Hull City manager Mike Phelan hails keeper Eldin Jakupovic after shoot-out heroics secure EFL Cup win over Newcastle United

Hull manager Mike Phelan saluted shoot-out hero Eldin Jakupovic after his side clinched a place in the EFL Cup semi-finals for the first time in the club's history by beating Newcastle 3-1 on penalties.

Swiss goalkeeper Jakupovic, who has played second fiddle to David Marshall in the Premier League this season, saved penalties from Jonjo Shelvey and Yoan Gouffran, while Newcastle striker Dwight Gayle's spot-kick hit the crossbar.

Hull, who levelled through Robert Snodgrass within a minute of Mo Diame's opener for Newcastle in the first period of extra time, were clinical with their penalties as Snodgrass, skipper Michael Dawson and Tom Huddlestone were all on target.

'I'm pleased for Eldin, I'm pleased for all of them,' said Phelan. 'Eldin's been in the cup competitions all the way through.

'He's performed well tonight and going into the penalty shoot-out he was probably the right goalkeeper to have there because his record is pretty good in those situations.

'I brought in another good goalkeeper and we've now got two good goalkeepers. Allan McGregor's on his recovery, so we may end up with three terrific goalkeepers and we may have to use them.

'It's important they stay focused. Eldin's done that. He's taken his opportunity tonight, he's probably been the hero and hopefully he'll be a hero again.'

Phelan, a League Cup winner with Manchester United in 1992, admitted his side had not practised penalties before the quarter-final.

'I've never even thought about penalties to be fair,' he said. 'If I'd have had it my way I wouldn't have wanted to go that far because we have a very important (Premier League) game on Monday (against Middlesbrough).

'I thought our penalties were very clinical and under that spotlight they all executed them very well.'

The Tigers played the whole of extra time with 10 men after striker Dieumerci Mbokani had been shown a straight red card in the 89th minute for reacting furiously to Jamaal Lascelles' tackle from behind.

Phelan said he was disappointed with Mbokani for retaliating, but also sympathised with the DR Congo international because he felt referee Neil Swarbrick offered him no protection throughout the match.

But the former assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson preferred to focus on his side's resilience after another dogged display edged them to within touching distance of Wembley.

'For this football club it's a tremendous achievement because this is the furthest they've ever been.

'The players are really pleased with that. It gives them something in Rothman's (Football Yearbook) now or what have you, where they can say they've got to a semi-final of the competition.

'Hopefully they can go one step further. They worked hard enough tonight to get their reward.'

Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez felt his side had been punished for failing to take their chances in normal time when they had clearly held the upper hand.

'You have to be disappointed,' the Spaniard said. 'The way we played we deserved to score goals in the first half and in extra time.

And when we scored the first goal we didn't manage the situation properly, but hopefully my players will learn from this experience.

'We played really well against a Premier League team away, the team were playing so well and I was pleased but I told them we had nothing, so we had to score and we had to win.

'With one less player for them we had so much control. It was a question of time. We scored the goal, but then made the mistake. We thought it was done but allowed them to score.'

Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold delays decision on whether to re-sign

Several Sydney FC stars will enter the final six months of their contracts not knowing who the coach of the club will be next season with Graham Arnold yet to decide on his future. 

On Thursday morning A-League players coming off contract at the end of the season will be free to talk to rival clubs and while Sydney FC are eager to retain their in-form squad, they may have to do so without certainty over their future coach.

Much like first-team regulars Milos Ninkovic, Brandon O'Neill, Matt Jurman and Filip Holosko, Arnold's contract expires at the end of May and he is yet to accept an offer for renewal.

Sydney recently entered negotiations to keep Arnold at Moore Park that were described as "positive" by his agent, Tony Rallis. Club sources suggest Sydney FC are eager to retain the 53-year-old and have not looked at alternative options for head coach next season.

It's understood that Arnold will weigh up his options and delay a decision on whether to remain with Sydney FC or move elsewhere until late December. Rallis says the coach is no rush to sign a new deal with the club despite having positive talks over his future.

