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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington"s preeminent institution dedicated to the memory of the 6 million Jews and millions of others the German Nazis murdered during World War II, issued a statement condemning a gathering of white nationalists in the city over the weekend.
Quoting media reports that Richard Bertrand Spencer leader of the white nationalist think tank National Policy Institute, which sponsored the conference made several disparaging referencesto the Jewish people, "spoke in German to quote n**i propaganda" and said the U.S. belongs to white people, the museum asked the nation to repudiate the conference and its rhetoric.
"The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words," the USHMM wrote. "The Museum calls on all American citizens, our religious and civic leaders and the leadership of all branches of the government to confront racist thinking and divisive speech."
At the conference, Spencer led the crowd in a chant of "Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!" in reference to the recent victory of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, the Atlanticreported. He referred to the U.S. as "until this last generation, a white country designed for ourselves and our posterity ...It is our creation, it is our inheritance and it belongs to us."
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Spencer coined the term "alt-right" in 2008 as a euphemism for and the construction of a racially hierarchical white ethno-state.
Trump"s racially inflammatory rhetoric on the campaign trail garnered him significant support from the far right. The president-elect"spick for White House chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, until recently ran self-declared alt-right hub Breitbart, which under his tenure struck an openly hostile tone on racial, gender and identity issues.
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"The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 is the final chapter of the supernatural drama series. As it will now come to a close, many are clamoring for the return of Nina Dobrev. The "x*x: The Return of Xander Cage" star has been with the show for six years and loved for her character as Elena Gilbert, thus her appearance since the show is ending is a much-awaited.
Although fans might not see Elizabeth Gilbert return in "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8, Nina Dobrev can still appear as her alter ego Katherine. In fact, this is also supported by the show"s executive producer Julie Plec.
"I will confirm nothing, but the visual similarities are not accidental ... The big question of the season is: How do our characters fit in this world?" she told Entertainment Weekly. Nina Dobrev"s face has been used by Katherine while Plec and the rest of the team have introduced h**l in "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8.
With that, they can easily bring Katherine alive by recalling the death of the evil."Are they all doomed? Is there a chance for redemption? Can you earn your way back out of a one-way ticket to h**l?" Plec added. It is also explored in "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 about Matt"s (Zach Roerig) father.
The showrunner also teased if the beloved heroes are already marked.Meanwhile, Siver Timesreported that it is easy to assume that Nina Dobrev is going to be back in "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 as Katherine. The 27-year-old star has now arrived in Vancouver and secretly staying in the city.
Also, it has been said that Nina Dobrev is still under negotiation with the show"s production to appear in "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8. The show still has three episodes left before it completely says goodbye to TV screens.
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Things Olivia Munn and Clark Duke Did Olivia Munn, Brittany Snow and more stars designed empowering "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"-inspired tees for UNICEF Kid Power. Courtesy Force For Change
The force is strong here! With the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story right around the corner (Friday, December 16, to be exact), everyone"s getting into the intergalactic spirit including celebs. Olivia Munn, Brittany Snow, Rogue One leading lady Felicity Jones and more stars teamed up with Force 4 Fashion to design Rogue-inspired tees.
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But the tops aren"t just stylish. Just like good Jedi, these 10 beauties, each with its own inspiring message that aligns with the themes of the film, give back to the universe. Five dollars from every shirt sold will be donated to the United States Fund for UNICEF in support of the UNICEF Kid Power initiative. Through the initiative, kids complete physical challenges and earn points, and in return, those points help provide packets of therapeutic foods to malnourished children around the world.
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"My mother taught me and my sisters to always fight back I think that"s why I relate to the theme of rebellion," Munn, 36, tells Stylish of her gray-and-white tee. "Rebellion is basically being told you can"t, or shouldn"t, do something, and doing it anyway despite the adversity. It"s a choice that women, and especially young women, have to make everyday to overcome when there are people who are constantly trying to dissuade you."
Brittany Snow and Camilla Belle (from left) in their tees. Courtesy Force For Change
Likewise, Snow, 30, wanted the youngest fans of the series to feel empowered. "I think this is an incredible program supporting children and making sure they believe we all stand behind them for change," the Pitch Perfect actress, whose navy tee simply says "Rebel" in block lettering, tells Stylish. "Any positive action we can do to support each other, especially in our future, is something I want to support."
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As for Camilla Belle, the cause is one close to her heart. "I have been a longtime supporter of UNICEF, so when I was approached about this campaign that incorporated Disney"s messages of strength and empowerment thorough Star Wars, I couldn"t say no," she tells Stylish. The Diablo actress, 30, who created a slate tee with the Rogue logo in red and the words "A Force For Change" in Star Wars" iconic scrolling script, adds, "The campaign is about encouraging others to be forces for change in their communities and day-to-day life, and it brings awareness to the crucial work of UNICEF while they help children worldwide."
