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Dan Rather | Congressional Republicans (Who Receive Generous Federal Healthcare) Prepare to Take Away Heath Care From Millions of Americans

Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page
Rather writes: "'Elections have consequences,' is the mantra of men and women of power and privilege who can go to bed at night with the comforting knowledge that they will not feel the consequences of their actions. But millions upon millions of Americans will. A lot of them voted for Donald Trump and his vague promises of a healthcare Nirvana with doctor choice, low premiums, and excellent care."
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Trump's Attack on John Lewis Is Also a Racist Smear Against Black Communities
Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler writes: "In response to a series of tweets from President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday that attacked civil rights legend John Lewis for taking no action to improve his 'crime infested' district that's in 'horrible shape' and 'falling apart,' much of the country immediately jumped to Lewis' defense."
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Protests Escalate Over Louisiana Pipeline by Company Behind Dakota Access
Michael Patrick Welch, Guardian UK
Welch writes: "Scott Eustis did not stop smiling for hours. The coastal wetland specialist with the Gulf Restoration Network was attending a public hearing in Baton Rouge. Its subject was a pipeline extension that would run directly through the Atchafalaya Basin, the world's largest natural swamp. Eustis was surprised to be joined by more than 400 others."
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More Than 1 Million People Urge Obama to Pardon Snowden
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Excerpt: "More than 1 million people signed onto a petition asking outgoing President Barack Obama to pardon former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, charged with espionage and theft of state secrets and documents."
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How Betsy DeVos Used God and Amway to Take Over Michigan Politics
Zack Stanton, Politico
Stanton writes: "The DeVos family, with Dick and Betsy at the helm, has emerged as a political force without comparison in Michigan. Their politics are profoundly Christian and conservative - 'God, America, Free Enterprise,' to borrow the subtitle of family patriarch Richard DeVos' 1975 book, Believe!"
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At Paris Meeting, Major Powers to Warn Trump Over Middle East Peace
John Irish and Lesley Wroughton, Reuters
Excerpt: "Major powers will signal to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is the only solution, with France warning him that plans to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could derail peace efforts."
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Erin Brockovich Meets With Oklahoma Residents Impacted by Human-Induced Earthquakes
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "As Pawnee, Oklahoma still picks up the pieces from September's record-breaking earthquake, environmental and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich and lawyers from Weitz & Luxenberg have traveled to the Sooner State to speak with residents about the alarming number of induced earthquakes affecting the area."
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Intrepid Report: This is no ‘new cold war’; it’s far worse than that, Save the Children Norway trialed anti-malaria drug Larium in Mozambique—1993–1994

Monday

Customizing truth

By Lawrence Davidson

For those who might wonder why foreign policy makers repeatedly make bad choices, some insight might be drawn from the following analysis. The action here plays out in the United States, but the lessons are probably universal.

Alfred Hitchcock explains James Comey, the media and 2016’s ‘MacGuffin’

It takes a master of suspense to decode the final plot twists of this election.

By Neal Gabler

It is impossible to count the myriad ways in which the media botched FBI Director James Comey’s Friday announcement that the agency had found a cache of emails that seemingly (a key word) pertain to Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server. I heard the news via CNN at an airport while waiting to board a plane. No one needs to be told that CNN is a journalistic disgrace—a textbook case of the decline of American media, all the more depressing because, unlike Fox News and MSNBC, it purports to be a real news organization. Instead, it is a ratings machine, and it is beyond contemptible.

Washington’s meddling in foreign elections

By Jacob Hornberger

As U.S. officials continue to accuse Russia of meddling with the U.S. presidential election, an accusation that they have provided no evidence whatsoever to support, let’s review some of the U.S. government’s history of meddling with elections in others countries.

After November 8, America may need legalized pot

By Frank Scott

As millions prepare to do just what Smith warns against, including hundreds of thousands who think themselves dedicated to ending such control, it’s time we understand American mind management’s great success at reducing voters to herds of human cattle whether from a conservative right, a liberal left, or trapped in the middle of the political desert called the two party system under one class control.

Please make it stop

By Walter Brasch

With less than a week until the election, just about every voter in the swing states has received dozens of robocalls, e-mails, letters, postcards, and exposure to almost-uncountable radio, TV, digital, satellite, and social media ads. Most are attack ads, with similar messages.