"The timelines have been extended partly due to the responsibilities of the FFA Cup and it's the first time in years Sydney FC have been 90 minutes away from winning a trophy," Rallis said. "We're not anxious, we've entered in goodwill into the discussions and there's goodwill from both parties for a long-term relationship." 

After guiding Sydney FC to their first FFA Cup final this season and remaining undefeated in all competitions, Arnold has attracted plenty of interest. His former club in the Netherlands, NAC Breda, are interested in signing him to oversee their youth development program that will be accelerated following the establishment of a partnership with English Premier League giants Manchester City. 

Despite lingering in the second tier of Dutch football, Breda are looking to establish themselves as a major development club in Europe. Their offer would be a pay cut on Arnold's current deal with Sydney FC but is heavily incentivised around player sales and promotion. 

Closer to home, Melbo urne City are also understood to have signalled their interest in Arnold's services with coach John van 't Schip having confirmed his departure at the end of the season. Fairfax Media is aware of interest from Asia in Arnold, who was approached by Thai club Bangkok Glass before they signed Aurelio Vidmar as head coach. 

Taoiseach Goes Stateside: 'If Enda does meet Trump, he shouldn't go cap in hand'

THE TAOISEACH IS setting off on a three-day business trip to the US today and there are rumours circulating that a meeting with Donald Trump could possibly be on the cards.

Government spokespeople have remained tight-lipped on the subject, stating there are “no plans” for such a meeting when questioned by the Leinster House press corp.

Enda Kenny travels to San Francisco today and has a number of engagements in New York on Friday and Saturday. During that time, an opportunity to meet the President-elect could present itself in the last-minute (something a number of journalists travelling to the States are betting on).

But should a meeting be set-up? And is it a good idea for Kenny to meet Trump?

The Taoiseach did discuss a possible tête-à-tête during a telephone conversation this month, during which Trump also informed Kenny that he hopes to come back to Ireland some day.

Not everyone on Kildare Street and beyond is enamoured with the idea though.

Labour Senator Aodhán O Riordáin made his opinion on Trump quite clear in a speech in the Seanad recently, where he said:

“America has just elected a fascist and the best thing that the good people in Ireland can do is to ring him up and ask him, is it OK to still bring the shamrock on Saint Patrick’s Day?”

The video of his speech was picked up and shared around the world.

O Riordáin told TheJournal.ie this week, however, that he could understand why Kenny would meet Trump, adding: ”He is going to have to meet him at some point.”

Leadership

However, he pointed out that the thousands of undocumented Irish living in the US needed “a level of leadership shown by the government” at this time.

The senator said that if such a meeting was to take place, it was up to the Taoiseach to reaffirm the values of the Irish people with the new administration.

O Riordáin said he would not like to see any sort of fawning over Trump.

He criticised the language used by Kenny in a recent tweets congratulating Trump on the election and about his conversation with vice president-elect Mike Pence.

“Body language and words matter here,” explained the Labour senator.

“What he [Enda Kenny] says and how he says it could define him for the next 50 years,” concluded O Riordáin.

Fine Gael Jerry Buttimer told TheJournal.ie that he did not have problem with the Taoiseach meeting Trump, stating that his party’s leader has certain obligations.

However, the senator added that Kenny also has an obligation to relay to Trump what is important to the Irish people, be it in terms of economics, trade, the undocumented Irish and human rights issues.

“We need to stand up on issues we don’t agree with him and vice president Pence on,” said Buttimer.

“We can’t go cap in hand, we have to be strong on the values we believe in.”

Visit to Facebook

During his travels, Kenny will meet with firms and key investors in Silicon Valley and will also take in a visit to Facebook headquarters.

In New York, the Taoiseach will address a number of influential business groups including the Partnership for New York City and attend a gathering hosted by Peter Grauer, Chairman of Bloomberg.

He will meet a number of existing and potential investors in Ireland and attend the signing of a partnership between Enterprise Ireland and Northwell Healthcare Group.

According to his department, the Taoiseach will also engage with Irish-American political, business and community leaders at receptions in both Palo Alto and New York.

