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>Spicer insisted the suspicions are baseless. “It was interesting if you look at last week all of a sudden these stories that keep coming out about the president and his links to Russia,” he said. “It has continued to be the same old, same old, played over and over again. The president has made clear he has no interests in Russia and yet a lot of these stories that come out with respect to that are frankly fake.”

>But a journalist at the briefing refused to let him pursue this tangent, returning to the initial question: “He doesn’t know whether he is the target of a programme?”

>Spicer replied: “I think that’s one of the issues that we have asked the House and Senate to look into.”

>Once more the press secretary pivoted to a denial of any connections between Trump and Russia. “All of the people that have been briefed on this situation have come to the same conclusion,” he said. “It’s a recycled story over and over and over again.”

>The journalist tried again: “Are you saying that there’s a possibility he is the target of a counterintelligence probe involving Russia, because you just connected those two?”

>Spicer said: “I don’t – no, no, I think what I’m saying is there is a difference between that narrative and then the narrative that has been perpetuated over and over again. The concern the president has, and why he’s asked the Senate and House intelligence committees to look into this, is to get to the bottom of what may or may not have occurred during the 2016 election.”

>The question and answer session moved on to different subjects, including an erroneous tweet that Trump issued about prisoners released from Guantánamo Bay. But just as the briefing was about to wind up, Spicer appeared to look down at the lectern, possibly at a message.

>“I just want to be really clear on one point which is there is no reason that we have to think that the president is the target of any investigation whatsoever,” he said. “There is no reason to believe that he is the target of any investigation. I think that’s a very important point to make.

>“The one question dealt with whether or not – the tweet dealt with wiretaps during the thing; the other is an investigation. They are two separate issues and there is no reason to believe there is any type of investigation with respect to the Department of Justice.”

>Trump accused Obama of wiretapping during a series of tweets fired off early on Saturday morning. On Sunday, Obama’s director of national intelligence denied that there had been any wiretapping of Trump and indicated there had not been a secret court order, though not conclusively.

>DERR THEY DON'T PAY ME ENOUGH TO ANSWER _THAT_ QUESTION, YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN GUISE? HUE HUE HUE

>The Center for American Progress, a Washington think tank with strong links to both the Clinton and Obama administrations, and Arabella Advisors, which guides liberal donors who want to invest in progressive causes, have been asked to pay ransoms, according to people familiar with the probes.

>The Center for American Progress declined a pre-publication request for comment. "CAP has no evidence we have been hacked, no knowledge of it and no reason to believe it to be true. CAP has never been subject to ransom,” Allison Preiss, a spokeswoman for the center, said in a statement Monday morning.

>It’s unclear whether Arabella is part of the same campaign as the other dozen groups, according to one of the people familiar with the probes, but the tactics and approach are similar.

>If the Arabella attack came from a different group, multiple criminals could be lifting a page from Russia’s hacking of the 2016 campaign, attempting to leverage the reputational damage that could be inflicted on political organizations by exposing their secrets.

>“Arabella Advisors was affected by cyber crime,” said Steve Sampson, a spokesman for the firm, which lists 150 employees operating in four offices. "All facts indicate this was financially motivated.’’

Stealing Documents

>During the election Russian hackers heavily targeted the personal email accounts of staffers associated with the Clinton campaign. One of the people who described the current campaign said that in some cases, web-based email accounts are also being targeted because of their heavy use among non-profits.

>Along with emails, the hackers are stealing documents from popular web-based applications like SharePoint, which lets people in different locations work on Microsoft Office files, one of the people said.

>The Federal Bureau of Investigation declined to comment when asked about the latest hacks. It is continuing to investigate Russia’s attempts to influence the election and any possible connections to Trump campaign aides. Russian officials have repeatedly denied any attempt to influence the election or any role in related computer break-ins.

>“I would be cautious concluding that this has any sort of Russian government backing,” said John Hultquist, director of cyber espionage analysis at FireEye Inc., after the outline of the attacks was described to him. “Russian government hackers have aggressively targeted think tanks, and even masqueraded as ransomware operations, but it’s always possible it is just another shakedown.”

