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Generals, officers, and policy staffers knocking their heads together in the office and drawing up war plans are nothing new in the Pentagon. The U.S. military has a plan for every contingency you can possibly think of, from an out-of-the-blue Russian incursion in the Baltics to an internal collapse of the Venezuelan government. So, we should all take the latest report in the New York Times about a hypothetical American military attack on Iran with this context in mind.

Mobilization plans are one thing. But acting on those plans and mobilizing for war is quite another. There are no two ways about it: A U.S. military operation in Iran absent a credible and direct national security threat to the United States, its personnel, or citizens in the region is the very definition of recklessness.

It’s not that the U.S. wouldn’t prevail in a conflict with Iran. Conventionally speaking, the regular Iranian military and the more elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps are no match for the U.S. Armed Forces. The concern, rather, is that the costs associated with military action heavily outweigh whatever benefits Washington would receive. The problems Iran poses to the region can’t be resolved through bombing raids or sinking the IRGC’s fleet underneath the Persian Gulf.

Militarily, Tehran has options. It can retaliate through proxies or tactical partners in multiple countries with a certain amount of plausible deniability. Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, Palestinian militants in Gaza, Shia militias in Iraq and Syria, the Taliban in Afghanistan — Tehran would be able to utilize all or at least some of these groups as a form of pressure in the event of a John Bolton-like bombing campaign. In such a scenario, the tens of thousands of U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East actually limit Washington’s flexibility and increase the risk; the more troops the U.S. deploys to the region, the more targets Iran has.

Of course, none of this is new. The Iran-proxy relationship has been studied for decades by regional scholars and intelligence analysts. Tehran may be a weak power compared to the United States, but this doesn’t mean it won’t go down fighting.

What is relatively new, however, is the man who sits in the Oval Office. Unlike previous U.S. presidents, Donald Trump appears reflexively opposed to getting the U.S. deeper into the Middle East. He recoils at the thought of wasting a few more trillion dollars and sacrificing a few thousand additional American lives for the cesspool this region has become — a place with a lot of intractable problems (ethnic conflict, predatory government, jihadists, unaccountable militias, and zero-sum competition between states) and few easy solutions. This is exactly what Trump campaigned against, and it was an issue that resonated with a lot of Americans who were tired of spending so many resources in a theater that seems immune to every dose of medicine.

A preventive attack on Iran would of course be a breaking of this campaign promise from a president who likes to remind Americans that unlike other politicians, he actually does what he says. Strategically, an attack on Iran would be a disaster, dividing the U.S. from its allies and partners and opening a Pandora’s Box that would unfurl a brand new set of crises. But such an action wouldn’t be politically advantageous either; indeed, it would reinforce a belief in the minds of many in the commentariat that Trump doesn’t give orders, but rather follows them from his more hawkish national security advisers.

The best way to prevent this would be to stop whistling past the graveyard. Before the tension with Iran gets any more solidified, President Trump should seriously rethink his course of action. Provoking Iran into a conflict or launching one unilaterally serves the interest of nobody. This is especially true for the United States, a country that should be working to rebalance its force posture after nearly two decades of expensive and counterproductive military commitments in the region.

Daniel DePetris (@DanDePetris) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner’s Beltway Confidential blog. His opinions are his own.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/planning-for-war-in-iran-is-very-different-from-mobilizing-for-war-in-iran

The Trump administration is reportedly considering releasing migrants detained at the southern border on the streets of so-called sanctuary cities. Not only is this a clear abuse of power, but it is an abuse that seemingly seeks to enact revenge on jurisdictions because of their commitment to enforcing basic constitutional rights.

As the Washington Post reported on Thursday, the idea was explicitly political. As one congressional investigator explained to the Post: “What happened here is that Stephen Miller called people at ICE, said if they’re going to cut funding, you’ve got to make sure you’re releasing people in Pelosi’s district and other congressional districts.”

Wielding law enforcement as a tool to secure political advantage by, for example, deliberately releasing detained migrants in heavily Democratic areas undermines the basic idea of rule of law by replacing a commitment to justice with bowing to the whims of a political leader for partisan ends. Not only does this undermine the most basic premise of justice, but it also presumes that law enforcement should be beholden to the president, regardless of the constraints of law.

But the proposal to simply drop migrants in so-called sanctuary cities around the country is a step more pernicious even than simply supporting an authoritarian-style abuse of power.

Sanctuary cities, despite their frequent characterization as simply safe havens for illegal immigrants, are more accurately jurisdictions that refuse to abridge civil liberties simply because ICE wants them to.

This is an important distinction. Outside of sanctuary cities, ICE can, without a warrant, request that individuals be detained and held or turned over to the agency. That process skirts constitutionally protected rights such as due process as well as prohibitions against government detention without cause. Moreover, the concern that collaboration with ICE would be abused and undermine civil liberties is not an abstract fear but one that has played out in reality even resulting in the unlawful detention of citizens.

That the Trump administration would actively suggest not only undermining the rule of law but do so with the explicit aim of targeting cities because of their commitment to defending civil liberties merits no defense. That the White House would float such an idea in the first place should be a concern to citizens of all political inclinations as it demonstrates clear contempt for legal limits on power and a casual willingness to disregard even the most basic laws and principles.

Thankfully, this time such a plan was flat-out rejected by the legal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prompted whistleblowers to approach Congress. But as Trump looks to take immigration enforcement in a tougher direction, it seems to be just these sort of objections that he would like to circumvent.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-double-danger-of-trumps-proposal-to-drop-migrants-in-sanctuary-cities

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The United States is planning to delay a menu of additional Chinese tariffs that were scheduled to begin on March 1, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, as the world’s two largest economies hash out a definitive end to a wide ranging trade dispute.

In a series of posts on Twitter, Trump cited “substantial progress” in bilateral talks between the U.S. and China. As a result, the president said he would suspend the new levies that would have taken place as early as Friday, but did not articulate a new deadline.

Last week, sources familiar with the situation told CNBC that the United States and China are discussing a late March meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida, news that Trump confirmed on Sunday. The summit is scheduled to take place at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Ahead of that confab, China has committed to buying up to $1.2 trillion in U.S. goods, though as late as last week, the two sides were said to be far apart on issues concerning the forced transfer of intellectual property.

The U.S.-China trade war has upended markets, and cast a shadow over prospects for global growth. In recent trading sessions, investors have been slowly pricing in the prospect that the fight would be resolved. On Sunday, Dow futures indicated a modestly higher opening on Wall Street Monday.

–CNBC’s
Thomas Franck
and
Kayla Tausche
contributed to this article.

Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/24/trump-us-will-delay-china-tariffs-scheduled-to-start-on-march-1.html

GRIZZLY FLATS, El Dorado County (CBS SF) — New evacuations were ordered in El Dorado County ahead of the Caldor Fire that exploded to approximately 30,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada Tuesday after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in the county.

The fire has already destroyed dozens of homes and is threatening hundreds of more structures, fire officials said.

At 8:45 p.m. new mandatory evacuations orders were issued by the El Dorado County Sheriff for all areas between Mormon Emigrant Trail and Hwy 88 Citizen. At 8 p.m., orders were issued for the following areas:

  • Intersection of Perry Creek and Hawk Haven
  • East side of Fairplay Road from Perry Creek South to Cedarville Road
    This includes Slug Gulch, Omo Ranch, and all roads off of Slug Gulch & Omo Ranch
  • All roads off of Omo Ranch from Cedarville Road to Hwy 88

Authorities said the evacuation centers at Diamond Springs Fire Hall
(located at 3734 China Garden in Diamond Springs) and the Cameron Park Community Services District (located at 2502 Country Club Drive in Cameron Park) were full as of 9:45 p.m., but the center at the Green Valley Church (at 3500 Missouri Flat Road in Placerville) was still accepting evacuees.

Earlier at 6:30 p.m., mandatory evacuations orders were issued by the El Dorado County Sheriff for the following areas:

  • South side of Hwy 50 North of Sly Park to extend West to Snows Road
  • North side of Hwy 50 from Larsen Drive to the west and Ice House to the East

Portions of Pollock Pines, a community well known to Bay Area travelers headed to the Lake Tahoe area along U.S. Highway 50, were being evacuated Tuesday afternoon ahead of the wildfire.

