News Updates from CLG
04 March 2016
04 March 2016
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Previous edition: Trump, Clinton capture key wins on Super Tuesday [which Yahoo relegated to the sp-m bin]
To all readers: I want to apologize for failing to include Bernie Sanders coverage on Super Tuesday. Senator Sanders won Vermont, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Minnesota. I was in a hurry to compile and send the newsletter, and in my haste, I failed to include any items detailing the successes of Bernie Sanders on Tuesday. Please see that news summary, and a few other 'Feel the Bern' items, below. --LRP
Fukushima: Tokyo was on the brink of nuclear catastrophe; prime minister considered declaring martial law | 04 March 2016 | Japan's prime minister at the time of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has revealed that the country came within a "paper-thin margin" of a nuclear disaster requiring the evacuation of 50 million people. In an interview with The Telegraph to mark the fifth anniversary of the tragedy, Naoto Kan described the panic and disarray at the highest levels of the Japanese government as it fought to control multiple meltdowns at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. He said he considered evacuating the capital, Tokyo, along with all other areas within 160 miles of the plant, and declaring martial law. "The future existence of Japan as a whole was at stake," he said.
Mutations, DNA damage from radiation seen in Fukushima forests - Greenpeace | 04 March 2016 | Conservation group Greenpeace warned on Friday that the environmental impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis [which began] five years ago on nearby forests is just beginning to be seen and will remain a source of contamination for years to come...As the fifth anniversary of the disaster approaches, Greenpeace said signs of mutations in trees and DNA-damaged worms were beginning to appear, while "vast stocks of radiation" mean that forests cannot be decontaminated. In a report, Greenpeace cited "apparent increases in growth mutations of fir trees...heritable mutations in pale blue grass butterfly populations" as well as "DNA-damaged worms in highly contaminated areas", it said.
Nobel Prize winner tells Obama to stay away from Argentina on US-backed coup anniversary | 04 March 2016 | A former Argentine Nobel Prize winner says US President Barack Obama should skip or at least delay his intended visit to the country on March 24 because it coincides with the 40th anniversary of a coup that installed a Washington-backed military government. Adolfo Perez Esquivel says he is happy that the US president would like to visit Argentina, only he believes that Obama should travel to the country at a later date due to the sensitivity of the anniversary. "I'm a survivor of that era, of the flights of death, of the torture, of the prisons, of the exiles," Esquivel told AP. "And when you analyze the situation in depth, the United States was responsible for the coups in Latin America."
F16s and 400 troops: Danish govt wants to expand its military mission in Iraq, Syria | 04 March 2016 | Denmark wants to deploy F16 fighter jets, C130J transport aircraft and 400 troops in Iraq and Syria to fight Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL [but still I-CIA-SIS]), Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has announced. The parliamentary vote has been set for April. The Danish parliament is going to vote on the government's proposals in two separate readings on April 1 and April 19, according to Reuters. The main Danish parties have already expressed their support for expanding the military mission at a cross-party committee meeting which also included defense and the foreign ministers.
NATO general: Europe migration causing ISIS to spread 'like a cancer' | 02 March 2016 | NATO's top general said that the current exodus of migrants to Europe is providing cover for terrorists and that the mass migration is allowing ISIS to spread "like a cancer." Following testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Supreme Allied Commander Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove told reporters at a Pentagon briefing Tuesday that the "dawning challenge of mass migration" spurred by the ongoing conflict in Syria and the threat of ISIS in the Middle East was allowing terrorists seeking to do harm in Europe and the United States free movement into the continent.
Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server | 02 March 2016 | The Justice Department has granted immunity to a former State Department staffer, who worked on Hillary Clinton's private email server, as part of a criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information, according to a senior law enforcement official. The official said the FBI had secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano, who worked on Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign before setting up the server in her New York home in 2009. As the FBI looks to wrap up its investigation in the coming months, agents are likely to want to interview Clinton and her senior aides about the decision to use a private server, how it was set up, and whether any of the participants knew they were sending classified information in emails, current and former officials said.
Bernie Sanders's message resonates at Southern Illinois University | 04 March 2016 | Sen. Bernie Sanders's call for free higher education is resonating on an Illinois college campus facing deep cuts in state funding amid an eight-month budget impasse. The Democratic presidential candidate spoke Friday morning at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where the primarily student audience packed a 4,000-seat campus basketball arena, including on the gym floor and outer hallways. Sanders touched on familiar campaign themes, calling for campaign finance reform, marijuana decriminalization and increased corporate taxes.
Bernie Sanders goes where few Democrats have gone before in Michigan | 04 March 2016 | Barack Obama came to Grand Rapids twice when he first ran for president in 2008. Four years earlier, John Kerry paid a visit. And four years before that, Al Gore came to town a few times. But all of those campaign appearances came after the candidates were on track for the Democratic nomination to the White House. Tonight, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will make a rare primary-season stop in West Michigan – rallying supporters right in the heart of one of Michigan's most politically conservative counties.
