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MSNBC Dubs Mount Rushmore as a 'Racist' 'Symbol of White Supremacy'
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good afternoon	3 17:54 Frank G [1742]
Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid statue vandalised with 'racist fish' graffiti	7 17:26 746 [1731]
Protesters in Black Lives Matter march demonstrate against Israel in DC	21 17:01 JohnQC [1744]
Coronavirus and sanctions hit Iran’s support of proxies in Iraq: Reuters report	1 04:19 g(r)omgoru [1754]
After 'reconciliation': Syria regime's silent crackdown	0 [1759]
Iraqi border guards set up bases in five 'strategic' positions in Zakho: commander	0 [1744]
8 more arrests made in connection to May 30th Scottsdale looting, 44 arrests total	1 06:12 Besoeker [1742]
Mideast intelligence source: explosion at Iranian nuclear site caused by bomb	4 20:27 Clem [1766]
US attorney: 150 federal cases tied to rioting	3 17:17 Skidmark [1758]
Arab Coalition intercepted and destroyed an explosive-laden drone in Yemeni airspace	0 [1736]
Syrian Army, Russian military convoy rolls into northern Raqqa	0 [1740]
Iraqi forces kickoff new operation to hunt ISIS cells	0 [1738]
Ordered by Bashaga, the security directorate of Tripoli sent a force to Tarhuna to intimidate demonstrators	0 [1739]
Complete blackout from Abu Grian to the Tunisian border	0 [1734]
Video purportedly of Turkish forces with GNA moving MIM-23 Hawk system to al-Watiyah Airbase	0 [1738]
Warrant and Complaint Seek Seizure of All Iranian Gasoil aboard Four Tankers Headed to Venezuela	3 22:40 trailing wife [1764]
IDF Navy have reportedly arrested 4 people after they breached the nautical border	0 [1737]
Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq says it will never surrender weapons	2 16:22 Frank G [1737]
New mass grave unearthed in Iraq's north from brutal ISIS rule	0 [1770]
Plastic pitchfork-wielding protesters descend on wealthy Hamptons estates	0 [1766]
Veteran Oklahoma police officer killed, rookie in critical condition, after suspect shoots both in the head	7 20:36 Procopius2k [1766]
European police crack encrypted phones network, arrest hundreds in major cyber sting	0 [1773]
Organizer of attempt to take down Andrew Jackson statue outside White House arrested: Report	8 22:32 trailing wife [1771]
Antifa catch and release roundup	17 19:19 Clem [1782]
Seattle sees 525 percent spike in crime thanks to CHOP: Mayor Durkan	6 15:39 Alaska Paul [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
US Supreme Court declines to hear bid by Iraqis to avoid deportation	2 08:48 M. Murcek [1742]
Black Leaders To Minneapolis City Council: Dismantling Police Is "Egregious, Grotesque, Absurd, Crazy, Ridiculous" … And Maybe Racist	5 15:51 g(r)omgoru PB [1733]
Taliban Keeps 'Close Ties' With Al-Qaeda Affiliate: Pentagon	1 01:40 Dron66046 [1745]
Jamiat Party Votes In New Leader Shadab, Ousts Rabbani	0 [1746]
'Money Transferred from Russia to Militant Accounts': Source	2 01:46 Dron66046 [1755]
Czech President Milos Zeman: ‘Black Lives Matter Is Racist‘	3 14:19 Clem [1743]
New UN report endorses long-standing claims that weapons “of Iranian origin” were used in several attacks against SaudiArabia	2 08:41 AlanC [1743]
ISPR dismissed as “false” Indian electronic and social media reports claiming additional deployment of troops along the restive Line of Control	4 01:44 trailing wife [1744]
Iran is preparing to send another satellite into space	3 18:02 Rambler in Virginia [1773]
Iranian ships head to Lebanon to break the siege	1 07:57 Mercutio [1734]
Turkey demands France apologize after naval incident in Mediterranean	2 09:23 b [1754]
Libya Parliament Speaker Ageela Saleh arrives in Moscow	0 [1734]
113 Libyan tribe leaders heading to Egypt to meet president Abdulfatah Al-Sisi	1 03:23 3dc [1734]
Mysterious Explosion and Fire Damage Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Facility	3 13:25 Crins Throlusing3119 [1732]
France threatens #Turkey with sanctions over #Libya intervention	3 19:18 Clem [1765]
Iraq to halve Basra oil exports in July	1 15:10 Tom [1783]
Iran to compensate downed Ukrainian passenger plane victims' families	1 01:44 Chris [1746]
Yemen’s information ministe calls on the UNSC to take a firm stance against Iran’s sabotage in Yemen and the region	1 01:45 Chris [1738]
Iran’s financial and military support for Shia proxy groups in Iraq has been dramatically disrupted coronavirus and US sanctions	0 [1767]
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region reached an agreement on Thursday to resume joint military work in territories they both claim	0 [1771]
MSNBC Dubs Mount Rushmore as a 'Racist' 'Symbol of White Supremacy'	6 20:24 Clem [1809]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Roberts Court Screws Up - Enforces US Constitution	4 17:26 JohnQC [1734]
Things Just Got Real: Statewide Mask Mandate Imposed In … Texas	6 22:44 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1764]
With China's eastern crops flooded, locusts ravaging the west and the borders closed will China be able to feed its people?	14 19:20 Clem [1765]
Hydroxychloroquine lowers COVID-19 death rate, Henry Ford Health study finds	0 [1732]
Record jobs gain of 4.8 million in June smashes expectations; unemployment rate falls to 11.1%	5 18:22 Skidmark [1765]
Colorado on cutting edge to reduce China’s rare earth element domination	6 18:24 Skidmark [1763]
Coronaplague Roundup	5 14:06 Bobby [1748]
Oil rigs in Venezuela have plunged to zero	3 22:52 Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 [1769]
Harvard grad blames Trump supporters for being fired from her 'dream job' at Deloitte	12 17:30 JohnQC [1745]
Why We Should Not Be Concerned About Increasing COVID-19 Cases In Texas	3 05:59 Bright Pebbles [1746]
48 Sat SAR system to be built for military	2 08:56 M. Murcek [1737]
Visualizing the effectiveness of face masks in obstructing respiratory jets	0 [1730]
Virginia college may nix wasp mascot, fearing tie to 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestants'	12 23:17 Clem [1775]
Texas woman, 21, 'punched an airline ticketing agent in the head, threw bag of shoes at another, kicked a third in the head, and beat a fourth with a metal dustpan before she coughed on cops while claiming she has COVID-19'	13 17:24 JohnQC [1744]
Round-up: Cross-racial people behaving badly	0 [1735]
China Never Reported Existence of Coronavirus to World Health Organization	2 01:56 Chris [1731]
Former German Chancellor Says U.S.-EU Alliance Could Now End	14 09:43 Clem [1757]
Page 4: Opinion
Exclusive from Gen. Flynn: If We Don't Act, 2% of the People Are About To Control the Other 98%	2 17:00 Cesare [1736]
Russia is just a smokescreen for Democrats' shameful double standard on China	3 09:23 AlanC [1742]
Don't Let Erdogan Erase Turkey's Christian Past	0 [1734]
Ted Cruz Wants Antifa Investigated by the FBI (from July 2019)	7 17:18 trailing wife [1751]
Page 6: Politix
French government resigns as Macron vows 'new course'	1 21:30 Vernal Hatrick [1780]
Secret Service Records Show Hunter Biden Did Not Travel to Ukraine Before Burisma Appointment	4 07:33 Procopius2k [1746]
‘Anti-Colin Kaepernick’ Burgess Owens Wins Utah Fourth District GOP Primary	2 09:47 DarthVader [1741]
Keep an eye on slippery Ghislaine Maxwell	26 21:49 Clem [1794]
Supreme Court blocks Democrats from cache of Robert Mueller's investigation records until full hearing on their release making it almost impossible before the November election	2 08:52 DarthVader [1736]
Schiff Learned Of Russian ‘Bounty' Intelligence In February, Withheld Information From Congress, And Took No Action	5 13:52 Rob Crawford [1740]
The Horror of being Joe Biden's Sign Language Lady	6 16:04 Whiskey Mike [1732]

