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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Preet Bharara | Nepotism and Partisanship in the US Civil Service Is Reaching a Crisis Point



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Preet Bharara | Nepotism and Partisanship in the US Civil Service Is Reaching a Crisis Point
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. (photo: Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
Preet Bharara, Guardian UK
Bharara writes: "Nepotism puts favoritism and privilege above fairness and merit. It also undermines the integrity of policymaking."
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Fiona Hill, a former White House adviser on Russia, is testifying Monday in connection with the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump. (photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
Fiona Hill, a former White House adviser on Russia, is testifying Monday in connection with the House impeachment inquiry of President Trump. (photo: Evan Vucci/AP)

Trump's Former Russia Adviser to Testify She Objected to Ukrainian Ambassador's Removal
Bobby Allyn, NPR
Allyn writes: "House investigators are hearing testimony Monday from Fiona Hill, the former White House adviser on Russia, who is appearing in private and faces questions as part of Democrats' impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump."
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A handful of states are celebrating their first Indigenous Peoples' Day as part of a trend to move away from a day honoring Christopher Columbus. (photo: Morgan Lee/AP)
A handful of states are celebrating their first Indigenous Peoples' Day as part of a trend to move away from a day honoring Christopher Columbus. (photo: Morgan Lee/AP)

"We're Still Here": Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration Reflects Ongoing Resistance to Colonization
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Cities and states across the country are rejecting the federal holiday of Columbus Day and celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day instead to honor centuries of indigenous resistance."
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Migrant families. (photo: Getty Images)
Migrant families. (photo: Getty Images)

Trump's New Border Courts Are Designed to Fail
Kim Hunter, Katharine Gordon and John Bruning, The Hill
Excerpt: "We must hold this administration accountable for the ongoing illegality that is engulfing the border."
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Jane Fonda. (photo: Kent Nishimura/LA Times/Getty Images)
Jane Fonda. (photo: Kent Nishimura/LA Times/Getty Images)

Jane Fonda Gets Arrested for Climate Protest, Plans to Do It Again
Zoya Teirstein, Grist
Teirstein writes: "For the next 13 Fridays, the 81-year-old Academy Award winner will demonstrate on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to ask lawmakers to put an end to fossil fuel drilling."
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Paola Pabon broadcasted the full raid on her house as she dencunced the police for not showing her a court order. (photo: Twitter/@PaolaPabonC)
Paola Pabon broadcasted the full raid on her house as she dencunced the police for not showing her a court order. (photo: Twitter/@PaolaPabonC)

Ecuador's Leftist Leader Arrested in Police Raid on Her House
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Paola Pabon was arrested in the early morning hours of Monday at her home by an order from the country's prosecutor after what she said was an illegal warrantless search, to carry out 'investigations.'"
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Children playing in the Atrato River. Mercury and cyanide contamination from industrial mining activities make Colombia's Atrato River the most polluted in the country. (photo: Frederick Gillingham/Mongabay)
Children playing in the Atrato River. Mercury and cyanide contamination from industrial mining activities make Colombia's Atrato River the most polluted in the country. (photo: Frederick Gillingham/Mongabay)

Toxic River: Mining, Mercury and Murder Continue to Plague Colombia's Atrato
Frederick Gillingham and Melisa Valenzuela, Mongabay
Excerpt: "Decades of internal conflict have fueled an unprecedented surge in illegal mining in Colombia's Choco region, decimating the Atrato River basin and provoking an environmental and humanitarian crisis."
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