BabyNewsArtical: February 2019

Thursday 28 February 2019

Attacked and powerless, Venezuela soldiers choose desertion

CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — The simple house on a street ridden with potholes in this town on Colombia's restive border with Venezuela has become a refuge for the newly homeless: 40 Venezuelan soldiers who abandoned their posts and ran for their lives.

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Why Do Some People Wish the Attack on Smollett Happened?

The reactions of many on the left to the case of Jussie Smollett prove two important things: 1. There is little racism in America. 2. The Left -- white and black -- is morally and psychologically impaired.There is no doubt that most Americans on the left, including black Americans, are distraught over the fact that Smollett faked the “racist” attack on him. Apparently leftists, Democratic leaders, and, most depressingly, many of his fellow blacks wish Smollett had been attacked by white racist homophobes.Representative Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.), a white leftist, tweeted, “I hope this was not something that Mr. Smollett did to himself, or created.”Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart told MSNBC there has been “an atmosphere of menace and hate” since Donald Trump was elected president, which made “people want to believe” Smollett’s story. Exactly. Capehart, a black leftist, wanted to believe that racists yelling “This is MAGA country” beat up blacks.Another black leftist who writes hate columns for the Washington Post, Nana Efua Mumford, wrote: “I wanted to believe Smollett. I really did.” Again, exactly. Mumford wanted to believe that racists yelling “This is MAGA country” beat up blacks.Corey Townsend, the social-media editor of The Root, a black-oriented website (founded in 2008 by Harvard black-studies scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.), opened his column on his private doubts that Smollett was attacked as he claimed with the words, “I wanted to be wrong.” Three paragraphs later: “But still, I wanted to be wrong.”This should tell you a great deal about how morally and psychologically sick the Left is. And their reactions prove how little racism there really is in America.Here’s the proof of both these assertions: When American Jews, even most left-wing Jews, heard of the mass killing of Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue, how many were hoping the shooter was truly an anti-Semite, and how many were hoping he was a mentally deranged individual who could have just as easily shot up a church? Or, if a well-known Jew had been beaten at 2 a.m. on a Chicago street, how many American Jews would have wanted the attackers to be Jew-haters, and how many would have wished they were just thugs who wanted money?As a Jew who has been deeply involved in Jewish culture all my life, I am pretty certain the majority of Jews -- certainly liberal and conservative Jews, and even most left-wing Jews -- would have wished that neither the Pittsburgh synagogue nor the theoretical attack on a Chicago street I conjured up were perpetrated by anti-Semites.Why is that? Why do almost all Jews wish attackers of Jews not be anti-Semites, but so many blacks and so many white leftists wish Smollett had been attacked by racists?Because Jews want to believe there is little anti-Semitism in America while most black leftists and most white leftists want to believe there is a lot of racism in America.And why is that? Because the Left and many American blacks are politically and personally dependent on one of the greatest mass libels in history -- namely, that America is a racist country. If just one one of five black Americans woke up tomorrow and announced, “You know, this a great country for anyone, including a black person, to live in, and the truth is the vast majority of white Americans bear no ill will toward blacks (or any other race or ethnicity),” that would end the Democrats’ chances of winning national elections. The Democratic party is dependent on nearly universal black acceptance of the leftist libel of America.And what about the personal? Why do so many black Americans, living in the freest country for all its citizens -- and in the least-racist multiracial, multiethnic country in history -- want to believe America is racist? That is one of the most important questions all Americans need to address at this time.And there is another one, which I posed in my column last week: Does the Left believe its own lies?

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Trump and Kim Jong Un might officially end the Korean War. Here's why that could matter.

After 66 years, a peace declaration at the Vietnam summit could lead to negotiations and more normal relations between the two Koreas and America.

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Mother and adult daughter charged with killing 5 relatives

MORRISVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A mother and her adult daughter killed five of their close relatives, including three children, and were found "disoriented" after child welfare authorities arrived for a surprise visit to their trashed apartment outside Philadelphia, police and prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Univision team deported from Venezuela after Maduro interview

The six-person team was held for more than two hours and had their equipment confiscated, Ramos told reporters on Monday evening after arriving back at his Caracas hotel which was surrounded by intelligence agents. Ramos and his team left the hotel on Tuesday morning guarded by personnel from the U.S. and Mexican embassies while intelligence agents escorted them to Caracas' Maiquetia airport. "They didn't give us a reason" for the deportation, Ramos told reporters as he arrived at the terminal.

