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Los familiares de los políticos presos acompañaron la discusión y aprobación de la Ley de Amnistía.

Los venezolanos saben que cuando una ley se promulga no es garantía de que se cumpla, sobre todo si el oficialismo está en contra de ella.

Es lo que ocurre con la Ley de Amnistía, aprobada el martes en la Asamblea Nacional, ahora controlada por la oposición, después de un aguerrido debate que terminó a las 11pm.

Ahora la Ley será enviada al Ejecutivo: el presidente, Nicolás Maduro, tiene 10 días para revisarla, promulgarla y ordenar su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial.

Pero Maduro, en una cadena nacional que se trasmitió al tiempo que el debate, ya reiteró su opinión: “Están aprobando una ley para proteger a asesinos, criminales, narcotraficantes y terroristas“.

“La verdad, tengan la seguridad que esa ley por aquí no pasa”, dijo el mandatario, que más que poder de veto puede emitir observaciones para que la Ley sea revisada.

Si Maduro no se pronuncia en los próximos diez días, la Asamblea tiene facultad de promulgar la ley, que entonces queda a merced de la opinión del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, responsable de verificar su constitucionalidad.

Pocos tienen fe de que el TSJ, considerado un aliado del chavismo, le dé vía libre a esta ley, que busca liberar a 115 encarcelados, entre ellos el líder opositor Leopoldo López.

Pero esa es la carta de la oposición.

“Si el gobierno la sigue bloqueando, están desconociendo la voluntad del pueblo y se confirman ante el mundo como un régimen autoritario que fracasó y se está desmoronando”, le dijo a BBC Mundo Lilian Tintori, esposa de López y activista de derechos humanos.

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Tras el arresto de su esposo, Lilian Tinrori se convirtió en una influyente activista por los derechos humanos.

Qué busca

Le Ley de Amnistía fue una de las principales propuestas de campaña de la oposición en las elecciones del 6 de diciembre, con las que el oficialismo perdió el control del Parlamento por primera vez en 17 años.

Analistas y encuestadores atribuyeron la victoria de la oposición a la crisis económica y el voto castigo de muchos chavistas, más que a una voluntad de liberar a los llamados por la oposición presos políticos.

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Unas 70 personas de las que fueron arrestadas en las protestas de febrero de 2014 siguen detenidas.

Aunque un 69% de los venezolanos considera positiva esta ley, según la encuestadora local Datanálisis, de las cuatro leyes presentadas por la oposición esta es la que mayor rechazo recibe: 17%.

Según el Artículo 186 de la Constitución, la Asamblea Nacional puede dictar o decretar amnistías para olvidar un delito que según la ley se cometió.

Eso permite que un procedimiento judicial, sentenciado o en curso, se extinga.

Organizaciones internacionales y defensores de derechos humanos, expresidentes de un centenar de países y, por supuesto, la oposición venezolana consideran injustas las condenas o imputaciones contra estos 115 presos.

Algunos son comisarios de la policía que jugaron un activo papel en el golpe de Estado contra Hugo Chávez en 2002 y supuestamente fueron autores de algunas de las muertes que ocurrieron ese día.

La mayoría son algunos de los casi 4.000 manifestantes que fueron arrestados durante las protestas que convocó Leopoldo López en 2014 para pedir la renuncia de Maduro.

Otros, como el alcalde metropolitano de Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, están acusados de conspiración por sus declaraciones y supuestas alianzas para derrocar e incluso asesinar al presidente Maduro.

Y hay incluso un grupo de tuiteros que por sus mensajes contra el gobierno, considerados parte de una conspiración, están en prisión.

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Daniel Ceballos, exalcalde de la ciudad de San Cristóbal y compañero de partido de López, es otro de los reconocidos políticos presos.

Otra vez, el TSJ

El obstáculo más grande que tiene esta ley –y cualquier otra que apruebe la Asamblea– es la Sala Constitucional del TSJ, que no ha fallado una sentencia contra el gobierno chavista en los últimos 10 años.

Muchos de los magistrados del TSJ vienen de militar en el partido de gobierno y fueron nombrados en diciembre por la mayoría chavista del Parlamento justo después de perder las elecciones en una polémica movida que muchos calificaron de inconstitucional.

Desde entonces el TSJ ha publicado varias sentencias que declaran inconstitucionales las medidas tomadas por la nueva Asamblea.

Incluso, pese a la opinión contraria del Consejo Nacional Electoral, el TSJ suspendió la juramentación de tres magistrados de la oposición por el estado de Amazonas, cuyas elecciones fueron impugnadas.

Y, con eso, el TSJ declaró que la oposición perdió los dos tercios de mayoría en la Asamblea con los que obtenía mucho más poder que con la mayoría calificada de tres quintos que tiene ahora.

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López es uno de los políticos opositores de mayor apoyo y proyección política.

La estrategia

La oposición, sin embargo, confía en que ni el presidente ni el TSJ podrán obstaculizar la Ley de Amnistía.

De hecho, lo que el TSJ debe verificar sobre la amnistía es que los implicados hayan sido condenado por delitos de lesa humanidad, que no es el caso de ninguno de los 115 presos en cuestión.

Pero la estrategia de la oposición parece ir más allá.

El martes por la mañana la Asamblea publicó el orden del día en el Parlamento, y en él sólo se pautaba –para sorpresa de muchos– la discusión de un proyecto de ley para beneficiar a jubilados y pensionados.

Lo que parecía iba a ser una ordinaria sesión del Parlamento terminó siendo una jornada crucial que contó con la presencia de Tintori y otras representantes de los presos y que terminó en la aprobación de la ley de Amnistía.

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La oposición dice que tiene su estrategia, pero se abstiene de darlas a conocer.

“Nosotros tenemos nuestras estrategias y hay cosas que no vamos dar a conocer”, aseguró la diputada opositora Delsa Solórzano, presidente de la Comisión de Política Interior y moderadora del debate del martes.

“Nuestra estrategia es clara y meridiana, llena de madurez y responsabilidad. Nosotros sabemos lo que hacemos”, le dijo a BBC Mundo.

Justo después de la aprobación de la Ley de Amnistía, la Asamblea inició la discusión de una ley que precisamente busca reestructurar el TSJ y nombrar nuevos magistrados.

La oposición ha anunciado una movilización nacional para presionar a Maduro a que renuncie, así como una enmienda constitucional que recorte el periodo presidencial y un referendo revocatorio para sacar al mandatario del poder.

Al tiempo, dice Tintori a BBC Mundo, “seguiremos con nuestras campaña internacional de denunciar las violaciones de derechos humanos que todos los días este gobierno comete”.

Y algunos apuntan a que el diálogo entre la oposición y el gobierno, donde se podría negociar la liberación de los llamados “presos políticos”, puede ser otra vía quizá menos traumática hacia el cambio.

Maduro, sin embargo, no ha dado pistas de que esté interesado en dialogar.

El trecho para liberar a los presos, aun con una ley aprobada en el Parlamento, todavía se ve largo. Y espinoso.

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Maduro ha dicho que no va a permitie una ley para favorecer a “terroristas”.

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In his first major rally since Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared him of any collusion with Russia, President Trump took the stage before a boisterous full house at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday night — and proceeded to tear into Democrats and the FBI as unintelligent “frauds” who tried desperately to undermine the results of the 2016 election.

“The Democrats have to now decide whether they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bullsh–,” Trump said to thunderous applause, “– partisan investigations, or whether they will apologize to the American people.”

Trump continued to unload on his opponents: “I have a better education than them, I’m smarter than them, I went to the best schools; they didn’t. Much more beautiful house, much more beautiful apartment. Much more beautiful everything. And I’m president and they’re not.”

Addressing counterprotesters outside the arena and progressives in general, Trump asked: “What do you think of their signs, ‘Resist?’ What the hell? Let’s get something done.”

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Later, Trump vowed to “close the damn border” unless Mexico halts two new caravans he said have been approaching the United States rapidly. Trump also hit at fraudulent asylum applicants, saying liberal lawyers often have coached them in a “big fat con job” to claim they’ve feared for their lives when they make it to the border.

The economy, Trump said to sustained cheers, “is roaring, the ISIS caliphate is defeated 100 percent, and after three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over. … The single greatest political hoax in the history of our country. And guess what? We won.”

“I love campaigning against the Green New Deal,” Trump remarked at one point. “One car per family — you’re going to love that in Michigan.”

Trump predicted that the former DOJ and FBI officials who pushed the collusion theory and authorized secret surveillance warrants against members of his campaign — whom he incidentally called “major losers” — would soon have “big problems.”

Trump also characterized the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee as “little pencil-neck Adam Schiff, who has the smallest, thinnest neck I’ve ever seen,” and someone who is “not a long-ball hitter.”

Schiff, D-Calif., who fiercely pushed collusion claims, has vowed to continue investigating Trump despite Mueller’s findings — even as Republicans have called for his resignation.