CHP was warning that Highway 50 may have to be closed due to the fire.

As of Cal Fire’s Tuesday evening update, the fire has consumed approximately 30,000 acres with zero containment after igniting over the weekend in the Cosumnes River Canyon area of the El Dorado National Forest.

The fire was only estimated at about 6,500 acres Tuesday morning.

Access to the fire is extremely difficult because of the steep, rugged terrain, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

A Cal Fire battalion chief said at least 50 homes were burned in the Grizzly Flats area as gusty winds have been pushing embers into homes that had defensive space.

Cal Fire also confirmed that two civilians were found who had suffered serious injuries in the fire.

One of the fire victims reportedly approached firefighters in the Grizzly Flats area Tuesday morning. Those firefighters provided initial medical treatment, but the fire victim was then transported via air ambulance to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

The second person was also found in the Grizzly Flats area and was also transported via air ambulance for treatment at a hospital. Authorities did not provide any additional information about the fire victims beyond that they were seriously injured and required airlifting.

On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for El Dorado County due to the Caldor Fire.

Raw Video: Aftermath of Caldor Fire in Grizzly Flats

The actual number of destroyed and damaged structures was unknown as of 1:35 p.m. as fire conditions were not yet safe to bring in assessment teams. Fire officials said the Caldor Fire is a rapidly changing incident with dynamic fire behavior and poses a high risk to multiple populated communities.

The El Dorado County Sheriff has ordered the following evacuations:

Pollock Pines

  • East of Sly Park Road. South of Hwy 50 up to Ice House Road. North of Mormon Emigrant Trail (including Jenkinson’s/Sly Park Lake).

Grizzly Flats/Somerset

  • All roads off of Grizzly Flat Rd., east of Mt. Aukum Rd. in Somerset(Known as Four Corners) into Grizzly Flats Proper

Happy Valley

  • All roads off of Happy Valley Road, east of Mt. Aukum Rd. in Somerset to Sciaroni
  • Leoni Meadows
  • Saw Town Creek
  • Caldor area including North South Road
  • Dogtown Creek South of Caldor Road
  • Barney Ridge East of Omo Ranch Road
  • Omo Ranch Road to North South Road
  • Caldor area including North South Road
  • Pi’Pi Valley up to Armstrong Hill

Evacuation warnings were issued for the following areas:

  • South of Hwy 50 to Pleasant Valley Road. From Sly Park Road, west to Snows Road and Newtown Road, including the community of Rancho Del Sol.
  • Communities of Omo Ranch Proper, Omo Ranch East, and Omo Ranch South.
  • All roads off of Grizzly Flat Rd., east of Mt. Aukum Rd. in Somerset (Four Corners) into Grizzly Flats proper
  • All roads off of Happy Valley Road, east of Mt. Aukum Rd. in Somerset to Sciaroni
  • Leoni Meadows
  • Saw Town Creek
  • Caldor area including North South Road
  • Dogtown Creek South of Caldor Road
  • Barney Ridge East of Omo Ranch Road
  • Omo Ranch Road to North South Road
  • Caldor area including North South Road
  • Pi’Pi Valley up to Armstrong Hill

Cal Fire said Tuesday morning that at least 800 structures are currently threatened, including residences and outbuildings. There are also threats to businesses, commercial timberlands, vineyards and other agricultural lands.

Fire crews have been working on constructing indirect control lines of the eastern flank of the fire while a contingency line construction was planned for north of the fire, according to the forest service. Fire officials said crews have been challenged by staffing shortages and other fire incidents in the state.

A Red Flag Warning was in effect in the area until 8 a.m. Wednesday. Hot and dry weather was expected to continue over the fire early this week and winds were expected to continue to increase throughout the week.

A Pacific Gas and Electric power outage map showed more than 1,100 customers in the area were without power Tuesday afternoon.

CALDOR FIRE: Incident Information, Evacuations, Maps

The wildfire began Saturday evening about four miles south of Grizzly Flats and about two miles east of Omo Ranch. The cause of the fire was still under investigation.

A local evacuee, Will Berndt, said the fire began in an area where a group had been camping along Dogtown Creek. Another witness told Berndt two people with singed clothing were seen leaving the site, alerting others that a fire was burning and to leave the area.

“It wasn’t a big fire, so I thought maybe they were gonna get someone to respond to it,” Berndt said. “Nothing happened.”

Berndt said Sunday morning at about 9 a.m. he returned to the area to take a look and the fire had spread across the Middle Fork Consumnes River toward Omo Ranch, running up the side of the canyon. By 11:30 a.m. Berndt said fire crews were using air tankers to fight the fire.

Berndt said in the decades he’s lived in the area he never had to evacuate from a wildfire.

“We have talked about it, we’ve been up here for 43 years and we had talked about, so, what if the mountain burns, what are we gonna do?” said Berndt. “It’s like, well, you just grab what you can and get out of here. It’s one of those thoughts that, you see it on TV, you see other communities have to deal with it, and you go, ‘Well, that sucks.’ But you never think that, you know, we’re gonna be in the path of a stinking firestorm.”

ALSO READ: Dixie Fire Update: New Mandatory Evacuation Orders Issued in Lassen County

An evacuation center was open at The Fireman’s Hall at 3734 China Garden Road in Diamond Springs. People with small animal shelter needs can contact the El Dorado County Animal Services at (530) 621-5795. Large animals were being sheltered at the Amador County Fairgrounds, 18621 Sherwood St., Plymouth.

Source Article from https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/08/17/caldor-fire-update-wildfire-explodes-30000-el-dorado-county-state-of-emergency/

Se muestra sorprendido de que los medios de comunicación hayan aceptado la Ley de Comunicación que en Ecuador está vigente desde el 2013. Jorge Lanata, el periodista argentino que en sus cuarenta años de ejercicio ha recibido 21 veces el premio Martín Fierro, considera que el cuerpo legal que regula a la prensa “es censura”. En la habitación del hotel donde se hospedó durante su estancia en Guayaquil, confiesa que si el homenaje que le ofreció ayer el Municipio de Guayaquil lo hubiera hecho un partido político, no habría asistido.

Se había dado por terminado Periodismo para todos (PPT). ¿Por qué volvió?
Porque en Buenos Aires uno piensa siempre que las cosas van a estar tranquilas y siempre se equivoca… Pensamos que el primer año de (Mauricio) Macri iba a estar más tranquilo y no fue así.

¿Temas de Macri o del anterior gobierno?
De ambos, de ambos. Incluso más, yo mismo, en algún momento me autoimpuse no hablar solo del gobierno anterior porque era como una especie de canal de recuerdos, aun cuando hay cosas del gobierno anterior que impacten hoy.

¿Qué piensa de los Panama Papers que no solo involucran a Argentina?
En el caso de Argentina yo creo que tiene una importancia propia por sí misma la noticia, pero también el kirchnerismo la exageró. Trató de equiparar Panama Papers con la ruta del dinero, y no es lo mismo. Panama Papers es una cuenta que según Macri él no tenía por qué declarar, pero supongamos que tendría que haberla declarado, de eso podría hablarse de la mitad de los empresarios argentinos (…). Es grave, está mal, pero no es lo mismo que una persona tirando bolsos con 10 millones de dólares por un convento u otros contando en una mesa decenas de millones o una ruta de dinero armada con 500 empresas como la que tuvieron los K. No son hechos comparables, aun cuando los dos son irregulares.

En Ecuador se propone una consulta popular para evitar que quien sea candidato de elección popular tenga o haya tenido dinero en paraísos fiscales.
Cualquier persona que tiene dineros en paraísos fiscales lo hace con un fin, es pagar menos impuestos. Eso hay distintas maneras de hacerlo: hay maneras legales y hay maneras cuestionables (…). En principio los paraísos fiscales son legales, de otra manera no existirían. Yo lo que digo es que si el tipo es político está mal que haga eso. Ahora si el tipo forma aparte una empresa privada y depende para qué lo hizo, si evadió o no evadió…

Usted siempre se ha jactado de decir lo que piensa y sacar investigaciones sin restricciones.
Sí.

