Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Keith Ellison has endorsed the leftist movement recognized as a domestic terrorist group, Antifa, posing with a book that recommends violent confrontation against the state.

The DNC head posted a picture of himself on Twitter posing with Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, by Mark Bray. The book offers justifications for joining Antifa, and is widely regarded as a call to arms.

In his tweet, Ellison claimed to have “just found the book that strike fear in the heart of [Donald Trump].”

The author argues that violence is acceptable in opposition to perceived “fascism” because “fascist ideas”, such as conservative and classically liberal values such as freedom of speech, as endorsed by MILO—who is opposed by progressives—are not worthy of discussion or debate.

Bray has gone on record to argue that Antifa must preemptively strike against “fascists” because “fascism cannot be defended by speech,” according to the Daily Caller.

An extract from the book states that a popular uprising brought on by advocates of Antifa will “necessitate violent confrontation with state forces.”

Iran charged Wednesday that the U.S. "has crossed every limit" in international relations by expressing support for Iran's anti-government protesters and said President Donald Trump's "absurd tweets" have encouraged disruption.In a letter to U.N. officials, Iranian Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo complained that Washington was intervening "in a grotesque way in Iran's internal affairs." He said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were personally stirring up trouble.

The unemployment rate for the black population hit 6.8% in December. It stands at the lowest point since the Bureau of Labor Statistics started collecting that data in 1972.

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