Trump’s rally prompted thousands of supporters to line the streets hours beforehand in a festive atmosphere that included vendors selling “Make America Great Again” hats and holding supportive signs.

People waiting for President Donald Trump to speak at the rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The evening was something of a homecoming: Trump became the first Republican in over two decades to win Michigan in the 2016 presidential election, edging out Hillary Clinton thanks, in part, to his decision to cap off his campaign with a final rally in Grand Rapids shortly after midnight on Election Day. “This is our Independence Day,” Trump told roaring attendees then.

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Thursday night’s event, though, was a mixture of homecoming and all-out victory parade, in the wake of Mueller’s conclusions. Enthusiastic fans — including many who stood by Trump amid a torrent of unproven allegations that he conspired with Russia to sway the 2016 election — began to encircle the Van Andel Arena as early as 3:30 a.m.

Trump relived the Election Day rally on Thursday, telling the crowd that he got home at 4 a.m. in the morning and told Melania Trump that he had an “incredible crowd” late into the evening and thought, “How the hell can I lose Michigan? And guess what: We didn’t lose Michigan.”

President Donald Trump speaking at the rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump also dropped what he called “breaking news” for locals, promising, “I’m going to get full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which you’ve been trying to get for over 30 years. It’s time.”

Trump noted that MSNBC and CNN’s ratings “dropped through the floor last night,” while Fox News’ ratings were “through the roof.”

Retired cabinet maker Ron Smith, 51, was one of the supporters who arrived to Thursday’s rally early. He told the Detroit News outside the arena that although “Republicans in Congress are trying to put stumbling blocks in his path,” nevertheless, “Donald Trump comes in here and gets stuff done.”

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Separately, Trump called the Jussie Smollet case an “embarrassment” both to Chicago and to the U.S. and vowed to continue border wall construction.

Trump also decried Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat who seemingly endorsed the practice of killing some infants after birth earlier this year.

“In recent months, the Democrat Party has also been aggressively pushing extreme late-term abortion, allowing children to be ripped from their mother’s womb up until the moment of birth,” Trump said. “In Virginia, the governor stated he would even allow a newborn baby to be executed.”

Senate Democrats blocked a GOP-led effort after Northam’s remarks that would have established the standard of care owed to infants who survive failed abortions.

In remarks to reporters before he left the White House earlier in the day, Trump previewed a wide-ranging rally on everything from the economy to health care and border security. But there was little doubt the president would devote a good deal of time to a victory lap on Russia.

Trump also promised to save the Special Olympics, after the Education Department proposed cuts to the program in its latest budget.

“The Special Olympics will be funded. I just told my people, I want to fund the Special Olympics and I just authorized a funding of the Special Olympics,” Trump said. “I’ve been to the Special Olympics. I think it’s incredible and I just authorized a funding. I heard about it this morning. I have overridden my people. We’re funding the Special Olympics.”

In a fiery, exclusive interview with Fox News’ “Hannity” Wednesday night, Trump vowed to release classified documents that could shed light on the Russia probe’s origins. He also accused FBI officials of committing “treason” — slamming former FBI Director James Comey as a “terrible guy,” former CIA Director John Brennan as potentially mentally ill, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., as a criminal.

President Donald Trump arriving at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., for his rally. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Redacted versions of FISA documents already released have revealed that the FBI extensively relied on documents produced by Christopher Steele, an anti-Trump British ex-spy working for a firm funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee, to surveil Trump aide Carter Page. At least one senior DOJ official had apparent concerns Steele was unreliable, according to text messages exclusively obtained last week by Fox News.

The leaked dossier, and related FBI surveillance, kickstarted a media frenzy on alleged Russia-Trump collusion that ended with a whimper on Sunday. Trump, on Thursday, told the crowd in Michigan that the dossier was “dirty.”

Michigan Democrats, meanwhile, organized a counter-rally nearby, with the party saying it wanted to issue a “call for action and solutions on the fundamental issues facing us all, like health care, education, clean water, equality, immigrant rights, support for our military veterans, jobs, the economy and more.”

A handful of protesters separately waved “socialist alternative” flags and yelled, “No Trump, no KKK, no fascists, USA,” according to local reports.

Republicans have maintained that Trump has a good chance to win Michigan again in 2020, although changing demographics could present some headwinds. In November, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer defeated a Trump-backed candidate to claim the state’s governorship.

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“Democrats are in a pickle and they put themselves here” by trumpeting the investigation, said Brian “Boomer” Patrick, communications director for GOP Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga. “All the eggs were in one basket on the Mueller report.”

At the end of the rally, Trump remarked, “the Democrats took the people of Michigan for granted. With us, you will never be forgotten again.”

Source Article from https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-in-first-rally-since-mueller-vindication-draws-huge-crowds-on-streets-of-grand-rapids

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The honeymoon’s over.

President Biden’s job approval has flipped for the first time in his presidency amid the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, with more Americans now disapproving of his performance in office than supporting it, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.

The measure, which combines the results of recent national surveys, pegged Biden at 48.6 percent disapproval — nearly a full percentage point greater than the 47.8 percent of Americans who said they still approve of his performance.

The negative polling average included this week’s Reuters/Ipsos survey, which saw Biden’s approval rating plunge by 7 points in the wake of the swift Taliban takeover.

Biden, who enjoyed a 20-point approval edge in the early days of his presidency, has seen that level of support slowly erode, with independents becoming increasingly disenchanted with his administration as inflation climbed and the coronavirus pandemic persisted.

Biden stumbled repeatedly Friday as he took his first questions from reporters on the Afghanistan crisis.

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Los medios alemanes destacan que es la primera vez en más de 50 años que se presentan cargos de traición contra periodistas. Algunas voces denuncian la medida como un ataque a la libertad de prensa.

“El fiscal federal ha iniciado una investigación por sospecha de traición a la patria en los artículos publicados en el blog de Internet Netzpolitik.org”, afirmó un portavoz de la oficina del fiscal, agregando que la decisión fue adoptada después de una denuncia realizada por la Oficina para la Protección de la Constitución (agencia de inteligencia policial para el interior de Alemania, BfV, por sus siglas en alemán).

La BfV asegura que los artículos, publicados el 25 de febrero y el 15 de abril de este año, se basaron en documentos confidenciales que fueron filtrados.

“Este es un ataque a la libertad de la prensa”, señaló en un comunicado el periodista Andre Meister, que es objeto de la investigación junto con el editor en jefe Markus Beckedahl. “No vamos a ser intimidados por esto”, agregó, informa ‘The Guardian‘.

Por su parte, Michael Konken, jefe de la asociación alemana de prensa, se hizo eco del comunicado y calificó el hecho de “un intento inaceptable de amordazar a dos periodistas críticos”.

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Lawmakers in both parties are skeptical about President TrumpDonald John TrumpPatricia Arquette thanks Mueller at SAG Awards Worker fired from Trump golf course says Trump knew undocumented people were employed Trump rips into Fox News over shutdown, border wall coverage MORE’s chances of securing funding for his wall on the Mexican border after a 35-day partial government shutdown that bruised the White House’s political standing. 

The deal reached last week gives Trump and Congress until Feb. 15 to reach a new deal to prevent another partial shutdown, and the president is demanding new legislation again that would fund his signature campaign issue. 

Democrats seem unlikely to budget any money for a border wall, and even if they did, lawmakers say such a deal would likely require Trump to include significant immigration reforms, such as giving immigrants known as Dreamers a pathway to citizenship or permanent residency. 

That would be a tough nut to crack in only three weeks, and the concessions could also damage Trump with his base. 

Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D’Alesandro PelosiTrump hits Ann Coulter over recent criticism: ‘Maybe I didn’t return her phone call or something’ DHS has ‘ongoing difficulties’ meeting hiring goals: report Santorum: Trump’s agreement to temporarily reopen government a ‘concession,’ but not a ‘cave’ MORE (D-Calif.) set the tone immediately after Trump agreed to reopen the government by declaring Friday that she will not change her stance on opposing money for a border wall, which she had previously called “immoral.”  

“Have I not been clear on a wall? I’ve been very clear on the wall,” she told reporters Friday when asked whether her position had changed at all because of the decision to reopen government agencies. 

Her staunch opposition to funding the wall leaves some lawmakers wondering whether the political dynamic has changed. 

“There’s a chance we’re in the same soup in three weeks,” Sen. Kevin CramerKevin John CramerGOP senators would support postponing State of the Union Dems blast EPA nominee at confirmation hearing Hopes fade for bipartisan bills in age of confrontation MORE (R-N.D.) acknowledged moments after Trump announced he would support funding the government for three weeks to give negotiators space to reach a deal. 

Senate Democratic Whip Dick DurbinRichard (Dick) Joseph DurbinNew Dem Rep. Omar: US shouldn’t ‘hand pick’ leaders in Venezuela or support ‘coup’ attempt Senate ethics panel won’t penalize Booker over confidential Kavanaugh documents Grassley to hold drug pricing hearing MORE (Ill.), who was named Friday to the Senate-House conference committee that will attempt to find a compromise over the next three weeks, has previously said we would only entertain supporting increased funding for border barriers if Republicans agree to a permanent solution for Dreamers facing deportation.