¿En Argentina hay una ley de comunicación?
No hay una ley de comunicación como hay acá. Para mí la Ley de Comunicación que hay acá es censura. Yo no puedo creer que los medios de comunicación lo acepten, me parece una barbaridad. Si es cierto, como a mí me cuentan, que si yo en televisión hago un comentario y al Gobierno no le gusta, a la media hora sale el Gobierno diciendo lo contrario. Nunca en la vida yo vi una cosa así. Me parece una barbaridad.

¿No ha visto alguna cadena de la Secretaría de Comunicación (Secom)?
Afortunadamente no.

¿Usted podría hacer periodismo en Ecuador?
No, estaría preso.

En momentos políticos como los que ha vivido Argentina, Venezuela o Ecuador, ¿ha perdido el periodismo?
Yo creo que el periodismo en todos los países donde hubo distinto tipo de populismo perdió profesionalidad. Apareció este concepto de periodismo militante, que para mí no es periodismo (…), ellos están anteponiendo su militancia a su profesión y eso a mí no me parece periodismo, me parece propaganda.

¿En qué momento un periodista debe aceptar homenajes, por ejemplo, como el que se le va a hacer hoy (ayer), de manos del alcalde de Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, a quien también se considera un líder político influyente?
Es que yo no estoy viendo esto como un homenaje del personaje político. Esto lo hace la ciudad de Guayaquil. Si esto fuera un partido político, probablemente yo no hubiera venido (pregunta cuál es el partido del jefe del Cabildo y continúa). Si esto fuera un acto del Partido Social Cristiano, yo no hubiera venido.

Es probable que esté la candidata presidencial (Cynthia Viteri).
Sí, pero eso es su vida, yo qué tengo qué ver. A mí me van a dar un reconocimiento que es huésped honorario de Guayaquil, también lo soy de Quito y ni recuerdo quién me lo dio, hace diez años, antes de (Rafael) Correa. (I)

(En Argentina) no hay una ley de comunicación como hay acá. Para mí la Ley de Comunicación que hay acá es censura. Yo no puedo creer que los medios de comunicación lo acepten, me parece una barbaridad. 

A mí me alegró recibir el llamado de Jaime Nebot doblemente, primero porque este reconocimiento pasa en Guayaquil y es a la lucha por la libertad de expresión en un país donde es casi que imposible llevarla a cabo.

Source Article from http://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2016/10/28/nota/5877679/lanata-dice-que-no-haria-periodismo-ecuador

DOG the Bounty Hunter said that Brian Laundrie’s parents could face prison if they’ve helped their son evade capture.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Dog said of Chris and Roberta Laundrie: “You don’t know if he’s standing in the park across the street or behind the golf course.  

Dog the Bounty Hunter said if Brian Laundrie’s parents helped- they could face consequencesCredit: John Chapple for The US Sun
Dog said if they did help their fugitive son, they could wind up in prisonCredit: Social Media – Refer to source

“But if you’re sending someone to take him some clothes and food.

“Pretty soon,” Dog said, “the lies come back to bite you.” 

There is no reason to believe that Brian’s parents have assisted their son in continuing to evade authorities, however Dog claimed that if they did, the fugitive could use any parental assistance he may have received to his own advantage.

The reality TV star, who joined the hunt for Brian last month added: “You know what these guys do when they get caught? They got authors that come to them in prison and go ‘Listen you’re all done and you need commissary money. You’re going to tell us what really happened, we’re going to write your autobiography.” 

“And 99.9% of these criminals, tell the truth. ‘Oh my mom and dad helped me out, but I made them.’” 

Dog also claimed that if Brian was helped that “he’s gonna rat off Mom and Dad. If he’s going to kill his girlfriend, who he loves- he’s going to tell on mom and dad.”

Chris and Roberta Laundrie have claimed that they do not know their son’s whereabouts, but Dog said that if they do, the FBI could strong arm that sort of information out of them.

“One of these days the men in black are gonna knock on that door and say ‘Excuse me, Mr. Chris, but we have a United States warrant for your arrest.’” 

“And if they don’t find him in a couple of days, that’s exactly what the feds are going to do.” 

Dog alleged that the FBI could go to the parents and say: “When you guys can figure out where he might be- you give us a clue, we may be able to set you a bond and you get to go home.’

“And I think that’s exactly what’s happening.”

The FBI launched a million dollar search for 23-year-old Brian, after he vanished from his family home in Florida just days before Gabby was found dead. 

On Thursday Brian’s dad Chris joined that search. 

UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES 

But Dog – real name Duane Chapman- said he has “never heard of that in the 41 years” he has worked as a bounty hunter. 

He added: “I have heard when they go get a parent… when the son is robbing a bank and they want to negotiate for the kid to come out, so they will get mom and mom talks to the kid. 

“I’ve never heard of the police departments, and I’m sure it wasn’t the FBI, that take the father on the ride along. They must have some good friends.” 

Brian had been weeks into a cross country trip with his fiancée when he returned home to his parent’s house without her on September 1. 

Gabby’s parents reported her missing on September 11 and her remains were found a week later in a Wyoming national park. 

Read our Brian Laundrie live blog for the very latest news and updates… 

By that time, Brian himself had been reported missing by his parents.  

PRESSURE ON 

Speaking to The Sun Dog added: “Most of the guys that kill their wives and their family, they hide up for three or four days and then protesters start and the rumors start. 

“So the people have put up enough pressure where the dad rode around in a golf cart, and showed the cops, what to do. ” 

Dog said he had at first speculated on a scenario where Brian had killed Gabby by accident, and perhaps called his mom and dad immediately after her death, telling them he “put his hand over her mouth to stop her screaming.” 

Dog added: “Now we have to remember that…Gabby and Brian lived with his mom and dad for almost two years in the house. 

“I was there, it’s not a huge house, so I am sure the parents heard probably Gabby’s screaming.” 

But Dog said the timeline seems to suggest that was not the case. 

DAD JOINS SEARCH 

Laundrie family attorney Steve Bertolino said Chris was asked to identify his son’s favorite trails and hiking spots. 

Bertolino’s office said they had no comment when contacted about Dog’s comments. 

Chris was seen leaving his North Port, Florida, home alone on Thursday morning. 

Bertolino said: “Chris Laundrie is assisting Law Enforcement today in the search for Brian. Chris was asked to point out any favorite trails or spots that Brian may have used in the preserve. 

“Although Chris and Roberta Laundrie provided this information verbally three weeks ago it is now thought that on-site assistance may be better. 

“The preserve has been closed to the public and the Laundries as well but the parents have been cooperating since the search began.” 

HUNT FOR BRIAN 

Bertolino added: “As to yesterday, we were just asked to be on standby as they were focusing in on certain areas.” 

Brian vanished just days before Gabby’s body was discovered on September 19 at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, where the couple had been traveling together. 

He drove back to his North Port home alone in Gabby’s van on September 1, a week and a half before her mother reported her missing. 

Brian’s parents reported him missing on September 17 after they claimed he told them he was going for a hike in the Carlton Reserve. 

The Laundrie family has drawn some scrutiny after appearing to change the timeline of events they originally shared with police. 

According to a statement released by the family’s attorney Steven Bertolino, Brian actually “left to hike in the preserve” on Monday, September 13, not Tuesday, September 14 as his parents originally stated. 

Bertolino told WFLA: “The Laundries were basing the date Brian left on their recollection of certain events. 

“After consulting with the FBI and confirming the day Brian’s Mustang was found and returned to the Laundries’ home, we now believe the day Brian left to hike in the preserve was Monday September 13.” 

ARREST WARRANT 

The FBI issued an arrest warrant, accusing Brian of swiping a Capital One debit card between August 31 and September 1. 

Brian remains at large but there have been a series of alleged sightings in parts of Florida, Mexico, Canada, and along the Appalachian Trail. Most potential leads have led to dead ends. 

He is considered a person of interest in Gabby’s death but has yet to officially be named a suspect. 

Exclusive footage obtained by The Sun on Thursday shows Dog as he was served with a $1.3million lawsuit accusing him of “racist and homophobic behavior.” 