Bernie Sanders blasts Hillary Clinton over trade policies | 03 March 2016 | With time running out before Michigan's primary election on Tuesday, a pair of candidates lagging in the polls took the time on Thursday to make the case for their campaigns. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders followed up his huge rally in East Lansing Wednesday night with a stinging rebuke of his chief rival's past support for trade policies..."A campaign is not just about what you said yesterday. It's about what you've stood for your entire career," Sanders said. "On one of the most important issues facing millions of working people, Secretary Clinton and I have very, very different points of view."
Sanders Statement on Super Tuesday wins in Vermont, Oklahoma, Colorado and Minnesota | 02 March 2016 | U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday issued the following statement after winning primaries and caucuses in Vermont, Oklahoma, Colorado and Minnesota: "The political revolution has begun. Ten months ago, when our campaign started, not many people thought we would get this far or do this well. Not many people outside of Vermont even knew who I was. That was then. Tonight, voters in Colorado, Oklahoma and Minnesota have joined the people of Vermont in showing America that a political revolution is spreading across our country, that people want to take on the billionaire class and make our government work for all Americans and not just the top 1 percent."
Sanders wins Vermont, Oklahoma, Colorado, Minnesota | 01 March 2016 | 11:25 p.m.: Bernie Sanders won the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses, giving the Vermont senator four primary wins on the evening. 9:15 p.m.: The Associated Press declared Bernie Sanders the winner in the Oklahoma Democratic primary, giving the Vermont senator his second Super Tuesday victory of the night. 7 p.m.: Bernie Sanders is the projected winner of Vermont Democratic presidential primary.
Ted Cruz holds Texas victory party at controversial club that hosted a blackface 'comedian' and is owned by radio host who called black teenagers 'jungle animals' | 02 March 2016 | Ted Cruz held a Super Tuesday victory party at a club that has hosted a blackface 'comedian' and has a full-size replica of the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee car. Cruz, who won in Texas last night, used the Redneck Country Club in Stafford as his campaign headquarters, converting the bar into a victory party. The bar was founded by controversial radio host Michael Berry, who once compared black teenagers to 'jungle animals' and has reportedly been friends with Cruz for two decades.
Mega barf alert: Super-PAC forms to 'Draft Ryan' for the White House | 03 March 2016 | A new super-PAC plans to pressure House Speaker [TPP pusher and Koch troll] Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) into launching a bid for the Oval Office, a new report says. The "Committee to Draft Speaker Ryan" filed official paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday, according toagency records. FEC documents list David Satterfield as the organization's founder, but provide no further details about its mission or purpose. The group also has a website available at draftspeakerryan dot com but notes the portal remains "under construction."
Glenn Beck's Trump Riff: 'The Stabbing Just Wouldn't Stop' | 04 March 2016 | During a monologue Friday about Donald Trump's Thursday night debate performance, radio host Glenn Beck said that if he "had a knife, the stabbing just wouldn't stop." Beck's co-host, Stu Burguiere, told The Daily Caller Friday -- after this article's publication -- that, despite the appearance of a threat against Trump, Beck was instead playfully threatening to murder his own co-host.
Republican old guard Romney labels Trump as 'a fraud' | 03 March 2016 | Former Republican U.S. presidential nominee [and three-time loser] Mitt Romney gave a blistering rebuke of 2016 party front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday, the latest sign of how badly mainstream figures in the party want to stop the incendiary New York billionaire. Romney, an elder statesman [sic] in the party, urged Republicans in states that have not yet held nominating contests to vote for Trump's opponents to stop his march to the nomination for the Nov. 8 election to succeed President Barack Obama. "Here's what I know. Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud," said Romney, 68, who has kept a low profile since losing to Obama in 2012.
Ben Carson Suspends 2016 Campaign at CPAC | 04 March 2016 | Ben Carson announced Friday he is "leaving the campaign trail" after a string of disappointing finishes in the Republican presidential nominating contests. "There's a lot of people who love me, they just won't vote for me," Carson said during a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference taking place outside Washington, D.C. The announcement was expected after Carson released a statement saying he does "not see a political path forward" after the Super Tuesday contests. He did not participate in Thursday's GOP debate in Michigan.
Ben Carson, Seeing No 'Path Forward,' Signals End to Candidacy | 02 March 2016 | Ben Carson, the only Republican to have once threatened the lead [?] of Donald J. Trump in national polls, said on Wednesday that he saw no path forward and would skip a debate on Thursday in his hometown, Detroit, signaling an end to his candidacy after paltry performances in the nominating contests. Mr. Carson stopped short of suspending his campaign and said he would provide more details in a speech on Friday, but after his dismal showing in the Super Tuesday states, his campaign is effectively over.
White House Said to Be Vetting Appeals Court Judge for Supreme Court Seat | 02 March 2016 | The White House is vetting Jane L. Kelly, a career public defender turned federal appellate judge, as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, as President Obama closes in on a decision that could reshape the court for decades and create an election-year showdown with Republicans. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been conducting background interviews on Judge Kelly, 51, according to a person with knowledge of the process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the White House is closely guarding details about Mr. Obama's search to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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