8 oct 2020

13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer






Washington (CNN)Thirteen people were charged Thursday in an alleged domestic terrorism plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, federal and state officials announced.

The alleged scheme included plans to overthrow several state governments that the suspects "believe are violating the US Constitution," including the government of Michigan and Whitmer, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Six people were charged federally with conspiracy to kidnap, and seven other people, associated with the militia group "Wolverine Watchmen," were charged by the state, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.
    "The individuals in (state) custody are suspected to have attempted to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them, made threats of violence intended to instigate a civil war, and engaged in planning and training for an operation to attack the capitol building of Michigan and to kidnap government officials, including the governor of Michigan," Nessel said at a press conference.
    The arrests are likely to draw additional attention to the political tensions roiling the nation in the closing weeks of the 2020 election season, and underline warnings from law enforcement officials, members of Congress and groups that track extremism about the increasing threat of extremist and far-right groups. Whitmer at times has been the focus of extreme vitriol from far-right groups over her handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
    In televised remarks Thursday afternoon, Whitmer said she "knew this job would be hard, but I'll be honest, I never could've imagined anything like this." She specifically blamed President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly declined to condemn far-right groups.
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    Mr. Vice President, she's speaking: How Kamala Harris beat the stereotypes during her historic VP debate

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    Mr. Vice President, she's speaking: How Kamala Harris beat the stereotypes during her historic VP debate


    Washington (CNN)It became something of a refrain during the 2020 vice presidential debate: Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking.

    Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris' very presence on the plexiglass-partitioned stage on Wednesday night was historic: In August, she became the first Black and South Asian woman, as well as the first graduate of a historically Black college or university, to be chosen as a major party candidate's running mate.
    Once again, Black Americans weren't just the backbone of the Democratic Party. They were the face of it, too. Harris served as a bookend to the first Black president in Barack Obama, who was followed by one of the country's most racially divisive presidents, Donald Trump.
      But the momentousness of the night didn't obscure the tightrope that Harris nimbly walked whenever Vice President Mike Pence attempted to talk over or interrupt her or downplay her expertise. She held her ground, was firm without falling into any of the traps that could tack her to labels -- emotional, angry, nasty -- reserved for women, especially Black women.
      Almost predictably, Trump denigrated Harris during a rambling Fox Business interview the next morning by referring to her as "a monster" who was on stage with Pence.
      Early on in the debate, as Harris rebutted the Trump administration's comic assertion that its disastrously slow response to the novel coronavirus pandemic was out of a desire to keep Americans calm, the Vice President tried to cut her off.
      "Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking," Harris said. The moderator, Susan Page of USA Today, granted the senator an additional 15 seconds to talk.
      "I want to ask the American people: How calm were you when you were panicked about where you were going to get your next roll of toilet paper?" Harris asked, turning her gaze directly to the camera. "How calm were you when your kids were sent home from school and you didn't know when they could go back? How calm were you when your children couldn't see your parents because you were afraid they could kill them?"
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      Later, Harris repeated her memorable line.
      Pence claimed that Democratic nominee Joe Biden would raise taxes immediately upon assuming office. As Harris launched into her rejoinder -- "I thought we saw enough of it in last week's debate, but I think this is supposed to be a debate based on fact and truth," she said -- Pence attempted to butt in.
      "Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking." Harris said, as she smiled and shook her head. "If you don't mind letting me finish, we can then have a conversation, OK?"
      Pence bowed: "Please," he responded.
      It was an unenviable position that Harris nonetheless nailed. She was, to borrow part of Shirley Chisholm's widely known campaign slogan, "unbossed" in a country that always finds ways to punish powerful women.
      Or as the senator recently put it to Elle magazine: "That's why I've run for most offices I have run for, because I'm not so good sometimes at asking for permission."
      The racial and gender dynamics were again on display when the debate turned to police brutality.
      When Page asked Harris and Pence whether justice was done in the case of Breonna Taylor, who was killed during a flawed police raid in March, the Vice President stuck to the GOP script. He characterized protests for racial justice as episodes of violence and scoffed at the reality of systemic racism in a country where police disproportionately kill Black Americans.
      Without irony, Pence sought to distort and dismiss racial caste to someone whose lived experiences and expertise have taught her otherwise.
      "We don't have to choose between supporting law enforcement and improving public safety and supporting our African American neighbors," Pence said.
      But Harris wasn't having it.
      "I will not sit here and be lectured by the vice president on what it means to enforce the laws of our country," the former career prosecutor said. "I'm the only one on this stage who has personally prosecuted everything from child sexual assault to homicide."
      Notably, Harris knew when to move on.
      "(She) went into (the debate) aware of the various dynamics and to thread the needle on balancing being assertive and letting it go at points," a source close to the senator's campaign told CNN's Jake Tapper. "Women are judged differently. It's a needle we have to thread all the time, and of course she has been the only woman and the only Black woman in many spaces."
        According to a CNN Instant Poll of registered voters who watched the debate, Harris came out on top -- 59% said that she won, while 38% thought that Pence triumphed.
        On Wednesday night, Harris spoke. And apparently, America listened.
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        YouTube burnout is real. Creators are struggling to cope

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        YouTube burnout is real. Creators are struggling to cope

