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⊗ With MLF-led riots having been put down on both the East and West coasts and organized activity by the group seemingly halted, the Kelly administration is publicly declaring victory in stemming the conflict between pro- and anti-mutant protesters.

⊗ Congressional opposition and pro-Registration pundits, however, have pushed back by noting that the MLF's leadership remains at large and could resurface at any time. Calls for Kelly to identify and bring into custody all high-level, American MLF leaders - most notably, the mysterious Claudine Renko - have become increasingly heated as open conflict continues to draw into a lull.

⊗ News reports about Ms. Renko are all incredibly vague, however, with no details as to her origins, intentions, or even nationality. Officially, her whereabouts are unknown, and the Kelly administration has publicly sought to downplay her significance within the MLF.

⊗ That being said, observant students might notice unmarked vehicles lurking around near the boundaries of the Institute campus with suspicious regularity...

⊗ News of the rioting in New York has spread like wildfire! While the Friends of Humanity have lost a great deal of mainstream credibility with what initial reports and eyewitnesses describe as an overt assassination attempt, but reactions have been all over the board. President Kelly has taken executive action to reinforce the National Guard troops already in New York, and called on citizens to respect the rule of law.

⊗ Genosha has been swift to condemn the Friends of Humanity and America's perceived tolerance for them, with some more hawkish commentators going so far as to theorize that Kelly's change of heart was a ruse and the Friends of Humanity are acting on his orders.

⊗ With the 2020 Olympics fast approaching, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo has issued a statement promising that security at the games will be sufficient. They were less than forthcoming on the details, and had no comment on the question of mutant participation in the games.

⊗ Tweets indicate that the National Film Board of Canada's representatives in District X are currently barricaded inside a Starbucks in the District. Perhaps Logan will come and rescue them? Maybe?

⊗ While the final tally has yet to be released, the staff and students of the Xavier Institute raised quite a great deal of money for District X's relief fund. The district's representative has sent a personal letter of thanks for the school's help.

⊗ Dazzler dropped a new single on Valentine's Day; it's at the top of the charts, and probably stuck in your head right now.

⊗ Several mutant groups are planning to participate in New Orleans' famous Mardi Gras parade. The Friends of Humanity and others have complained, but parade organizers show no signs of changing their minds about allowing them to participate for the time being.

⊗ President Kelly, in an open letter published and speculated on by news media the world over, has made another attempt to reach out to Genosha, reiterating his and his administration's dedication to improving human-mutant relations and preventing the Mutant Registration bill from becoming law. As of now, there has been no official response.

⊗ Rumors are swirling about plans for a big Mutant Liberation Front rally in District X in the coming weeks...

⊗ The National Film Board of Canada sent a representative to Salem for the Date Auction, hoping to bid on Logan. They were turned away at the gates.

⊗ While the identity of who left the invitations on Xavier's desk is a mystery, there has been definite secret meetings of the upper echelon X-Men about the potential of an infiltration mission into the Hellfire Club and finally confronting Sebastian Shaw and getting to the bottom of the recent mysteries of the U-Men and the weapons the Friends of Humanity have obtained...

⊗ Against all medical warnings, and even the loss of some of the gatherers, Rev. William Stryker's vigil for his nephew Donovan Zane is still continuing. He believes he's on a mission from God, so there's pretty much no stopping him.

⊗ Rumors of the X-Men helping out in District X has spawned retaliatory and aggressive comments from Friends of Humanity supporters on social media. It's looking like it's going to be rough...

⊗ #MutantPrivilege now has t-shirts and other merchandise! Be sure to get yours now. All profits are going towards relief efforts in District X and other mutant ghettos worldwide. The satirical hashtag movement has bounced back from attempts at MLF hijacking.

⊗ The National Film Board of Canada has decided to do a short documentary on District X. This is all a ruse. They're really just hoping Logan will show up.

⊗ Reports are spreading of an increasing number of scuffles between members of the Friends of Humanity and the Mutant Liberation Front. President Kelly and community leaders nationwide have made public calls for an end to the violence, entreating the public to put their faith in the rule of law.

⊗ Memorial events for Donavan Zane, the young man apparently killed by the MLF, have been held across the country and the world. In America, many more moderate mutant rights organizations and activists have distanced themselves from them, roundly condemning the killing and calling for a thorough investigation -- while at the same time imploring humans to resist the urge to pin the blame for his death on all mutants.

⊗ In protest of the proposed Mutant Registration Act (currently being debated in congress), young mutants worldwide have taken up the tongue-in-cheek social media hashtag #MutantPrivilege to lambast the idea that mutants are unfairly advantaged in society, largely through sarcastic retellings of their experiences with discrimination. While some mainstream media attention has been garnered and a few laughs have been had, it's debatable what (if anything) this has achieved.