Tuessday

USA continues drive to plutocracy, dismantling of state

By John StantonPosted on November 8, 2016 by John Stanton

Interest groups and lobbyists have been busy peddling their client’s interests since 1816 when Delaware manufacturer Isaac Briggs teamed up with his colleagues in an attempt to convince federal lawmakers to impose tariffs on the import of foreign made manufactures.

This is no ‘new cold war’; it’s far worse than that

By Eric ZuessePosted on November 8, 2016 by Eric Zuesse

Here is the reason why we are currently even closer to a civilization-ending nuclear war than was the case during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 . . .

The politics of populism and mudslinging undermines democracy

By Linda S. HeardPosted on November 8, 2016 by Linda S. Heard

Our world is on the cusp of a new era. Traditional taboos are being smashed. Respect has become an old-fashioned word. Nothing is too low or too dirty to be ignored, overlooked or even applauded by some.

Eight ways to strengthen our democracy beyond voting

The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections.

By Chuck CollinsPosted on November 8, 2016 by Chuck Collins

Throughout this trying election season, we’ve been told how much is at stake with our vote. But the success of any democracy depends on continuing to pay attention long after we cast our ballots.

‘We the people’ against tyranny: Seven principles for free government

By John W. WhiteheadPosted on November 8, 2016 by John W. Whitehead

As history teaches us, if the people have little or no knowledge of the basics of government and their rights, those who wield governmental power inevitably wield it excessively. After all, a citizenry can only hold its government accountable if it knows when the government oversteps its bounds

Wednesday

A collection of thoughts about American foreign policy

By William Blum

Louis XVI needed a revolution; Napoleon needed two historic military defeats; the Spanish Empire in the New World needed multiple revolutions; the Russian Czar needed a communist revolution; the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empire needed World War I; Nazi Germany needed World War II; Imperial Japan needed two atomic bombs; the Portuguese Empire in Africa needed a military coup at home; the Soviet Empire needed Mikhail Gorbachev . . . What will the American Empire need?

Murder Inc. in the White House; Obama’s Drones for Breakfast Club

By Thomas C. Mountain

Elections come and go but when “The Don,” Barack Obama, meets with his inner circle of Capos every Tuesday morning its breakfast with drones as in the Murder Incorporated assassination program.

The ‘victorious’ legacy of the Vietnam War

By Emanuel E. Garcia, MD

“What’s he talking about?” you might be thinking, “didn’t America lose the war?”

The struggle continues for a binding treaty to #StopCorporateAbuse

By Adam Parsons

In the last week of October, civil society came another step closer to achieving a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. Delegates from many large social movements and networks met alongside state representatives at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, to further proceedings for an open-ended intergovernmental working group set up two years ago. Despite considerable opposition from Western powers to a binding treaty in any form (particularly the United States, United Kingdom and other countries of the European Union), activist groups are now ramping up the struggle as part of a Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples’ Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity.

Protestants get ready to grovel

By Gilad Atzmon

This week we learned that Jewish institutions insist upon the Protestant Church apologising for its founder’s views of the Jews. The Jewish Algemeiner writes that “the 500th anniversary of the Reformation would be the ‘perfect time’ for Protestant leaders to recognise and apologise for the ‘horrific antisemitism’ of their movement’s founder, Martin Luther.”

Thursday

The Trump revolution in the United States: What could the new president’s Herculean works be?

By Dr. Rodrigue Tremblay

There has just been a generational political earthquake in the United States and the after shocks are potentially going to be huge. Indeed, on November 8, 2016, against all odds, the Republican candidate Donald Trump (1946- ) was elected to serve as the 45th American president, repeating ad nauseam his main slogan, “Make America Great Again.” He will be the first American president since Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) to occupy the White House without having personal political experience.

Freedom Rider: Dump the Democrats for good

By Margaret Kimberley

This columnist did not see a Donald Trump victory coming. The degree of disgust directed at an awful candidate was more than I had predicted. Neither the corporate media, nor Wall Street, nor the pundits, nor the pollsters saw this coming, either. Their defeat and proof of their uselessness is total. Those of us who rejected the elite consensus and didn’t support Hillary Clinton should be proud.