CIA chief warns Trump: Scrapping Iran deal 'height of folly'

The director of the CIA has warned US President-elect Donald Trump that ending the Iran nuclear deal would be "disastrous" and "the height of folly".

In a BBC interview, John Brennan also advised the new president to be wary of Russia's promises, blaming Moscow for much of the suffering in Syria.

In his campaign, Mr Trump threatened to scrap the Iran deal and also hinted at working more closely with Russia.

Mr Brennan will step down in January after four years leading the CIA.

In the first interview by a CIA director with the British media, John Brennan outlined a number of areas where he said the new administration needed to act with "prudence and discipline" - these included the language used regarding terrorism, relations with Russia, the Iran nuclear deal and the way in which the CIA's own covert capabilities were employed.

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Russia's role in Syria

Mr Brennan offered a bleak assessment of the situation in Syria arguing that both the Syrian regime and the Russians were responsible for a slaughter of civilians which he described as "outrageous".

The administration of President Barack Obama has pursued a policy of supporting moderate rebels fighting the Assad regime in Syria. The CIA director said that he believed the US needed to continue that support to help rebels withstand what he called an "onslaught" carried out by Syria, Iran, Hezbollah and Russia.

Russian continued to hold the key to Syria's future, he said, but he expressed scepticism about its willingness to come to any kind of deal. He said Moscow had been "disingenuous" in their negotiating tactics, seeking to draw the process out in order to "choke" Aleppo.

"I do not have confidence that the Russians are going to relent until they are able to achieve as much tactical battlefield successes as possible," he said.

The incoming Trump administration has suggested it may try to work more closely with Russia on a number of issues.

"I think President Trump and the new administration need to be wary of Russian promises," Mr Brennan told the BBC, arguing Moscow had failed to deliver in the past.

World leaders honour Fidel Castro at Havana rally

World leaders joined tens of thousands of Cubans in Havana's Plaza of the Revolution, celebrating Fidel Castro on the spot where he delivered fiery speeches to mammoth crowds in the years after he seized power.

The presidents of Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and South Africa, along with leaders of a host of smaller nations, offered speeches paying tribute to Castro, 90, who died on Friday night.

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South African president Jacob Zuma praised Cuba under Castro for its record on education and health care and its support for African independence struggles.

Castro could be remembered as "a great fighter for the idea that the poor have a right to live with dignity," he told the crowd.

The rally began with black-and-white revolution-era footage of Castro and other guerrillas on a big screen and the playing of the Cuban national anthem. Castro's younger brother and successor, President Raul Castro, saluted.

Raul Castro closed the rally with a speech thanking world leaders for their words of praise for his brother, who he called the leader of a revolution "for the humble, and by the humble".

Cuban state media reported that an urn containing Castro's ashes was being kept in a room at the Defence Ministry where Raul and top Communist Party officials paid tribute the previous evening.

During the day, lines stretched for hours outside the Plaza of the Revolution, the heart of government power. In Havana and across the island, people signed condolence books and an oath of loyalty to Castro's sweeping May 2000 proclamation of the Cuban revolution as an unending battle for socialism, nationalism and an outsize role for the island on the world stage.

"I feel a deep sadness, but immense pride in having had him near," said Ana Beatriz Perez, a 50-year-old medical researcher who was advancing in the slow-moving line with the help of crutches.

"His physical departure gives us strength to continue advancing in his ideology. This isn't going away, because we are millions."

"His death is another revolution," said her husband, Fidel Diaz, who predicted that it would prompt many to "rediscover the ideas of the commander for the new generations".

Tribute sites were set up in hundreds of places across the island as the government urged Cubans to reaffirm their belief in a socialist, single-party system that in recent years has struggled to maintain the fervor that was widespread at the triumph of the 1959 revolution.

Many mourners came on their own accord, but thousands were sent in groups by the communist government, which still employs about 80% of the working people in Cuba despite the growth of the private sector under Raul.

Inside the memorial, thousands walked through three rooms with near-identical displays featuring the 1962 Alberto Korda photograph of the young Castro in the Sierra Maestra mountains, bouquets of white flowers and an array of Castro's medals against a black backdrop, framed by honour guards of soldiers and children in school uniforms. The ashes of the former president did not appear to be on display.