The lawsuit accuses him of “racist and homophobic behavior” before and after filming his axed reality show Dog Unleashed. 

Footage shows as the reality star is approached with the court documents during his search for Laundrie in Florida

Dog has vehemently denied the allegations. 

Brian’s father Chris Laundrie joined the search for his son on Thursday alongside policeCredit: Splash
Roberta and Chris Laundrie claim they don’t know where their son isCredit: Splash
Gabby Petitio’sCredit: Social Media – Refer to source

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Source Article from https://www.the-sun.com/news/3820720/dog-bounty-hunter-brian-laundrie-flip-parents-jailed/

Republicans hoping to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election focused their criticism on the Democratic governor and a leading replacement candidate who both declined to join them at a Tuesday debate, which included a moment of spectacle in which one hopeful was served with a subpoena on stage.

Just three of the 46 candidates running to replace Newsom in the Sept. 14 election participated in Tuesday’s debate at Sacramento’s Guild Theater, though seven were invited — former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Rancho Santa Fe businessman John Cox and Assemblyman Kevin Kiley of Rocklin.

Larry Elder, the conservative radio talk show host who has topped recent polling, did not attend, nor did former Olympian and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner. A campaign spokesperson said she would be assessing wildfire damage in Plumas County this week instead since Newsom declined to participate in the debate. Former U.S. Rep. Doug Ose was slated to attend, but announced Tuesday he would drop out of the race after suffering a heart attack. Ose said he is expected to make a full recovery.

As in a previous debate among Republicans this month, the candidates used the platform to rail against Newsom and the Democratic policies they say hurt Californians. But the event also marked the first time front-runner Elder was targeted by the candidates from the debate stage.

Faulconer blasted Elder for past derogatory remarks on women, including those in a 2000 column for Capitalism Magazine in which Elder said Democrats had an advantage over Republicans because they were supported by women, and “women know less than men about political issues, economics and current events.” The former San Diego mayor called the comments “bullshit,” saying later that he used such strong language as the son of a mother who worked as a secretary while going to night school, the husband of a career woman and “a girl dad.”

“I feel strongly about it and I’m going to call it out,” he said, calling Elder’s remarks “indefensible.”

Elder’s previous remarks on eliminating the minimum wage also drew scrutiny during the debate. During an interview with McClatchy’s California-based editorial boards this month, Elder said “the ideal minimum wage is $0.”

Kiley said he doesn’t believe California should eliminate the minimum wage, but that the scale is currently “way off” and “probably needs to vary a bit more by region.” Kiley added that the state unemployment system has been so poorly managed that it’s become “economically irrational to go back to your jobs so small businesses continue to suffer.”

Faulconer said Elder’s position was “absolutely indefensible” and that he supported a minimum wage, while Cox said he believes there should be a federal minimum wage, but not a state minimum.

“Frankly, the minimum wage right now isn’t an issue because people are getting paid beaucoup bucks for doing things that used to get minimum wage because of a shortage of labor,” Cox said. “Certainly, the federal government can set a minimum wage so there isn’t sweatshops and things like that. That’s fine.”

The leading Republican candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election has blocked access for one of the state’s biggest papers.

Hosted by the Sacramento Press Club, the Sacramento Bee and CapRadio, the debate came just as the first ballots were arriving in voters’ mailboxes across California. A recent poll by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and cosponsored by The Times showed that the race is tight among likely voters, with 47% supporting the recall, compared with 50% who are opposed.

The result will ultimately come down to turnout, and whether conservative candidates can excite their base enough to remove the governor in a state where Democrats far outnumber Republicans in voter registration.

Newsom spent the evening in Santa Cruz County touring Big Basin Redwoods State Park a year after it was burned in the CZU Lightning Complex fire. The governor has largely ignored the contenders fighting for his position, advising voters to vote “no” on the recall and leave blank the second question to select his replacement should he be ousted.

Only recently did Newsom also begin taking jabs at Elder for his support of Trump and positions on climate change, abortion, the minimum wage and COVID-19 response.

The issue of mask mandates has been a key talking point of Republican candidates during the campaign, with each gubernatorial hopeful saying they would allow local school districts to determine whether to require masks. Students and teachers have returned to classrooms across the state with a statewide mandate that they wear masks indoors.

“I believe that’s a decision absolutely that should be made at the local level,” Faulconer said at the debate. “You’re sensing a theme I think tonight, which is we cannot have a top-down policy, because the facts on the ground are very different in virtually all parts of the state.”

Kiley, a former teacher in Los Angeles, noted that California is in the minority when it comes to states requiring kids to wear masks in schools. Added Cox: “The mask mandate is not the way to go.”

Earlier in the night, a spectacle interrupted the debate at the onset when a private investigator yelled that he was serving a subpoena to Cox and threw plastic wrapped court documents onstage before being asked to leave.

In February, San Diego Superior Court Judge Daniel F. Link ruled that the Cox campaign failed to pay Virginia-based GOP firm Sandler-Innocenzi nearly $55,000 for political ads and about $43,000 in attorney’s costs, interest and other fees from Cox’s unsuccessful gubernatorial bid in 2018.

Founding partner Jim Innocenzi told The Times in May that he paid the California-based cast and crew for the Cox campaign ads out of his own pocket and was never reimbursed though Cox, a multimillionaire, refunded himself more than $66,000.

Cox continued through his opening remarks, despite the interruption. After the debate, Cox called the incident “a garbage thing,” despite a judge ruling he should pay.

“It’s one creditor who didn’t get paid from the 2018 campaign because he didn’t deserve to be,” Cox said.

The three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls are scheduled to debate again at 7 p.m. Thursday in San Francisco in an event that will be televised on KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles.

Times staff writer Seema Mehta contributed to this report.

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Noticias Telemundo’s “Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” (Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community) Town Hall broadcast on Sunday, February 12 at 7PM/6 C, ranked # 1 in Spanish-language TV in primetime across all key demographics, averaging 1.57 million total viewers, 708,000 adults 18 to 49 and 325,000 adults 18 to 34, according to Nielsen. The news special moderated by Noticias Telemundo News Anchor José Díaz-Balart also positioned Telemundo as the #1 Spanish-language network during the entire primetime on Sunday, across all key demos.

“Noticias Telemundo is empowering millions of Latinos with reliable and TRANSPARENT information at a time of change,” said José Díaz-Balart. “Viewers trust us because they know our only commitment is to present the facts the way they are, with professionalism and a total commitment to our community.”

“Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community” also reached 1.6 million viewers on Facebook, generating 23,000 global actions on the social network.

The Town Hall answered viewers’ questions about the impact of President Trump’s immigration policy on the Hispanic community. The news special featured a panel of experts, including immigration lawyer and Telemundo contributor Alma Rosa Nieto; Telemundo conservative political analyst Ana Navarro; the Deputy Vice President of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Clarissa Martínez, and CHIRLA’s Executive Director, Angélica Salas. In addition, “El Poder en Ti”, Telemundo’s robust community initiative, launched an Internet site for Hispanics looking for information, tools and resources on immigration in parallel to the Town Hall.

“Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” is part of a series of Noticias Telemundo specials, including “Trump en la Casa Blanca,” produced the day after the elections, and “Trump y los Latinos,” which aired on Inauguration Day. All of these programs share an emphasis on allowing audiences to express their views and empower them by giving them access to trustworthy, rigorous and relevant information presented under Noticias Telemundo’s banner “Telling It Like It Is” (“Las Cosas Como Son” in Spanish).

Noticias Telemundo is the information unit of Telemundo Network and a leader provider in news serving the US Hispanics across all broadcast and digital platforms. Its award-winning television news broadcasts include the daily newscast “Noticias Telemundo,” the Sunday current affairs show “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart” and the daily news and entertainment magazine “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste.” The rapidly-growing “Noticias Telemundo Digital Team” provides continuous content to US Hispanics wherever they are, whenever they want it. Noticias Telemundo also produces award winning news specials, documentaries and news event such as political debates, forums and town halls.