Hillary: The only person in the galaxy who could lose to Trump

By Jack Balkwill

I will not be surprised if President-elect Trump changes the national motto from e pluribus unum to capto per naturale eius debent (grab them by the pussy). This will show the rest of the world that our leader is a celebrity and we may do whatever we want, not that the rest of the world doesn’t already know the Empire feels this way, just clarifying.

Election 2016: Amerika wins, Americans lose!

By Philip A Farruggio

Well, the angry white vote did the trick and Ms. Killary went down in defeat. One hopes that many will realize that this election was not about what people voted FOR . . . but rather AGAINST.

The infamy of the Palestinian elites: An imminent split within Fatah?

By Ramzy Baroud

The Fatah movement is involved in a massive tug-of-war that will ultimately define its future. The conflict is between current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and once Gaza strongman, Mohammed Dahlan.

Friday

Intrepid Report will resume publishing on Monday, November 29

This year’s elections have left yours truly drained.

By Bev Conover

Yes, Donald Trump, a sexual predator, a misogynist, a racist, a liar, a cheat, a con man extraordinaire, and a narcissist, who has never held public office and may not even be as rich as he claims, will, barring anything unforeseen, become president of the United States on January 20, 2017.

What happened in this election?

By John Chuckman

Brushing away the extreme claims and rhetoric of much election analysis, there are some observations which deserve attention. These unfortunately mostly provide hard lessons and not a lot of encouragement for people who hold to principles of democracy, enlightenment, and progressivity.

On Trump’s victory

By Gilad Atzmon

It occurred to me in recent years that the act of being progressive is not a political position but rather a mental state.

Disaffected America strikes back

By Dave Alpert

Why would the American people elect a racist, misogynist, narcissistic, criminal to the presidency of this country?

Trump: A people’s ‘new world order’ taking shape?

By Eric Walberg

A populist wave that began with Brexit in June became a tsunami as Trump’s cyclone hit Washington Tuesday night, leaving the capital in a shambles. His is a story straight out of Grimm’s fairytales. the peasants rose up. The phony civility of the neoconservative nightmare that Americans (and the world) have endured for years is cracking.

Trump’s election breaks chains of political correctness

By Ben Tanosborn

One likely winner to come out of the 2016 US presidential election: accuracy in polling. Obviously not past but future polling!

Save the Children Norway trialed anti-malaria drug Larium in Mozambique—1993–1994

By Moeen Raoof

Roche AG, a Swiss multinational health-care company, needed to trial a new anti-malaria drug, Mefloquine, also known under the brand name Lariam, in malaria-prone areas of Africa. This was despite known serious side effects, including long-term health problems such as depression, hallucinations, anxiety and neurological effects such as poor balance, depression and impaired mental health.

Drone operators’ brains may be zapped with electricity to ‘improve performance’

U.S. Air Force finds electric pulses to the brain an effective technique for keeping soldiers on task.

By Nika Knight

In a report reminiscent of science fiction, U.S. Air Force scientists said this week that sending electric pulses to soldier’s brains is an effective technique to improve attention span and cognitive ability.

Oklahoma earthquake shows fracking’s potential for ‘serious harm’

‘We don't need a major earthquake that claims lives and costs millions in damage to tell us the rapid increase in fracking . . . is the cause’

By Nadia Prupis

The earthquake in Oklahoma on Sunday that damaged dozens of buildings near the pipeline epicenter of Cushing is further proof that fossil fuel extraction activities are too dangerous to continue, environmentalists said Monday.

RSN: Israel to Deploy Machine Gun-Equipped Autonomous Vehicles Along Gaza Border, 'Officer Slam' Will Not Be Charged for Brutalizing Teenage Girl,