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Riz Ahmed, June Ambrose, Steve Aoki, Gareth Edwards, Diego Luna and Kelly Slater have also designed tees for the charitable effort. Shop the full collection at Target starting Sunday, November 27. Plus, share your story on how you"re becoming a #ForceforChange via social media on Giving Tuesday, November 29.
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Ever since alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulous sent actress Leslie Jones a string of deeply offensive tweets, insulting the comedian"s race and intelligence, Twitter has made banning abusive accounts a priority.
At the time, the company offered a statement, which read in part:
"Our rules prohibit inciting or engaging in the targeted abuse or harassment of others .... We"ve seen an uptick in the number of accounts violating these policies and have taken enforcement actions against these accounts, ranging from warnings that also require the deletion of Tweets violating our policies to permanent suspension.
"We know many people believe we have not done enough to curb this type of behavior on Twitter. We agree. We are continuing to invest heavily in improving our tools and enforcement systems to better allow us to identify and take faster action on abuse as it"s happening and prevent repeat offenders."
Recently Twitter suspended many more accounts associated with the alt-right, which the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as "a set of far-right ideologies, groups and individuals whose core belief is that "white identity" is under attack by multicultural forces using "political correctness" and "social justice" to undermine white people and "their" civilization."
Included among them was the verified account of Richard Spencer, who the Washington Post described as a leader of the alt-right and "one of the most media-savvy thinkers in the movement."
Twitter also suspended the accounts of the Virginia-based National Policy Institute, an alt-right, white nationalist think tank of which Spencer is president, and of the Radix Journal, a magazine run by Spencer.
Paul Town, Pax Dickinson, Ricky Vaughn and John Rivers also had their accounts suspended.
In response, Spencer posted a video to YouTube, in which he said, "I am alive, physically, but digitally speaking, there has been execution squads across the alt-right."
"It"s corporate Stalinism, in the sense that there is a great purge going on, and they"re purging people on the basis of their views," Spencer said.
He said these suspensions are unlike Yiannopoulous".
"I supported people like Milo when they were banned from Twitter, but Milo was engaging in something that could be called harassment," Spencer said of the man who used the platform to call Jones "barely literate," "fat and ugly, ugly, ugly, fat" and "a hot black dude."
Added Spencer, "Again, I totally think he should have stayed."
Spencer, though, drew a sharp distinction between the way Yiannopoulous used the platform and the way he did.
"I and a number of other people who just got banned were not even trolling," he said. "I was using Twitter just like I always used Twitter: to give people some updates and maybe comment on a news story here and there."
Instead, Spencer said he thinks this was a "coordinated effort to just wipe out alt-right Twitter" in response to arguments that social media helped electDonald Trump as president.
"Twitter and probably Facebook too.I think they are deeply triggered by Trump"s election," Spencer said. "I think they"re triggered by this narrative that social media helped elect Trump and they think that they have to do something about it. Well, the fact is social media did help elect Trump."
Heidi Beirich, spokeswoman for the Southern Poverty Law Center, told USA Today that the organization had previously asked Twitter to remove more than 100 accounts of white supremacists but said Monday (before the suspensions), "They have done nothing."
Spencer compared the suspensions to the Night of Long Knives, also known as Operation Hummingbird, in 1934 in which Hitlerordered "a b****y purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future," according to History.com.
The video"s title is "The Knight of Long Knives," obviously a play on the n**i operation"s name.
Many on Twitter expressed confusion and outrage about Spencer"s suspension.
"Richard Spencer advocates for my people, doesn"t hate anyone, is a gentleman, and a friend, and Twitter suspended him," one user tweeted.
"Pax Dickinson and Richard Spencer have been banned from Twitter. The left knows social media helped Trump and is cracking down," tweeted another.
Spencer said that this could be seen as a victory for the alt-right movement.
"This is a clear sign that we have power," he said. "Even if it"s in our own little small way ... we have power, and we"re changing the world."
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment from USA Today, stating, "We don"t comment on individual accounts, for privacy and security reasons."
Finally, Spencer mentioned that he might transition to GAB, a social media platform used by many who identify with the alt-right. It prides itself on free speech. On its landing page, the platform included a quote from writer and poet Charles Bukowski:"Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others."
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Richard Spencer is the chairman of the vaguely-named National Policy Institute, a white supremacist think tank, and the founder of Radix Journal, one of the movements primary publications. Hes one of the alt-rights most visible leaders, and relative to others, has tried to give it a more moderate, intellectually refined image.
He has, for example, included a gay speaker at a past conference, and instead of indulging in rabidly anti-Semitic rhetoric like his fellow traveler, the neo-n**i Andrew Anglin, he has described Jews as an out-group ally who can help legitimize the idea of white identity.
Nonetheless, a November 19 conference hosted by Spencers group, featured n**i salutes and anti-Jewish rhetoric amid excitement over Donald Trumps victory.
