04 July 19
Robert Reich | Democrats, This Isn't Politics as Usual
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Imagine an opposition political party in a land being taken over by an oligarchy, headed by a would-be tyrant."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Imagine an opposition political party in a land being taken over by an oligarchy, headed by a would-be tyrant."
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. (photo: Getty)
Democratic Governor Considering Signing Major GOP Voter Suppression Legislation in Pennsylvania
Akela Lacy, The Intercept
Lacy writes: "The state of Pennsylvania is on the cusp of approving a major piece of voter suppression legislation ahead of the 2020 election, despite a Democrat serving as governor."
Akela Lacy, The Intercept
Lacy writes: "The state of Pennsylvania is on the cusp of approving a major piece of voter suppression legislation ahead of the 2020 election, despite a Democrat serving as governor."
EXCERPT:
"....The governor originally supported the election reform bill because it approved a much-needed $90 million in funding for new voting machines,....."
"...The bill was originally designed to address certification and funding of voting machines but was amended in recent weeks to eliminate the option for straight-ticket voting. “Data shows there is a strong and very disproportionate usage of this form of voting in the African American community,” Boyle said. “It reminds me of GOP efforts 8 years ago to mandate ID to vote which would have also very disproportionately hurt communities of color.”..."
Ads run from the Donald J. Trump Facebook page as seen in the new Facebook political ad tracker. (photo: Facebook)
'Way Ahead of the Field': Inside Trump's Unprecedented Social Media Campaign
Julia Carrie Wong, Guardian UK
Wong writes: "In Washington DC, Donald Trump's presidency was under as much pressure as ever. But on Facebook, the Trump circle was asserting another reality."
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Julia Carrie Wong, Guardian UK
Wong writes: "In Washington DC, Donald Trump's presidency was under as much pressure as ever. But on Facebook, the Trump circle was asserting another reality."
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DHS officers. (photo: Frederic J. Brown/Getty)
Border Agency Knew About Secret Facebook Group for Years
Ted Hesson and Cristiano Lima, Politico
Excerpt: "Customs and Border Protection officials have been aware for up to three years that a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents was posting offensive messages - far longer than previously reported."
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Ted Hesson and Cristiano Lima, Politico
Excerpt: "Customs and Border Protection officials have been aware for up to three years that a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents was posting offensive messages - far longer than previously reported."
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Demonstrators protest the citizenship question at the Supreme Court in April. (photo: Mandel Ngan/Getty)
In Reversal, US Seeks to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census
Tara Bahrampour, Matt Zapotosky and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Justice Department said Wednesday that the government is looking for a way to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, just one day after it said it would drop that effort and was printing the form without it."
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Tara Bahrampour, Matt Zapotosky and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The Justice Department said Wednesday that the government is looking for a way to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, just one day after it said it would drop that effort and was printing the form without it."
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Debris covers the ground and an emergency vehicle after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli in Libya, July 3, 2019. (photo: Hazem Ahmed/AP)
Air Strike on Libya's Migrant Center Is a 'War Crime': UN
teleSUR
Excerpt: "United Nations Libya envoy Ghassan Salame condemned Tuesday an attack on a migrant center which killed 44, saying it 'clearly amounts to the level of a war crime.'"
teleSUR
Excerpt: "United Nations Libya envoy Ghassan Salame condemned Tuesday an attack on a migrant center which killed 44, saying it 'clearly amounts to the level of a war crime.'"
EXCERPT:
The North-African nation has major oil reserves. It had been under foreign rule for centuries and gained independence in 1951. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi seized power in 1969 and ruled the country for four decades until he was toppled in 2011 by Western military intervention.
The country has since been in chaos with political forces unable to stabilize it. It also transformed in a key point of departure for migrants heading for Europe, and a source of international concern over the rise of Islamists groups.
The numbers of insects in Europe are plunging. (photo: Getty)
Insects Could Die Out 'in Worst Extinction Since the Dinosaurs', Experts Warn
Rob Waugh, Yahoo News
Waugh writes: "The world is teetering on the edge of a man-made apocalypse, experts have warned - with plunging insect numbers in Europe offering a chilling warning."
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Rob Waugh, Yahoo News
Waugh writes: "The world is teetering on the edge of a man-made apocalypse, experts have warned - with plunging insect numbers in Europe offering a chilling warning."
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