    
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8	Govt of Iran
8	Antifa/BLM
4	Commies
3	Muslim Brotherhood
3	Govt of Iran Proxies
3	Sublime Porte
3	Islamic State
2	Govt of Syria
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iraq
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Houthis
1	Narcos
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2020-07-03
MSNBC Dubs Mount Rushmore as a 'Racist' 'Symbol of White Supremacy'

Thu 2020-07-02
Massacre reported in Irapuato, Mexico — 24 people dead

Wed 2020-07-01
Lebanon’s army has scrapped meat from all meals it offers to soldiers on duty as food prices skyrocket

Tue 2020-06-30
Denmark Jails Man over Iran-Backed Assassination Plot

Mon 2020-06-29
Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claiming responsibility for Karachi Stock Exchange attack. Majeed sucide Brigade

Sun 2020-06-28
Leb officials apologize to US ambassador after judge issued order banning her from speaking to media

Sat 2020-06-27
Iranian-backed Hezbollah militias threaten to assassinate Iraq's Prime Minister Kadhimi

Fri 2020-06-26
Iraqi security forces have raided a HQ of Ketaib Hezbollah

Thu 2020-06-25
Black Lives Matter Leader: ‘If This Country Doesn't Give Us What We Want, Then We Will Burn Down This System'

Wed 2020-06-24
Appeals court orders judge to dismiss Flynn charges

Tue 2020-06-23
Ivory Coast says it has captured jihadist leader behind border attack

Mon 2020-06-22
Libya's Presidential Council slams Sisi's threats as ''declaration of war''

Sun 2020-06-21
Sisi threatens direct Egyptian intervention in Libya

Sat 2020-06-20
UN arms embargo on Iran must remain in place:
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Fri 2020-06-19
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