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Glenn Greenwald | The Unrelenting Pundit-Led Effort to Delegitimize All Negative Reporting About Hillary Clinton 
 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "In his New York Times column yesterday, Paul Krugman did something that he made clear he regarded as quite brave: He defended the Democratic Party presidential nominee and likely next U.S. president from journalistic investigations." 
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Fox Settles With Gretchen Carlson for $20 Million - and Offers an Unprecedented Apology 
Sarah Ellison, Vanity Fair 
Ellison writes: "It has been exactly two months since Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, sued her old boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment." 
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'Officer Slam' Will Not Be Charged for Brutalizing Teenage Girl 
Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress 
Shen writes: "A video of Security Resource Officer Ben Fields yanking a teenage girl from her desk and throwing her across the room shocked the internet and inspired investigations into South Carolina's use of police in schools." 
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Black Lives Matter Protesters Shut Down a Runway at a Major London Airport 
Nidhi Prakash, Fusion 
Prakash writes: "Nine Black Lives Matter demonstrators were arrested at London's City Airport on Tuesday morning after tying themselves together and lying on a runaway in a staged protest against the airport's expansion." 
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Obama Pledges $90 Million to Clear the Unexploded Bombs Dropped on Laos by the US 
Elise Labott, CNN 
Labott writes: "President Barack Obama said Tuesday that US has an 'obligation' to help Laos recover from a brutal secret bombing campaign that destroyed parts of the Southeast Asian nation." 
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Israel to Deploy Machine Gun-Equipped Autonomous Vehicles Along Gaza Border 
Middle East Monitor 
Excerpt: "Israel is set to use fully autonomous unmanned vehicles along the border with the Gaza Strip, according to a report published by FoxNews.com." 
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Only a Fraction of Oklahoma's Disposal Wells Shut Down After Quake 
The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "The 37 wastewater disposal wells to be shut down in north-central Oklahoma, where a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck this weekend, are just a fraction of the state's total number." 
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CLG: Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections, District Attorney Nico LaHood says vaccines cause autism, British Journo: Syrian Kidnapper Who Shot Me Twice Is Now a CIA-Vetted 'Moderate',

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Previous edition: Terror fears after series of security breaches at nuclear power stations 

 

Coup 2016 underway: Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections | 30 Aug 2016 | Even before the FBI identified new cyber attacks [likely an inside job, perpetrated by and for the same corporations who own and operate the electronic 'voting' machines] on two separate state election boards, the Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a "critical infrastructure," giving it the same control over security it has over Wall Street and and the electric power grid. The latest admissions of attacks could speed up that effort possibly including the upcoming presidential election, according to officials. "We should carefully consider whether our election system, our election process, is critical infrastructure like the financial sector, like the power grid," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said.

 

British Journo: Syrian Kidnapper Who Shot Me Twice Is Now a CIA-Vetted 'Moderate' | 03 Sept 2016 | British reporter Anthony Loyd recounts in The Times (UK) today his reaction when he saw his former Syrian "rebel" kidnapper Hakim Abu Jamal, aka Abdel Hakim al-Yaseen and Hakim Anza, celebrating a victory in northern Syria two weeks ago as part of a supposedly CIA-vetted "moderate" rebel terrorist group...Four US hostages were murdered in Syria in 2014. Two British hostages were also beheaded there. The memories of Britain and America must be short, for on Friday sources in the Free Syrian Army and US confirmed Hakim Anza’s membership of the CIA-backed group, in which he is sub-commander. Centcom, the US Central Command, did not respond to Times requests over three days this week to explainhow such a well-known hostage taker with family connections to extremists could have passed US vetting procedures.

 

US Navy covered up Afghan child rape problem to punish Marine - documents | 02 Sept 2016 | US Navy lawyers have advised against hearing a Marine's appeal on the premise that it would grant attention to an Afghan sex slave scandal. The officer sent a classified memo via his own email to warn fellow Marines of danger, shortly before three were killed. In the summer of 2012, Captain Brian Donlon reached out to a fellow Marine Corps officer - Major Jason Brezler, then in the USMC Reserves - to ask about Sarwar Jan, a police chief in Afghanistan's Helmand province with a reputation for corruption and keeping boys as sex slaves.

 

Marine, Navy officials in Afghanistan were aware of allegations of child rape by Afghan police chief, but he was allowed to keep his job anyway - lawsuit | 01 Sept 2016 | Last fall, the Navy Department had a controversial disciplinary case before it: Maj. Jason C. Brezler had been asked by Marine colleagues to submit all the information he had about an influential Afghan police chief suspected of abusing raping children. Brezler sent a classified document in response over an unclassified Yahoo email server, and he self-reported the mistake soon after. But the Marine Corps recommended that he be discharged for mishandling classified material. The Navy Department, which oversees the Marine Corps, had the ability to uphold or overturn the decision. However, rather than just looking at the merits of the case, Navy officials also assessed that holding new hearings on the case would renew attention on the scandal surrounding child sex abuse in Afghanistan, according to military documents newly disclosed in federal court.