⊗ Back from their winter break, the National Film Board of Canada has written an open letter asking Logan to start the new year with a new, more open outlook. Hope does spring eternal, doesn't it?

⊗ Genosha has, largely, been at peace since the start of the Festival of Lights, Hanukkah. While there is no national faith in Genosha, the Jewish celebration has taken on a secular meaning, a uniting of the people of Genosha and their struggle as a young, mutant nation. In spite of all the turmoil around the world, the hottest coal in the fire is completely calm.

⊗ The National Film Board of Canada has given Logan the greatest gift of all... leaving him alone for the rest of the year while they all go on holiday.

⊗ If it wasn't obvious before, it's definitely obvious after the Manhattan Mall incident. The Friends of Humanity have access to the sort of technology even some world power militaries have trouble getting a hold of. None of the soldiers that were confronted during the incident were forthcoming with information on where it came from, of course...

⊗ The death of Donovan Zane is all over the news. You can't really escape it. Everyone's talking about it. The proponents of mutant registration, anti-mutant hate groups, and even just those cautiously leaning towards the MRA have all propped him up as a symbol of why things need to change. His death has swayed the political environment of the United States towards registration, heavily, and it would seem not even the president will be able to stop it should it come to an issue of law once more.

⊗ Seems President Kelly made it back to the country just in time for the tree lighting ceremony, and NOW all the noise about Genosha starts. Though he personally welcomed Dazzler as the host of the big television event, it was hard to ignore the crowd of Friends of Humanity protestors that had gathered at the event...

⊗ The National Film Board of Canada has sent a series of brightly wrapped gifts to Logan. Almost all of them are variously shaped fruit cakes.

⊗ Fights have broken out at public demonstrations of the Friends of Humanity between themselves and the Mutant Liberation Front, who often show up completely masked but don't use any visible powers in the scuffles. Arrests have been made on both sides and it's been a struggle to keep the peace in major urban centers, particularly in New York's District X, where FoH radicals routinely harass citizens living there.

⊗ The Hellfire Club event mentioned last post has been pushed to next year due to a crowded December event schedule in what will likely be a bit of a slow month anyways. Sign-ups will happen this month, though. Hopefully.

⊗ A member of the National Film Board of Canada was spied on campus holding a boombox over their head outside of Logan's window, blasting "In Your Eyes". He was quickly escorted off campus, with prejudice.

⊗ There has been strangely no news regarding the diplomatic meetings between the US and Genosha, in spite of President Kelly having been in that country for several weeks now along with his staff trying to secure peace between the two nations.

⊗ Dazzler's "Mojoworld" album is the must-have gift of the holiday season. Oddly enough, a huge shipment of the CD was delivered to the Institute with instructions to pass them out to the students for free if they wanted a copy, considered a very generous offer given the album is sold out in physical formats across the country, and most digital sources are so throttled by internet traffic it's impossible to download. Rumor has it miss Allison Blaire was actually a former student...

⊗ Mutant Liberation Front activity is the latest hot button topic being used by Last Stand congressmen to push further the idea of Mutant Registration. With President Kelly caught up entirely in Genosha, the largest political voice opposing Mutant Registration has been completely quiet, allowing the MRA to gain unfortold momentum. Public opinion is swaying against mutants...

⊗ With the Midterm Elections coming up this week, it's now make or break for Graydon Creed and his Last Stand brethren. If they take enough seats, the political war for Mutant Registration is about to get a lot uglier...

⊗ The National Film Board of Canada issued a press statement claiming that they will secure a lifetime supply of Canada's finest beers for whoever can get Logan to agree to their proposed documentary.

⊗ There's been recent whisperings in social media spheres of a militant group called the Mutant Liberation Front popping up globally. No one is really sure who they are or what they do, but their propaganda has been showing up not just online, but spray painted on various landmarks, especially in the west.

⊗ Sublime was after the Phoenix's Ashes, aka the genetic remnants of one Jean Grey. What did he want with them? Stay tuned to this thread to find out.

⊗ After they heard about the attack, the National Film Board of Canada politely rescinded its intentions to send a team out to interview/convince Logan to make a film about his life. He seemed like he had better things to do.

⊗ There are rumblings in Genosha about the murders done in the name of the U-Men. Citizens feel like they are being threatened by a terrorist group that human authorities have done nothing to stop. There has been no comment from their leader on the matter.

⊗ Graydon Creed has been on the warpath lately, pushing a grass roots movement to convince the president to sign the Mutant Registration Act into law. Creed has directly stated that his associates in congress will see this law made by any means necessary. He states that the constitution gives them avenues to go over the White House's head, and they will use them if they have to.

⊗ Members of the TransSpecies movement have taken steps to disassociate themselves with the U-Men, claiming that their philosophy, that John Sublime himself, should not be tainted by association with extremists. The fact that Sublime as part of the attack on the Xavier Institute is not publicly known at this time.