Hundreds Of Migrant Families Are Being Held In An El Paso Parking Lot – The Intellectualist
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Category: Domestic Affairs,
ACLU Files Challenge To “Riot Boosting” Act
SB 189 creates a mechanism to collect triple damages from any person convicted of riot boosting. SB 190 establishes a fund to reimburse state and local governments for their costs on pipeline projects, with each project paying a $1 million bond for every 10 miles, up to $20 million. “
The lawsuit asserts that the laws violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution by limiting protected speech and failing to adequately describe what speech or conduct could subject protesters and organizations to criminal and civil penalties.
“No one should have to fear the government coming after them for exercising their First Amendment rights,” Courtney Bowie, legal director of the ACLU of South Dakota, said in a news release. “That is exactly what the Constitution protects against, and why we’re taking these laws to court. Whatever one’s views on the pipeline, the laws threaten the First Amendment rights of South Dakotans on every side of the issue.”
ACLU Files Challenge To “Riot Boosting” Act
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‘You couldn’t spend a dime?’: Jay Inslee ticks off the wrong state – POLITICO
The DGA did not spend a cent on television advertising for Kelly — a stark contrast to the $645,000 the RGA spent on ads for Sununu, according to Advertising Analytics. And in the final few weeks of the race, multiple internal polls on both sides showed the contest had tightened. Kelly personally pleaded with Inslee and the DGA to pour more money into the race saying that it was still winnable, according to Democrats with knowledge of those conversations.
…“We were extremely surprised that the DGA did not invest more resources in the race, especially in the closing days,” the official said. “Instead, the DGA invested resources in places like Alaska, a race that was already lost for them. And they invested significant resources in states like Rhode Island, which ended up being a blowout for Gov. Raimondo.”
…“I happen to think that Molly was a great candidate and I think she could have won,” Dean said. “A lot of my New Hampshire friends agree with me. I can’t get into the merits of this argument but the thing that interests me is because it’s New Hampshire they have a special role in making people’s lives miserable after the fact.”
‘You couldn’t spend a dime?’: Jay Inslee ticks off the wrong state – POLITICO
[snicker] Good luck in New Hampshire, Jay!
‘Abortion Reversal’ With Progesterone Is Being Tested In Study
Legislators in Arkansas, Idaho, South Dakota and Utah have made it a legal requirement in recent years that doctors who provide medical abortions must tell their patients that “reversal” is an option, although they are not prevented from also telling patients if they think the treatment doesn’t work.
Medical researchers such as Creinin and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology are concerned by that trend.
“[This is] a law based on no science — absolutely zero science,” Creinin says.
…Already in 2019, legislators in several states — Kansas, Kentucky, North Dakota and Nebraska — have been considering bills that would require abortion providers to tell their patients about abortion reversal. Back in 2017, Delgado testified in support of similar legislation in Colorado, although the proposal never made it into law.
Grossman says he’s furious that states are forcing abortion providers to give their patients inaccurate information related to abortion care.
What’s more, Grossman says, “these laws take an extra step … and essentially are encouraging patients to be a part of clinical research that isn’t really being appropriately monitored. … This is really an experimental treatment.”
‘Abortion Reversal’ With Progesterone Is Being Tested In Study : Shots – Health News : NPR
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9-year-old U.S. citizen detained by Border Patrol for 32 hours at Mexico border while walking to school
She did not explain why Julia was held for about 32 hours.
…Galaxia, Julia’s mother, also said that they forced her son, Oscar, to sign a document insisting that Julia was his cousin, not his sister.
“He was told that he would be taken to jail and they were going to charge him for human trafficking and sex trafficking,” she told NBC 7.
Julia was eventually released after the Mexican consulate got involved.
Detaining in the first place is ridiculous. If they can’t exercise better judgement than this, why are these individuals still employed by Border Patrol?
But bullying a child into lying about his family is unconscionable, the officers involed should be in jail.
Thousands of Moroccan teachers stage protest over pay terms
About 10,000 teachers staged a new protest in the Moroccan capital Rabat on Sunday to demand permanent jobs, hours after police had used water cannon to disperse an overnight demonstration.
Thousands of Moroccan teachers stage protest over pay terms | Reuters
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Nikki Haley is criticized for her comment on health care in Finland
“Health care costs are too high that is true but comparing us to Finland is ridiculous,” Haley tweeted. ” Ask them how their health care is. You won’t like their answer.”
…”Finland has a high performing health system, with remarkable good quality in both primary and hospital care. The country also achieves good health status at relatively low level of health spending,” Kai Sauer tweeted. He added that the United Nations describes Finland as having the world’s third-lowest infant mortality rate and the lowest maternal mortality.
…Despite significantly higher health care spending than Finland, the United States has the worst overall child mortality rate compared with 19 other wealthy nations in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, according to a study published last year in the journal Health Affairs.
…And it does not fare well either when it comes to the maternal mortality rate for women. In the US, it’s 14 per 100,000 women — nearly five times higher than Finland, which is three, according to the World Health Organization. The number puts the United States in the company of several nations, including Uruguay and Serbia.
