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Shocking moment Chicago teen gang - including two girls - 'kidnap and torture' special-needs man while streaming entire ordeal live on Facebook and screaming racist and anti-Trump remarks
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4089510/Four-people-arrested-footage-young-man-beaten-tortured-streamed-live-Facebook.htmlFour teens have been arrested after sickening footage of a young man allegedly being held hostage, beaten and tortured was live-streamed on Facebook.
Two men and two women, believed to all be aged 18, were taken into custody by Chicago police on Wednesday after authorities were made aware of the 30-minute social media video. It is believed the victim, a young man in his teens or early 20s, went to school with one of the suspects and has special needs.
The footage shows the four black people allegedly holding the white man hostage in an apartment on the 3400 block of West Lexington on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday.
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Omarosa officially joins White House staff
Omarosa Manigault, who gained national fame for being a combative contestant on the reality show The Apprentice, will bring her sharp elbows to the White House.
Manigault, who prefers to be called just 'Omarosa,' will join the White House in a public engagement role.
Her official title will be that of director of communications for the office of public liaison.
The hiring of Manigault, 42, will come as little surprise to those who have followed the career of the one-time Apprentice villain, as she has been a long-time vocal supporter of Trump, and even helped in his transition team.
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Trump: Chicago needs to seek US help if it can't cut murder rate
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a Twitter message on Monday that Chicago's mayor must ask for U.S. government help if the city fails to reduce its homicide rate, which hit a 20-year high in 2016.
The city responded that Trump and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel had previously spoken and agreed to ways the federal government could help.
"Chicago murder rate is record setting - 4,331 shooting victims with 762 murders in 2016. If Mayor can't do it he must ask for Federal help!" Trump tweeted.
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On 12/31/2016 at 0:47 PM, Khan said:
And guess who is in Vermont?
Yep.
Washington Post retracts story about Russian hack at Vermont utility
http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-post-retracts-story-about-russian-hack-at-vermont-utility/
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On 12/24/2016 at 10:14 PM, Juliajms said:
I think undocumented immigrants have unrealistic hopes sometimes, but don't we all? A year of his life spent in detention and then back to pay the debt of a lifetime. All after that insane trek through jungles and hostile territory. That's a hell of a price to pay. I hope word spreads that coming her illegally under Trump is a bad idea. I'm legitimately worried about how people are treated with him in charge, not that they got the red carpet this time around either, but it can get worse.
Obama has deported more immigrants than any other president in history. It will be hard for Trump to top Obama in deporting illegals.
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Kate Hopkins: How many MORE atrocities before our leaders stop lying to us and admit that, thanks to their immigration policies, being mowed down while doing your Christmas shopping is simply the new normal?
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2 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:
Yes, sadly right-wingers will seize to promote their agenda (e.g. more weaponization) because predictably that is what they always do as political opportunists, even before asking whether people are okay or what they can do to help.
Which will make a country safer, Angela's open door policy to Muslim young men, or Trump's tough stance? Today, many Americans are feeling safer for electing Trump, while Germany is paying the price of open door policy.
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Guns are needed to protect homeowners from intruders.
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DNC Chair contradicts Obama and says Russian hacks persisted 'until end of election' – and says she was 'a little disappointed' when she saw his remarks
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4049544/DNC-Chair-contradicts-Obama-says-Russian-hacks-persisted-end-election.html#ixzz4TOWHAC2B0 -
On 11/9/2016 at 10:19 PM, DramatistDreamer said:
This is why I was telling a friend that it was more about payback for the U.S. having the temerity to elect and re-elect Obama, it was even stronger than their hatred of Hillary. People are now exclaiming that they are taking back their country and POC have already reported incidents of harrassment and intimidation post election. One Muslim woman has already reported that her hijab wearing cousin was assaulted.
The most disturbing thing about this is the number of White women who closed their mouths and voted for Trump. They were the 'silent Trump voter' that his campaign alluded to throughout the campaign.
