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The EuropeanParliamentis often the stage for political and sometimes nationalist theater.

Beyond routine shouting matches, members occasionally wear T-shirts splashed with slogans or unfurl banners. Flags adorn some lawmakers' desks.

But some MEPs say nationalist rhetoric has recently crossed the line of what is acceptable.

"There have been a growing number of cases of politicians saying things that are beyond the pale of normal parliamentary discussion and debate," said Richard Corbett, a British MEP who backedthe new rule.

"What if this became not isolated incidents, but specific, where people could say: 'Hey, this is a fantastic platform. It's broad, it's live-streamed. It can be recorded and repeated. Let's use it for something more vociferous, more spectacular,'" he told The Associated Press.

Rule 165 of the parliament's rules of procedure allows the chair of debates to halt the live broadcast "in the case of defamatory, racist or xenophobic language or behavior by a member." The maximum fine for offenders would be around 9,000 euros ($9,500).

The new rule, which was not made public by the assemble until it was reported by Spain's La Vanguardia newspaper, offending material could be "deleted from the audiovisual record of proceedings," meaning citizens would never know it happened unless reporters were in the room.

Mr Weingaertner said the IPA was never consulted on that.

A technical note seen by the AP outlines a procedure for manually cutting off the video feed, stopping transmission on in-house TV monitors and breaking the satellite link to halt broadcast to the outside world.

A videotape in four languages would be kept running to serve as a legal record during the blackout. A more effective and permanent system was being sought.

It is also technically possible to introduce a safe-guard time delay so broadcasts appear a few seconds later. This means they could be interrupted before offending material is aired.

Critics say the system would be unwieldy and possibly ineffective.

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On CNNs Reliable Sources this morning, Bret Stephens, the deputy editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal, suggested that the media should boycott the Trump White House in retaliation for Trumps censoring of the media.

Stephens also added that what Trump was doing was worse than Nixon.

Stephens comments came during a discussion of Trumps decision to ban the NYT, CNN, Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Politico from a press gaggle, or informalbriefing, at the White House on Friday.

It is thought that Trumps censorship of these outlets was in response totheir reports a day earlier on the White Houses growing efforts to obstruct the Russia investigation.

It was particularly surprising to hear the notion of a boycott come from the editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal, a conservative publication. Heres Stephens:

I would call it Nixonian, except I think that would be unfair to the memory of President Nixon. This is an attempt to bully the press by using access as a weapon to manipulate coverage. The Wall Street Journal put out a statement that I thought was very clear, if we had known what was happening we wouldnt have participated in that meeting with Mr. Spicer. And I think thats the right attitude for the rest of the press to take. That if the administration is going to boycott certain news outlets, then perhaps we should as news organizations return the favor to this administration.

Add your name to the thousands who aredemandingthe Justice Department appointa special counselto investigate Trumps ties to Russia.

With the election of Donald Trump, AMERICAblogs independent journalism and activism is more needed than ever.

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Jeffrey Goldberg, veteran Washington correspondent and editor in chief of The Atlantic, says the reporters who cover the Trump administration should not be distracted from their duties by a hostile White House.

"To me, it's all about journalistic composure," Goldberg told David Axelrod on "The Axe Files," a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN. Goldberg spoke last week before the White House press secretary took the unprecedented step of blocking several news outlets, including CNN, from attending an off-camera press briefing.

"We're not supposed to be the resistance. We're not supposed to be the opposition," Goldberg added. "We're supposed to tell the truth about what's happening in any given moment and in any given place. And let's just do that."

Reflecting on the toxic relationship between the White House and the reporters who cover it, Goldberg cautioned, "The danger is that (journalists) spin ourselves out of control out of anxiety or fear or whatever you want to call it," he said. "But all that this moment requires is a doubling down of our basic commitment to a fact-based discourse."

Just days after the conversation with Goldberg took place, Trump continued his strategy of portraying the media as opposition with the news media during a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in which he suggested media outlets rely on fabricated sources.

"A few days ago, I called the fake news 'the enemy of the people,' and they are. They are the enemy of the people. Because they have no sources. They just make them up when there are none," the President said.

Goldberg, a prominent foreign affairs analyst, also commented on Trump's debut on the global stagefrom the consequences of Trump's decision to withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade agreement, to what the new dynamics of the U.S.-Israel alliance could mean for Middle East peace. He warned that the President's impulsive instincts and inflammatory rhetoric could risk hurtling the country toward an international crisis.