Source: Nielsen L+SD IMP, 2/12/17. TEL #1 SLTV (vs UNI, UMA, AZA, ETV). Shareablee, 2/6/17-2/12/17.

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One of America’s Most Wanted fugitives credited with pulling off one of the largest bank robberies in the history of Cleveland, Ohio, had spent five decades living a quiet life in a Boston suburb, not far from where the movie investigators say inspired his notorious real-life heist was filmed.  

An ordinary 20-year-old bank teller at the time, Theodore John “Ted” Conrad walked out of his job at Society National Bank in Cleveland on Friday, July 11, 1969, with $215,000 in a paper bag and vanished, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. That amount is equivalent to over $1.7 million in 2021. The bank didn’t check their vault until the following Monday when Conrad failed to report for work. 

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Fifty-two years would pass before U.S. Marshals, who traveled from Cleveland to Boston, positively determined that Conrad had been living an “unassuming” life under the alias Thomas Randele in Lynnfield, Massachusetts since 1970. He died there of lung cancer in May of 2021 at the age of 71. 

Theodore John “Ted” Conrad walked out of his job at Society National Bank in Cleveland on Friday July 11, 1969 with $215,000 in a paper bag and vanished, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. That amount was the equivalent to over $1.7 million in 2021. 
(U.S. Marshals Service )

A year before the Cleveland bank robbery, Conrad became obsessed with the 1968 Steve McQueen film “The Thomas Crown Affair,” which featured a fictional millionaire businessman who decided to rob a bank for sport. Investigators say Conrad saw the movie more than a half dozen times and bragged to his friends about how easy it would be to take money from the bank and told them he planned to do so.

Ironically, he moved to the Boston suburb near the location where the original Thomas Crown Affair movie was filmed, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Conrad has been featured on America’s Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries. Investigators “perplexed” by the case over the past 50 years have chased leads across the country, including to Washington D.C., Inglewood, California, western Texas, Oregon, and Honolulu, Hawaii.

The cold case was cracked in part of a collaborative effort between a U.S. Marshal and his son, who grew up and joined the same federal agency decades later in northern Ohio. 

“This is a case I know all too well,” Peter J. Elliott, U.S. Marshal for Northern Ohio, said in a statement. “My father, John K. Elliott, was a dedicated career Deputy United States Marshal in Cleveland from 1969 until his retirement in 1990. My father took an interest in this case early because Conrad lived and worked near us in the late 1960s. My father never stopped searching for Conrad and always wanted closure up until his death in 2020. 

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His statement continued, “We were able to match some of the documents that my father uncovered from Conrad’s college days in the 1960s with documents from Randele that led to his identification. I hope my father is resting a little easier today knowing his investigation and his United States Marshals Service brought closure to this decades-long mystery. Everything in real life doesn’t always end like in the movies.” 

U.S. Marshals investigators from Cleveland were able to match documents that Conrad completed in the 1960s with documents Randele completed, including documents from when Randele filed for Bankruptcy in Boston Federal Court in 2014, according to the agency’s statement. Additional investigative information led Marshals to positively identify Thomas Randele as Theodore J. Conrad.

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Sin embargo, la vía que conduce de Medellín a la costa Atlántica, a la altura de Caucasia, permanece cerrada. Gobierno acusa a senador Jorge Robledo.

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On Tuesday evening, Klain told MSNBC he did not believe Biden had yet seen the Journal report, but that “we are going to try to get every person out.”

Mohammed joined Arizona National Guard troops in Afghanistan on a 2008 rescue mission to track down two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that made an emergency landing in a remote valley during a snowstorm, the Journal reported.

Those helicopters were carrying then-Sens. Biden (D-Del.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.).

According to the former National Guard staff sergeant who brought Mohammed along to help rescue the senators, Mohammed is unable to complete his visa application to leave Afghanistan because the defense contractor that employed him lost the necessary records.

Mohammed also said he tried gaining access to the international airport in Kabul where the American evacuation effort was underway, but U.S. troops said only Mohammed could enter — not his wife and their four children.

“I read in that story that [Mohammed] did not finish the [Special Immigrant Visa] process because of some complexity with his employer,” Klain said Tuesday, referring to the Journal report.

“It doesn’t matter,” he added. “We’re going to cut through the red tape. We’re going to find this gentleman whose assumed name [is] in that story. And we’re going to get him and the other SIVs out.”

White House press secretary Jen Psaki delivered the same message to Mohammed at a news briefing Tuesday afternoon: “We will get you out, we will honor your service, and we’re committed to doing exactly that.”

The pledges from the top White House officials come after the U.S. military completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, along with its frantic effort to evacuate American citizens and Afghan allies.

U.S. officials have said they were successful in evacuating more than 123,000 people out of Afghanistan, including roughly 6,000 Americans and 73,500 third-country nationals and Afghan civilians since Aug. 14.

But 100-200 Americans and countless Afghan allies remain stranded there, despite Biden’s promise last month to maintain the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan until all who wanted to leave were evacuated.

In an address from the White House on Tuesday afternoon, Biden called the evacuation effort a “success” and said “there is no deadline” to shuttle the Americans still in Afghanistan out of the country.

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Sean Hannity criticized mainstream media Tuesday for their reporting on the origins of COVID, saying there is a “very real possibility the Wuhan lab was the origin,” and that most journalists and “so-called fact-checkers…called this a debunked conspiracy theory.” 

SEAN HANNITY: The new, compelling evidence that COVID-19 originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. You know, the lab that studied deadly viruses? From cell phone data showing a potential shutdown at the lab in the fall of 2019, reports of hospitalized workers in November 2019, China’s silencing of journalists and doctors and other whistleblowers. We have long now covered the very real possibility that the Wuhan lab was the origin, was the source of COVID-19. But during the Trump administration, so-called journalists, so-called fact-checkers, the media mob in general, they called this a debunked conspiracy theory.

[The] abusively biased… media mob just hated Trump so much that you were willing to push Chinese propaganda from the World Health Organization to try and make Donald Trump look stupid… I’ll say it once again – Journalism in America is dead, it’s buried. And the great irony, every single one of these media mob outlets, all of them, they’re the ones that peddled in the massive Trump-Russia conspiracy theory lies. They spread the lies for three long years. They have never been held accountable, they never apologized, they never corrected the record.

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Liberal media members and pundits reacted angrily to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the federal moratorium on evictions, despite the Biden administration’s admitting weeks ago it had no legal standing to extend the moratorium.

The nation’s highest court voted Thursday in a 6-3 majority to overturn the moratorium, with the court’s three liberal-leaning justices dissenting. 

The Biden administration previously admitted that it lacked the legal authority to extend the federal moratorium after it expired in July. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, issued a new moratorium that was set to expire in October.

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Former President Donald Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, a regular at some liberal outlets, called for the court to be expanded to make the conservative-leaning members a “minority.” She described the six justices in favor of overturning the moratorium as “cruel” and “conscienceless.”

“This week alone, the Supreme Court has attacked Biden’s eviction moratorium while pushing for the reinstatement of Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy. At what point do Democrats wake up, smell the coffee, get spines <choose your metaphor> and rebalance this packed Supreme Court?” wrote left-wing MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, before adding that any action taken would require Congress and Democrats to have “spines.”

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Other critics from the media also took to Twitter to slam the decision, with some, including former Secretary of Labor and cable regular Robert Reich, joining the call to expand the court, and others expressing outrage over the court making the decision amid a pandemic.

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Some critics lamented there was still unspent money for rental relief, while others predicted chaos as “millions” could be evicted. One critic even referred to the court as committing “another evil.”

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Smaller landlords had been hit hardest by the pandemic with as many as 58% having tenets behind on rent, according to the National Association of Realtors. Smaller landlords are owed more than half of all back rent.

Fox Business’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

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São Paulo – Kuwait’s The Sultan Center supermarket chain is promoting Brazilian products during the Brazilian Week, due from June 3rd through 16th at the store in Al-Salmiya. The action is sponsored by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil).

Most of the products featured will be foodstuffs. Approximately 150 items will be highlighted on the supermarket’s shelves, and consumers will be able to sample a few Brazilian flavours.