Left-Leaning Groups

>The hackers’ targeting of left-leaning groups -- and the sifting of emails for sensitive or discrediting information -- has set off alarms that the attacks could constitute a fresh wave of Russian government meddling in the U.S. political system. The attacks could be designed to look like a criminal caper or they could have the tacit support of Russian intelligence agencies, the people said.

>Russia’s intelligence agencies maintain close relationships with criminal hackers in the country, according to several U.S. government investigations.

>None of the possible explanations for the attacks are particularly comforting to the victimized groups, few of which are household names but are part of the foundation of liberal politics in the U.S.

>Some of the groups are associated with causes now under attack by the Trump administration. Arabella’s founder, Eric Kessler, and its senior managing director, Bruce Boyd, worked for national environmental groups early in their careers. Arabella declined to make Kessler or Boyd available for comment.

Trump Critic

>The Center for American Progress is a fierce critic of the Trump administration and its policies, and has called for a deeper investigation into contacts by Trump’s inner circle with Russian officials.

>It’s unclear if Trump or his top aides have been briefed on the investigation.

>The President has accused liberal groups of sending protesters to congressional town halls, mocking his opponents in a tweet on Feb. 21. “The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad!,” Trump tweeted from his personal account.

>Regardless of who is behind the latest round of hacks and ransom requests, there is also indication that state-sponsored hackers continue a broader targeting of liberal groups in the U.S.

Emails Targeted

>The day after the election, the FSB, Russia’s main intelligence agency, targeted the personal emails of hundreds of people, including national security experts, military officers and former White House officials, according to data provided by cyber security researchers who are tracking the spying and who asked not to be identified because of the risks of retaliation. The list was weighted toward people who have worked in Democratic administrations or who are linked with liberal causes.

>Among those targets was Kate Albright-Hanna. She worked for Barack Obama in his first presidential campaign in 2008 and then briefly in the White House Office of Health Care Reform.

>That was eight years ago. Since then she has worked on a documentary about corruption in New York and developed a network of investigative journalists and activists, not the most obvious target for Russian espionage.

>“I have no idea why I would be targeted,” said Albright-Hanna, who now lives in New York. “It’s super weird.”

>They fully understand the responsibility to express those concerns peacefully.

A few paragraphs after

>The youngest son of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) was among six people arrested over the weekend during a rally for President Trump in Minnesota that turned chaotic when counterprotesters set off fireworks, lit a smoke bomb and sprayed a chemical irritant into the crowd

Is just confusing. Clearly he doeant understand what it means or he wouldnt be pepperspraying people for having a different opinion.

hahaha cool

>>119468
nazis had a "different opinion" too. they deserved much more than pepper spray

>>119228
what black kid.

Niglets

Why don't you ask on /pol/ where they actually give a crap? This isn't news and wikileaks isn't a valid news source.

>>119087
>This isn't news
yes it is
>wikileaks isn't a valid news source
agreed, but
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikileaks-cia-documents-released-cyber-intelligence/


is

I think op was interested in having a real conversation about event and not spouting /pol/ garbage.

>>119090
>>119097
blue pilled cucks, tsk tsk tsk...

The restaurant is at 2232 Lincoln Highway East near the Tanger Outlets. It serves all-you-can-eat meals featuring Chinese food and sushi as well as Italian and American dishes.

Manager Steve Weng said nothing like this has happened at the Star Buffet in the year he’s been there.

He said the apple juice was bought at a local supermarket and he has no idea how it became contaminated.

Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital officials said Richie was in serious condition Saturday night and Ginaya wasn't listed as a patient.

No test results regarding the caustic substance have yet been released, hospital officials said. East Lampeter Township police reported a test was still pending as of Saturday.

Davis, a city resident who turns 33 later this month, said she and her brother-in-law, Luis Mercado, had all four of her children with her on Friday: Richie, Ginaya, 6-year-old Miguel Mercado and 7-month-old Anthony Mercado.

