02 October 19
Biden's Digital Ads Are Disappearing. Not a Good Sign, Strategists Say.
Shane Goldmacher, The New York Times
Goldmacher writes: "Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign has sharply scaled back his online advertising, cutting spending so severely since August that he is now investing only a fraction of what his top rivals are on Facebook and Google, the two dominant internet platforms."
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Shane Goldmacher, The New York Times
Goldmacher writes: "Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign has sharply scaled back his online advertising, cutting spending so severely since August that he is now investing only a fraction of what his top rivals are on Facebook and Google, the two dominant internet platforms."
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The Mexico side of the border wall with graffiti reading: "No wall will detain our dreams of justice." (photo: Fight Back! News)
Shoot Migrants' Legs, Build Alligator Moat: Behind Trump's Ideas for Border
Maanvi Singh, Guardian UK
Singh writes: "Donald Trump discussed shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down, after ordering advisers to shut down the entire US-Mexico border, the New York Times reported on Tuesday."
Maanvi Singh, Guardian UK
Singh writes: "Donald Trump discussed shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down, after ordering advisers to shut down the entire US-Mexico border, the New York Times reported on Tuesday."
EXCERPT:
Nielsen was eventually dismissed, at the urging of the White House aide Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump’s immigration agenda, who reportedly told Trump that many of his officials were wrong to cite the legal hurdles to enacting the president’s proposals.
Although Trump’s border wall, the construction of which has now begun after the Pentagon allowed the shifting of $3.6bn in military funds to finance it, still doesn’t feature moats filled with reptiles or spikes, his administration has found other ways to keep migrants and refugees away.
In a federal court hearing on Tuesday, immigration advocates asked judges to block a key immigration policy that forces asylum seekers to await their court hearings in Mexico, where they are not safe and lack access to lawyers.
In a report released Tuesday, the advocacy group Human Rights First said that there have been more than 340 public reports of rape, kidnapping, torture and other violent crimes against asylum seekers returned to Mexico under the new Trump policy.
Last week, the administration announced that it would set the cap for refugee admissions at an all-time low.
Mark Zuckerberg. (photo: B&T)
Mark Zuckerberg Seems Threatened by Elizabeth Warren
Elena Botella, Slate
Botella writes: "Since at least 2015, Mark Zuckerberg has opened up to tens of thousands of Facebook employees in weekly question-and-answer sessions."
Elena Botella, Slate
Botella writes: "Since at least 2015, Mark Zuckerberg has opened up to tens of thousands of Facebook employees in weekly question-and-answer sessions."
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In the audio leaked by The Verge of a July 2019 internal meeting, Zuckerberg said:
You have someone like Elizabeth Warren who thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies … I mean, if she gets elected president, then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge. And does that still suck for us? Yeah. I mean, I don’t want to have a major lawsuit against our own government. I mean, that’s not the position that you want to be in when you’re, you know, I mean … it’s like, we care about our country and want to work with our government and do good things. But look, at the end of the day, if someone’s going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight.
In response to Zuckerberg’s comments about her plans to break up Facebook, Warren tweeted, “what would really ‘suck’ is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy.”
What would really “suck” is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy. twitter.com/JimPethokoukis…
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Trump's Civil War Is Already Starting
Paul Blest, Splinter
Blest writes: "Trump cannot be blamed for the history of white supremacy in America. But his administration has so far been a close friend to the furthest fringes of the far-right-those who believe that the Second American Civil War is here, now, and that they're the only ones who both acknowledge it and are willing to die for the cause."
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Paul Blest, Splinter
Blest writes: "Trump cannot be blamed for the history of white supremacy in America. But his administration has so far been a close friend to the furthest fringes of the far-right-those who believe that the Second American Civil War is here, now, and that they're the only ones who both acknowledge it and are willing to die for the cause."
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Tracy Wafford, wipes away tears as she stands next to a memorial for her 3-year-old granddaughter, Kennedi Powell, outside her house in south St Louis. (photo: Whitney Curtis/Guardian UK)
Why Are So Many Black Children Being Shot Dead in One US City??
Amanda Holpuch and Lauren Aratani, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Xavier Usanga, seven, was killed outside his home - and as one of 13 children fatally shot in St Louis, Missouri, in six months, his story is grimly familiar."
Amanda Holpuch and Lauren Aratani, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Xavier Usanga, seven, was killed outside his home - and as one of 13 children fatally shot in St Louis, Missouri, in six months, his story is grimly familiar."
EXCERPT:
Last month, a day before starting second grade, the seven-year-old was shot dead in crossfire outside his home.
His story is grimly familiar in St Louis, Missouri, a city of more than 300,000 that sits on the west bank of the Mississippi River and where 13 black children have been fatally shot since April.
Had those 13 children died in one fast hail of bullets, that tally would rank in the nation’s 20 deadliest mass shootings. If they had been white, it is likely they would have had more media attention.
Instead, these children died in the dilapidated parts of town most people are told to avoid – sometimes alone, sometimes as family stood helplessly by. In these corners of the city, parents tell their children the loud banging outside is fireworks, but because it is really gunfire, they don’t let them outside to see.
Xavier was in his backyard. He was heading back from a neighbor’s house with two of his older sisters – Trinity, 10, and Angel, 12 – when gunshots rang out. The girls ran into their home, where they realized Xavier wasn’t with them, and turned back and found his body under a bush. They told their grandmother he took a deep breath and was gone.
Michael Johnson, a pastor who helped support the family, was close to Xavier and was with his mother to help identify the body. Johnson said Xavier was “a sponge for love – he needed it, he absorbed it”.
“He would never walk into a room without coming to give you a hug, whether you saw him an hour earlier or you saw him two weeks ago,” Johnson said. “He always came, looked at you, and smiled and wanted a hug.”
Protesters draw chalk outlines mimicking the thousands of killings happening under the Duterte presidency on November 14, 2017 in Manila, Philippines. (photo: Jes Aznar/Getty Images)
Stop US Military Aid to the Philippines
Azadeh N. Shahshahani and Rev. Sadie Stone, Jacobin
Excerpt: "Rodrigo Duterte's drug war has killed thousands of Filipinos. It is time for the United States to stop enabling human rights violations by ending military aid to the Philippines."
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Azadeh N. Shahshahani and Rev. Sadie Stone, Jacobin
Excerpt: "Rodrigo Duterte's drug war has killed thousands of Filipinos. It is time for the United States to stop enabling human rights violations by ending military aid to the Philippines."
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A satirical picture about climate change from the bunkaryudo.com blog. (photo: Bun Karyudo)
Laughing Instead of Crying: Climate Humor Can Break Down Barriers and Find Common Ground
Maxwell Boykoff, The Conversation
Boykoff writes: "Climate change is not inherently funny. Typically, the messengers are serious scientists describing how rising greenhouse gas emissions are harming the planet on land and at sea, or assessing what role it played in the latest wildfire or hurricane."
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Maxwell Boykoff, The Conversation
Boykoff writes: "Climate change is not inherently funny. Typically, the messengers are serious scientists describing how rising greenhouse gas emissions are harming the planet on land and at sea, or assessing what role it played in the latest wildfire or hurricane."
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