What was weird was that earlier yesterday, by noon the news was announced that the HRC campaign had cancelled the fireworks. Everyone was curious what that meant.
I am having flashbacks to Election Day 2000 when I was at University and had an evening writing class and had voted earlier that day and the polls were still open for another 3 hours and this wealthy white guy who was in my class, walks in and says "My Dad told me, it's already been decided, Bush won". We were all stunned but somehow I believed him. Later on, I would hope he was wrong but eventually the kid's father turned out to be correct.
Of course, we remember that in 2000 and yesterday, both Democratic candidates won the Popular Vote but lost the Electoral College.
This felt similar when the news announced that HRC had cancelled the fireworks. With early voting, there was probably a strong sense of how certain states were going to lean and the media, for ratings, kept up the suspense.
Bombshell: Muslim woman admits making up story about hijab ripped off on NYC subway
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4035004/Police-NYC-Muslim-womans-bias-report-false.html
A Muslim teenager who claimed she was called a terrorist and attacked by Donald Trump supporters on a New York subway train apparently lied about the whole story.
Yasmin Seweid, 18, was arrested by police on Wednesday for filing a false report and admitted she lied about the so-called attack.
She was arraigned early Thursday at Manhattan Criminal Court, where she appeared with a shaved head and without a hijab.
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11 minutes ago, ReddFoxx said:
Ted Bundy was called attractive and non-threatening, but we all know that made no difference when he clubbed women over the head. Are you really this damn shallow?
(and honestly, the man in the picture isn't even all that. I've seen better doing the homeless count on the street)
There is a thread at another forum (dl) that says he's bisexual, dated women and men of color, and the alt-right is just an act to get rich and famous.
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On 12/12/2016 at 9:02 PM, Juliajms said:
Ugh. I'm watching CNN, why do they give Richard Spencer so much airtime. You can report on what's happening without showing him speaking. I'm glad Whitefish Montana has rejected him, but do we need to keep seeing him?
Richard Spencer is really handsome, though. He looks like a young Hugh Grant.
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GOP rejoices over Pelosi win
Nancy Pelosi had some unlikely fans celebrating her re-election as House minority leader Wednesday — loads of Republicans.
Republicans — including members of President-elect Donald Trump’s team — gloated over Pelosi’s sweeping election over Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, Wednesday. But it wasn’t because they think she’s a good choice for Democrats, in fact, it’s the opposite.
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No change needed: By selecting Nancy Pelosi, House Democrats think the party is just fine
http://www.salon.com/2016/11/30/pelosi-breezes-to-victory-again-but-dont-expect-house-democrats-to-start-singing-kumbaya/
Pelosi’s 134-63 victory means that — assuming she serves out her two-year term, through the 2018 midterms — she will have been the top House Democrat for 15 years, longer than chamber legends like Tip O’Neill (10) and Bob Michel (14).
Pelosi’s second-in-command and fellow septuagenarian, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, has held the top deputy position since 2003. They’ll be in good company, as next year’s Democratic House leadership has an average age of 72.0 -
Wall Street at record highs as techs, energy stocks rally
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN13G198
While all the three major indexes have rallied since the U.S. election, technology stocks had held back the S&P and Nasdaq as investors poured money into sectors such as financials, industrials and energy, which are seen benefiting from President-elect Donald Trump's policies.
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45 minutes ago, Juliajms said:
The conventional wisdom is that demographics are going to save us at some point, but I've become skeptical of that after what just happened.. I think it would be very foolish to rely solely on that hope. I have no idea where the Democrats go from here, but I hope the leadership comes up with a decent plan over the next year. Maybe we'll be lucky and Trump will come crashing down, but I don't know how that happens given that nothing seems to touch him.