The drinks came while Luis and the three older children were getting food. When they came back and started eating, Ginaya was the first to take a sip.

“She starting spitting saliva out” and soon threw up, saying her stomach hurt, Davis said. But Davis figured her daughter had just gotten sick.

But after Richie started screaming and throwing up blood, Luis Mercado put a cup to his mouth and realized it tasted like acid. He started spitting up blood, too, Davis said.

Medical personnel examined him, but he did not need to be taken to a hospital.

Miguel’s apple juice was fine, Davis said.

Zaragoza, also a city resident, said the children had gotten individual juice containers at the restaurant before. This time, the juice came in foam cups.

Davis said doctors told her the children would remain under sedation for several days.

East Lampeter Township police confirmed they responded to the incident Friday evening, but did not immediately provide further details.

Because of Richie’s illnesses, he has a gastronomy tube or “G tube” in his stomach and a port in his arm for IV medications, Zaragoza said. He gets oxygen nightly and nutrition supplements through the G tube.

Zaragoza’s Facebook post about the incident was shared more than 1,600 times, sparking hundreds of comments expressing sympathy for the family and outrage over what they suffered.

Both parents are upset, hoping and praying for the children’s swift and full recovery.

“We were supposed to be celebrating his birthday,” Davis said.

What the fuck was in that apple juice?? Sounds like acid of some kind.

>All but one of the defendants denied raping the woman. Some acknowledged having sex with her, but argued it had been consensual.

>Prosecutor Karina Fehringer said that was impossible, describing the victim as being defenseless in an "unconscious, shock-rigid" state.

>Fehringer said the victim continues to suffer post-traumatic effects from the assault and requires psychiatric treatment.

>The defense argued that the victim might have sent "false signals" that could have encouraged the men.

>Noting that the woman was extremely intoxicated, Fehringer was quoted by the Austria Press Agency as asking: "Should we stick warnings on bottles: 'Excess consumption could be interpreted as agreement to have sex?'"

>Charges were dismissed against the 48-year-old defendant, who said he had been asleep during the assaults.

>Migrants and refugees from other countries expressed concern that the crime will make Austrians hostile toward all newcomers.

>"Eight people raping a woman — that's honor-less! Such a thing doesn't exist in our religion," Burhan Akbas, a migrant from Turkey, said.

>"When such people come here and screw up like that, then everybody will think that Chechens, Afghans, all refugees from war areas are all the same," Mansur Salamou, an asylum-seeker from Chechnya, said. "But it's not like that. For example, the majority of us — we also cause problems, commit crimes. But no rape! Only criminal assaults and robberies."

>>116827
>For example, the majority of us — we also cause problems, commit crimes. But no rape! Only criminal assaults and robberies."

Best timeline

>>116865
Insanity

bump for interest

Ghost niggers. Cool.

That is the worst photoshop I've ever seen.

The article calling for the strike is just as ridiculous:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/06/women-strike-trump-resistance-power

>Violence against women, as they define it, has many facets: it is domestic violence, but also the violence of the market, of debt, of capitalist property relations, and of the state; the violence of discriminatory policies against lesbian, trans and queer women; the violence of state criminalization of migratory movements; the violence of mass incarceration; and the institutional violence against women’s bodies through abortion bans and lack of access to free healthcare and free abortion.

So discrimination against LGBT is considered violence against women, even though historically gay men have been discriminated against the most. And "the violence of mass incarceration" even though the vast majority of mass incarceration is of males.

As somebody who used to consider himself a liberal/progressive and who still thinks Trump is an idiot, it makes me sad that this feminist bullshit is now the dominant view of the left

>>115593
Sounds like a good day to get some work done.