“This is an innovation action in the region. Kuwait is a high-end market mostly comprised of Arabs. We will be able to gauge the acceptance of Brazilian products among this specific audience,” says Karina Cassapula, the Arab Chamber Marketing coordinator.

The Brazilian Week is the outcome of a Sultan Center director’s attending the matchmaking held by the Arab Chamber in 2012 and 2013. “Matchmaking ranks among our best services, since it is conducive to actual deals,” says Cassapula.

“This is why we are hosting matchmaking rounds for the construction and food industries during the FIFA World Cup, since these are some of our top exporting industries to Arab countries,” she explains, referring to the World Cup Project, which will bring importers to Brazil during the football tournament.

According to the executive, a broad variety of items are involved in the promotional action, so as to showcase the different foods Brazil has to offer. “We have typical products such as assai, guaraná, Brazil nut and coconut water, but also mass consumption products such as chocolate powder, candy, coffee etc.,” she says.

At the opening, ten official Brazilian national team jerseys will be raffled. On the 3rd and 4th of June, the Brazilian singer Aline Lazzari will perform. The artist, a singer and acoustic guitar player, plays Brazilian popular music and lives in Dubai. The inaugural event will be attended by Michel Alaby, the Arab Chamber CEO.

The Sultan Center has units in Oman, Jordan, Bahrain and Lebanon. In Kuwait alone, the chain boasts 14 supermarkets and over 7,000 employees. It is the largest retailer in the Gulf country, and one of the leading suppliers of supermarket items, perishables, and general goods in the Middle East.

According to Cassapula, the Brazilian Week in Kuwait should be the first of several similar actions. “The plan is to repeat the action in other countries and with other supermarket chains, including more products,” she says.

*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum

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Primero fue Fabián Rinaudo quien no llegó -viajó a Italia para negociar con el Catania- y ahora es Agustín Pelletieri, volante argentino de Racing Club de Avellaneda, quien también dijo que “no” a la opción de llegar a la Universidad de Chile.

Diego Rivarola, asesor deportivo del club azul, dijo a La Tercera que el volante no llegaría a la “U” debido a su deseo de continuar jugando en Argentina.

“Tengo entendido que el jugador quiere seguir en Argentina. Su idea es continuar su carrera allá”, confesó el ex delantero estudiantil.

Respecto a la posibilidad de traer otro volante o si se descartaba finalmente dicha opción, Rivarola señaló que “la posibilidad todavía está, pero no tenemos ningún nombre por el momento”.

Con esto, la “U” sigue sin poder encontrar un reemplazante para Charles Aránguiz.

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Mrs May has been criticised by some Conservatives for reaching out to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn

Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted she had to reach out to Labour in a bid to deliver Brexit or risk letting it “slip through our fingers”.

In a statement on Saturday night, Mrs May said there was a “stark choice” of either leaving the European Union with a deal or not leaving at all.

Some Conservatives have criticised her for seeking Labour’s help after MPs rejected her Brexit plan three times.

Three days of talks between the parties ended without agreement on Friday.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was “waiting to see the red lines move” and had not “noticed any great change in the government’s position”.

He is coming under pressure from his MPs to demand a referendum on any deal he reaches with the government, with 80 signing a letter saying a public vote should be the “bottom line” in the negotiations.

In the statement, Mrs May said that after doing “everything in my power” to persuade her own party – and their backers in Northern Ireland’s DUP – to approve the deal she agreed with the EU last year, she “had to take a new approach”.

“We have no choice but to reach out across the House of Commons,” the prime minister said.

“The referendum was not fought along party lines and people I speak to on the doorstep tell me they expect their politicians to work together when the national interest demands it.”

Getting a majority of MPs to back a Brexit deal was the only way for the UK to leave the EU, Mrs May said.

“The longer this takes, the greater the risk of the UK never leaving at all.”

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Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott highlighted Labour’s concerns over the political declaration

The UK is due to leave the EU on 12 April and, as yet, no withdrawal deal has been approved by the House of Commons.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme Labour had engaged in talks “in good faith” and wanted them to continue.

However, she said there was concern the government has made “no movement” on her party’s demand for changes to the political declaration – the section of Mrs May’s Brexit deal which outlines the basis for future UK-EU relations.

The document declares mutual ambitions in areas such as trade, regulations, security and fishing rights – but does not legally commit either party.

Downing Street has indicated it was “prepared to pursue changes” in order to secure a deal, and Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Saturday that he was “optimistic” the talks could reach “some form of agreement”.

‘Open revolt’

However, Tory Brexiteers have reacted angrily to the prospect of Mrs May accepting Labour’s demands, particularly for a customs union with the EU which would allow tariff-free trade between members but bar them striking their own trade deals.

Leaving the EU’s customs union was a Conservative manifesto commitment, and former party whip Michael Fabricant predicted “open revolt” among Tories and Leave voters if MPs agreed to it.

Former Brexit minister Steve Baker hit out at efforts to recruit MPs to sign a “toxic” letter endorsing the PM’s cross-party efforts, which he said had party members “recoiling in horror”.

And the Sunday Telegraph reported some activists were refusing to campaign for the party, while donations had “dried up”.

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Mrs May has written to European Council President Donald Tusk to request an extension to the Brexit process until 30 June but says if MPs agree a deal, the UK should be able to leave before European parliamentary elections are held on 23 May.

She says the UK would prepare to field candidates in May’s European Parliament elections if MPs failed to back a deal.

But Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi told the Today programme it would be “a suicide note of the Conservative Party if we had to fight the European elections”.

Labour is also split over its Brexit approach.

The letter organised by the Love Socialism Hate Brexit campaign contains the signatures of four shadow ministers and argues that any compromise deal agreed by Parliament will have “no legitimacy if it is not confirmed by the public”.

As the political declaration is not legally binding, and with Mrs May having promised to stand down once a Brexit deal is passed, the letter points out that “any future Tory prime minister could simply rip up” assurances given to Labour over future relations with the EU.

However, a letter signed by 25 Labour MPs on Thursday argued against another public vote.

They warned it would “divide the country further and add uncertainty for business” and could be “exploited by the far-right, damage the trust of many core Labour voters and reduce our chances of winning a general election”.

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San Pedro Sula, Honduras – It was still dark when hundreds of Hondurans set out for the border with Guatemala as part of new caravan of US-bound migrants and asylum seekers.

“The economic crisis has been tremendous, with unemployment going up and corruption getting worse,” Daniel Munoz, a 38-year-old from Honduran department of Cortes, said as he joined his 16-year-old daughter and others on the second group of the caravan on Tuesday. Another group, which eventually grew to more than a 1,000 participants, left late on Monday.

“These are the reasons why we must migrate to another country,” Munoz told Al Jazeera.

The family, like so many that joined him on Tuesday morning, has seen their cost of living steadily increase in the last three years, but the amount that Munoz earned transporting sawdust was not enough to cover their bills.

“The cost of water and energy went up,” Munoz said. “There are times when we did not have enough to cover the costs.”

His daughter, Stephanie, hopes that she will be able to continue with her studies in the United States, and attend university where she wants to study journalism, and then get a job.

Youth like Stephanie face a difficult reality in Honduras where there are few opportunities for work.

“There are so many youth looking for work, but they are unable to find work,” she said.

“People look, but they don’t have the education that is required,” she said. “It makes me sad that they are unable to find work.”

Others caravan participants are fleeing violence or political persecution.



Migrants and asylum seekers part of a new caravan leaving Honduras set off from San Pedro Sula [Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera] 

Marta Grady, who departed on Monday, said she cannot “endure this crisis (in Honduras) any more”.

“There is no work here. How are we going to eat. Since (Honduran President) Juan Orlando (Hernandez) entered office, things have gotten worse. There are no solutions,” she told Al Jazeera. 


The 35-year-old has owned different businesses, including selling fruit and selling fresh meat, but failed to earn enough to support her family. She began planning on leaving with the caravan in December when she first learned about the caravan.

“We were not prepared when the first caravan left,” she said, referring to the thousands of Central Americans who left the region in October of last year. “Now we are ready to go. We are leaving everything.”