        New York (CNN Business)For eight years, Kati Morton, a mental health expert, has used YouTube to discuss sensitive issues ranging from eating disorders to anxiety. But Morton's own well-being took a hit from the demands of her work on the platform.
        At one point, she was uploading videos five times per week while maintaining her day job as a therapist. When balancing the two became too tiring, the 36-year-old quit her job to focus on YouTube full time (though she still has a small private practice). That helped for awhile, but then the exhaustion came back. She felt irritable, tearful and on edge -- all of which she realized were signs she wasn't taking care of herself.
        "I had written my first book, and I was still uploading two videos a week at this time," Morton, who has 830,000 YouTube subscribers, told CNN Business. "My therapist was like, 'You need a vacation, like a real vacation.'"
        In January 2018, she decided to take a one-month break from YouTube. She spent it at her mother's house watching movies, relaxing and sleeping.
        Over the past few years, creators have started openly discussing feeling burnt out, which often comes from the pressure to constantly churn out new videos for their thousands -- sometimes millions -- of fans. PewDiePie, a controversial but incredibly popular star on YouTube with more than 100 million subscribers, said over the weekend that he will be taking a break from the platform. "I'm tired," he said in a video. "I'm feeling very tired."
        Last month, YouTube creator Alex Wassabi told his 11.5 million subscribers that he would take a week off. "Recently, I have not been happy. I've been sad, confused, flustered," he said in a video. "But most of all, burnt out." He now uploads two videos a week rather than three as he did before.
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        Cristiano Ronaldo scores gravity-defying 'NBA' header as Juventus beats Sampdoria

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        Cristiano Ronaldo scores gravity-defying 'NBA' header as Juventus beats Sampdoria



        Cristiano Ronaldo's athletic header helped Juventus to victory over Sampdoria.
        (CNN)Juventus took a small step at the top of Serie A thanks to a giant leap from Cristiano Ronaldo.
        The Portuguese forward scored a spectacular header in his side's 2-1 victory over Sampdoria, launching himself two-and-a-half meters into the air for the game's decisive goal.
        Ronaldo appeared to hang in the air as he lined up the header, something opposition manager Claudio Ranieri compared to the sort of vaulting athleticism usually seen on a basketball court rather than a football pitch.
          "When (Juventus) scored goals like this, we just have to admire them as two masterpieces. Ronaldo scored in NBA style -- he was up there for an hour and a half," Ranieri told Sky Sports Italia.
          Paulo Dybala gave Juventus the lead with a superb volley from the edge of the area, before Gianluca Caprari took advantage of sloppy defending to level the scores.
          But Ronaldo's intervention on the stroke of halftime was enough to seal the victory, moving Juventus three points clear at the top of Serie A.
          "His feet were higher than the crossbar ... it's only a slight exaggeration. Ridiculous leap," tweeted former England striker and pundit Gary Linekar.
          Ronaldo reached a height of 2.56 meters when he made contact with the ball, according to the Juventus website, having jumped 71 centimeters off the ground.
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          2019's best red carpet moments

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          2019's best red carpet moments

          f the red carpet is a litmus test of prevailing moods in show business, then 2019's showed an industry more at ease with itself after a period of scandal, disgrace and introspection.
          Whereas 2018's award ceremonies heaved -- rightly so -- with the weight of the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns, this year saw stars beginning to revel in the frivolity of the spectacle once more.
          There was a little more sparkle, a little less seriousness; there were more audacious entrances and fewer statement pieces.
          Here are eight moments, outfits, garments and accessories that 2019 will be remembered for.

          Billy Porter's tuxedo dress


          A strong argument could be made for including anything Billy Porter did this year on our list -- the surreal angular hat he took to the Emmy's, the extravagant capes he wore to the Golden Globes and AMAs, or the fact he was carried into the Met Gala by six shirtless men while dressed as an ancient Egyptian sun god.
          Met Gala memes: Lady Gaga, Priyanka Chopra, Billy Porter and more inspire the internet
          But it was the "Pose" star's understated -- well, by his standards -- tuxedo dress that deserves the most credit. Designed by Christian Siriano, the outfit proved that Porter was out to do more than turn heads. His fashion choices may be outlandish and eminently meme-worthy, but the actor proved he could challenge stereotypes and provoke discussion along the way.
          "We wanted to play between the masculine and the feminine," he wrote in Vogue. "This look was interesting because it's not drag. I'm not a drag queen, I'm a man in a dress."

          Timothée Chalamet's sequined harness

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          Protests rage across India over citizenship law

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          Protests rage across India over citizenship law


          Delhi launched a free wifi scheme today. But an internet blackout caused it to be turned off.

          New Delhi's Chief Minister chose the wrong day to launch a citywide free wifi scheme.
          Soon after Arvind Kejriwal launched the program on Thursday, CNN's team in New Delhi noticed it had been turned off.
          The government ordered the suspension of mobile and data services in parts of the capital as protests began, according local media reports.
          On Thursday, telecoms company Vodafone India tweeted that its services had been suspended in several parts of New Delhi "as per the directive received from the government."
          In a video shared on Twitter, Kejriwal voiced his concern about the citizenship act:
          "Today, the state of law and order in the entire country, not just in Delhi, but in entire country, has been ruined," he said.
          "All citizens are afraid they will be asked to prove they are citizens of this country," he said in reference to the fear that the act could pave the way for a nationwide citizenship test.
          "The poor of our country don't have documents, more than 70% of the people in this country will not have any documents to show and they will be told to leave the country. Where will they go? This is our country. This is everyone's country. We were born here, our parents, grandparents, great grandparents, they were all born here, so where will they go?"
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