>>115596
unfortunately feminists realized that taking the day off work wouldn't have any noticeable impact, so they're also calling for disruptive protesting like blocking roads.
Fortunately my commutes not that bad and doesn't use any major roads that they'd likely want to block

She wrote it, she says, “to set the record straight. But also to open up this dialogue about race and identity, and to just encourage people to be exactly who they are.” Some will read it as the first draft of a new version of identity politics, which casts race – just like gender – on a spectrum, and its author as the world’s first trans-black case. Others won’t believe a word of it. I’m not even sure whether this is a story about race, or a strange tale of one family’s dysfunction. …

If the narrative of fluid, non-binary gender identity is now widely accepted, Dolezal believes the same should apply to race. “It’s very similar, in so far as: this is a category I’m born into, but this is really how I feel.”

Is racial identity as fluid as gender? “It’s more so. Because it wasn’t even biological to begin with. It was always a social construct.”

But transgender advocates take issue with that, claiming people transition (to another gender) out of medical necessity, whereas Dolezal altering her race is “is surrounded by layers of deception.”

>gets job offers for porn

Do you think the porn companies have stock letters that they send out to everyone who gets even a slight bit of public noteriety, offering cash for 'acting'?

That's what she gets for lying hahahahaha

He said his Klan was not a hate group: “How can you be a Christian organization and hate other people?

“I’ve actually taken a lot of heat from other white nationalists because of that,” he said. “I’m called an N-lover and a Jew, blah, blah, blah. I’m doing everything I can to hold it to the principles it’s supposed to be by.”

But the group’s website was filled with race-based language, including this statement: “This Order will strive forever to maintain the God-given supremacy of the White Race.”

It also said: “This does not mean that we are enemies of the colored and mongrel races. But it does mean that we are organized to establish the solidarity and to realize the mission of the white race.”

Ancona, a self-employed contractor, said his organization has members from every state except Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. Missouri contributes many members, he said.

“Missouri’s always been a strong Klan state,” he said. “Kansas, not so much.”

Ancona was not popular with other KKK groups and was vocal in his criticism of them.

He told The Star that there were few Klan organizations in the country that he considered legitimate. and had been in squabbles with some of them. Some said that his Klan wasn’t authentic and that Ancona was Jewish.

“I’m actually Italian and Irish,” Ancona said.

He said at least one of the groups attacking him was a fake Klan and another was upset at him because he revealed that the leader was a convicted felon.

Although Ancona claimed thousands of members, actual figures are impossible to come by for such groups, which don’t share their membership lists. Watchdog groups say the numbers are grossly overstated.

Ancona said he doesn’t buy into Christian Identity, although some members “kind of believe in that to a certain extent.”

“I don’t have anything against Jews,” he said.

Wife probably killed him.

He said he had worked hard to let people know that his Klan isn’t associated with neo-Nazis.

“I see a lot of younger folks going toward this Nazi movement,” he said. “But it’s not the Klan’s philosophy.”

Ancona also said his organization does not condone violence. Those who do, he said, “are not following the Klan doctrine.”

But in 2015, authorities in Florida arrested three members on charges of conspiracy to commit murder. The suspects, current and former employees of the Florida Department of Corrections, allegedly plotted to kill a former inmate after his release from prison. The murder allegedly was to be in retaliation for a fight between the inmate, who is black, and one of the corrections employees.

Ancona’s Klan also drew media attention during the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Mo., when members distributed fliers as the city awaited a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict the officer who shot and killed an unarmed, 18-year-old black man. The fliers warned that they would not tolerate violence by protesters and would use lethal force if necessary to defend themselves.

Critics said the Klan was trying to incite violence.

The hacker group Anonymous launched what it called the #OpKKK and #HoodsOff campaign, briefly disrupting the Klan’s website and revealing the identities of some Klan members as well as what it said was Ancona’s credit card information and Social Security number.

Ancona told The Star that he was not inciting violence but letting those making terrorist threats know that they wouldn’t “sit back and let somebody throw a Molotov cocktail” at them.

>>119632
Centrist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ros09P7QYeI

>>119632
Good.

Hopefully he'll use it to exile those libtards to shitvile Africa.