The group will make their way to the US border over the next several weeks. They will eventually join the thousands from October’s exodus still at the border awaiting processing by US immigration authorities, who have implemented a “metering system”, limiting the number of asylum applications that are processed each day. Others from last year’s group have either crossed the border between official ports of entry, found work in Mexico or returned home.



Carlos Maldonado holds a sign addressed to Trump outside the San Pedro Sula bus station [Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera] 

US President Donald Trump has attempted use the caravans as a way to sow fear among Americans and make his case for a wall on the US-Mexico border. Key parts on the US government shut down on December 22 after Trump refused to back down on his demand for $5.7bn in wall funding on the US southern border, saying there is a “humanitarian crisis” at the border. Critics, including Democrats, argue the wall is immoral and a vast overreaction. 


Carlos Maldonado, a 26-year-old from Paradiso, sat next to Grady holding a sign addressed to US President Donald Trump.

“Trump, we request humanitarian asylum,” the sign read. “We are fleeing gangs, extortion, sexual discrimination, violence and insecurity and corrupt politicians.”

Maldonado said this is the only opportunity he has.

“I need to take advantage of it,” he told Al Jazeera.

Exodus from Central America

Caravans from Central America are not rare. Those fleeing hope to find safety in numbers as they travel more than 2,000km north. According an Associated Press tally, nearly 4,000 migrants and refugees have died or gone missing along the route since 2014. 


The Trump administration deployed thousands of active duty US troops to the border, falsely labelling the collective exodus an “invasion”.

After a number of large caravans left Honduras in October, the Trump administration pressured the governments of Central America to stop the caravans from advancing. As a result, the governments of Honduras and Guatemala deployed military and police to the border crossing to turn back potential migrants and refugees headed towards the US.



A family migrating with the Honduran caravan tails behind the rest of the group as it leaves San Pedro Sula [Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera]

In December, police and members of the US-equipped Honduran inter-agency task force, Maya Chorti patrolled the popular routes for migrants. The officers and soldiers stopped vehicles and asked travellers for identification and whether they had a visa to travel in Mexico. Those who did not were turned back. 


The Honduran Government announced on Monday that it would uphold laws that cover child trafficking in the region. The Honduran Directorate of childhood, adolescence, and family issued a statement that reiterating that those that try to take children out of the country without the proper documentation could face up to three years of imprisonment. Some 60 children were stopped by Honduran authorities on Monday and Tuesday for not having proper documentation, according to officials.

Citizens of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua are free to travel without a passport between the four countries due to an agreement signed between the governments in 2006.

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It’s not yet clear if the first US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden swayed the country’s few undecided voters, but there was another group who clearly enjoyed a moment in the spotlight last night: the Proud Boys.

During the debate, Trump was confronted by Biden about his leniency toward white supremacists and right-wing militias, and he was asked by moderator Chris Wallace to publicly condemn them. He didn’t do that, although he did address one such group, the Proud Boys. He said:

Proud Boys stand back, and stand by, but I’ll tell you what, somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left because this is not a right wing problem this is a left wing.

Who are the Proud Boys Trump told to “stand back and stand by”? If you’re wondering, you’re not alone—the whole world (wide web) was , too, propelling the group toward newfound notoriety.

A far-right, self-described “western chauvinistic” group, Proud Boys are listed as a white supremacist hate group by the FBI, and have been tracked by the Southern Poverty Law Center since 2016, when they were founded by Gavin McInnes, the co-founder of Vice Media (which he had left in 2008). In an article introducing the group, McInnes said they longed for a time “when girls were girls and men were men” and stood against politically correct conversations. Essentially a social club with a mission to promote white western values, Proud Boys was born as an informal small group, but it quickly grew into a more structured organization, with rules against masturbation, and mandatory tattoos of the group’s name to attain a certain level of membership.

Although the group rejects labels of white supremacy or accusations of  harboring biases against certain religions, its members are vocally Islamophobic and anti-Semitic, as well as misogynistic, believing that western values, particularly as  embodied by white men, are endangered. (McInnes—who supposedly left the group in 2018 but is still active in its channels—publicly decried a “war against whites”). The Proud Boys were among the main groups represented in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, where a woman was killed by violent neo-Nazis.

The exact number of members is unknown, but there are estimated to be at least several hundreds, with representation in all US states and several international chapters, including in UK, Canada, Australia, and Norway.

Proud Boys member have a uniform of sorts: Fred Perry polo shirts in black with yellow trimming are a favorite—to the point the UK clothing brand decided to discontinue making them to distance itself from the group.

The group is opposed to Black Lives Matter and this past Saturday it organized a rally in Portland, Oregon, and other US cities, where members of the group gathered carrying protective gear and weapons, threatening violent clashes. In 2019, a member of the group had threatened the life of Portland’s democratic mayor, Ted Wheeler.

Although some Republicans said Trump’s instructions during the debate were meant to criticize the group, and Proud Boys chairman Eric Tarrio said he didn’t take the president’s words as a direct endorsement, many of his fellow group members didn’t take it that way. Proud Boys have always been Trump supporters, and they celebrated his comments, reading it as an acknowledgement of their importance and their role opposing BLM protests:

Though they have been banned from Facebook and Twitter, the group has a presence on the rightwing favored social network Parler; on it, they celebrated the debate mention, and called Trump their “new leader:”

While watching the debate live, McInnes associate Ryan Katsu Rivera referred to Trump’s statement as “a general command,” and Tarrio, posted in response to the president’s words, “standing by, sir.”

The group is also selling a t-shirt inspired by the president’s words on 1776.shop, an  online store for far-right merchandise.

This article was updated to add that Gavin McInnes left Vice Media in 2008.

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Protesters marched in an Indigenous Peoples Day rally in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020, as part of a demonstration to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Boston made that change last week.

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Protesters marched in an Indigenous Peoples Day rally in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020, as part of a demonstration to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Boston made that change last week.

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This year marks the first time a U.S. president has officially recognized Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

President Biden issued a proclamation on Friday to observe this Oct. 11 as a day to honor Native Americans, their resilience and their contributions to American society throughout history, even as they faced assimilation, discrimination and genocide spanning generations. The move shifts focus from Columbus Day, the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus, which shares the same date as Indigenous Peoples’ Day this year.

Dylan Baca, a 19-year-old Arizonan who was instrumental in helping broker the proclamation, is overwhelmed by the gravity of Biden’s action.

“I still don’t think I’ve fully absorbed what that has meant,” he said. “This is a profound thing the president has done, and it’s going to mean a lot to so many people.”

Four years ago, the Native leader started an organization alongside Arizona state Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai, Indigenous Peoples’ Initiative, with a similar mission: to tell a more positive and more accurate tale of Native Americans by replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

What is Indigenous Peoples’ Day?

Indigenous Peoples’ Day advocates say the recognition helps correct a “whitewashed” American history that has glorified Europeans like Italian explorer Christopher Columbus who have committed violence against Indigenous communities. Native Americans have long criticized the inaccuracies and harmful narratives of Columbus’ legacy that credited him with his “discovery” of the Americas when Indigenous people were there first.

“It is difficult to grapple with the complete accomplishments of individuals and also the costs of what those accomplishments came at,” said Mandy Van Heuvelen, the cultural interpreter coordinator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

There are no set rules on how one should appreciate the day, said Van Heuvelen, a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe from South Dakota. It’s all about reflection, recognition, celebration and an education.

“It can be a day of reflection of our history in the United States, the role Native people have played in it, the impacts that history has had on native people and communities, and also a day to gain some understanding of the diversity of Indigenous peoples,” she said.

The idea was first proposed by Indigenous peoples at a United Nations conference in 1977 held to address discrimination against Natives, as NPR has reported. But South Dakota became the first state to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples day in 1989, officially celebrating it the following year.

Biden’s proclamation signifies a formal adoption of a day that a growing number of states and cities have come to acknowledge. Last week, Boston joined Arizona, Oregon, Texas, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., and several other states in dedicating a second Monday in October to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Native Americans have borne the brunt of the work to make that happen.

Many state and local governments have gone a step further. More than a dozen states and well over 100 cities celebrate the day, with many of them having altogether dropped the holiday honoring Columbus to replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

What might seem to some like a simple name change can lead to real social progress for Indigenous Americans, said Van Heuvelen.

