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Regarding the COVID-19 safety measures the studio is taking, the actor said the protocols have been effective and not disruptive to date. “There’s thoughtful, effective protocols in place. The rhythm of filmmaking has not really been interrupted or impacted, and that’s because of all the hard work and organization.” … [Read more...] about ‘The Matrix 4’ Back Shooting In Berlin, Keanu Reeves Says He’s “Grateful To Be Working”

It was six years ago, on April 19, 2009 — 234 years to the day after the opening battle of the American Revolution — that E. Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers’ president, appeared in Lexington, Massachusetts and announced the founding of the group to a cheering crowd of cops, firefighters, military veterans and period re-enactors in Yankee Doodle hats. A former paratrooper with a law degree from Yale, Rhodes told his followers that their once-proud republic was in jeopardy of crumbling. His inaugural event had come only three months after President Obama’s own inauguration at a moment when reactionary movements like the Tea Party were already springing up. Rhodes was not a movement activist, per se, but something like the leader of its Freikorps: a self-styled general in charge of a cabal of armed men who had come together, as he once put it, “to stop a dictatorship from ever happening here.” … [Read more...] about The Oath Keeper Who Wants to Arm Black Lives Matter

In 2011, authorities discovered a bomb planted by a white supremacist on the route of Spokane’s Martin Luther King Day parade. At the time, I was the Spokane weekly paper’s music editor — but stories about white hate groups would seep into that world, too. Punks told me about shows in the ’90s flooded with skinheads dressed in their trademark red suspenders and combat boots tied with red laces. Spokane is where I first learned about Ruby Ridge, a 1992 Idaho standoff between the Weaver family — separatists with Christian Identity beliefs — and U.S. Marshals. It ended in three deaths and further fueled anti-government ideas in the region. … [Read more...] about Something’s Brewing in the Deep Red West

Amid the chaos was a brief, but brutal, scene of violence. Out on the street, a young anti-fascist dressed in a hoodie, his face obscured by a bandanna, swung what seemed to be a large metal bike lock squarely onto the skull of an unwitting alt-right demonstrator. The victim was a 20-year-old college student, Sean Stiles, who had made the trip to Berkeley from his home in Santa Cruz. Though Stiles had been consorting with the men from Rise Above, the bike-lock attack was unprovoked. Stiles had been arguing with two young leftist women about illegal immigration; when he was hit, he simply put his hands on his head, which started gushing blood, and stumbled off as his assailant disappeared. (Reached by Rolling Stone, Stiles had no comment on the attack.) According to the Berkeley police, Stiles was one of 11 people injured at the rally. There had also been 20 arrests – but the man with the lock was not among them. … [Read more...] about Antifa on Trial: How a College Professor Joined the Left’s Radical Ranks

Kanye West's Star Wars inspired homes are a way of changing the world, according to the rapper/producer. He intends to revolutionize low income housing and the way the rich and poor live together. He hasn't said specifically how these new homes will do so, but that is his ultimate plan, along with starting his own community, which seems almost cult-like when thought about further. However, West doesn't seem like he wants to do anything religious and he more than likely just wants to start selling more shoes and other overpriced clothing goods to his fans who seem to purchase just about anything he puts up for sale. … [Read more...] about Kanye West’s Star Wars Homes for the Homeless in Danger of Being Demolished