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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | Don't Think Sanders Can Win? You Don't Understand His Campaign
 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New York Times Taylor writes: "There was a time in America when being called a socialist could end a political career. Not anymore." READ MORE  'Impeach.' (photo: Anna Moneymaker/NYT)
Trump Assaults Facts in Effort to Survive Impeachment
Stephen Collinson, CNN Collinson writes: "Donald Trump is looking to survive impeachment the same way he built his powerful presidency - by assaulting facts and seeking to expand the limitations of the office he is accused of abusing." READ MORE  The scene in Jersey City, just across the Hudson from Manhattan. The mayor said two gunmen had deliberately targeted a Jewish supermarket. (photo: Justin Lane/EPA)
Jersey City Shooting: Six Dead as Officials Say Gunmen Targeted Jewish Grocery
Guardian UK Excerpt: "Police in the New York metropolitan area were put on high alert to protect Jewish neighborhoods on Wednesday after an hours-long gun battle with two men around a Jersey City kosher market that killed six people, authorities said."
EXCERPT:
Fulop added: “I’m Jewish and proud to live in a community like Jersey City that has always welcomed everyone. It is the home of Ellis Island and has always been the golden door to America. Hate and anti-semitism have never had a place here in JC and will never have a place in our city”.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted that while there was no known specific threat to the city, he had placed city police on high alert, in particular to protect Jewish residents.
“Tonight NYPD assets are being deployed to protect key locations in the Jewish community. Tomorrow we will announce additional measures,” he said. “This tragically confirms that a growing pattern of violent antisemitism has now turned into a crisis for our nation. And now this threat has reached the doorstep of New York City.”
Police had said earlier on Tuesday they believed the kosher grocery was randomly singled out by the suspects.
Jersey City police chief Michael Kelly told reporters there was no immediate evidence the bloodshed was a hate crime or terrorism-related, “but that’s certainly on the table”.
Some local media reported the initial confrontation between the suspects and police near the Jersey City cemetery, about a mile away from the supermarket, was linked to a previous homicide investigation. A police bomb squad was also investigating a possible explosive found in the stolen U-Haul vehicle the suspects drove.
The officer who was shot dead, Detective Joseph Seals, 40, was credited by his superiors with having led the department in the number of illegal guns removed from the streets in recent years, and might have been trying to stop an incident involving such weapons when he was cut down by gunfire that erupted near a cemetery, authorities said.
The identities of the two suspects were not immediately released.
Donald Trump said on Twitter: “Just received a briefing on the horrific shootout that took place in Jersey City. Our thoughts & prayers are w/ the victims & their families during this very difficult & tragic time.”
 Allison Gamba is suing her former employer, Goldman Sachs, with two other women. They accuse the firm of systematically paying women less than men. (photo: Hannah Yoon/Vox)
Meet the Women Suing America's Biggest Companies Over Equal Pay
Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox Fernández Campbell writes: "A spate of lawsuits against giants from Google and Twitter to Nike and Goldman Sachs reveals the growing frustrations of professional women in pursuit of the C-suite." READ MORE  A convoy of U.S. armored vehicles patrols the northeastern town of Qahtaniyah, Syria, at the border with Turkey, on Oct. 31, 2019. (photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
Congress to Vote on Billion Defense Increase One Week After Trump Slashed Food Stamps
Alex Emmons, The Intercept Emmons writes: "Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress's Armed Services committees released a compromise bill on Monday that would authorize billion in military spending in 2020, a billion increase over 2019." READ MORE  Students participate in anti-government protests on December 4, 2019 in Bogotá, Colombia. (photo: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)
The Fight for Peace and Justice in Colombia
Eduardo Segura, Jacobin Segura writes: "In Colombia, a mass movement has emerged to challenge the government's neoliberal policies and failure to honor its historic peace agreement with the FARC. It offers the possibility of a just future for the country." READ MORE  Activists storming a coalmine in Germany - for many the country's planned coal exit is happening too slowly. (photo: Grosse/DW)
The US Has Almost No Official Presence at COP25 but Is Still "Obstructing Any Progress"
Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Representatives from the Global South say that the United States and other rich countries are obstructing the talks and trying to avoid their obligation to assist poorer countries already facing the worst effects of the climate crisis." READ MORE Update My Monthly Donation |
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