Spencer makes his pitch in this slickly produced video, posted on YouTube last December. In it, he urges white people to rediscover what he believes is their lost identity, evoked by images such as blinking blue eyes, a cowboy and a portrait of Napoleon. In the videos final minutes, Spencer flashes an image of an Israeli flag to identify an ethnic group the Jews that he argues whites should emulate in asserting their own identities.
Contact Josh Nathan-Kazis at nathankazis@forward.com or follow him on Twitter, @joshnathankazis.
Mic"d Up: An all-access look at Bruce Arena during the California Clásico
By: Nate Scott| November 22, 2016 7:50 amFollow @aNateScott
He isnt the sexiest pick, but Bruce Arena is the right man for the USMNT job right now.
If Arena is named the next head coach of the U.S.national team, as USA TODAY Sports Martin Rogers reported is likely to happen this week, it will be a smart decision from U.S. Soccer. It will also be the safe one, but in this instance, safe isnt a bad thing. And safe isnt a boring thing. In this case: Safe is smart.
As long as Arena is only being hired to see the team through Russia, this makes sense. Hes well liked and connected in U.S. Soccer, hes gotten better as a coach in his decade gone from USMNT, and he can do a job for now. Hes also the perfect answer to Jurgen Klinsmann, whowas fired on Monday after six years as the head coach of the USMNT.
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Why is Arena the smart choice? Well, for one, hes a fantastic manager, someone whos shown an ability to win at every level. His Los Angeles Galaxy teams over the last decade have produced some of the most gorgeous, free-flowing, attacking soccer in MLS. Hes shown an ability to work with established veterans and rising stars, young and old alike.
He brought along Gyasi Zardes into the first team and into the national team picture, had great successwith Giovani dos Santos and Robbie Keane and Steven Gerrard, and got the last bit (and more) out of Landon Donovan. He convincedRobbie Rogers to come out of retirement following Rogers decision to come out as gay, then helped Rogersreinvent himself as an outside defender (and one of the best in the league).
Arena isalso a smart choicebecause of his close ties with MLS, which is an underratedly important part of everything going on right now. Klinsmann spoke negatively of the domestic league many times, a decision he made to try and push players to top leagues, perhaps not realizing that by doing so he was alienating a great portion of his talent pool (and not realizing how quickly the level of MLS was improving). Arena will have no such problems. And while he will have to explain his comments about foreign-born American players to his team, I highly doubt h**l make the mistake of continuing to express that opinion, as Klinsmann did with his negative view of MLS throughout his tenure.
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The complaints that Arena is merely a re-tread, a running back of a coach who already had his shot with the team from 1998-2006, are fair. U.S. Soccer should be looking forward, not backward. But for now, if this is merely a stewardship position to see the team through the 2018 World Cup, Im on board. From there, U.S. Soccercan get more ambitious, perhaps bringing in someone like Oscar Pareja, the FC Dallas coach whos shown a unique ability to foster and develop young talent and build attacking teams.
This is all about the situation. The U.S. is in the middle of a qualifying campaign and cant bring in someone right now who wants to tear the thing down and start fresh. The team needs someone who knows the players, knows the organization, and can get results quickly. Thats Arena.
Its been a decade since he was in charge of the USMNT, and hes only gotten better as a manager. Hes more adaptable, more forward-thinking, and has built some beautiful teams in Los Angeles. If he can resist the urge to bring back his old favorites (I love Donovan but now is not the time), hes the right choice to get the U.S. to Russia.
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Donald Trump released a video yesterday describing actions he will take on his first day in office, and top of the list was withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Japanese Prime Minister Abe, who is at the APEC meetings in Peru, said the trade deal is meaningless without U.S. participation. So thats the end of that.
Having killed the economic centerpiece of President Obamas China strategy, President-elect Trump now has to come up with his own. Until he does, as Andrew Browne writes in this mornings Wall Street Journal, other Asian nations will be tempted to follow the example of the Philippines and Malaysia and join the Beijing bandwagon. Not an auspicious first act.
Meanwhile, prospects for an AT&T-Time Warner deal may be looking up. The President-elect blasted the merger during his campaign, saying it was an example of the power structure Im fighting. Given that AT&T and Time Warner dont compete with each other, the main antitrust objection was likely to come from the FCC, based on concerns that AT&T would give Time Warner videos preferred treatment or zero rating on its mobile devices, violating the spirit of net neutrality rules. But the President-elect yesterday announced a transition team for the FCC that includes two staunch opponents of net neutrality, both of whom have worked for telecom companies. Expect legions of lobbyists to earn their 2017 salaries off of this one.
Finally, the President-elect sent another signal to business leaders who dare to cross him. After JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon indicated he had no interest in serving as Trumps Treasury Secretary, a campaign source told NBC that the banker was never under consideration for the job, and that Trump doesnt respect Dimon anyway. So there.