He rejected a proposal floated by Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamGraham says Trump floated using military force in Venezuela House votes to reopen government, sending bill to Trump Shutdown ends without funding for Trump’s border wall MORE (R-S.C.) to give Dreamers — illegal immigrants who came to the country at a young age — only three years of protection from deportation in exchange for border-wall funding. 

Centrist Sen. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinRepublicans distance themselves from shutdown tactics Pelosi: Trump ‘pushing airspace to the breaking point’ with shutdown House Dems postpone unveiling border plan amid Senate talks MORE (D-W.Va.) on Sunday reiterated that Democrats want a path to citizenship for immigrants previously protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that Trump rescinded in 2017. 

“If the president or his hard-right wing would look at that in a little bit more [of] a compassionate way, I think it would break down the problems that we have with barriers,” Manchin said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

“Can’t those people deserve ten years — it’s a long pathway — a ten-year pathway? That would really help an awful lot in moving forward,” he added, referring to a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers. 

But Senate Republican Whip John ThuneJohn Randolph ThuneDems strengthen hand in shutdown fight Overnight Defense: Officials expect to pull out of arms treaty with Russia | Senate rejects two spending measures on Day 34 of shutdown | CBO puts cost of US nuke arsenal at 4B over next decade Pelosi rejects Trump’s wall ‘down payment’ proposal MORE (S.D.) warns that trying to reach a broader immigration deal will likely take longer than the three weeks before Trump’s next deadline. 

“If you make it a bigger deal, it’s obviously going to take a lot longer to get done,” he said.  

Asked about permanent legal status for Dreamers, Thune said “that’s a longer-term conversation with regard to immigration.” 

Thune said Republicans would be more likely to agree to “a near-term solution on DACA and TPS,” referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and Temporary Protected Status designations that Trump has rescinded since taking office, in exchange for border wall funding. 

Sen. Marco RubioMarco Antonio RubioVenezuela’s opposition leader says he’s in talks with military officials to oust Maduro Stone indictment isolates Trump confidant Republicans distance themselves from shutdown tactics MORE (R-Fla.), a member of the Gang of Eight that negotiated comprehensive immigration legislation in 2013, warned Sunday that the broader a new immigration proposal grows, the tougher it will be to pass. 

“The more stuff you put in the bill, the more reasons someone can find to be against it,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”  

Under the agreement reached with Trump Friday, congressional leaders will set up a special Senate-House conference committee to negotiate a deal on border security they hope would pave the way for passage of all seven appropriations bills to fund about 25 percent of government. 

Trump warned in the Rose Garden Friday that he could declare a national emergency to build the wall and bypass Congress altogether if lawmakers fail to produce a result by Feb. 15. 

But Republican lawmakers say that would likely get blocked by the courts, limiting the effectiveness of Trump’s leverage. 

“You’re at the mercy of a district court somewhere and ultimately an appellate court. So it really may not even withstand if you look at some of the other rulings we’ve seen,” Rubio said on “Meet the Press.” 

GOP lawmakers are also concerned about setting a new precedent that weakens Congress’s power of the purse. 

Members of the new Senate-House conference committee say that Pelosi along with the other top leaders — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellPelosi and Ocasio-Cortez: The yin and yang of Democratic politics The Memo: Trump concedes defeat on shutdown On The Money: Trump agrees to end shutdown without wall funding | Senate quickly clears short-term funding measure | House to vote tonight | Federal workers could get back pay within days | Dems take victory lap MORE (R-Ky.), Senate Democratic Leader Charles SchumerCharles (Chuck) Ellis Schumer‘Fox & Friends’ host to Trump aide: Who are these ‘unicorn’ Dems who will suddenly work on a wall? Trump catches flak from conservatives over shutdown deal Lou Dobbs slams Trump’s move to end shutdown: ‘Illegal immigrants are surely pleased’ MORE (N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyRepublicans distance themselves from shutdown tactics McCarthy: Trump is ‘only one who has been reasonable’ in shutdown negotiations The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Stone indicted in Mueller probe | Says he’s not guilty | Day 35 of shutdown | FAA briefly halts flights into LaGuardia MORE (R-Calif.) — will have a big influence on the discussions. 

“Leadership always plays a role, even if you’re in a non-controversial conference committee. I think that’s to be expected,” said Sen. Shelley Moore CapitoShelley Wellons Moore CapitoTrump doubtful over border deal, says another shutdown ‘certainly an option’ Overnight Energy: Wheeler weathers climate criticism at confirmation hearing | Dems want Interior to stop drilling work during shutdown | 2018 was hottest year for oceans Dems blast EPA nominee at confirmation hearing MORE (R-W.Va.), whom McConnell appointed to the conference committee Friday. 

Capito said the point of creating a conference committee is to return to “regular order” in an attempt to take some of the political charge off the negotiations. 

The standoff between Trump and Pelosi over the border wall became so acrimonious that it appeared like a personal grudge match at times. When Pelosi tried to pressure Trump to reopen by canceling his invitation to deliver the State of the Union address, he answered by cancelling military transportation for her planned congressional delegation trip to Brussels, Egypt and Afghanistan. 

Capito, the chairwoman of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, negotiated a bill with Sen. Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterCentrist efforts to convince Trump to end shutdown falter Dems offer measure to raise minimum wage to per hour Some Senate Dems see Ocasio-Cortez as weak spokeswoman for party MORE (Mont.), the top Democrat on the subpanel, that allocated $1.6 billion for border fencing, an increase over what Congress appropriated for fiscal year 2018. All but five Democrats on the entire Appropriations Committee voted to approve the measure in June.

In addition to Durbin and Capito, Tester and Sens. Richard ShelbyRichard Craig ShelbyGOP dismisses polls showing losing battle on shutdown Momentum for earmarks grows with Dem majority The Hill’s Morning Report — Trump’s new immigration plan faces uphill battle in Senate MORE (R-Ala.), John HoevenJohn Henry HoevenDems struggling to help low-wage contractors harmed by shutdown Trump to address nation on wall Here are the lawmakers who will forfeit their salaries during the shutdown MORE (R-N.D.), Roy BluntRoy Dean BluntRepublicans distance themselves from shutdown tactics GOP senator ‘reasonably optimistic’ border security negotiations will be successful The Hill’s Morning Report — McConnell tells Pence shutdown must end MORE (R-Mo.) and Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) have been named as the Senate representatives to the upcoming conference negotiation. 

McConnell, who named the conferees Friday afternoon, picked four of his most pragmatic colleagues, a sign that he wants to get a deal. 

The GOP leader since November has tried to keep his fellow Republicans realistic about the chances of getting money for a border wall, warning shortly after the election that there would have to be “some kind of bipartisan discussion.”  

There have been some signs of the two parties coming closer together in the past week. 

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Wednesday said Democrats could support granting $5.7 billion for border security as long as none of it was used to build a physical wall. 

Instead, he said Democrats would prefer a “smart wall,” referring to the use of drones and other advanced technology along the border and at points of entry. 

Separately, Democrats last week offered $1.5 billion for border security measures on a bill to reopen the government. 

This has fueled some optimism that negotiators may defy the odds and reach a deal on an intractable issue that has eluded compromise during Trump’s two years in office. 

“I’m reasonably optimistic,” Blunt, a member of the conference, said on “Fox News Sunday.” 

“I think everybody’s stepped out into the new world we’re in — Republican Senate, Democratic House, new Speaker, Republican president,” he added. “The initial touching of the gloves was not producing the kind of result that we need to produce here.”

Trump, however, told The Wall Street Journal on Sunday that he is doubtful Congress can come to a deal over border wall funding, adding that another government shutdown is “certainly an option.”

–This report was updated at 7:36 a.m.

 

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Meknes – The city of Meknes, in eastern Morocco, is the main agricultural center in the country. “We have the greatest food hub in Morocco,” emphasized Hassan Bahi, Director of the Meknes-Tafilalet Regional Investment Center. “This is a region with great biodiversity potential,” he stated this Wednesday (29), in an interview with a group of Brazilian journalists.

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Ouazzani: Brazilian market has opportunities

To promote the sector in the region, the government recently created an industrial park, called Agropolis, where companies in the sector are beginning to settle in, such as the Swiss bio-fertilizers company, Elefante Verde.

The area, currently under the first phase of development that covers 130 hectares, will hold research and development laboratories, as part of the Green Morocco Plan, created in 2008 to double the sector’s income by 2020. The government’s aim, according to Abdelkarim Ouahchi, Investment Consultant, is to expand the park to 450 hectares. Currently, 15 companies are preparing to set shop at Agropolis.

Already established at the park is Agro-pôle Olivier, an olive oil production and export promotion center for the region of Meknes. “Olives are an opportunity for business between Brazil and Morocco, because Brazil is an olive oil importer,” recalled Noureddine Ouazzani, who is in charge of the center.

