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ROMEThe mission statement for the so-called Identitarians Defend Europe project doesnt leave a lot open to interpretation. The groups members, sometimes described as right-wing hipsters, are hate-mates with American alt-right white nationalists and often fly the same flag with the Greek letter lambda in a circle.

Before they went into action they wrote, Its a mission to rescue Europe by defending the Mediterranean Sea by stopping illegal immigration, they said of their plan to take to the sea to stop refugees and migrants from crossing into Italy. We want to get a crew, equip a boat and set sails to the Mediterranean to chase down these enemies of Europe.

Those enemies are the thousands of migrants and refugees who arrive in Italy from Libya every week, and the dozen or more charity boats that rescue them. They promise to stop at nothing to stop the influx they say is threatening their culture.

When the governments fail, we step in because this land is ours, they promise in a YouTube video shot on the shores of Sicily with sampled images of terrorist attacks and sea rescues, apparently to prove that the two are connected. It starts here and it has to end here, the men who narrate the video say in a variety of European languages.

In mid-May the Defend Europe activists managed to nudge up against the Aquarius rescue vessel in the middle of the night and interfere with its departure. The ship, run by the French organization SOS Mditerrene, was headed out toward the search and rescue zone near Libyan waters. The Identitarians shot flares and yelled hate slogans at the big red vessel and then posted a video of the incident on YouTube and throughout their social networks.

It remains to be discovered just how the tiny boat of activists was able to gain access to the highly protected port of Catania, but it just might have something to do with Carmelo Zuccaro, the Sicilian prosecutor who is hell-bent on stopping the NGO rescue vessels at any cost. Zuccaro has petitioned the Italian parliament, calling for it to stop and investigate the rescue boats, but he has repeatedly come up short on evidence that they are doing anything illegal or in any way colluding with human traffickers.

The Identitarian movement began in France but has spread through Europes wealthier nations where anti-immigration sentiments are strongest, and has managed to find footing in Germany and Austria.

The movement, which shares ideology and members with the French group known as Generation Identity, has some important voices in the world of anti-Islam and anti-immigration hate activism. Conservative Canadian activist Lauren Southern, who tweets hate speech she does endorse by the likes of U.S. President Donald Trump and others, was apparently on the Defend Europe boat when it confronted the SOS Mditerrane rescue ship in Italy.

SOS Mditerrane put out an official statement about the May confrontation, but, like the other NGOs that operate in the search and rescue zone in the central Mediterranean, they have chosen not to engage in a media war with activists who clearly revel in publicity.

During the last weeks, we were confronted with two incidents in which far-right activists have expressed their resentment with the life-saving work that SOS Mditerrene is carrying out in the Central Mediterranean for more than one year now, the charity said in a statement. We regard these incidents as part of the enormous challenges that we and other humanitarian organizations are currently confronted with. Saving lives is a moral and legal duty. SOS Mditerrene will continue its works as long as people fleeing war, torture and poverty, have to risk their lives on perilous journeys.

Defend Europe, which did not respond to multiple requests for comment, insists it will protect Europes borders at sea at any cost, even if most of its actions are little more than seaborne selfies. The Defend Europe project organizers have hinted through social media that they will officially launch their next active phase to stop the rescue boats in Catania on June 9, although nodetails are yet available.

They say they have raised around $60,000 so far through a crowd-funding drive to buy boats and film equipment and to pay for travel expenses to Italy. Well be back, they say. And no doubt they will.

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What that means for the already perilous situation at sea remains to be seen. So far, more than 71,000 migrants and refugees have made it to Europe across Med this year and more than 1,700 have died trying. A battle at sea between activists and rescuers is the last thing anyone needs.

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CNN has rebutted a claim by alt-right bloggers that they staged a live shoot of Muslim people rallying against radicalismin the wake of the terrorist attack in London.

A video posted on YouTube claims to show CNN staging the narrative by having Muslim mothers rallying in support of London police gathered in front of cameras.

The signs held by the mothers read #ISIS Will Lose, #Love Will Win, To The Heroes of London, and #TurnToLove #ForLondon, among other phrases.

Far-right bloggers seem to believe that CNN set up the shot to show Muslims in a positive light following the attacks, which left seven people dead and 48 hospitalized when attackers hit pedestrians with a van on the London Bridge and then drove into Borough Market and stabbed people with knives.

The video shows several police officers standing next to a crime scene tape and slowly allowing some of those at the rally past the cordoned off area to stand in front the cameras. Behind the cameras, the video shows several producers, likely making it difficult it turn the cameras and film the protesters.

CNNs Becky Anderson then stands in front of them and speaks for a narrated part of a segment.

The video was first posted to Twitter by @MarkAntro. It caught the attention of alt-right blogger and personality Mike Cernovich, who shared the video with hundreds of thousands of followers across his social media accounts, including Twitter, Medium, and YouTube.

