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More media attacks on Manchin as he’s called ‘villain,’ questioned for putting West Virginia first – Fox News
More media attacks on Manchin as he’s called ‘villain,’ questioned for putting West Virginia first – Fox News
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Media top headlines June 9

The New York Times getting panned for its Mara Gay defense, a case of mistaken identity at Vice President Harris’ press conference, and a White House press corps flight being delayed by cicadas round out today’s top media headlines

Media attacks on Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., continued this week as contributors for MSNBC and the Washington Post questioned his motives for opposing the Democrat-led For the People Act.

Manchin came out against the legislation, which would be a massive federal overhaul of U.S. election laws, because it was too partisan.

“It’s the wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together and unite our country,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.”

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MSNBC’s Hayes Brown became one of the latest pundits to question Manchin’s decision, seemingly wondering why he chose to legislate with West Virginians in mind.

“In protecting his constituents’ interests as he defines them, Sen. Manchin leaves them vulnerable to the machinations that Republicans have set in motion across the country,” Brown wrote.

Brown acknowledged that Manchin does “believe” in the Senate, but shared his concern he “operates with an eye firmly on West Virginia and its people, not the country as a whole. It’s an increasingly antiquated view that he brandishes in defense of an increasingly antiquated chamber.”

Brown, citing polling he claimed showed popular support in the state for the legislation, fretted Manchin could “be the Union’s ruin.”

WHY MEDIA LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS ARE SUDDENLY TRASHING JOE MANCHIN

The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson didn’t hold back his feelings in a piece headlined, “Manchin is setting himself up to be the villain in this fairytale.” Robinson wrote Manchin’s calls for bipartisanship prove he lives in a “fantasy” world.

“There’s no way to spin this as anything other than awful,” Robinson fretted.

Author David A. Jones was more blunt in a new piece for The Grio entitled, “Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are a threat to Black Americans.” Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona, has joined Manchin in opposing an end to the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to end debate on a bill and force a vote.

In a Baltimore Sun commentary published Tuesday, editorial writer Peter Jensen argued that “Sen. Joe Manchin isn’t a statesman; He’s a fool.”

These new attacks on Manchin from the media come on the heels of Atlantic contributor Jemele Hill tweeting Manchin was a “cowardly, power-hungry White dude” and “clown.”

“Democracy killer” and “worse than a Republican” is how others have described him.

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Manchin operates a unique space in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat representing a deep-red state, which went for Donald Trump easily in 2016 and 2020.

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Trump, in fiery first rally since Mueller vindication, calls on Dems to stop ‘ridiculous bullsh–‘ – Fox News
Trump, in fiery first rally since Mueller vindication, calls on Dems to stop ‘ridiculous bullsh–‘ – Fox News
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Trump: They spied on me, they spied on my campaign

President Trump speaks at a Make America Great Again rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

In his first major rally since Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared him of any collusion with Russia, President Trump took the stage before a boisterous full house at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday night — and proceeded to tear into Democrats and the FBI as unintelligent “frauds” who tried desperately to undermine the results of the 2016 election.

“The Democrats have to now decide whether they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bullsh–,” Trump said to thunderous applause, “– partisan investigations, or whether they will apologize to the American people.”

Trump continued to unload on his opponents: “I have a better education than them, I’m smarter than them, I went to the best schools; they didn’t. Much more beautiful house, much more beautiful apartment. Much more beautiful everything. And I’m president and they’re not.”

Addressing counterprotesters outside the arena and progressives in general, Trump asked: “What do you think of their signs, ‘Resist?’ What the hell? Let’s get something done.”

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Later, Trump vowed to “close the damn border” unless Mexico halts two new caravans he said have been approaching the United States rapidly. Trump also hit at fraudulent asylum applicants, saying liberal lawyers often have coached them in a “big fat con job” to claim they’ve feared for their lives when they make it to the border.

The economy, Trump said to sustained cheers, “is roaring, the ISIS caliphate is defeated 100 percent, and after three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over. … The single greatest political hoax in the history of our country. And guess what? We won.”

“I love campaigning against the Green New Deal,” Trump remarked at one point. “One car per family — you’re going to love that in Michigan.”

Trump predicted that the former DOJ and FBI officials who pushed the collusion theory and authorized secret surveillance warrants against members of his campaign — whom he incidentally called “major losers” — would soon have “big problems.”

Trump also characterized the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee as “little pencil-neck Adam Schiff, who has the smallest, thinnest neck I’ve ever seen,” and someone who is “not a long-ball hitter.”