Conservatives have a lot more children than liberals, helping offset the supposed demographic shift. That's because conservatives live in more affordable, less populated areas where having a large family is cheap. Liberals tend to live in more expensive cities where education and childcare is more expensive. Also, conservatives generally do not believe in abortion or even contraception and will breed like rabbits. In addition, most LGBT do not have children.
http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/11/states-conservative-as-their-women-are-fertile.html
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19 hours ago, marceline said:
The TPP is dead. Without sharing too much, my workplace - a right wing hellhole - was jonesing for it. It would've meant millions because we've got offices in a lot of TPP countries and we've been right in the thick of trying to get this passed. It's dead and they're losing it. It's been one of the few bright spots of this whole thing.
That might be true for your company, but polls indicate that the rust belt voters overwhelmingly disapprove of the TPP. They voted for Trump in 2016 and will vote for him in 2020 if he keeps his word and not sign the TPP.
17 hours ago, JaneAusten said:Well I've been told these people want jobs right. On paper this is great but not signing another trade deal or even repealing NAFTA(and NAFTA has some benefits) isn't going to magically bring all those coal, steel, and manufacturing jobs back. I feel bad for these people because no one not even Bernie had an answer to where are our jobs coming from. Trump plain lied to them. Jobs that have been moved to right to work states in the south for lower wages, have moved to China or Mexico are not coming back. Nor are the 60% of the Mftg jobs coming back that were lost to Robotics and Automation. And GM just announced a plant closure that's going to cost Ohio and Penn 2,000 jobs. And tariffs always sound so great until people see the costs are passed onto them the consumer.
Hillary supporting the TPP until the last few months and saying that coal plants should be shut down does not win over the rust belt voters. If the South right of work states are getting manufacturing jobs, then it only convinces the rust belt voters to vote Republican.
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On 11/11/2016 at 8:08 PM, DaytimeFan said:
Just watched the Hot Topics segment with Meredith, Star, Joy and Debbie...it was GREAT! They need to just fire everyone except Joy and bring those three back.
Whoopi's big salary prevents them from hiring them back
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20 hours ago, Ms. Quartermaine said:
I do wish Hillary overrode her campaign though and let Bill advise on the rust belt... those are not all red states. But maybe part of it was what someone upthread said... people in those areas couldn't view her as both lady like and presidential... There are just too many factors to take into consideration. I thought her campaign was extraordinary, but clearly not good enough, but maybe it would have been good enough if the media hadn't normalized Trump... Her approval rating crashed soon after she announced her candidacy. I adore her, but she doesn't have the gift of riling people up, so that could have hurt as well... Comey sure didn't help. Like I said, too much to consider.
Rust state (MI WI PA OH) voters hate the TPP. Obama pushed it and Hillary flip flopped on the issue. Meanwhile, Trump was against the TPP all along. If Trump keeps his word and refuses to sign the TPP, the rust state voters will reelect him. If he flip flops, then they won't.
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19 hours ago, JaneAusten said:
If Bernie was a lifelong democrat I might have more sympathy for him but he hopped into the party so that he had the recognition to run a campaign and don't think running in a primary against Clinton didn't get him attention.
Trump's been a Democrat longer than Bernie has.
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That's the indignity for Theon I can't forgive.
^ OMG!! That is just spot on.
I wonder if Rubio will fade from the public eye after this. It seems like Florida is on the verge of repudiating him and he didn't seem to want to be a Senator anyway.
He'll get a big money job. It's all about the money for him anyway.
I don't know if it was in here before but this profile on Robby Mook, who has a job that is likely almost impossible (dealing with Hillary's many hangers-on and "advisers"), is pretty good.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-campaign-manager-profile
Same with Kasich and Carson. They'll become lobbyists and earn millions. They know they can't win the election, they're just doing it for the name recognition to land that big time lobbyist job.
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The Politics Thread
in Off Topic Lounge
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https://www.rt.com/usa/372699-chicago-police-tortured-facebook-video/
"The attackers in the video use a knife to threaten the victim before cutting his clothing, hair and scalp with it. The victim is also forced to say “F*** Trump,” “I love black people,” and kiss the floor.
The four suspects cut and repeatedly hit the victim, and can be heard shouting "F*** Donald Trump! F*** white people!," "beat his ass," and "he gonna be a corpse."