Its a fairly normal practice for television news outlets to arrange protesters in front of cameras, especially when, as CNN claims, the protesters were nearby.

This is nonsense, CNNs PR team said in a tweet. Police let demonstrators through the cordon to show their signs. CNN along with other media simply filmed them doing so.

Brian Stelter, CNNs Reliable Sources host, also said the video was misleading.

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I love Wikipedia. In the last decade-or-so Ive made thousands of edits to Wikipedia one some extremely niche subjects that are important to me. Well, there are few subjects more important to me than Hispanic diversity in American newsrooms. Thats why I started listing Latinas employed in mainstream U.S. newsrooms in the sandbox of a couple of collaborative Wikipedia accounts so that multiple users could add names as they came in from the various newsrooms.

That draft (or sandbox) has been removed from two accounts. Why?

Our list of Latinas in U.S. newsrooms wasnt even published yet. We were keeping it in whats called the Sandbox of a couple of Wikipedia accounts. The Sandbox is where you can work on draft Wikipedia pages, or so we thought...

Now, why is this important?

I suspect Latinas are the least-represented major workforce segment in U.S. American newsrooms...but to Wikipedia, thats beside the point. Wikipedia is not activism. That much is very clear in the rules of Wikipedia, which are clear about little else.

The problem here is Wikipedias double-standard. The editors have not only deleted our extensive list of U.S. Latinas working in mainstream newsrooms but theyve disabled the accounts where the lists were being compiled. Why? Whats different about listing Latinas working in newsrooms as opposed to other groups?

Weve tweeted at Wikipedia founder Jimmy Jimbo Wales and hope we can get this resolved. Like I said, I love Wikipedia, but this is pretty messed up. We want our list back, even if Wikipedia doesnt believe theres a place for it on their platform.

Let us know, Jimbo. Thank you, sir. Here are the latest posts in this series, for reference:

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These are certainly not the best of times for singer Dammy Krane who is still being held in a US prison after he was arrested on grounds of grand theft, credit card fraud and impersonation.

The development has somewhat forced a change his Wikipedia profile page which is now updated with his latest travails and arrest on the free digital encyclopaedia.

A quick check on the singers Wikepedia profile shows that a section tagged Arrest has been added to his main page which reads thus; On Friday 2nd June 2017, the Nigerian news circuit was set ablaze with surprising news that Dammy Krane had been arrested in the US for Grand Theft, Credit Card & Identity Fraud.

In the days that followed more details revealed that the talented Nigerian musician had used a stolen credit card to book a private jet from a company Tap Jets while on holiday in Miami.

Read also: Dammy Krane slammed with 9-count charge, spends weekend in jail

The company had detected the artistes fraud due to discrepancies in the credit card information he had provided. In the days leading to his arrest, the artist had shared a number of photos on Instagram which showed a lavish lifestyle and openly seemed to display wealth, the impute on the arrest section read in full.

Meanwhile, incoming reports suggests that Dammy Krane may spend close to 40-years in prison if convicted of the charges levelled against him especially with the fact that Tapjets, the company that owns the jet which was allegedly booked by the singer using the stolen credit cards, has vowed to press charges against the jailed singer whose bail is set at $22,500.

Anyone who uses someone elses personal identifying information to obtain property or anything of value worth more than $5,000 commits a second-degree felony according to the Florida State Credit Card Crime Act.

And anyone found guilty or convicted of a felony identity theft crime in Florida faces anywhere from a year to 40 years or more in prison according to the law.

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WASHINGTON The Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday theres nothing funny about comedian Bill Maher using the N-word.

Oh no! There are no exceptions that make this acceptable, Sharpton said on MSNBCs Politics Nation in railing against the HBO star.

Maher has since apologized for the racial slur and HBO said it will remove the deeply offensive comment from any subsequent airings of the Real Time with Bill Maher Show.

Sharpton has led the charge against conservative commentators for saying racially insensitive things, including Don Imus and Rush Limbaugh.

On his Sunday talk show, Sharpton said civil rights activists must be consistent in their outrage when the N-word is used even by their friends.

He doesnt get a pass because were friends, Sharpton said. What Bill Maher did was normalize a word that is anything but normal.

Maher used the N-word during an interview Friday with Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.).

Ive got to get to Nebraska more, Maher told the politician.

You are welcome, Sasse said. Wed love to have you work in the fields with us.

Work in the fields?! Senator, Im a house, n-r, Maher said.

The comment sparked laughs and groans from the audience.

Maher quickly quipped: Its a joke.

Sasse didnt address the controversy in real time, and said he regrets not speaking up.

Me just cringing last night wasnt good enough, Sasse tweeted this weekend. Maher issued an apology Saturday: The word was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry.

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