The region of Meknes currently produces 120,000 tons of olive oil per year. “We account for 60% of Morocco’s olive oil and we export 90% of what we produce,” said Ouazzani. “Our olive oils are intense, with a fruit flavor, which are most appreciated by consumers,” he evaluated.

According to Ouazzani, the region produces various types of olives. “We have not only the Moroccan type, but also Greek, Spanish and Italian. In Meknes we are capable of producing the best quality olive oil, with international standards,” he emphasized.

Currently, most of the Moroccan olive oil is exported to the United States, but the country has an eye on the Brazilian market. “Morocco could have a share of that market, particularly in the high-end olive oil segment,” stated Ouazzani.

According to him, only 5% of the world population consumes olive oil. “The potential market is of 95%,” he stated. In Morocco, the annual olive oil consumption is of only two kilos per person. In Italy, this figure reaches 19 kilos, while in Greece the average is 23 kilos per person per year.

Dairy products

Meknes also hosts one of the four factories of Centrale Laitière, a branch of Danone in Morocco. With a 65% market share, the company produces 800,000 tons of dairy products per year, of which 220,000 tons at the plant visited by ANBA alone.

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Danone factory produces 220,000 tons/year

 In 2014, the Meknes plant expects to produce 249,000 tons. “The greatest part of our production is pasteurized milk, which is a product that sells every day,” says the Factory Director, Abdellah Noau,

At the plant, which counts on 274 employees, the entire process is automated and investments are ever increasing. In 2013 investments added up to US$ 4.28 million (35.25 million dirhams), and the amount this year is expected to reach US$ 14.59 million (120 million dirhams), due to a plant expansion.

The factory also produces many types of yogurt and dairy beverages, and the company believes in the potential for increase in domestic consumption. In Morocco, the annual milk consumption per person is of 62.7 kilos. In Finland, country with the highest milk consumption, this figure reaches 150 kilos per person per year.

Brazilian brakes

During the visit to Meknes, ANBA also met an entrepreneur interested in importing auto parts. Saaoud Abdeslam, from Enterprise Saaoud, said he is currently negotiating with Fras-Le, from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and a branch of road equipment manufacturer Randon, to import and distribute Brazilian brakes.

“I have visited Brazil five times. I want to first develop business in Morocco, and then take it to Algeria and other countries in North Africa,” said Abdeslam.

*The journalist travelled at the invitation of the Moroccan Investment Development Agency (AMDI)

*Translated by Silvia Lindsey

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The headlines in major newspapers the day after the Columbine massacre were shocking — and they were wrong:

“Up to 25 Die in Colorado School Shooting” (The Washington Post)

Gunmen Stalk School, Killing Up to 25 and Wounding 20″ (Los Angeles Times)

“High School Massacre: Columbine bloodbath leaves up to 25 dead” (Denver Post)

In fact, the death toll was lower — 12 students and one teacher were killed on April 20, 1999 by shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then took their own lives. Even so, Columbine remained the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history until the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 that left 17 dead.

Saturday marks 20 years since the Columbine massacre. There will be a public memorial service in the Denver suburb where it occurred and tributes to the victims everywhere.

And while correcting the death toll took only a day, other aspects of early reports that turned out to be unfounded have lingered in the nation’s subconscious.

“It’s frustrating because we’ve known so much for so long, but initial impressions are hard to change,” said Peter Langman, a psychologist who has studied school shootings so extensively that Sue Klebold contacted him for insight about her son Dylan while she was writing a memoir.

1. Harris and Klebold were not in the Trench Coat Mafia

Even as the massacre was unfolding, students told journalists that Harris and Klebold were members of a group known as the Trench Coat Mafia.

The Washington Post put it this way: “The shooters who turned Columbine High School into an unspeakable landscape of carnage yesterday were members of a small clique of outcasts who always wore black trench coats and spent their entire adolescence deep inside the morose subculture of Gothic fantasy, their fellow students said.”

The Denver Post reported: “By several accounts, the group [was] also interested in the occult, mutilation, shock-rocker Marilyn Manson and Adolf Hitler.”

And the New York Times: “[I]nvestigators now believe that among the dozen or so students in the group were the people responsible for yesterday’s mass shooting at the high school.”

Students and investigators did say this to reporters. But Columbine was a large school with 2,000 students. Many “did not know [Harris and Klebold], or knew them only as kids who sometimes wore trench coats,” Langman wrote in a 2008 report.

“As a result, people assumed that [Harris and Klebold] were part of the Trench Coat Mafia; this assumption is wrong.”

The year before the shooting, when Harris and Klebold were juniors, there was a group of mostly senior students who sometimes referred to themselves as the Trench Coat Mafia.

Harris and Klebold knew a few of these students, but they were not considered core to the friend group, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office later determined, and did not appear in a photo of Trench Coat Mafia members in the 1998 yearbook. Most of those students had graduated the year before the shooting.

Police also later determined that some students confused Klebold with another student who was in the group and resembled Klebold.

2. Harris and Klebold were not isolated outcasts or loners.

In the conflation of Harris and Klebold with the Trench Coat Mafia, they became synonymous with the word “outcast,” which appeared in every major newspaper report. The Post said people described them as an “isolated pair”; the Denver Post used “loners.”

But a thorough look at the shooters’ lives, one not based on panicked students’ reports, refutes this, Langman said.

“They both had a lot of friends. They both engaged in school activities, out-of-school activities, they worked part-time jobs with some of their buddies at a pizza shop,” Langman said.

Both were in a bowling league. Harris had played on the school soccer team as a freshman and sophomore, and continued to play soccer and volleyball after school, according to the sheriff’s office report. Klebold was in a fantasy baseball league and had gone to prom with a female friend a few days before the massacre.

3. The attack was not revenge for being bullied.

The first articles also indicated that Harris and Klebold sought revenge against classmates who had bullied them. The New York Times said Harris and Klebold appeared to target “peers who had poked fun at the group in the past.” The Post said students described them as “a constant target of derision for at least four years.” The Los Angeles Times said students considered the attack “lethal payback for old taunts and prejudices.”

But a look at police records and Harris’s and Klebold’s own writings paint a much more complex portrait, Langman said. Yes, Harris and Klebold were sometimes teased, but they were nowhere near the most bullied in the school and were much more frequently the bullies than the victims of bullies.

Most students are picked on at some point, Langman said, “so in the aftermath of a shooting, if reporters ask the students, ‘Was so-and-so ever picked on,’ the answer just on average is going to be yes. The significance of that though is completely unknown.”

In fact, Langman said, Harris’s personal writings show many “reasons” for his desire to kill: He wanted to see himself as “the law”; for sadistic pleasure; because the human race is “only worth killing”; and as revenge for being teased. Revenge was only one among many reasons. More often than not, Harris expressed a desire to kill complete strangers.

Harris and Klebold did not kill any of the students who had teased them; school shooters rarely do, Langman said. The two even said they knew that some of their friends might die in their attack.

“Getting it right was very difficult in those early hours, and first days, and I think all of us who covered the story regret the mistakes that were made,” said Tom Kenworthy, The Post reporter on the scene that day, in an email Friday.

The mistakenly high death estimate was the result of an early evening press conference by Jefferson County Sheriff John Stone, who said, “I’ve heard numbers as high as 25.” Kenworthy recalled rushing to report that number by the print deadline.

School shootings were not new in 1999; in the two years before Columbine, there were deadly school shootings in Pearl, Miss., West Paducah, Ky., Jonesboro, Ark., and Springfield, Ore.

But Columbine was the first of these events to unfold live on television. The Chicago Tribune published a story about the uniqueness of the experience; the Associated Press called it “adrenaline television.” Networks were later criticized for revealing the locations of police and of hiding and fleeing students live on the air.

Since Columbine, more than 226,000 students have experienced gun violence at U.S. schools, according to Washington Post data. The frequency of school shootings has spurred changes in reporting aimed at limiting inaccuracies such as those that followed the Columbine massacre. The Poynter Institute and Suicide Awareness Voice of Education urge journalists to avoid reporting secondhand witness statements or amplifying small details, and the Radio Television Digital News Association warns against broadcasting the locations of victims and law enforcement while shooters are still active.

Others recommend avoiding the use of shooters’ names or publishing photos that glorify their crimes. This is because of another aspect of modern school shootings that started with Columbine — glorification of mass shooters on the Internet. As The Post’s Jessica Contrera reported this month, more than 150 strangers show up at the Columbine High School campus every month. Many are obsessed with the attacks, and pore over Harris’s and Klebold’s online writings and photos.

This week, an 18-year-old woman described by authorities as “infatuated” with the Columbine massacre traveled from her home in Florida to Colorado. Sol Pais immediately purchased the same kind of weapon used by one of the Columbine shooters at a gun shop two miles from the school, setting off a massive manhunt. She ran from the FBI and took her own life — her case becoming another reminder of the Columbine shooting’s enduring and dangerous mythology.