>>119650
I'm as liberal as you get. Pro-choice, pro obamacare, would have voted for Hillary or Bernie.

This is the one part of Trump that I like (I wish he would stop the wall shit and just hire more deportation ICE). Immigrants just drive minimum wage down. Every shill on TV argues that they do jobs Americans dont want to do, but I'm not fucking stupid. Super shit jobs no one wants should pay more, not less and less due to immigrants.

Trump hired immigrants; this is the one part of Trump that has nothing to do with helping out the super-rich. Rich people love illegals. He's doing this out of pure hatred for Mexicans, and while I think his motivations are shitty and will lead to some shitty practices, I can't help but think that he is doing the dirty work for me. I can see that in the ends, this particular policy will probably benefit me as a low income American and drive down competition for jobs.

Golly geewillikers it sure is a good thing that black people can't be racist, or this would have made BLM look bad!

She has entire definition why is White race inferior.

>>119524
News articles need to be at most two days old. Besides, if you didnt know BLM was a racebait shitfest for gibs before they said this then you are most likely the kind of persons whose first response is
>TheBlaze

>Until now. Scientists recently introduced DeepStack, an algorithm for imperfect information settings. DeepStack "combines recursive reasoning to handle information asymmetry, decomposition to focus computation on the relevant decision, and a form of intuition that is automatically learned from self-play using deep learning," researchers said in a recent paper published in Science magazine.

>In other words, DeepStack played poker against itself and learned how to make the same sorts of intuitive leaps in logic at key decision points in poker games that all professional poker players face, and then developed a level of intuitive reasoning that matches the pros.

>DeepStack then played those poker pros in real life, and defeated enough of them to prove that it had mastered the game – which is a feat that no AI research had been able to accomplish in the world of "imperfect information" games. "In a study involving 44,000 hands of poker, DeepStack defeated with statistical significance professional poker players in heads-up no-limit Texas hold'em," the researchers wrote in Science.

>Poker pros routinely assess odds in their heads before they make key decisions. They then generally bet (or not) based largely on the mathematical odds confronting them. But not always. Sometimes they go on intuition based on their own deep knowledge of the game, players and circumstances.

>DeepStack took that process – both the certainty of mathematical odds and the deep learning of intuition at key moments – and used that to beat a statistically significant number of poker pros in 44,000 hands of poker.

>While this breakthrough may seem innocuous, it's anything but.
...

>What DeepStack has done here, with the game of poker, explains why business leaders such as Elon Musk and scientists, including Stephen Hawking, have said publicly that the public should fear AI research without any guardrails in the future. AI could literally start to replace humans. This concern is exactly why a consortium of academic scientists and business leaders recently announced guidelines for AI research that are designed to build precisely these sorts of guardrails around AI to keep it from supplanting us.

>The Future of Life Institute, whose scientific advisory board includes Musk and Hawking, issued guidelines that it hopes all AI research companies will follow.

>"The goal of AI research should be to create not undirected intelligence, but beneficial intelligence," the institute said in announcing the core principles.

>Musk was thrilled.

>"Top AI researchers agree on principles for developing beneficial AI," Musk tweeted afterwards.

>But this was just the first step. AI research without boundaries can literally outgrow us, the human beings who created it. Once a super-intelligent, big-data-crunching AI machine learns how to think and learn for itself, it may decide that carbon life forms are the obvious target in any threat scenario. At that point, it won't care what world leaders, CEOs or research scientists think.
...

Inb4 insane anon rambling about ai not being real or some shit

>Coinciding with International Women's Day, today's organized protest "aims to highlight the economic power of women — as well as ongoing problems of discrimination and pay disparity," as NPR reported this morning.

>The park service says it won't know the cause of the outage until crews get back to work Wednesday morning. The agency cited an ongoing project involving "a new emergency backup generator which is part of our last remaining Hurricane Sandy recovery projects" — a project that involved hoisting the generator high enough to avoid potential floodwaters.

CUNTS BTFO