It was in this atmosphere that Fears made his progress through various protests. He traveled to Charlottesville with a backpack of dystopian gear: goggles, gloves and a helmet, though he disguised himself as a Trump supporter in a suit. It was war. It was also fun. By the summer of 2017, the media had begun to cover more far-right events, leading more people to show up in protest, which furthered the right’s victimization narrative, which in turn led to more events and more violence, all of which was packaged into neat selling points for a movement whose actual real-life followers may have been far fewer than they appeared.

Copeland said a new concept is now in the works for the former Cheesecake Bistro on St. Charles Avenue, though he wasn’t ready to discuss details. The hotel around the shuttered restaurant, also run by Copeland’s company, is scheduled for its own revamp this summer.

“For a guy who had all the success he had, Bobby had no ego,” McGuire said. “He was very humble and treated everyone the same way. He was also very passionate. Bobby was a true believer in the players he was bringing in. He wasn’t afraid to do whatever it took to go out and get someone he believed in. And it worked. His legacy is that of going into numerous teams and turning them around. So this is a great weekend. It’s great to see him, and it’s a well-deserved honor.”

A parade of Spider-People from various dimensions come alive via vibrant, trippy animation and a clever plot that posits anyone is capable of being the type of hero who could wear a web slinger’s mask. Come for the OG Spider-Man, Peter Parker – in this, a schlubby guy who’s all about pizza and early super-retirement – but stay for the amazing journey of his de facto student Miles Morales, the mixed-race teenager who learns how to be Spidey on the job.

The Volkswagen Beetle is known around the world by an endless list of nicknames including Slug Bug, Pregnant Roller Skate, Turtle, Upside-down Bathtub, Bubble, Bell, Frog, Hunchback, Little Flea, and many others. However, it has seldom been referred to as the UFO Beetle. This silver flying saucer Volkswagen has been spotted in California and in the Nevada Desert, perhaps at the infamous Burning Man event that takes place every year the week before and including Labor Day weekend. The flared body on this craft would make it difficult to change a tire unless it can actually hover. The glass dome on top is a nice touch, making the skies and potential outer space destinations visible.

Because of this failure, U.S. laws will be bypassed on U.S. soil. Greene noted that the CLOUD Act negates protections of two interrelated existing laws. It creates an exception to the Stored Communications Act that allows certified foreign governments to request personal data directly from U.S. companies.

In a report for Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, Robin Andersen examined Russiagate-inspired censorship moves by Twitter, Google and others. A key initial target was RT, the television network formerly known as Russia Today.

By the morning of Oct. 19, a fortress of security, costing the University of Florida and police forces roughly half a million dollars, had been built around the western edge of the 2,000-acre campus and the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, where Spencer and his entourage arrived that afternoon. More than 1,100 state troopers and local cops stood on alert, with another 500 on standby. There were officers posted on rooftops. Police helicopters buzzed the skies. The Florida National Guard had been activated off-site, and a line of armored vehicles sat in reserve. Hundreds of journalists from around the United States and abroad were in attendance, anticipating another Charlottesville.

Something I try to emphasize in my classes is that the more I’ve learned about issues and events in our nation’s past, the more questions I have about our present.

Law enforcement’s inability to reckon with the far right is a problem that goes back generations in this country, and the roots of this current crisis can be traced back more than a decade. With violent political messaging emanating from the White House and echoed throughout the conservative media and social-media landscapes, Levin only expects more attacks. “What we need to worry about is the guy who is riled up by this rhetoric and decides to go out and do something on his own,” he told me in August. “We have people who are ticking time bombs.”

In this atmosphere of apparent indifference on the part of government officials and law enforcement, a virulent, and violent, far-right movement has grown and metastasized. To combat it, some officials have suggested prosecuting related crimes through expansion of the government’s counterterrorism powers — creating a special “domestic terrorism” statute, for instance, which currently doesn’t exist. But a report released on Oct. 31 by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School argues that the creation of such a statute could easily be abused to target “protesters and political dissidents instead of terrorists,” and that law enforcement already has ample authority to prosecute domestic terrorism: “Congress must require that counterterrorism resource decisions be based on objective evaluations of the physical harm different groups pose to human life, rather than on political considerations that prioritize the safety of some communities over others.”

His father, Dred, was raised in the Bronx projects and encouraged Irving to learn how to play on its basketball blacktop. His mother was half Sioux, adopted out of the tribe and into a family of Lutheran minsters, George and Norma Larson, who live in Seattle. Irving also has his own family, a 2-year old daughter named Azurie.