Schiff, D-Calif., who fiercely pushed collusion claims, has vowed to continue investigating Trump despite Mueller’s findings — even as Republicans have called for his resignation.

Trump’s rally prompted thousands of supporters to line the streets hours beforehand in a festive atmosphere that included vendors selling “Make America Great Again” hats and holding supportive signs.

People waiting for President Donald Trump to speak at the rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The evening was something of a homecoming: Trump became the first Republican in over two decades to win Michigan in the 2016 presidential election, edging out Hillary Clinton thanks, in part, to his decision to cap off his campaign with a final rally in Grand Rapids shortly after midnight on Election Day. “This is our Independence Day,” Trump told roaring attendees then.

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Thursday night’s event, though, was a mixture of homecoming and all-out victory parade, in the wake of Mueller’s conclusions. Enthusiastic fans — including many who stood by Trump amid a torrent of unproven allegations that he conspired with Russia to sway the 2016 election — began to encircle the Van Andel Arena as early as 3:30 a.m.

Trump relived the Election Day rally on Thursday, telling the crowd that he got home at 4 a.m. in the morning and told Melania Trump that he had an “incredible crowd” late into the evening and thought, “How the hell can I lose Michigan? And guess what: We didn’t lose Michigan.”

President Donald Trump speaking at the rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump also dropped what he called “breaking news” for locals, promising, “I’m going to get full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which you’ve been trying to get for over 30 years. It’s time.”

Trump noted that MSNBC and CNN’s ratings “dropped through the floor last night,” while Fox News’ ratings were “through the roof.”

Retired cabinet maker Ron Smith, 51, was one of the supporters who arrived to Thursday’s rally early. He told the Detroit News outside the arena that although “Republicans in Congress are trying to put stumbling blocks in his path,” nevertheless, “Donald Trump comes in here and gets stuff done.”

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Separately, Trump called the Jussie Smollet case an “embarrassment” both to Chicago and to the U.S. and vowed to continue border wall construction.

Trump also decried Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a Democrat who seemingly endorsed the practice of killing some infants after birth earlier this year.

“In recent months, the Democrat Party has also been aggressively pushing extreme late-term abortion, allowing children to be ripped from their mother’s womb up until the moment of birth,” Trump said. “In Virginia, the governor stated he would even allow a newborn baby to be executed.”

Senate Democrats blocked a GOP-led effort after Northam’s remarks that would have established the standard of care owed to infants who survive failed abortions.

In remarks to reporters before he left the White House earlier in the day, Trump previewed a wide-ranging rally on everything from the economy to health care and border security. But there was little doubt the president would devote a good deal of time to a victory lap on Russia.

Trump also promised to save the Special Olympics, after the Education Department proposed cuts to the program in its latest budget.

“The Special Olympics will be funded. I just told my people, I want to fund the Special Olympics and I just authorized a funding of the Special Olympics,” Trump said. “I’ve been to the Special Olympics. I think it’s incredible and I just authorized a funding. I heard about it this morning. I have overridden my people. We’re funding the Special Olympics.”

In a fiery, exclusive interview with Fox News’ “Hannity” Wednesday night, Trump vowed to release classified documents that could shed light on the Russia probe’s origins. He also accused FBI officials of committing “treason” — slamming former FBI Director James Comey as a “terrible guy,” former CIA Director John Brennan as potentially mentally ill, and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., as a criminal.

President Donald Trump arriving at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., for his rally. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Redacted versions of FISA documents already released have revealed that the FBI extensively relied on documents produced by Christopher Steele, an anti-Trump British ex-spy working for a firm funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee, to surveil Trump aide Carter Page. At least one senior DOJ official had apparent concerns Steele was unreliable, according to text messages exclusively obtained last week by Fox News.

The leaked dossier, and related FBI surveillance, kickstarted a media frenzy on alleged Russia-Trump collusion that ended with a whimper on Sunday. Trump, on Thursday, told the crowd in Michigan that the dossier was “dirty.”

Michigan Democrats, meanwhile, organized a counter-rally nearby, with the party saying it wanted to issue a “call for action and solutions on the fundamental issues facing us all, like health care, education, clean water, equality, immigrant rights, support for our military veterans, jobs, the economy and more.”

A handful of protesters separately waved “socialist alternative” flags and yelled, “No Trump, no KKK, no fascists, USA,” according to local reports.

