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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Sunday, January 29, 2017

RSN: Donald's Demolition Derby, Chiquita Made a Killing From Colombia's Civil War. Will Their Victims Finally See Justice?




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Bill Moyers | Donald's Demolition Derby 
Bill Moyers. (photo: PBS) 
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company 
Moyers writes: "We're a week into the Trump administration and it's pretty obvious what he's up to. First, Donald Trump is running a demolition derby: He wants to demolish everything he doesn't like, and he doesn't like a lot, especially when it comes to government." 
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Trump's Order Blocks Immigrants at Airports, Stoking Fear Around Globe 
Michael D. Shear and Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times 
Excerpt: "President Trump's executive order on immigration quickly reverberated through the United States and across the globe on Saturday, slamming the border shut for an Iranian scientist headed to a lab in Boston, an Iraqi who had worked as an interpreter for the United States Army, and a Syrian refugee family headed to a new life in Ohio, among countless others." 
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The US Has Been Downgraded From "Full Democracy" to "Flawed Democracy" 
Rex Santus, VICE 
Santus writes: "The number of 'full democracies' in the world has decreased from 20 in 2015 to 19 in 2016 - and the one missing is the United States of America." 
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Helping Undocumented Immigrants Now a Crime Under Trump 
Jorge Cancino, Univision 
Cancino writes: "Easily overlooked in the small print of President Donald Trump's Sanctuary Cities Executive Order signed Wednesday is a clause making it a crime to help an undocumented immigrant." 
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Agonies of Exile: Deported Mothers, Separated From Their Children, Wait in Limbo at the Mexican Border 
Natalie Keyssar and Chelsea Matiash, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "When deported mother Yolanda Varona received a call from photojournalist Natalie Keyssar on Friday morning, her voice was quivering. Varona, a Mexican mother of two and leader of the Dreamers Moms of Tijuana, spoke clearly - and forcefully - about her feelings on Donald Trump's plans to build a wall to fortify the border between the United States and Mexico." 
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Chiquita Made a Killing From Colombia's Civil War. Will Their Victims Finally See Justice? 
Matt Kennard and Nick MacWilliam, In These Times 
Excerpt: "Getting an interview with Anabel (not her real name) is not easy. In Colombia, witnessing paramilitary violence against your family generally means you keep quiet about it - it's too dangerous to speak about what you've seen. Anabel tells us, after an extended period of negotiation, to meet her at her place of work near the trendy El Poblado district of downtown Medellin. We are told we cannot name her: What she saw and the powerful people who are implicated mean her own life is still not safe." 
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600+ Water Protectors Facing Criminal Charges Unlikely to Receive Fair Trials 
Freshet Collective, EcoWatch 
Excerpt: "On Jan. 27, attorneys representing the first 10 water protectors arrested in actions against the Dakota Access Pipeline in early August 2016 renewed their motion for a change of venue, on grounds that the state did not adequately respond to the motion and is not taking basic steps to assess bias among jurors." 
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