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(CNN) The Justice Department’s inspector general will investigate the department’s handling of a leak investigation into former President Donald Trump’s political enemies that included a subpoena to collect metadata of lawmakers, staff and some family members, the office announced Friday.

The request comes as House Intelligence Committee Democrats hold a briefing at which Chairman Adam Schiff is expected to talk with his members about what the committee has learned, a source familiar tells CNN.

The activity follows the bombshell revelation that prosecutors in the Trump administration Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of House Intelligence Committee Democrats along with their staff and family members as part of a leak investigation.

The prosecutors were looking for the sources behind news stories about contacts between Russia and Trump associates.

Schumer and Durbin call for former attorneys general to testify

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin are calling for former Attorneys General William Barr and Jeff Sessions to testify on the matter.

“If they refuse, they are subject to being subpoenaed and compelled to testify under oath,” the Democrats said in a statement.

“This issue should not be partisan; under the Constitution, Congress is a co-equal branch of government and must be protected from an overreaching executive, and we expect that our Republican colleagues will join us in getting to the bottom of this serious matter,” Schumer and Durbin said.

White House calls reports ‘appalling’

In the Biden administration’s first on-camera reaction Friday, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield called the reports “appalling.”

“The reports of the behavior of the attorney general under Donald Trump are appalling,” Bedingfield said during an appearance on MSNBC from Cornwall, England.

Bedingfield suggested President Joe Biden has a “very different relationship” with the Justice Department than his predecessor, calling out the Trump administration’s “abuse of power” with the department, and adding that the Biden administration’s Justice Department is “run very, very differently.”

Biden, Bedingfield said, “respects the independence of the Justice Department, and it’s a critically important part of how he governs.”

Swalwell says Trump ‘weaponized’ Justice Department

California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, whose data was seized by the Trump administration, said Trump “weaponized” the Justice Department to dig into the private communications.

“This is about everyday Americans who don’t want to see their government weaponize law enforcement against them because of their political beliefs,” Swalwell told CNN’s Jim Sciutto on “Newsroom.”

Asked Friday by Sciutto if he leaked classified information involving investigations, Swalwell replied, “No, never.”

The House is currently not in session and many members are back in their home districts across the country so the House committee briefing is not taking place in person.

The source tells CNN that throughout Thursday evening, members grew concerned that they may not have been aware of if their information had been seized. There are also concerns about what, if any, other methods the Trump administration might have used to look at political adversaries.

This story is breaking and will be updated.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat from New York, argued that Democrats now have “two options” if they want to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour—either disregard the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling or end the legislative filibuster.

The Senate’s parliamentarian ruled last week that the minimum wage hike would not be eligible to pass through the complicated budget reconciliation process. Democrats have turned to that process to push through President Joe Biden‘s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Legislation passed through budget reconciliation requires only a simple majority to pass in the Senate, instead of the 60 votes generally required because of the legislative filibuster rule, and would not necessarily require any Republican support, given the upper chamber’s current makeup.

Progressive Democrats have strongly criticized the parliamentarian’s decision, with some calling for the decision to be overridden or for the parliamentarian to be fired. Ocasio-Cortez said during a Sunday evening interview with MSNBC that voters are counting on Democrats to pass the wage increase, arguing that bold action is necessary to push it through.

“I do believe we should override the parliamentarian. I think that this is a matter of course and that constituents and people across this country put Democrats in power to, among many other things, establish a $15 minimum wage. We have a responsibility to do that,” she said.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez walks to the House floor on February 4.
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Ocasio-Cortez said that Democrats should not view the parliamentarian’s decision as an obstacle. “Our two options are realistically this: override the parliamentarian or eliminate the filibuster. Those are the only two paths that we have in order to create substantive change in the United States, and that is what people across the country want,” the congresswoman said.

The White House has already signaled that it does not want to disregard the parliamentarian’s decision.

“President Biden is disappointed in this outcome, as he proposed having the $15 minimum wage as part of the American Rescue Plan,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement last Thursday. “He respects the parliamentarian’s decision and the Senate’s process. He will work with leaders in Congress to determine the best path forward, because no one in this country should work full time and live in poverty.”

Biden has previously expressed opposition to ending the filibuster, as have some moderate Democrats. Newsweek reached out to the White House for further comment but did not immediately receive a response.

A group progressive Democrats—led by Congressional Progressive Caucus Deputy Whip Ro Khanna—issued a statement on Monday morning urging the Biden administration to override the parliamentarian’s decision. Ocasio-Cortez signed on to the effort, which was backed by 23 members of the Progressive Caucus.

“This ruling is a bridge too far,” Khanna said in a statement. “[Progressives have] been asked, politely but firmly, to compromise on nearly all of our principles and goals. Not this time. If we don’t overrule the Senate parliamentarian, we are condoning poverty wages for millions of Americans. That’s why I’m leading my colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to lean on the clear precedent and overrule this misguided decision. Give America a raise.”

In a Sunday tweet, Representative Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Progressive Caucus, vowed that “the fight for a $15 minimum wage isn’t over.”

The congresswoman wrote: “People can’t live on $7.25/hour—and we can’t leave them hanging. I won’t stop fighting to give 27 million workers a raise and finally lift people out of poverty.”

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Auto loans hit record high, sending borrowers to the used market

People buying a new vehicle continue pushing the envelope, borrowing more and, on average, paying more each month for their auto loan.

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A familiar story line played out Monday night for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who condemned one of President Trump’s most trusted advisers only to end up being accused of anti-Semitism.

“Stephen Miller is a white nationalist,” she tweeted on Monday afternoon. “The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is an outrage.” But because Miller, Trump’s senior policy adviser, is Jewish, Omar’s fervent detractors on the right saw her comments not as incendiary criticism of Miller’s hard-line immigration policies but instead as part of a pattern of targeting Jews.

“During my time in Congress before @IlhanOmar got here, I didn’t once witness another Member target Jewish people like this with the name calling & other personal attacks,” Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), perhaps Omar’s most relentless critic, wrote on Twitter. “In 2019 though, for @IlhanOmar, this is just called Monday.”

The latest spat comes just days after a New York man was arrested on charges of threatening Omar by pledging to “put a bullet in her [expletive] skull,” rhetoric that the freshman congresswoman’s supporters say has been emboldened by the heated accusations of Jewish bias coupled with Islamophobia. Omar, a Somali refugee, is Muslim.

Claims of anti-Semitism have vexed Omar since she took office this year, after she suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an influential Jewish lobbying group, wielded power over members of Congress through money. But to Omar’s backers, the ubiquitous attacks from the right since then have amounted to a politically expedient smear campaign that trivializes the meaning of true anti-Semitism. To others, it’s part of a greater effort to silence women of color in Congress, fueling vitriolic attacks and death threats.

Omar’s remarks Monday were spurred by reports that Miller’s desire for tougher candidates to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement contributed to Trump’s decision to withdraw the nomination of Ronald Vitiello. Miller has been the architect behind numerous hard-line immigration policies, such as family separation, and has advocated for closing the entire U.S.-Mexico border.

Critics from Donald Trump Jr. to pundits from various conservative news outlets immediately pounced on Omar, questioning how a Jewish person could be accused of being a white nationalist.

“I see that the head of the Farrakhan Fan Club, @IlhanMN, took a short break from spewing her usual anti-semitic bigotry today to accuse a Jewish man of being a ‘white nationalist’ because she apparently has no shame,” wrote Trump Jr., referring to Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam.

Matt Wolking, deputy communications director for the president’s reelection campaign, offered this straightforward take on Twitter: “He’s Jewish, and Ilhan Omar is a racist anti-Semite.”

The backlash reflects an apparent effort among some members of the GOP to use Omar’s comments to sow division within the Democratic Party and among Jewish Democratic voters. Take Christian Ziegler, the vice chairman of the Florida GOP, who used the backlash to urge “my Jewish friends” to join the alleged “#jexodus” movement, encouraging Jews to leave the Democratic Party en masse.

Some mocked the critics for appearing to extrapolate an anti-Jewish bias from Omar’s remarks, while others attacked Zeldin, the Republican congressman from New York.

“Rep. Zeldin is using his Jewishness to provide cover for a white nationalist regime that stokes hatred and terror for Jews (and many other peoples) in a US that until President Trump felt so safe and secure for us,” wrote economist David Rothschild.

“Inappropriate accusations of anti-Semitism masks the ugliness of the real thing,” Perry Gershon, a Democratic businessman who lost to Zeldin in 2018 and plans to challenge him for his seat in the next election cycle, wrote on Twitter, linking to Zeldin’s comments.

Omar has long argued that her condemnation of the Israeli government’s treatment of the Palestinian people has been erroneously conflated with condemnation of Jewish people. In February, she apologized for using what was criticized as an anti-Semitic trope when she suggested that AIPAC could buy support from members of Congress. “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” she tweeted at the time, making a reference to $100 bills. Last month, she was accused of suggesting Jews harbor “dual loyalty” to the United States and Israel after slamming “the political influence in this country that says it is okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.”