"My first instinct is to say that (Trump's foreign policy) is heading towards some kind of disaster," he said, arguing that Trump doesn't give appropriate forethought to the decisions he's making as President.

Goldberg continued, "I'm afraid that we're heading into a situation in which there will be a provocation, there will be an attack that is going to cause an over-response, that is going to make the terrorism problem worse, not better."

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Where is Melissa McCarthy when you need her??

Sean Spicer is completely losing control of the White House, and an incredible new report in POLITICO details exactly how bad Sean's been at his communications job of late.

Related: Trump's Approval Ratings Hit Record Low! Sad!

According to the political news outlet, Spicer held an "emergency" meeting with the entire White House communications staff last week only the meeting wasn't about anything.

Instead, it was a ruse to get every single staffer in a room, take their government-issued and personal cell phones, and look through all the devices to try to figure out who is leaking so much administration info to the press.

He admonished the group of staffers about leaks, after which that meeting immediately leaked out to POLITICO, and now we're reporting on it!

LOLz!!

Spicey has lost control of his team!!!

Related: Bernie Sanders 1, Donald Trump 0

Here's how it all went down, according to the news outlet's leaked source info:

"Upon entering Spicer's office for what one person briefed on the gathering described as 'an emergency meeting,' staffers were told to dump their phones on a table for a 'phone check,' to prove they had nothing to hide. Spicer, who consulted with White House counsel Don McGahn before calling the meeting, was accompanied by White House lawyers in the room, according to multiple sources. There, he explicitly warned staffers that using texting apps like Confide an encrypted and screenshot-protected messaging app that automatically deletes texts after they are sent and Signal, another encrypted messaging system, was a violation of the Presidential Records Act, according to multiple sources in the room. The phone checks included whatever electronics staffers were carrying when they were summoned to the unexpected follow-up meeting, including government-issued and personal cellphones."

This administration is horrified and running scared because their own staffers don't believe the bullshit and misdirection they constantly spew.

At some point here, heads have to roll.

It's becoming abundantly clear that Spicer has not only lost control of his communications staff, but the administration as a whole can't plug leaks coming out of staffers from all corners who recognize Donald Trump's gross incompetence and repeated problems.

Read the whole report about leaks and emergency 'meetings' HERE.

Surely, The Donald can't be happy about Spicer's inability to lead his staff!

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Remember Trayvon? He wouldve been 22 by now. He more than likely would have graduated from high school and entered college by this date. If he studied hard, maybe he would have entered an Ivy League school, graduated from Harvard and entered the spaceflight-training program during his downtime between law school classes.

Im sure there are wypipo reading this and commenting how preposterous this sounds; that we are making a superhero out of a regular child. They would say that we have ascribed supernatural powers to a regular-ol 17-year-old and that it is highly unlikely that a child like Trayvon would have become a lawyer or an astronaut.

This criticism can be answered with the simplest logic and the least complex rationale:

How the fuck you know?

Five years ago, while walking home after buying candy and soda, Trayvon Martin was lynched in public by an overzealous, half-crazy, racist neighborhood watchman who was not in the neighborhood watch. He was killed by a grown man who stalked him with a gun andafter being told by a 911 operator to leave Trayvon alonesomehow shot the teen in the chest.

Then he went home and took a nap.

We have all heard that old saying, Time flies when you are living under the rule of a dim-witted dictatorship, but it doesnt seem like Trayvon has been gone for half a decade.

Remember when the outrage wasnt about how George Zimmerman wasnt convicted of murder, but about how long it took for cops to simply arrest him?

Remember how white people found it perfectly plausible that a 17-year-old jumped on a man 20 years older and 50 pounds heavier than he was?

Remember how simple the Zimmerman case seemed? Remember how we thought the prosecution only had to ask two questions:

Remember when people were so upset about how Zimmerman killed a boy and went home, they created the phrase, Black Lives Matter?

Remember how they demonized him for wearing a hoodie? For gold teeth? For being 5 feet 11? For being too imposing? For being too black?

It has been five years since the senseless slaughter of an 11th-grader happened in Sanford, Fla., and the world erupted. We shouldnt forget about the fight for black lives, and we should always recall what happened to that little boy with a pocketful of Skittles, walking home and talking on the phone.

He was 17.

Wherever you are on Feb. 26, whatever the weather, grab a hoodie out of your closet and wear it. Eat some Skittles. Drink some Arizona iced tea. Fight for your life.

Remember Trayvon.

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