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Miami-Dade cop caught on tape slapping suspect

Two Miami-Dade Police officers are facing charges after surveillance video appeared to show one sergeant slapping a teenager who was handcuffed and another trying to destroy evidence.

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Southwest Airlines wing scrapes runway during aborted landing in Hartford

A Southwest flight from Orlando to Hartford, Connecticut, ended up diverting to Rhode Island after trying to land three times in high winds.

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Trump-Kim summit: North Korea leader arrives in Vietnam to red carpet reception ahead of talks

Kim Jong-un has rolled into Hanoi in an armoured limousine ahead of talks with Donald Trump in the Vietnamese capital. The North Korean leader had earlier received a red-carpet reception amid tight security following a 65-hour, 2,500-mile journey from Pyongyang in a bulletproof train. After disembarking at Dong Dang rail station, close to Vietnam’s border with China, he walked past a guard of honour before climbing into his personal Mercedes limousine on Tuesday morning.

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Highlights of Michael Cohen’s Testimony Before Congress

By SARAH STEIN KERR and AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2BVjQ9B

Patient Shoots Doctor at Florida Veterans Affairs Hospital, Officials Say

By JULIA JACOBS and MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2EEhde9

Michael Cohen Says Trump Told Him to Threaten Schools Not to Release Grades

By GRACE ASHFORD from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2GQ7EuP

Washington Official Subpoenas Trump Inaugural Committee

By SHARON LaFRANIERE and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2EAyQLM

Cohen Testimony Raises Questions About Trump’s Financial Disclosure

By KENNETH P. VOGEL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2EDDo3X

Trump Trade Adviser Defends China Deal Before Congressional Skeptics

By ANA SWANSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2EgbDNA

Michael Cohen Accuses Trump of Expansive Pattern of Lies and Criminality

By PETER BAKER and NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2VpyVaq

At Cohen Hearing, a Fixer and Washington’s Problems on Display

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2SwVetd

On Politics: Michael Cohen Testifies

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To Rebut Cohen, Republican Invites Black Appointee as Proof Trump’s No Racist

By ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2IIVV2R

Florida Bar Will Investigate Matt Gaetz’s Threat Against Cohen

By NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2BVYRDz

Mueller’s Team Acknowledges New Information in Allegations That Manafort Lied

By SHARON LaFRANIERE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2UaPKWx

As Over 100 House Democrats Embrace ‘Medicare for All,’ a Party Division Appears

By ROBERT PEAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2tFn78l

House Passes First Major Gun Control Law in Decades

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Questionable Assertions From Both Parties in the Cohen Hearing

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Buoying Trump’s ‘Inflated’ Wealth: $4 Billion in ‘Brand Value,’ Cohen Says

By RUSS BUETTNER and SUSANNE CRAIG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2NwHJZC

Cohen’s Testimony Is a Test for Both Parties in the Year Ahead

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TkjCCB

Beto O’Rourke Says He Has ‘Made a Decision’ on a Presidential Run

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White Man Who Shot Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies Days After Sentencing

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Chicago’s Political Order Was Upended This Week. Here’s How.

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Trump says China has been 'a big help' with North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had spoken a lot about China during their summit in Vietnam but North Korean was not taking orders from anyone.

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Trump hints at de-escalation between India and Pakistan as U.S. mediates

United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday there would be some "reasonably decent news" on the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, a day after the two nuclear powers both downed enemy jets and Pakistan captured an Indian pilot.

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Trump says deal with Kim thwarted by North Korean sanction demands

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had failed to reach agreement due to North Korean demands to lift punishing U.S.-led sanctions.

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Trump says he and North Korea's Kim discussed dismantling of Yongbyon nuclear plant

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he and North Korean leader Kim Jon Un had discussed the dismantling of North Korea's main nuclear facility at Yongbyon during talks at their second summit in Vietnam.

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Taliban says held 'extensive talks' with U.S. officials, reconvening Saturday

Taliban and American officials holding talks in Qatar on ways to end the war in Afghanistan have held “extensive” discussions on how foreign troops could be withdrawn and on how to guarantee the country would not be used again by outside forces to attack other countries, the Taliban said in a statement on Thursday.