 

U.S. resumes scheduled passenger flights to Cuba after more than 50 yrs | 01 Sept 2016 | The first scheduled commercial passenger flight from the United States to Cuba in more than half a century landed on Wednesday, opening another chapter in the Obama administration's efforts to improve ties and increase trade and travel with the former Cold War foe. A JetBlue Airways Corp passenger jet arrived from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara. The route may be a commercial challenge, at least initially, but it is the first of a plethora of new flights by various U.S. airlines to destinations on the Communist-ruled island. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, JetBlue Chief Executive Officer Robin Hayes, other officials and journalists were aboard the 150-seat plane.

University of Nebraska Lincoln introduces new 'non-negotiable respect' policy which bans insulting groups, individuals or ideologies --Chancellor of University of Nebraska Lincoln has started 'respect' policy | 02 Sept 2016 | The University of Nebraska Lincoln's new chancellor Ronnie Green has instituted a new, non-negotiable respect policy at the school. During a speech given at the new student convocation last month, Green made it clear that 'actions of hate and disrespect' would not be tolerated. However, the policy on what constitutes 'hate' and 'disrespect' has not been made clear. [OMG. Is Marxism an 'insulting' ideology? Are those who question the events of 9/11 'disrespectful?' If I believe that Sandy Hoax was a DHS drill-gone-live, am I exuding 'hate?' If it takes a second American Revolution to rid us of this insanity, count me in! --LRP. Marxism by definition does not respect bourgeois ideologies or politics, let alone for the most part, identity politics. Likewise, a principled Marxist stance would be outlawed on this campus of surveillance, coercion and control. Major essay on all of this and more, forthcoming. -- MDR].

Gag me with a chainsaw: Duke University creates a 'safe space' room for 'marginalized' students 'to heal' | 01 Sept 2016 | Students returning to Duke University this year will see a new addition to campus: a 'safe space' room. Student newspaper The Duke Chronicle reports that an old faculty office was turned into the safe space inside the Sanford School of Public Policy. School spokesman Karen Kemp confirmed the new room but would not go into any more detail about it. 'It's the first day of classes, and the professors who lead the school's diversity and inclusion committee aren't available to chat further about this,' Kemp told The Fix. [Help! I need a safe space to take refuge from the safe spaces!]

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to restore NC voter ID, reduce early voting days | 31 Aug 2016 | The U.S. Supreme Court refused Wednesday to reinstate North Carolina's voter identification requirement and keep just 10 days of early in-person voting. The court rejected a request by Gov. Pat McCrory and other state officials to delay a lower court ruling that found the state law was tainted by racial discrimination. The decision - a victory for voting rights groups and President Barack Obama's Justice Department - means voters won't have to show one of several qualifying photo IDs when casting ballots in the presidential battleground state. Early voting also reverts to 17 days, to begin Oct. 20.

 

Hillary Clinton Blamed Concussion for Memory Failure; Couldn't Recall Security Briefings - FBI Report | 02 Sept 2016 | Hillary Clinton told the FBI she did not recall all the briefings she received on handling sensitive information as she made the transition from her post as U.S. secretary of state, due to a concussion suffered in 2012, according to a report released Friday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a summary of the July 2 interview it conducted with the Democratic presidential candidate, as well as other details of its investigation into her use of a private email server while heading the State Department. Clinton, who is challenging Republican Donald Trump for the White House in the November 8 election, has been dogged by the fallout from her private email account for more than a year.

 

F.B.I. Releases Hillary Clinton Email Investigation Files | 02 Sept 2016 | The F.B.I. on Friday released its interview with Hillary Clinton that was conducted in early July, along with a memorandum summarizing the investigation into her use of a private email server that contained classified information. The document summarizing the Democratic presidential candidate's more than three-hour interview, known in the F.B.I. as a 302 report, runs only a dozen pages. The memorandum is lengthier, and goes into greater detail about aspects of the case.