Signs read: "The Cuban Communist Party is the only legitimate heir of the legacy and authority of the commander in chief of the Cuban Revolution, comrade Fidel Castro."

"Goodbye commander. Your ideas remain here with us," 64-year-old Etelbina Perez said between sobs. "I feel great pain over his death. I owe my entire life to him. He brought me out of the mountains. I was able to study thanks to him."

The scene was played out on a smaller scale at countless places across the country.

After 10 years of leadership by Raul Castro, a relatively camera-shy and low-key successor, Cuba has found itself riveted once again by the words and images of the man who dominated the lives of generations.

Since his death, state-run newspapers, television and radio have run wall-to-wall tributes to Fidel Castro, broadcasting non-stop footage of his speeches, interviews and foreign trips, interspersed with adulatory remembrances by prominent Cubans.

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Manchester United were “just as bad” as Sunderland at Anfield – John Aldridge

Liverpool beat Sunderland 2-0 this weekend, having been frustrated by the Black Cats for 75 minutes.

Divock Origi and James Milner eventually sealed the three points for Liverpool, which sent the Merseyside giants into second place in the Premier League.

The Reds’ awe-inspiring attacking play this term has led to numerous opponents setting out with a very defensive style, to some success.

United were one such side to gain a point from their clash with Liverpool, grinding out a 0-0 draw having not forced Loris Karius into a single save.

Jurgen Klopp, though, criticised David Moyes’ men as the most defensive team he has ever faced – a comment which Aldridge suggests was an overreaction.

The former striker wrote for the Liverpool Echo: “I think it was frustration which saw Jurgen Klopp brand Sunderland the most defensive team he’s played against after the game on Saturday.

“I actually think Manchester United came and were just as bad. Our goalie had to pull off two good saves against Sunderland, against Manchester United he didn’t have a save to make.

“Klopp is thinking that every team are coming to Anfield and doing exactly the same thing but we’ve known that for a long time. If you’re not passing sharp and your movements’s not sharp it can cost you.”

Liverpool, who currently trail Chelsea by one point, face Bournemouth away in their next Premier League fixture.

Mitt Romney Had Dinner With Donald Trump and Everything's Fine With Them Now

Exceedingly polite hypocrite Mitt Romney sat down for a meal with orange idiot Donald Trump and Reince Priebus Tuesday night. God knows what transpired during that meal, but reports from the press pool immediately after the dinner confirm that ol’ Mittens now has “increasing hope” that a Trump presidency could steer this dumb country of ours towards a “better future.”

The Boston Globe reports that the three men sat down for a leisurely and expensive meal at Jean-Georges in New York, dining on steak, lamb chops and garlic soup with frog legs and thyme before sharing a single slice of chocolate cake for dessert, like the good old pals they are. According to CNN’s senior White House correspondent Jim Acosta, who happened to be at Jean Georges as well, the conversation between the three men was pleasant.

They were also treated to fresh marshmallows, prepared table-side. What a treat!

You’ll recall that while Trump was campaigning for President, old boy spent a considerable amount of time earlier this year railing against the Preisdent-elect, most memorably calling him a “phony” and a “fraud” while also accusing him of “playing members of the American public for suckers: He gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat.”

But now, with Romney reportedly under “serious consideration” to be Secretary of State alongside with spittle-flecked gopher Rudy Giuliani and David Petraeusin the running too, I guess he had to put his pride in a box and shove it way, way back on the top shelf of his closet, never to be seen again.

For a few weeks, Giuliani was the only one in the running, despite massive conflicts of interest and could’ve easily taken the shiny present out of Trump’s curiously small hands – a proposition even more terrifying than this dinner of crepey-skinned men at a restaurant in Midtown. Mittens eating dinner and making nice nice isn’t quite eating crow, but it’s good enough for Trump, who apparently has the selective memory of a goldfish.

Trump Airs His Latest Grievances Against CNN

Donald Trump has been ripping CNN in a series of tweets, targeting individual reporters along with the cable channel as a whole.