In her apology, Omar said she either did not intend to offend Jews or was ignorant to the fact that she was using anti-Semitic tropes. The House passed a generic resolution condemning bigotry in response.

But the attacks on Omar didn’t slow. On Saturday, one day after federal prosecutors announced charges against the man who allegedly threatened to kill Omar, Trump mocked her during a speech before members of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.

“Special thanks to Representative Omar of Minnesota,” Trump told members in attendance, including casino magnate and prominent Republican donor Sheldon Adelson. “Oh, I forgot. She doesn’t like Israel. I forgot. I’m so sorry.”

Trump was also accused of expressing the same “dual loyalty” trope that critics said Omar had used. Speaking to the group of Republican Jews on Saturday, Trump described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “your prime minister,” and asked the audience to explain “to some of your people” why they shouldn’t oppose his tariffs on imported goods.

“Mr. President, the Prime Minister of Israel is the leader of his (or her) country, not ours,” the American Jewish Committee tweeted. “Statements to the contrary, from staunch friends or harsh critics, feed bigotry.”

A spokesman for Omar could not immediately be reached for comment early Tuesday regarding the latest accusations of anti-Semitism.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/09/rep-ilhan-omar-called-stephen-miller-white-nationalist-gop-critics-accused-her-anti-semitism/

We lost. We have some sense, like many of you do, what the families of these brave heroes are feeling today. You get this feeling like you’re being sucked into a black hole in the middle of your chest. There’s no way out. My heart aches for you, and I know this: We have a continuing obligation, a sacred obligation to all of you, the families of those heroes. That obligation is not temporary. It lasts forever.

The lives we lost today were lives given in the service of liberty, the service of security and the service of others. In the service of America. Like their fellow brothers and sisters in arms who have died defending our vision and our values in the struggle against terrorism, of the fallen this day, they are part of a great noble company of American heroes.

To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. I will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command.

Over the past few weeks — I know many of you are probably tired of hearing me say it — we’ve been made aware by our intelligence community that the ISIS-K, an archenemy of the Taliban, people who were freed when both those prisons were opened, has been planning a complex set of attacks on the United States personnel and others. This is why from the outset I’ve repeatedly said this mission was extraordinarily dangerous and why I’ve been so determined to limit the duration of this mission.

As Gen. [Kenneth F.] McKenzie said, this is why our mission was designed, this is the way it was designed to operate, operate under severe stress and attack. We’ve known that from the beginning. And as I’ve been in constant contact with our senior military leaders — and I mean constant, around the clock — and our commanders on the ground throughout the day, they made it clear that we can and we must complete this mission and we will. And that’s what I’ve ordered them to do.

We will not be deterred by terrorists. We will not let them stop our mission. We will continue the evacuation. I’ve also ordered my commanders to develop operational plans to strike ISIS-K assets, leadership and facilities. We will respond with force and precision at our time, at the place we choose and the moment of our choosing.

Here’s what you need to know: These ISIS terrorists will not win. We will rescue the Americans in there. We will get our Afghan allies out, and our mission will go on. America will not be intimidated, and I have the utmost confidence in our brave service members who continue to execute this mission with courage and honor to save lives, and get Americans, our partners, our Afghan allies out of Afghanistan.

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/us/politics/biden-afghanistan-speech-transcript.html

Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/12/06/omicron-covid-variant-travel-rules-booster-vaccinations/8881566002/

The widespread destruction caused by extreme weather coast to coast, with Hurricane Ida spreading devastation from Louisiana to New York while record wildfires scorch California, prompted Joe Biden to level with America this week, saying it was “yet another reminder that … the climate crisis is here”.

“We need to be much better prepared. We need to act,” Biden said in a speech on Thursday at the White House.

The last week saw Hurricane Ida come ashore from the Gulf of Mexico as the fifth largest hurricane on record to hit the US.

The massive storms spawned in its aftermath battered states on the Gulf coast and all the way up into the north-east, killing at least 48 so far in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut after historic flooding, where officials admitted they were surprised by the tempest’s suddenness and ferocity.

In Louisiana, many fewer were killed, just over a dozen at the most recent count, but almost a million people have been left without electricity, some indefinitely, because of the storm.

Meanwhile, the Caldor wildfire in California has burned over 200,000 acres and is threatening more than 35,000 structures, edging close to the Lake Tahoe area and becoming one of few wildfires to rage from one side of the Sierra Nevada mountains to the other.

While the US president first laid out details of emergency relief efforts being deployed around the country, he ended his speech by talking about how the natural disasters will continue to happen, more often and with greater intensity, because of the climate crisis.

“This isn’t about politics. Hurricane Ida didn’t care if you were a Democrat or Republican, rural or urban,” he said. “It’s destruction everywhere. It’s a matter of life and death, and we’re all in this together,” he said, a day before he planned to fly to Louisiana to view the damage and returning via Philadelphia, which was flooded by the same vast storm system.

Biden’s remarks were a notable departure from what Americans had become accustomed to hearing about the climate crisis under Donald Trump, who as recently as last year denied that natural disasters in the US were increasingly related to human-caused climate change.

When pressed to consider the climate crisis as a main cause of the California wildfires last year, Trump responded: “I don’t think science knows.” He fluctuated between calling the phenomenon a hoax, making jokes about it and then sowing ambiguity and doubt throughout his election campaign and one-term presidency.

“It’ll start getting cooler,” he said after the deadly wildfires. “You watch.”

In contrast, Biden this summer released the most ambitious clean energy and environmental justice plans yet seen from the White House through his flagship “Build Back Better” infrastructure and budget proposals.

Last month, the Senate passed a $1tn bipartisan infrastructure bill that includes investments in improving roads, bridges, the electric grid and public transit, among other things, to make them more energy efficient, sustainable and resistant to extreme weather.

The bill still has to pass the House of Representatives and after good progress faces further contentious arguments on its details later this month. A related, massive $3.5tn budget bill that promises a 10-year cascade of federal resources for family support, health and education programs and an aggressive drive to heal the climate, can be passed without Republican support but needs every Democratic senator to vote for it and is currently in jeopardy.

Biden on Thursday said that when Congress goes back into session this month, he plans to push the Build Back Better plan.

“That’s going to make historic investments in electrical infrastructure, modernizing our roads, bridges, our water systems, sewer and draining systems, electric grids and transmission lines and make them more resilient to these superstorms, wildfires and floods that are going to happen with increasing frequency and ferocity,” he said.

Despite his advocacy for his infrastructure bill, Biden has been coming under criticism after the White House announced this week that it will open tens of millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration. Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the federal government for the leases.

“How does this align with [the] Biden Administration’s commitment to take ‘bold steps to combat the climate crisis?” tweeted environmental group Ocean Conservancy on Wednesday.

Source Article from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/03/climate-crisis-joe-biden-floods-wildfires-storms

The WHO says it will start assigning new names for variants of the coronavirus based on letters from the Greek alphabet — part of an effort to help avoid stigmatization around the virus.

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The WHO says it will start assigning new names for variants of the coronavirus based on letters from the Greek alphabet — part of an effort to help avoid stigmatization around the virus.

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The World Health Organization is hoping to simplify the way the public talks about the growing number of variants of the coronavirus. It will start assigning different letters of the Greek alphabet to each new mutation of the virus.

The new system takes the names of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 and moves them away from what can be sometimes confusing scientific nomenclature, or shorthand that puts heavy emphasis on where the variants were first discovered.

For example, under the new system, the B.1.1.7 variant, which was first identified in the U.K., will be known as Alpha. The B.1.351 variant, first spotted in South Africa, will be called Beta, while the variant initially found in Brazil, known as P.1, will go by Gamma.

The new names won’t officially replace the scientific names already assigned to new variants, but the WHO said it is making the change in an attempt to avoid fueling stigma towards nations where new variants arise.

“While they have their advantages, these scientific names can be difficult to say and recall, and are prone to misreporting,” the WHO said in a statement on Monday. “As a result, people often resort to calling variants by the places where they are detected, which is stigmatizing and discriminatory.”

It’s meant to avoid stigmatization

The danger of stigmatization is an issue the WHO has warned about since the early days of the pandemic, when some politicians, most notably former President Donald Trump, would routinely refer to the virus as the “China virus” or the “Wuhan virus.” Trump said he used the terms “to be accurate” and maintained that they were “not racist at all,” yet he continued to use them even after the WHO cautioned against language that can “perpetuate negative stereotypes or assumptions.”

Use of such language became widespread. In one study released in May, researchers at the University of California at San Francisco directly linked Trump’s first tweet about a “Chinese virus” to an exponential rise in anti-Asian language on Twitter.

The rhetoric has been followed by violence

More than a year later, much of that rhetoric has given way to violence. Last month, the group Stop AAPI Hate released a report documenting 6,603 hate incidents between March 2020 and March 2021. Physical assaults rose from 10% of total hate incidents in 2020 to almost 17% in 2021, according to the report.