 

Trump is ahead in national poll as Clinton slumps to 39 per cent before crucial Labor Day watershed | 01 Sept 2016 | Donald Trump has overtaken Hillary Clinton for the first time since mid-July, according to a weekly Rasmussen poll published on Thursday. Trump is polling at 40 per cent, a point ahead of Clinton at 39. It's a striking reversal of fortunes for the two candidates compared to last week, when Clinton led Trump 42 to 38. The result comes as Labor Day approaches. Following the holiday presidential campaigns ratchet up several notches, so polls then are seen as giving whoever is ahead at that point a crucial psychological advantage.

 

Donald Trump in SW Ohio: 'America first,' focus on populism | 01 Sept 2016 | Donald Trump promised to put "America first," refocusing on populist feelings that have fueled his campaign, and largely avoided his more controversial positions in a double-shot campaign stop in Southwest Ohio Thursday. In a midday rally in Wilmington, Trump advocated for "bold" changes to the country's immigration system, but avoided details of his stances on deporting people who are in the U.S. illegally. Instead, he spoke of building a wall on the Mexican border and of treating immigrants with "compassion." It's not that Trump has changed course on immigration: He generally doubled down on his hard-line immigration stances in a Wednesday night speech in Arizona.

 

Trump Recommits to Mass Deportation in Fiery Immigration Speech | 31 Aug 2016 | Donald Trump's self-declared "softening" on immigration is gone, replaced by a recommitment to a hardline policy that could best be described as mass deportation. Shouting his remarks to a fired-up crowd in Arizona, which has been home to some of the most contentious immigration policy fights of the last decade, Trump pledged a maximal approach that would target ever undocumented immigrant in the country without mercy. "There will be no amnesty," Trump said. "Our message to the world will be this: You cannot obtain legal status or become a citizen of the United States by illegally entering our country."

 

Transcript of Donald Trump's Immigration Speech | 01 Sept 2016 | Following is a transcript of the remarks by Donald J. Trump on immigration in Phoenix on Wednesday, as transcribed by the Federal News Service.

 

Donald Trump Calls Mexican President 'a Friend' | 31 Aug 2016 | Donald J. Trump met in Mexico on Wednesday with President Enrique Pena Nieto. In a subdued joint appearance before the press in Mexico City, the two men described the meeting as warm, despite significant disagreements on issues of trade and immigration. Mr. Trump was expected to then travel to Arizona, where he was to detail his immigration policies in a speech. Here are some highlights from the day: Mr. Trump reached out to the Mexican president and people. Mr. Trump, first reading slowly from a statement and then speaking more freely in response to a question, said he now considered Mr. Pena Nieto a friend and heaped praise on Americans of Mexican descent. Mexican-Americans, Mr. Trump said, were "beyond reproach" and "spectacular, hard-working people."

 

Melania Trump sues Daily Mail and US blogger in 113 million pound libel case over past sex work claims | 02 Sept 2016 | Melania Trump has filed a $150 million (£113 million) lawsuit against the Daily Mail and a US blogger, saying they published false claims about her past. A Daily Mail story last month cited a Slovenian magazine's report that a modelling agency Ms Trump worked with in New York in the 1990s also served as an escort business, linking wealthy clients with women for sexual services. Late on Thursday, the Daily Mail retracted the story in a posting on its website and in the newspaper. In a statement, Mr Harder said she was suing the British newspaper and a US blogger, Webster Tarpley, over stories about her past she believes were "tremendously damaging".

 

More George W. Bush officials are backing Hillary Clinton | 31 Aug 2016 | Hillary Clinton cast Donald Trump as unqualified for the role of commander in chief in a speech to a veterans group on Wednesday meant to draw a contrast in leadership with the Republican presidential nominee, who is traveling abroad. Speaking at the American Legion's national convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, described Trump as erratic, dangerous and a threat to U.S. security...Earlier in the day, the Clinton campaign rolled out itslatest Republican endorsement, this one from James Clad, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for President [sic] George W. Bush. Clinton said she was "deeply honored" to have so many Republicans backing her campaign. [Yup, Hillary's overjoyed that Bush's unindicted war criminals, sociopaths, 9/11 architects, and TPP pushers are 'with her.']

 

Collateral Damage: Millions of bees die in South Carolina Zika spraying --Company co-owner Juanita Stanley says bee farm 'looks like it's been nuked' | 31 Aug 2016 | There's been some collateral damage in the fight against Zika - millions of honeybees in South Carolina. News outlets report that Dorchester County officials have apologized for killing the bees when the county failed to notify local beekeepers about mosquito spraying last weekend. Four travel-related cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in the county northwest of Charleston. Aerial mosquito spraying operations were conducted Sunday morning. Flowertown Bee Farm and Supply in Summerville lost more than two million bees.

