Saturday, November 12, 2016

RSN: Portland Marcher Shot Amid Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests, Standing Rock: New Arrests as Key Obama Admin Decision Looms, Trans People Are Terrified of What Lies Ahead. We Must Look Out for One Another




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Marc Ash | Does Trump Have a Mandate? 
New York, mass demonstrations continue for a second night in the wake of the U.S. elections. (photo: Pacific Press/Shutterstock/Rex) 
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News 
Ash writes: "For the second time in the fledgling 21st century, we are set upon by a right wing radical assuming the power of the US presidency without having won the popular vote." 
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Portland Marcher Shot Amid Nationwide Anti-Trump Protests 
Doug Stanglin and Melanie Eversley, USA TODAY 
Excerpt: "An anti-Trump protester in Portland - one of thousands who turned out in several cities nationwide Friday night and early Saturday - was shot and injured during a confrontation on a Willamette River Bridge, according to police." 
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Millions Sign Petition Urging Electoral College to Elect Hillary Clinton 
Michael Walsh, Yahoo News 
Walsh writes: "The election of Donald Trump as president is a bitter pill to swallow for millions of Americans - and some are backing a quixotic campaign to reverse that outcome." 
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Standing Rock: New Arrests as Key Obama Admin Decision Looms 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "On Friday the Morton County Sheriff's Department arrested 40 Water Protectors at the Standing Rock land defense action in North Dakota as Energy Transfer Partners, whose CEO Kelcy Warren was a major supporter of Donald Trump's election campaign, pledged to continue construction of the USD$3.7 billion pipeline project despite lacking the proper permits." 
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Something to Celebrate: 6 Women Who Just Won Historic Firsts 
Liza Bayless & Paulina Phelps, YES! Magazine 
Excerpt: "Last night's results took us by surprise. Like so many others in the media, we were preparing to celebrate the historic election of the nation's first female president."
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Trans People Are Terrified of What Lies Ahead. We Must Look Out for One Another 
Hannah Simpson, Guardian UK 
Simpson writes: "The announcement that Donald Trump won the election was devastating for many people, but transgender people like me were especially frightened to hear the news." 
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California County Bans Fracking, Even Though Big Oil Spent Big Money to Stop It 
Katie Herzog, Grist 
Excerpt: "In a rare bit of good environmental news, voters in California's fourth-largest oil-producing county passed a measure to ban fracking and other fossil fuel extraction techniques. Proponents won even though oil companies outspent them 30 to one." 
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