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12 September 19
Charles Pierce | The Padded Room Wasn't Big Enough for Both Donald Trump and John Bolton
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "John Bolton is a warmongering charlatan who has spent far too much time circling the centers of power in this country."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "John Bolton is a warmongering charlatan who has spent far too much time circling the centers of power in this country."
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Customs and Border Patrol officials checking the papers of a Venezuelan family seeking asylum at the border between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. (photo: Luis Antonio Rojas/NYT)
Supreme Court Rules Trump Admin Can Begin Denying Asylum to Migrants
Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
Barnes writes: "The Trump administration can begin denying asylum requests from migrants at the southern border who have traveled through Mexico or another country without seeking protection there, after the Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a lower court's block on the new restriction."
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Robert Barnes, The Washington Post
Barnes writes: "The Trump administration can begin denying asylum requests from migrants at the southern border who have traveled through Mexico or another country without seeking protection there, after the Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a lower court's block on the new restriction."
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The U.S. government concluded Israeli operatives most likely planted the devices to spy on Donald Trump and his associates, Politico reported. (photo: Alamy)
Israel Planted StingRay Devices Near White House to Spy on Calls, Says Report
Oliver Holmes, Guardian UK
Holmes writes: "Israel is likely to have planted mobile phone spying devices near the White House and other sensitive locations in the US capital over the past two years, according to a report from Politico that cited three former US officials."
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Oliver Holmes, Guardian UK
Holmes writes: "Israel is likely to have planted mobile phone spying devices near the White House and other sensitive locations in the US capital over the past two years, according to a report from Politico that cited three former US officials."
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A makeshift memorial for victims of the shooting that killed 22 people at a Walmart store in El Paso last month. (photo: Tamir Kalifa/NYT)
145 Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act on Gun Violence
Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times
Sorkin writes: "In a direct and urgent call to address gun violence in America, the chief executives of some of the nation's best-known companies sent a letter to Senate leaders on Thursday, urging an expansion of background checks to all firearms sales and stronger 'red flag' laws."
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times
Sorkin writes: "In a direct and urgent call to address gun violence in America, the chief executives of some of the nation's best-known companies sent a letter to Senate leaders on Thursday, urging an expansion of background checks to all firearms sales and stronger 'red flag' laws."
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Mark Zuckerberg. (photo: B&T)
Facebook Removes Doctors' Fact-Check of Anti-Abortion Video After Appeal From Republican Senators
Jamie Ross, The Daily Beast
Ross writes: "Facebook has reportedly removed a fact-check made by doctors that debunked an anti-abortion activist's false claim that abortion is never necessary to save women's lives."
Jamie Ross, The Daily Beast
Ross writes: "Facebook has reportedly removed a fact-check made by doctors that debunked an anti-abortion activist's false claim that abortion is never necessary to save women's lives."
acebook has reportedly removed a fact-check made by doctors that debunked an anti-abortion activist’s false claim that abortion is never necessary to save women’s lives. The removal of the fact-check came after four Republican senators—Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Kevin Cramer, and Mike Braun—sent a letter to Facebook accusing it of anti-conservative bias. The independent fact-check rated videos by Live Action and its founder, Lila Rose, as misleading. Rose said abortion is never medically necessary, but the fact-check pointed out several medical conditions can make abortion necessary to save a mother’s life. A link to the fact-check appeared next to the videos on Facebook, notifying viewers that the information was misleading. But Live Action and the Republican senators argued the fact-check was unfair because two of the three doctors involved are allegedly linked to pro-choice organizations. Facebook confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it had removed the fact-check from the video while an investigation determines whether the doctors involved followed “procedures designed to ensure impartiality.”
Boris Johnson. (photo: AP)
Scottish Court Rules Boris Johnson Illegally Suspended Parliament and Misled the Queen
Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Lawless writes: "A Scottish court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans Wednesday, ruling that his decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union was an unlawful attempt to avoid democratic scrutiny."
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Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Lawless writes: "A Scottish court dealt another blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans Wednesday, ruling that his decision to suspend Parliament less than two months before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union was an unlawful attempt to avoid democratic scrutiny."
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Bill McKibben. (photo: Wolfgang Schmidt)
Q&A: Bill McKibben Talks About the Urgency to Tackle Climate Change
Perla Trevizo, Houston Chronicle
Excerpt: "Climate change for Houstonians I think will mean the ever increased risk of catastrophic events."
Perla Trevizo, Houston Chronicle
Excerpt: "Climate change for Houstonians I think will mean the ever increased risk of catastrophic events."
EXCERPT:
Q: You have called for an end to fossil fuels if we want to be serious about tackling climate change. In a place like Houston and Texas, how realistic is this goal?
A: Texas is uniquely positioned. It has lots of people who understand energy and it’s got lots of wind and it already produces more windpower I think than any state in the union. It’s an easy industry to ramp up, especially now that we’ve developed much cheaper batteries to store that energy. That’s what Texas should be doing. Instead, its politicians will doubtless try to fear monger about the price of making the switch so on and so forth. Anybody who lived through Harvey has some sense of the cost of not making this switch. Every economic analysis we’ve ever seen has shown that global warming, left unchecked, is endlessly more expensive than dealing with these transition to clean energy.
Q: What are some things that we can be doing to mitigate the impacts of climate change and how has that change over time?
A: Texans can do lots of things in their individual lives — we can be eating a little differently, driving a little differently, powering our homes a little differently, but at this point, the most important thing individuals can do is be a little less individual. Come together in the kind of movements that actually change politics, change the ground rules …This big global climate strike on Sept. 20 is a really good way to begin.
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