“What these changes accomplish, piece by piece, is visibility for Native people in the United States,” she said. “Until Native people are or are fully seen in our society and in everyday life, we can’t accomplish those bigger changes. As long as Native people remain invisible, it’s much more easier for people to look past those real issues and those real concerns within those communities.”

What about Columbus Day?

Columbus Day remains a federal holiday that gives federal government employees the day off from work.

The day was first founded as a way to appreciate the mistreatment of Italian Americans, and Congress eventually made it a federal holiday in 1934.

“Italian American culture is important, and I think there are other times and places to recognize that. But I think it’s also important to also recognize the history of Columbus Day itself,” said Baca. “Should we recognize a man whose labors killed children, killed women and decimated the Native American population here? I don’t think that is something that we want to be honored.”

Monday marks Oregon’s first statewide recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in place of Columbus Day, after its legislature passed a bill brought by its Indigenous lawmakers. Rep. Tawna Sanchez, one of those lawmakers, says the movement to recognize the day is an ideal time to capitalize on the momentum of political recognition.

“I don’t know that we’ll ever get to a place where people have their land back or have the recognition of who they are, to the degree that we that we need to or should. But the fact that people are paying attention at this very moment — that’s important, because we will have a greater opportunity to educate people and help them understand why we are where we are right now,” she said.

“History is always written by the conqueror,” said Sanchez. “How do we actually tell the truth about what happened and where we sit this very moment? How do we go forward from here?”

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Hoy encontraron sin vida a la mujer que era buscada en Cerro Largo desde ayer domingo, que había perdido contacto con su hija sobre las 20:00 horas de ese día.

El cuerpo de la mujer fue hallado luego de que su familia diera aviso a la Policía este lunes. Estaba sin vida en la casa de su pareja, un hombre de 36 años, que vivía en la calle España y Las Tropas, en la ciudad de Melo.
 
El domingo por la noche el agresor invitó a la mujer a su casa, un mono ambiente que alquilaba a la hermana de la víctima, y luego por discusiones del momento el hombre la mató a puñaladas.

El agresor habría dormido en la habitación con la mujer asesinada y este mediodía decidió quitarse la vida ahorcándose con una cuerda en un bosque frente a su casa.

Una vez que la denuncia fue efectuada, la Policía buscó a la mujer en la casa del hombre, al que visitaba generalmente. 

De inmediato comenzaron a recorrer la zona y finalmente encontraron al hombre sin vida en un bosque cercano a la casa, informó La Voz de Melo.

Personal policial de la seccional 15, Policía Científica, el jefe de Policía de Cerro Largo, José Adán Olivera, y autoridades judiciales se hicieron presentes en el lugar.

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La Gran Época le presenta un resumen de las últimas noticias del país azteca. En primer lugar, rescatan a un secuestrado hallado en un campamento del municipio de Zitlala donde, también se encontraron cuatro cabezas humanas y se exhumaron siete cuerpos de fosas clandestinas. Por otro lado,  asaltan las oficinas de Carmen Aristegui, tomando su computadora y dos teléfonos celulares. la Procuraduría General de la República ofrece recompensa de hasta 15 mdp por información que lleve a la captura de Tomás Yarrington, acusado de facilitar las operaciones del cártel del Golfo y Los Zetas y –por último- los alumnos de la Licenciatura en Seguridad Ciudadana de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM) realizan un proyecto enfocado en “la cultura de hacer las cosas bien” donde se propone realizar una sanción informal aquellas personas que cometen actos cívicos erróneos.

Liberan a un secuestrado y hallan fosas clandestinas en Zitlala

Elementos de la Base de Operaciones Mixtas (BOM), destacamentados en Chilapa, rescataron a una persona secuestrada en el campamento del municipio de Zitlala, se exhumaron siete cuerpos de fosas clandestinas y se encontraron también cuatro cabezas humanas, las cuales pueden pertenecer a los cuerpos hallados en Tixtla.

El vocero de seguridad, Roberto Álvarez Heredia informó que en el lugar de los hechos se hallaron cuatro cabezas humanas, así como tres vehículos y varios cargadores para armas de fuego. Por otro lado, los reportes de la Fiscalía General del Estado indican que el hallazgo fue en la comunidad de Tenanchintlán, perteneciente al municipio de Zitlala y se informó que las cabezas encontradas  podrían corresponder a algunos de los cuerpos que fueron hallados la noche del domingo en bolsas que se localizaron en el libramiento de Tixtla, por lo tanto miembros de la Base de Operaciones Mixtas recibieron una denuncia notificando que en “Cerro Boludo” había gente plagiada y, al acudir para verificar los hechos, localizaron a una persona que había sido secuestrada y siete  espacios que fueron utilizados como fosas clandestinas, recuperando, así mismo, los siete cuerpos.

 Asaltan las oficinas de Carmen Aristegui y le roban su computadora

La reconocida reportera Carmen Aristegui, fue víctima de robo el pasado 13 de noviembre, esto sucedió dentro de sus  oficinas de la ciudad de México, se dice que cinco personas ingresaron y sustrajeron una computadora y dos teléfonos celulares. Se informa que el apoderado legal de la reportera presentó una denuncia el lunes 14 de noviembre, por un robo ocurrido un día antes, alrededor de las 14:00 horas. La denuncia fue hecha a nombre de “Saio Servicios”, empresa propiedad de Carmen y su hermana, María Áurea Aristegui y se dice que el vigilante atendió a dos mujeres vendiendo productos “naturistas”, estas le dieron una bebida que lo mareo y así fue como tres sujetos aprovecharon para ingresar a las instalaciones, dejando dañado cerraduras, vidrios, puertas, además, se llevaron una computadora propiedad de Aristegui donde contiene información importante y confidencial

Por el momento  el portal web no ha confirmado y según la información proporcionada por fuentes cercanas al caso, los daños ascienden hasta los 120 mil pesos.

La PGR ofrece 15 mdp por Yarrington

La Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) ofrece hasta 15 millones de pesos a quien de información para localizar al ex gobernador de Tamaulipas, Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba, acusado por facilitar las operaciones del cártel del Golfo y Los Zetas.  Yarrington ha sido buscado en los 190 países que integran la Interpol desde 2012, tras emitirse una ficha roja para su captura. El juez segundo de distrito de procesos penales federales, con residencia en Tamaulipas, libró la orden de aprehensión contra el ex mandatario por delitos contra la salud en su modalidad de fomento y por haber adquirido de forma ilícita propiedades por medio de prestanombres en Texas, según el Departamento  de Justicia estadounidense.

Los estadounidenses  presumen que Yarrington facilitó el tráfico de drogas de los cáteles y según las declaraciones de Antonio Peña Argüelles, detenido en San Antonio Texas, éste era su intermediario con los líderes de las organizaciones criminales.

Jóvenes, promueven la mejoría de la ciudad de Cuernavaca

Los alumnos de la Licenciatura en Seguridad Ciudadana de la Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM) y estudiantes de telesecundaria presentaron su proyecto  “la cultura de hacer las cosas bien” los cuales impulsan la cultura de la legalidad. El secretario de Desarrollo Social municipal, Demetrio Chavira de la Torre, destaco el impulso de los jóvenes para mejorar la ciudad.

El objetivo es realizar una sanción informal a personas que cometen actos cívicos erróneos, como tirar basura, no respetar lugares de estacionamiento para discapacitados o conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol, entre otros. El proyecto consiste en  mostrar tarjetas informativas con mensajes de reflexión y concientización, mientras se está disfrazado de algún personaje representativo de alguna figura de autoridad para tener un mejor impacto social.

Por su parte, los alumnos de la telesecundaria “Lázaro Cárdenas” presentaron el proyecto “Una cancha para todos”, donde se buscan desarrollar actividades de convivencia y participación juvenil en áreas comunes de la colonia Chipitlán. Chavira de la Torre comento que la idea de este tipo de programas es abrir espacios a través del Instituto de la Juventud, para busca la sinergia de trabajo hacia el bienestar de Cuernavaca y tener una mejor participación social desde el Ayuntamiento.

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