The latest round of criticisms began Monday, when Trump tweeted: “.@CNN is so embarrassed by their total (100%) support of Hillary Clinton, and yet her loss in a landslide, that they don’t know what to do.”

Another tweet from Trump targeted reporter Jeff Zeleny: “@HighonHillcrest: @jeffzeleny what PROOF do u have DonaldTrump did not suffer from millions of FRAUD votes? Journalist? Do your job! @CNN.”

The president-elect kept up his attack on Zeleny in at least two other tweets Monday night, writing: “@JoeBowman12: @jeffzeleny just another generic CNN part time wannabe journalist !” @CNN still doesn’t get it. They will never learn!” and: “@FiIibuster: @jeffzeleny Pathetic – you have no sufficient evidence that Donald Trump did not suffer from voter fraud, shame! Bad reporter.”

This morning Trump followed up with a tweet reading: “I thought that @CNN would get better after they failed so badly in their support of Hillary Clinton however, since election, they are worse!”

US Green Party Head Stein Wires $3.4Mln to Finance Wisconsin Election Recount

Unsuccessful Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has sent nearly $3.5 million in hastily raised funding to finance a recount of the votes cast in the state of Wisconsin in the November 8 election, the Wisconsin Elections Commission announced via Twitter.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — "Wire transfer of $3,499,689 from Dr. Jill Stein has arrived at Wisconsin Elections Commission," the Commission tweeted on Tuesday.

Last week, Stein launched a multimillion dollar crowdfunding campaign to finance recounts in the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which Trump won by narrow margins. The Green Party officially requested a recount in Wisconsin on Saturday. The Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has joined the recount effort. The release noted that Stein has raised $6.5 million of its $7 million goal to cover recount costs.

Australian Google Tax to hit profit shifting to US if Trump tax plan proceeds

An Australian tax expert has warned that Australian-based entities of multinationals would be caught by the country's proposed Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) should American President-elect Donald Trump get his tax proposals through Congress.

Under the draft legislation released by Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison on Tuesday, qualifying businesses that declare profits in jurisdictions with a tax rate of less than 80 percent of Australia's company tax rate would see a penalty tax rate of 40 percent imposed.

Trump took to the American election a plan to cut the country's company tax rate from the current 35 percent to 15 percent. The current Australian company tax rate sits at 30 percent.

Mark Molesworth, tax partner at consultants BDO, said the new laws put a "figurative gun-to-the-head" of Australian subsidiaries of multinationals and are a wake-up call for all those potentially affected.

"At present, this means that a majority of the OECD countries will be low tax, as will the USA if President-elect Trump succeeds in reducing the corporate rate of tax," Molesworth told AAP.

"The new ATO powers effectively mean that a company can be forced to participate in a review and they cannot challenge the ATO findings based on new evidence not shared with the ATO.

"They need to have their transfer pricing policies and documentation ready in advance of any ATO contact."

In order for a business to be impacted by the proposed Diverted Profits Tax, its related global entity needs to have an annual turnover of more than AU$1 billion, with total Australian turnover of more than AU$25 million.

"The Turnbull government is determined to ensure that all companies that operate in Australia pay the right amount of tax here," Morrison said in a statement.

"Under our new law, where they use complex global structures to avoid tax on Australian earnings, they will pay even more."

First announced in the Australian 2016-17 Budget in May, the Diverted Profits Tax is modelled on the United Kingdom's DPT, also known as the Google Tax.

Following the introduction of a DPT in the UK, Google agreed to pay the UK government £130 million in back taxes.

Google has said it will be looking to book more of its Australian revenue in Australia, instead of Singapore, in the coming years.

Morrison said on Tuesday the DPT will commence on July 1, 2017 and would raise AU$200 million in revenue over the forward estimates.

Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh criticised Morrison for not introducing the DPT before the end of the parliamentary sitting year.

"By failing to introduce into Parliament its Diverted Profits Tax legislation by the end of this year, Treasurer Scott Morrison has broken yet another Turnbull government promise," Leigh said.