 

Chemotherapy warning: Cancer drugs are killing up to 50 per cent of patients in some UK hospitals --Research published in The Lancet Oncology | 31 Aug 2016 | Patients should be warned about the dangers of chemotherapy after research showed that cancer drugs are killing up to 50 per cent of patients in some UK hospitals. For the first time researchers looked at the numbers of cancer patients who died within 30 days of starting chemotherapy, which indicates that the medication is the cause of death, rather than the cancer. The study by Public Health England and Cancer Research UK found that across England around 8.4 per cent of patients with lung cancer, and 2.4 per cent of breast cancer patients died within a month. But in some hospitals the figure was far higher.

 

District Attorney Nico LaHood says vaccines cause autism | 29 Aug 2016 | (TX) Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood is making a bold statement about vaccines. In a video posted on Facebook by the Autism Media Channel, LaHood says: "I'm Nico LaHood. I'm the criminal district attorney in San Antonio, Texas. I'm here to tell you that vaccines can and do cause autism," says LaHood in a promotional video for the movie 'VAXXED.' LaHood and his wife are parents to one autistic child and the couple has participated in many Autism awareness-related events.

 

Oklahoma's 5.6-Magnitude Earthquake Sparks Fracking Fears | 03 Sept 2016 | One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Oklahoma rattled a state where seismic activity has become a growing concern, sending tremors through six neighboring states, the United States Geological Survey said on Saturday. The quake, which struck 14 km (9 miles) northwest of Pawnee in north-central Oklahoma at 7:02 a.m. CDT (1302 GMT), had a magnitude of 5.6, matching in strength a temblor that hit the state in 2011, the USGS reported on its website...Oklahoma geologists have documented links between increased seismic activity in the state and the injection into the ground of wastewater from oil and gas production [aka fracking], according to a report from a state agency last year.

 

New York area gears up for possible Hermine hit | 04 Sept 2016 | Post-tropical Cyclone Hermine is regaining strength as it moves slowly up the Eastern Seaboard. Tropical storm warnings are in effect as far north as Connecticut, with a dangerous storm surge expected along the coast from Virginia to New Jersey. Residents in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut -- particularly those who live along the coastline -- are taking precautions. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has already activated the state's emergency operations center.

 

Hermine is a potential 'monster' Labor Day weekend storm threat for East Coast | 03 Sept 2016 | After slamming Florida, deadly Hurricane Hermine weakened to a tropical storm Friday but will still focus its fury on the East Coast through the Labor Day weekend. Some forecasts are showing Hermine (or its remnants) exploding into a monster, hurricane-like storm just off the Delaware and New Jersey coast late Sunday and into Monday, potentially just sitting there and hammering the coast for days. In the worst-case scenario, it could bring levels of destruction to portions of the coast approaching that of Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

 

Hermine pounds Florida, then churns north into Carolinas | 03 Sept 2016 | Hurricane Hermine wreaked havoc across Florida on Friday, causing widespread power outages and flooding before diminishing into a tropical storm and plowing up the Atlantic Coast into the Carolinas with a still-potent mix of high winds and heavy rains. The first hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 11 years, Hermine swept ashore early on Friday near the Gulf shore town of St. Marks, 20 miles (30 km) south of the capital of Tallahassee, packing winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and churning up a devastating storm surge in coastal areas. Torrential downpours and high surf left parts of some communities under water early Friday, with mandatory evacuations ordered in parts of five northwestern Florida counties.

 

Santa Clara police might not work 49ers games amid Colin Kaepernick protest | 02 Sept 2016 | The union for the police force that patrols San Francisco 49ers' Levi's Stadium threatened to not work home games over Colin Kaepernick's continued protest of the national anthem, according to multiple reports on Friday night. The Santa Clara Police Officers' Association said minus Kaepernick halting his pregame protest, could result in officers "choosing not to work at your facilities," NBC Bay Area reported. The 49ers are scheduled to open the season there against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday, Sept. 12 as part of a national television doubleheader.

 

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