broad Front for Democracy, Violeta Granera, said the dialogue had given her ‘a level of hope’ to find a solution to the crisis.


‘Now what we have left is to not let ourselves be unfocused and to be bolder, more creative and stronger with the protests.’


Ortega ‘wants time to win with impunity… It is already clear that his days in power are numbered,’ she said.


For the Ortega government to talk about “constitutional order” is a bad joke. He has ruled with the help of street thugs who show up at opposition protests to disrupt and intimidate the groups. The opposition has now taken to defending themselves, resulting in the violence sweeping the country.


Ortega should never be underestimated. He is a political survivor and will likely not accede to the demands for early elections. If they are held, he will make sure he wins. Since his government controls the machinery of elections, it’s pretty certain Ortega will get the outcome he wants.


Nicaragua is still a mess 40 years after the civil war. And as long as Ortega is in power, things won’t change much.


 


Demonstrations across Nicaragua that began as opposition to reforms of the country’s social security system have exploded into violence against the rule of the President Daniel Ortega.


Ortega has governed Nicaragua for the last 11 years. It is his second stint as president, having ruled the country from 1979-1990 when his communist Sandanista thugs helped suppress any opposition. 


Ortega has no changed much since those days.


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The latest clashes broke out late Wednesday between opposition demonstrators and pro-government groups, with the worst occurring in Leon, northwest of the capital Managua.


A 31-year-old man, Manuel Chevez, was shot dead when government-linked groups tried to evict students and residents from a barricade on the main road to Leon, the man’s aunt Justa Ramirez said.


A second man, identified as Luis Diaz and belonging to the pro-government group, was allegedly struck by a homemade mortar bomb, said local Red Cross director Marcio Ocon.


During the clashes, which lasted about five hours, 54 people were wounded by a mixture of gunfire, rubber bullets and blunt instruments, according to the Red Cross.


Chevez’s aunt said he had been shot by a rifle. ‘He was shot with an AK, because it is a shot from an AK that he has on his forehead,’ she said.


Clashes also occurred in other Nicaraguan cities.


There have been talks between the government and opposition mediated by the Catholic church. 


The unrest came after the week-long church-mediated talks between the government and opposition forces to quell a month of violence broke down late on Wednesday.


‘Since there was no consensus today between the parties, we in the bishops’ conference regrettably are shutting down the… national dialogue,’ church officials said after eight fruitless hours of mediation at a Managua seminary.


The biggest major stumbling block is the government’s rejection of early elections.


‘That would be dismantling constitutional order and the democratically elected government,’ Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said.


Moncada reaffirmed the government’s readiness to dialogue, saying it is ‘essential to resolve and agree on the elimination of all the barriers’ on the roads, to avoid ‘violence in all its forms and to guarantee the right to work.’


The leader of the opposition Broad Front for Democracy, Violeta Granera, said the dialogue had given her ‘a level of hope’ to find a solution to the crisis.


‘Now what we have left is to not let ourselves be unfocused and to be bolder, more creative and stronger with the protests.’


Ortega ‘wants time to win with impunity… It is already clear that his days in power are numbered,’ she said.


For the Ortega government to talk about “constitutional order” is a bad joke. He has ruled with the help of street thugs who show up at opposition protests to disrupt and intimidate the groups. The opposition has now taken to defending themselves, resulting in the violence sweeping the country.


Ortega should never be underestimated. He is a political survivor and will likely not accede to the demands for early elections. If they are held, he will make sure he wins. Since his government controls the machinery of elections, it’s pretty certain Ortega will get the outcome he wants.


Nicaragua is still a mess 40 years after the civil war. And as long as Ortega is in power, things won’t change much.


 




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