…When it comes to under-five mortality rates, Finland has 2.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund, while the US has 6.6 per 1,000 live births for the same age group.
Nikki Haley is criticized for her comment on health care in Finland – CNN
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Dems warn of subpoena if Mueller report and evidence not turned over to Congress – CNNPolitics
On a conference call with members Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she would reject a classified briefing for the congressional intelligence leaders known as the “gang of eight” to convey information about Mueller’s report, arguing that lawmakers must be free to discuss it publicly.
…The talking points include details about why they believe there’s precedent supporting the release of a report, pointing to the hiring of a special counsel in 1999 to investigate the 1993 incident in Waco, Texas. They also point to precedent involving the Justice Department providing 880,000 pages of internal material last year to the House as part of the GOP probe into the FBI’s Hillary Clinton investigation — as well as the department providing records to the Hill over the Watergate probe.
Dems warn of subpoena if Mueller report and evidence not turned over to Congress – CNNPolitics
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Read AOC’s Clap Back To Jared Kushner And Rejoice
Democrats unveiled statements made by Kushner’s attorney Thursday that alleged Trump’s son-in-law used WhatsApp to communicate with foreign leaders. The letter, obtained by Politico and released by Rep. Elijah Cummings, also accused Ivanka Trump and other Trump staffers of using private email servers.
…“The irony of this is that the president ran his whole presidential campaign accusing Hillary Clinton of having a private server and having communications, and here you have something that’s much worse. You have communications with foreign leaders on platforms that aren’t official U.S. platforms, that put sensitive information at risk.”
Read AOC’s Clap Back To Jared Kushner And Rejoice
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Trump administration to stop detaining some migrant families at border
Under current policy, families who cross the border are detained while they await court proceedings.
…The Journal noted that conditions at detention facilities has come under scrutiny in recent years. Multiple children have died in recent months in the custody of Border Patrol.
…The influx of migrants has come as thousands of migrants have fled violence in Central America and sought asylum [emphasis: peanut gallery] in the United States.
Trump administration to stop detaining some migrant families at border: report | TheHill
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Polls show Bernie Sanders popularity among all voters is plummeting
Sanders, though, may have to convince Democratic voters that he electable. In our poll, just 30% of Democratic voters believe the party has a better chance of winning the presidency with him than someone else as the nominee. The vast majority, 59%, think they have a better shot of winning with someone else.
Polls show Bernie Sanders popularity among all voters is plummeting – CNNPolitics
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U.S. judge blocks drilling over climate change
A U.S. judge has blocked oil drilling planned in Wyoming because the government failed to adequately consider its impact on global warming – a decision that could complicate President Donald Trump’s broader efforts to expand oil, gas and coal output on America’s public lands.
…It blocked drilling on more than 300,000 acres (121,400 hectares) in Wyoming until the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management conducts further analyses about how the development would impact climate change.
U.S. judge blocks drilling over climate change, casting doubt on Trump agenda | Reuters
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Rep. Devin Nunes and Twitter: Rep. Devin Nunes’s bizarre lawsuit against Twitter, explained
Twitter users less enthralled with Trump would tweet things about Nunes that were perhaps less than cordial — like calling him a “presidential fluffer and swamp rat,” for instance.
,,,,[Nunes]says that Mair and the two parody accounts (whose owners he also demands to know the names of in the suit) were working together to “defame” him and hinder his work as a Congress member.
In the complaint, Nunes even argues that the “defamation” hindered his 2018 reelection campaign, which he won but by narrower margins than in previous years. (He does not note that his congressional seat was a top target for Democrats, which is a more likely reason for the narrow margin of victory than three Twitter accounts, one of which only had 1,700 followers at the time the complaint was filed.)
…Jim Swift, a senior editor at the Bulwark, noted that during the 115th Congress, Nunes was a sponsor on a bill meant to discourage frivolous lawsuits (named, appropriately, the Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act).
Rep. Devin Nunes and Twitter: Rep. Devin Nunes’s bizarre lawsuit against Twitter, explained – Vox
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The Electoral College?
In one sense, small states actually benefit from the [electoral] college: It’s one part population, one part credit for just being a state. So each person in Wyoming and Mississippi is represented by a slightly larger percentage of Electoral College votes than their state’s population alone would suggest. Of course, that’s not really how the politics play out (no one campaigns in solidly Republican Wyoming and Mississippi, for instance, or solidly Democratic Vermont and Rhode Island.)
…What’s really hurt the case for the Electoral College is that fewer states have been close in recent elections. In particular, big states and their major cities have tended to become less competitive. I
…Despite two recent elections in which Democrats won the most votes while Republicans won the presidency, there really hasn’t been a consistent Electoral College advantage for either party. Republicans did have a large edge in 2016 — but it’s not at all clear which party will benefit in 2020.
Is Elizabeth Warren Right About the Electoral College? – Bloomberg
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