"The delay matters because the treasurer is still promising his diverted profits tax will commence on 1 July, 2017. It will be a huge and complicated impost for businesses to prepare in the short time between its passage through Parliament -- if it ever gets there -- and its implementation."

Trump’s Pick for Health Secretary Is Total Nightmare Fuel

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Tom Price to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), placing the Georgia Congressman in an extremely powerful position as far as the nation’s health is concerned. Given his dubious track record, this appointment is of serious concern. 

As HHS secretary, Tom Price, 62, will serve as the country’s health czar, overseeing healthcare, food safety, drug prices, access to abortions, and biomedical research. He’ll manage of number of critically important federal agencies, including the National Institutes for Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This cabinet-level pick—which still requires Senate approval—makes Price the most powerful person in US health policy.

As a former orthopedic surgeon, and as someone with extensive public policy and budget experience, Price is reasonably well equipped to handle the position. Trouble is, his fiscally-paranoid and socially-conservative views threaten to set the US back years.

While chair of the House Budget Committee, Price demonstrated his commitment to limited government and lowering spending. He has ties to the House Tea Party caucus, and has unabashedly condemned the “vile liberal agenda that is threatening everything we hold dear as Americans.” Gay rights groups say he’s “completely unfit” to serve as health secretary (he’s opposed to gay marriage), and he holds a zero percent rating at Planned Parenthood (for reasons we’ll get to in just a bit).

One of the first items on Price’s agenda will be to dismantle Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), of which he’s a vociferous critic. In fact, Price took it upon himself to propose his own legislation—a plan known as the Empowering Patients First Act—to repeal and replace the ACA. This plan later formed the basis for a subsequent proposal, the Patient’s Choice Act (PCA), which was introduced by House speaker Paul Ryan last June. Unlike the ACA, which expands Medicaid, the PCA would restrict Medicaid to low-income disabled people, moving the rest of its beneficiaries to private insurance.

Price says that “patients and doctors should be in control of health care,” claiming that under the ACA “people have coverage, but they don’t have care.” The Congressman’s primary gripe with the ACA is that he thinks it interferes with the doctor-patient relationship. The trouble is that if patients can’t afford healthcare, there is no relationship to interfere with. As a former doctor, it appears that Price’s concerns lie more with the medical practitioners and ensuring their security than with the patients themselves. With Price now at the helm, it’s not clear if Ryan’s plan will be submitted as is, or if Price will now commit to an overhaul of the PCA. Given Trump’s backtracking after the election, it’s not even clear if the ACA will be dismantled as promised, or simply reformed.

Report: Open and Unabashed Harassment and Intimidation After Trump’s Election

The United States is no stranger to hate crimes and racial or ethnic harassment; after all, this is a country that was built on the genocide of indigenous people, the enslavement of black people, and the systemic and institutionalized oppression that keeps one group ahead of all the rest.

For the most part, bigots and racists managed to keep their activities and opinions more covert than overt as required by polite society, but a report published by the Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday shows that those behaviors are seemingly more acceptable out in the open ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election.

“Ten Days After: Harassment and Intimidation in the Aftermath of the Election” examines almost 900 reported incidents of harassment and intimidation around the nation and found a common thread; In most cases, the perpetrators were not afraid to commit these acts out in the open and in front of witnesses, and many of them invoked the name of Donald Trump, indicating that the hate attacks stemmed in large part from his election.

According to the SPLC, in the 10 days following the election, people experienced harassment at work, at school, at home, on the street, on public transportation, in their cars, in grocery stores and other places of business, and in places of worship. While the most common forms of attacks have been messages of intolerance via graffiti or verbal harassment, there have been a small number of violent physical interactions reported as well. There were even attacks directed at the Trump campaign and his supporters.

The SPLC sourced the 867 hate incidents they examined from the #ReportHate page on the SPLC website as well as media accounts. They did not include online harassment or incidents the authorities determined to be hoaxes. The group also acknowledge that the incidents it examined represent a mere fraction of the actual number of election-related hate incidents that have occurred since Nov. 8. In fact, the Bureau of Justice statistics estimates that two-thirds of hate crimes go unreported to police.