In India, sensitivity around stigmatization led the government last month to ask social media companies to remove any references to the “India variant” from their platforms. A government official told Reuters the notice was issued to send a “loud and clear” message that mentions of “Indian variant” fuel miscommunication.

The new names are going fast

It’s a message that was echoed Monday by Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead for the COVID-19 response. “No country should be stigmatized for detecting and reporting variants,” she wrote on Twitter. Under the WHO’s new naming system, the variant, known among scientists as B.1.617.2, is called the Delta variant.

The new system applies to two different classifications of variants — “variants of concern,” considered the most potentially dangerous, and second-level “variants of interest.”

There are 24 letters in the Greek alphabet. The WHO has already assigned 10 of them — four to variants of concerns and six to variants of interest.

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/06/01/1002092594/covid-variant-uk-south-africa-renamed-alpha-beta

When Mr. Barr first used the word “spying” in congressional testimony last month, he later backpedaled somewhat during the hearing, saying that he just wanted to know whether surveillance done as part of the investigation had a proper basis and that he “was not suggesting” that rules were violated.

In the same way, after raising the possibility to Fox News in the interview that aired Friday that law enforcement and intelligence officials may have been trying to sabotage Mr. Trump for political reasons, Mr. Barr added that he was just asking questions.

“If we’re worried about foreign influence, for the very same reason we should be worried about whether government officials abuse their power and put their thumb on the scale,” he said. “And so I’m not saying that happened, but it’s something we have to look at.”

His caveat did not prevent alarming headlines across the conservative news media.

Mr. Barr may not have intended to be as inflammatory as those conclusions, said James A. Baker, a former F.B.I. general counsel who helped oversee the early stages of the Russia investigation, and who previously worked for Mr. Barr at Verizon.

“He is a very careful lawyer and he words things very precisely,” he said. “If you read those precise words, they are less alarming than people have assessed them to be. He is, however, saying things that can be easily misconstrued and apparently are being misconstrued, and any attorney general needs to be mindful of the fact that he or she need to maintain credibility with, and the trust of, all Americans.”

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/politics/barr-russia-investigation-spying.html

ALTIA importante.  Esperábamos noticias y ya empiezan a salir 

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Altia ha conseguido lo siguiente durante el 1º trimestre del año:

1_El Servicio Vasco de Empleo avanza en la gestión telemática de sus expedientes de la mano de Altia e Ibermática

2_Renovación del servicio de soporte y mantenimiento para la infraestructura de conexión con Internet y otras redes IP del Banco de España

3_La UNED selecciona a Altia para la instalación y puesta en marcha de sus aulas interactivas AVIP

Altia se posiciona como una de las empresas españolas con más experiencia en montaje de salas multimedia

Con la realización de este proyecto, Altia se posiciona como una de las empresas españolas con más experiencia en montaje y puesta en marcha de salas multimedia, pues se ha encargo de instalar más de 100 de aulas de este tipo en toda la red de centros asociados de la UNED.

4_Implantación del Tablón Electrónico de Edictos en el Ayuntamiento de Móstoles

5_Renovación del servicio de mantenimiento correctivo de la aplicación de rentas y contratos de Cepsa

Esta aplicación es clave en el departamento de administración de la compañía, ya que alberga la información de los contratos de las distintas estaciones de servicio

6_Exis renueva su colaboración con la Federación Española de Empresas de Tecnología Sanitaria (FENIN) 

7_Red.es mejora su perfil de contratante con la colaboración de Altia

La solución de Altia permite mejorar el proceso de creación y publicación de las licitaciones

8_Altia alcanza el nivel de partner preferente para las soluciones de Meta4

El crecimiento continuado de Altia en el sector de las soluciones tecnológicas vinculadas a los recursos humanos le ha permitido alcanzar recientemente

el máximo nivel de relación con Meta4, después de 5 años de colaboración. Este nivel de relación es el considerado por Meta4 como partner preferente, en el que se engloban un selecto y reducido número de empresas del mismo entorno y sector de actividad que Altia.

Gracias a esta distinción, la compañía espera seguir creciendo en este ámbito e incrementar su posicionamiento, que le ha permitido gestionar los servicios de nómina y recursos humanos a numerosos clientes tanto del sector público como del ámbito privado

Fuente: Altia boletín trimestral de noticias del 1º trimestre de 2014http://www.altia.es/sgc/export/sites/default/galerias/documentos/boletines/2014/Altia_News_N46_int_1.pdf

Por ultimo finalizar diciendo que mantenemos punto por punto todo lo comentado en nuestro informe de ampliación de previsiones y objetivos. http://www.gesprobolsa.com/?p=18446

Muchos hablan de burbuja en el MAB, si leen el informe verán que Altia cotizaba a un 90% de los múltiplos de Indra a la hora de elaboración del informe , por tanto queda claro que en este caso la burbuja es Indra y no Altia.

Todo informe sin tener en cuenta las valoraciones de las empresas , proyección y números actuales hablando de burbujas del MAB carece de sentido.

Queremos añadir que faltan mas cosas por salir.

Queda por conocerse quienes han sido los compradores desde Santander de acciones de ALTIA y además también los resultados ya finales del ejercicio 2013 en el que podrían avanzar algo acerca de expectativas de futuro de la compañía.

Tabla de saldos desde el 1 de enero de 2014 al 10 de abril de 2014

Por técnico

Las noticias que esperamos y que ya empiezan a salir deben servir de catalizador para el valor.

A corto plazo el 1º objetivo lo tendríamos en alcanzar máximos anuales en los 8,70€ y ya superando esta resistencia entraríamos en subida libre, subida que serviría para ver un nuevo tramo al alza quizás hasta los 10-12€ por acción.

Por abajo el soporte lo tendríamos en 7,10€, nivel donde tendría los máximos anteriores.

DEOLEO OPA de CVC Capital Partners a 0,38€ y da resultados del 1º trimestre

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El Consejo de Administración de Deoleo aprueba los términos de la oferta de CVC

Madrid, 10 de abril de 2014.-

El Consejo de Administración de Deoleo ha aprobado en su sesión de hoy los términos de la oferta presentada por CVC Capital Partners en el marco del proceso de reconfiguración financiera y accionarial en el que está inmersa la compañía.

Tras el proceso realizado, el Consejo ha sido informado de las ofertas recibidas, con objeto de cubrir los objetivos fijados en defensa del interés social: mejorar la estructura financiera y dotar de mayor estabilidad accionarial a la compañía, extendiendo las condiciones a todos los accionistas.

Una vez concluidas las deliberaciones, se ha acordado proceder desde el día de hoy con CVC Capital Partners a finalizar los términos y condiciones de la operación a un precio por acción de 0,38 euros y los siguientes aspectos principales:

(i) Adquisición por parte de una sociedad controlada al 100% por fondos asesorados por CVC Capital Partners (el Oferente), del 29,99% del capital social de la Sociedad mediante una combinación de compra de acciones titularidad de accionistas significativos y, en su caso, suscripción de una ampliación de capital con exclusión del derecho de suscripción preferente que se sometería a la junta general de accionistas, todo ello a un precio de 0,38 euros por acción.

(ii) Sujeto a la ejecución de la transacción anterior, formulación por parte del Oferente de una oferta pública de adquisición dirigida al 100% del capital social, a un precio igualmente de 0,38 euros por acción.

La operación conllevará la refinanciación de la deuda actual de la Sociedad, con un nuevo paquete de financiación con un vencimiento medio de 7 años bullet. Además, siempre y cuando el Consejo lo apruebe, existirá la posibilidad de realizar una segunda ampliación de capital abierta a todos los accionistas, comprometiéndose el Oferente a cubrir un importe de hasta la diferencia entre 100 millones de euros y lo que haya aportado en la ampliación de capital con exclusión del derecho antes citada.

Los términos finales de la operación están sujetos al acuerdo final entre las partes y a la ratificación del Consejo de Administración de la Sociedad, lo que se comunicará oportunamente como hecho relevante.

En relación a esta operación, “el Consejo de Administración continúa comprometido en conseguir un buen equilibrio de intereses pero protegiendo a los más débiles, minoritarios, empleados y pequeños proveedores”.

El proceso de restructuración financiera y accionarial de Deoleo persigue dotar a la compañía de los recursos suficientes para iniciar un plan de crecimiento acorde con el potencial del negocio y de las marcas del grupo. 

Fuente CNMV: http://www.cnmv.es/Portal/HR/ResultadoBusquedaHR.aspx?nreg=203318&th=H

Esto lo adelantamos ayer con los datos disponibles, pero hoy queda mucho mas claro

1 OPA “voluntaria” por el 100% a 0,38€ NO HAY OBLIGACION DE ACUDIR, por tanto desaconsejamos acudir a la OPA , a no ser que el precio caiga a 0,37€ o por debajo, entonces si por que se podrán vender en la OPA mas caras que su cotización en mercado

2 EBRO había parado de vender justo con la presentación de ofertas, seguramente el 2% que le queda lo venderá en la oferta, por tanto un problema que desaparece

3 Según parece venderá BANKIA y poco mas

4 El punto negativo, ampliación de capital , lo que podría llevar a la compañía a pasar de 1100 millones de acciones a unos 1350 millones (punto negativo) ya que reducirá la valoración total del grupo.

