Tuesday, December 20, 2016

RSN: Massive 2013 Oil Spill in North Dakota Still Not Cleaned Up, Why President Trump Will Continue to Hold Rallies




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Robert Reich | Why President Trump Will Continue to Hold Rallies 
Robert Reich. (photo: unknown) 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog 
Reich writes: "Donald Trump has just finished the last of his nine post-election 'thank you tour' rallies. Why did he do them? And why is he planning further rallies after he becomes president? One clue is that Trump conducted them only in the states he won." 
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Electoral College Revolt Fails to Stop Trump but Lands Democratic Blow 
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK 
Pilkington writes: "In the end, the so-called 'faithless electors' of the US electoral college failed resoundingly in their aim to stop Donald Trump from reaching the White House. But they did strike a small but significant blow for reform of America's arcane way of choosing the president." 
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to Step Down Jan. 20, Guaranteeing GOP Majority 
Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times 
Puzzanghera writes: "Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, announced Thursday that he would leave the agency on Jan. 20, guaranteeing Republicans will have a majority after President-elect Donald Trump takes office that day." 
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Factory Near Carrier Sends Jobs to Mexico, but Trump Just Tweets 
Zaid Jilani, The Intercept 
Jilani writes: "Just a few miles away from the Carrier plant in Indianapolis where President-elect Donald Trump celebrated his role in stopping 730 jobs from moving to Mexico earlier this month, another corporation is shutting its factory and moving it to Mexico." 
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Berlin Christmas Market Attack Detainee May Not Be Driver According to Police 
Frederik Pleitgen, Angela Dewan, James Griffiths, Darran Simon and Ralph Ellis, CNN 
Excerpt: "German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it would be 'especially disgusting' if anyone in the attack had been given asylum. Dressed in black and making her first public comments on the attack late Tuesday morning, she called for unity in the country." 
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'Pride School Atlanta' First for LGBTQ Students in US South 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "The non-profit private Pride School Atlanta is the first school in the U.S. South focused on LGBTQ students and one of the few addressing discrimination concerns across the nation. The school opened in September for students from K-12 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, giving them a safe haven from discrimination and bullying." 
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Massive 2013 Oil Spill in North Dakota Still Not Cleaned Up 
James Macpherson, Associated Press 
Macpherson writes: "Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North Dakota still isn't fully cleaned up. The company responsible hasn't even set a date for completion." 
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