Hate incidents have been reported in every state except Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. California had the most reports at 99, and Rhode Island had the least with just one report.

A graph depicting the locations of incidents reported to SPLCSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER SCREENSHOT

Public spaces seemed to be the place where incidents were most reported, with K-12 school- and workplace/retail-related incidents coming in close with 183 and 162 incidents respectively.

There were 280 anti-immigrant incidents and 187 anti-black incidents reported, making them the most reported incidents, but anti-Semitic, anti-woman, white nationalist, anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT, and anti-Trump attacks were included in the report as well.

A graph showing a break down of hate incidents by their motivating factor

While there were 202 reported incidents on Nov. 9, the day after the election, the number of reported incidents declined over the 10 days following the election.

Considering Trump ran on a platform of racism, xenophobia and misogyny, these numbers should not come as a surprise to anyone. In fact, they should seem low to anyone who understands the history of this country and the white nationalist temperament that Trump has awakened.

Our advice to everyone is to be careful and stay alert; it’s dangerous out there.

Trump names Indian to top cabinet post

Washington, Nov. 29 (PTI): President-elect Donald Trump today nominated a second Indian-American woman to a top administration position.

He put Seema Verma in charge of a federal agency within the health department as part of a "dream team", which he said would transform America's healthcare system.

"I am pleased to nominate (Dr) Seema Verma to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services," Trump said in a statement.

The announcement came along with Trump's nomination of Congressman Tom Price as his health and human services secretary.

A leading expert in the country on Medicare and Medicaid, Verma would serve as Administrator of Centers for Medicare andMedicaid Services.

"She has decades of experience advising on Medicare and Medicaid policy and helping states navigate our complicated systems. Together, Chairman Price and Seema Verma are the dream team that will transform our healthcare system for the benefit of all Americans," Trump said.

"I am honoured to be nominated by President-elect Trump today," said Verma, who met Trump in New York last week.

"I look forward to helping him tackle our nation's daunting healthcare problems in a responsible and sustainable way," she said.

Her nomination comes days after Indian-American Nikki Haley was named as US envoy to the UN by Trump.

Haley became the first Indian-American to be appointed to a cabinet-level post in any US administration.

Verma currently is the president, CEO and founder of SVC Inc, a national health policy consulting company.

Based in Indianapolis, Verma has supported Indiana through development of the historic programme since its inception in 2007, from development of the enabling legislation, negotiating the financing plan with the state's hospital association, developing the federal waiver, supporting federal negotiations and leading the implementation of the programme.

For more than 20 years, she has worked extensively on a variety of policy and strategic projects involving Medicaid.

Sanders: 10 Years from Now, ‘No One Will Remember These Damn Emails’

Bernie Sanders sat down with Democracy Now!‘s Amy Goodmanyesterday and did some reflecting on the campaign and what people have to do going forward to oppose Donald Trump.

Goodman brought up his infamous comment about Hillary Clinton‘s “damn emails” and whether he still feels the same way about them today. The FBI’s investigation into Clinton’s emails loomed large in the campaign earlier this year, as well as those letters from Director James Comey

Sanders did not dwell too much on the matter, simply saying, “10 years from now, trust me, no one will remember these damn emails.”

“I prefer to stay on the important issues facing the American people,” he said. “There are other areas we could have gone, as well, that Trump went into, that we chose not to do it, because I think, in my own state, I can tell you that people do want to hear a serious discussion on serious issues.”

(When they discussed Trump a bit later, Sanders briefly acknowledged the “valid criticism of having a private email when you’re doing government business.”)

On the subject of the president-elect, Sanders again said he would work with Trump on areas of agreement, while telling people what they have to do on some of the other things he may try to do:

“We’re fighting for the future of American democracy. We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process… What we need to do is to be thinking every day the kinds of role we can play in educating and organizing and mobilizing people to defeat this horrific agenda. And I do believe that if millions of people do stand up and fight back, we can stop him from doing some really awful things. And that’s what I am trying to do right now. And we’ve got to mobilize people to do that.”