5 Financiación a 7 años en mejores condiciones que las actuales, por tanto se elimina cualquier riesgo en la compañía a medio plazo.

Conclusión

Bueno para la compañía que va a mejorar, ligeramente negativo para los accionistas actuales.

1 por que la OPA es a la baja y 2 por que al hacer una pequeña ampliación de capital se verá un poco diluido el precio objetivo por acción.

La pequeña ampliación de capital que pretende llevar a cabo la compañía supone que Deoleo va a capitalizar lo mismo en 0,40€ que en el pasado en 0,515€, entonces si capitalización alcanzo los 550 millones de €, si añadimos 200 millones de acciones mas, esa capitalización la tendría la empresa en 0,40€ ,aunque con menos deuda claro esto, lo que es muy positivo.

Aun así no se trata de una operación acordeón como la de BANKIA o AMPER, aquí hablamos de una pequeña ampliación de capital ,quizás un 25% de acciones mas que las que tiene actualmente, en el caso de la vivida ayer en AMPER la empresa pasaría de 44 millones de acciones a casi 700 , son cosas distintas.

Con estos datos ya se puede empezar a valorar una entrada, la idea es entrar al mejor precio posible, para ello le iremos haciendo un seguimiento.

Deoleo registra un beneficio neto de 3,6 millones de euros en el primer trimestre de 2014

• El EBITDA es de 19,6 millones de €, un 29,6% más; y el margen de EBITDA/ventas del trimestre alcanza una cifra récord del 11,5%.

• Todas las áreas de negocio mejoran con respecto al primer trimestre de 2013.

• La deuda financiera neta sube en 33 millones de euros por el aumento del capital circulante para abordar la compra de materia prima, pero se reduce en 91 millones respecto al mismo periodo del año anterior.

Madrid, 10 de abril de 2014.- Deoleo, líder marquista en aceite de oliva, registró en el primer trimestre del año un beneficio neto (BDI) de 3,6 millones de euros, un 17,5% menos que en el mismo periodo del año anterior. Esta bajada responde fundamentalmente a la aplicación de una tasa fiscal cercana al 60% fruto de la actual estructura financiera del grupo, que concentra el gasto financiero en una sola región.

Esta situación cambiará cuando se culmine el proceso de reestructuración financiera en el que está inmersa la compañía.

El EBITDA en este periodo fue de 19,6 millones de euros, un 29,6% más que en el primer trimestre de 2013; y el margen de EBITDA/ventas alcanzó la cifra récord del

11,5%, todo ello a pesar de que la inversión publicitaria creció un 38,5% con respecto al mismo periodo de 2013.

Las ventas alcanzaron los 170 millones de euros, un 14,2% por debajo de la cifra del primer trimestre de 2013. La caída de la facturación se debe a la bajada del precio de la materia prima (-35%) debido a las buenas previsiones de cosecha en España, que previsiblemente en esta campaña será superior a 1,7 millones de toneladas. Por su parte, los volúmenes se mantuvieron según lo estimado en el presupuesto, excepto en España, donde se espera una recuperación para los próximos meses.

Respecto a la deuda financiera neta, en este trimestre alcanzó los 506 millones de euros, lo que representa una subida de 33 millones debido al incremento en el capital circulante para abordar las compras de materia prima aprovechando el buen momento de precios y calidades de principios de campaña. Sin embargo, con respecto al primer trimestre de 2013 la deuda bajó en 91 millones de euros, esto es un 15%.

Así, al cierre del trimestre la posición de caja del grupo es de 164 millones de euros y se cumplen nuevamente con todos los convenants establecidos en el contrato de financiación.

Resultados por regiones

La estabilidad en los precios del aceite de oliva en España está contribuyendo a la aparición de primeras marcas que erosionan la cuota de mercado de las marcas de la distribución. Aunque otros fabricantes están apostando por ventas promocionales, Deoleo se decanta por margen unitario y diferenciación.

En Italia las marcas del grupo han registrado leves pérdidas en volumen pero con buenos resultados de rentabilidad, por encima de los niveles de 2013.

En Norteamérica las marcas de Deoleo han mantenido sus diferenciales de precio y su rentabilidad; y en otros mercados internacionales, gracias a la estabilidad de los precios de la materia prima, se han incrementado volúmenes y márgenes unitarios, sobre todo en mercados como Brasil, India, Japón, suroeste de Asia y Rusia.

Conclusiones

El primer trimestre de 2014 ha sido significativamente mejor que el del año anterior, principalmente por la estabilidad en los mercados y porque las medidas de gestión van aflorando paulatinamente.

En España hemos lanzado la nueva imagen de Carbonell que, además de representar una concepción moderna de un producto tradicional, sirve de palanca para sucesivos lanzamientos enfocados al consumidor y a la búsqueda de la diferenciación, con un esfuerzo añadido en promoción y una campaña innovadora:

Este esfuerzo de innovación se trasladará a otras marcas del grupo, como Koipe y Bertolli, para las que ya se está trabajando en nuevos proyectos en los respectivos mercados en los que operan.

Fuente: CNMV http://www.cnmv.es/Portal/HR/ResultadoBusquedaHR.aspx?nreg=203320&th=H

Buenos resultados

Por técnico

De momento el aspecto es bueno, sigue dentro del canal alcista, la parte alta la tendría cerca de 0,46€ y la parte baja en 0,385€ aproximadamente.

Si el precio se acercará a 0,38€ supondría una excelente compra pues hablaríamos de la posibilidad de comprar sin riesgo a perdida durante meses, ya que a ese precio siempre se podría vender acudiendo a la OPA

Se corre el riesgo de que el valor pueda quedar unos meses clavado por 0,38€ , aunque esto no tendría por que pasar.

Quien este comprado puede estar tranquilo ,no hay problema

A corto plazo hay que manejar tiempos antes de tirarse a la piscina.

Source Article from http://www.gaceta.es/david-cabaleiro/especial-noticias-altia-opa-deoleo-11042014-0021

President Donald Trump on Friday shared a video on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent comments on the September 11, 2001, terror attacks as the freshman lawmaker has faced death threats.

Omar encountered backlash after comments she made during a speech at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) event last month.

“For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen, and frankly I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it,” Omar said. “CAIR was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.”

CAIR, a civil-liberties organization, was founded in 1994. A spokesperson from Omar’s office told The Washington Post that the congresswoman misspoke; CAIR doubled in size after the 9/11 attacks. (The Post did a deep dive into the context of Omar’s comments.)

Read more: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s errant 9/11 comments slammed by the New York Post with controversial cover

The video Trump shared on Friday zeroed in on Omar saying “some people did something.” That moment from the speech is juxtaposed with footage from the day of the attacks in New York City. The tweet Trump shared included the caption, “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!”

Trump has his own history of controversy when it comes to his characterization of the 9/11 attacks, and he has routinely made false claims about what transpired that day.

Many Republicans and some Democrats felt Omar’s comments were insensitive and downplayed the terrorist attacks.

Reacting to Omar’s remarks in a tweet on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, said, “First Member of Congress to ever describe terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9/11 as ‘some people who did something.’ Unbelievable.”

Democratic Rep. Max Rose, who’s also a veteran of Afghanistan and from New York City, described Omar’s remarks as “insensitive” and “offensive.”

Omar has also faced criticism in the media, including a contentious New York Post cover, which also portrayed that fragment of her speech above a photo of the twin towers collapsing. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the cover as “horrifying” and “hateful.”

Meanwhile, the “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade responded to Omar’s remarks by questioning if she’s “an American first.”

Reacting to Kilmeade’s suggestion, Omar tweeted, “This is dangerous incitement, given the death threats I face. I hope leaders of both parties will join me in condemning it. My love and commitment to our country and that of my colleagues should never be in question. We are ALL Americans!”

Omar has also recently faced backlash over comments she’s made on Israel, which were condemned by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as anti-Semitic. She has since apologized.

Some in the media have come to her defense over this most recent comment.

“The point she was actually making … was that the acts of 19 men who committed the atrocities of 9/11 should not be held against the billion Muslims who live around the world,” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes said on Thursday.

A New York man was recently arrested and charged with threatening to assault and murder Omar. He is accused of calling her a “terrorist” in an expletive-laced phone call to Omar’s office.

“Do you work for the Muslim Brotherhood?” the man said to a staffer over the phone, according to a press release from the US Attorney’s Office in the Western District of New York. “Why are you working for her, she’s a (expletive) terrorist. I’ll put a bullet in her (expletive) skull.”

The freshman Democrat’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from INSIDER.

Source Article from https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-shares-video-on-ilhan-omars-911-comments-2019-4