Republicans have maintained that Trump has a good chance to win Michigan again in 2020, although changing demographics could present some headwinds. In November, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer defeated a Trump-backed candidate to claim the state’s governorship.

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“Democrats are in a pickle and they put themselves here” by trumpeting the investigation, said Brian “Boomer” Patrick, communications director for GOP Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga. “All the eggs were in one basket on the Mueller report.”

At the end of the rally, Trump remarked, “the Democrats took the people of Michigan for granted. With us, you will never be forgotten again.”

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Graham: I ‘support’ Trump emergency declaration – POLITICO
Graham: I ‘support’ Trump emergency declaration – POLITICO

Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border was legal and justified. | Alex Wong/Getty Images

National Emergency

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday expressed support for President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump’s own admission that he “didn’t need to” invoke his emergency powers did not weaken the White House’s claim that there is a crisis at the southern border.

“I really don’t think so,” Graham told host Margaret Brennan in an interview set to air Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

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“I think the president’s been making a persuasive case that the border is broken, you know,” he said. “Drugs are flowing across the border killing Americans, human trafficking. We’ve got a dangerous situation along the border.”

Trump on Friday announced his plans for an emergency declaration to help facilitate the construction of a wall along the southern border. During a news conference in the White House Rose Garden, the president said: “I want to do it faster. I could do the wall over a longer period of time. I didn’t need to do this.”

Congressional Democrats have seized upon those remarks as evidence that current rates of illegal immigration from Mexico into the U.S. do not constitute a national emergency. The liberal advocacy group Public Citizen on Friday filed the first of what is likely to be many lawsuits challenging the White House’s maneuver, arguing that Trump used the declaration to circumvent lawmakers in violation of the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.

But Graham on Saturday said the president’s actions were legal and justified.

“I think the president has the authority to deploy troops to the border. Obama did. Bush did. Trump has,” he said. “And I think he has the authority while they’re there to build barriers, and we’ll see. I support his desire to get it done sooner rather than later.

The Democratic-controlled House is expected within weeks to pass a resolution formally disapproving of the president’s national emergency declaration. The measure will then head to the Senate, where several of the chamber’s 53 Republicans have already expressed unease with the precedent Trump’s decision sets for future administrations.

“Congress is locked down and will not give him what we’ve given past presidents,” Graham said. “So unfortunately, he’s got to do it on his own, and I support his decision to go that route.”

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London police chief faces calls to resign after officers smash vigil to murdered Sarah Everard – CNN
London police chief faces calls to resign after officers smash vigil to murdered Sarah Everard – CNN

By Kara Fox, CNN

Updated 9:35 AM ET, Sun March 14, 2021

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Facebook cobraría a los medios para que los usuarios vean las … – Infobae.com
Facebook cobraría a los medios para que los usuarios vean las … – Infobae.com

La prueba se realizó, además de Eslovaquia, en Bolivia, Guatemala, Serbia, Sri Lanka y Camboya. Se extenderá por “meses, probablemente, porque a la gente le puede llevar tiempo adaptarse”, según Mosseri.

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Bernie Sanders Finds Himself in a New Role as Front-Runner – RealClearPolitics
Bernie Sanders Finds Himself in a New Role as Front-Runner – RealClearPolitics

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is quieting critics who questioned whether he could recapture the energy of his upstart 2016 campaign, surpassing his rivals in early fundraising and establishing himself as an indisputable front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Less than two months into his second White House bid , no other declared candidate in the crowded Democratic field currently has amassed so many advantages: a $28 million war chest, a loyal and enthusiastic voter base and a set of clearly defined policy objectives.

That puts Sanders on markedly different footing than during his first White House run, creating new challenges for a candidate whose supporters relish his role as an underdog and an outsider. He now carries the weight of high expectations and will face heightened scrutiny over everything from the cost and feasibility of his government-funded policy proposals to his tax returns, which he has not yet released. He initially blamed “mechanical issues” for the delay, and his campaign now says he wants to wait until after the April 15 tax filing deadline to fulfill his promise to release a decade worth of returns .

Sanders has largely embraced his new front-runner status. More than any other candidate, he draws explicit comparisons with President Donald Trump in his campaign remarks, previewing his approach to a general election faceoff with the incumbent Republican. Behind the scenes, Sanders is also building out a larger, more diverse campaign operation, responding to criticism that his 2016 organization skewed too heavily white and male. Campaign officials say the 2020 campaign staff — roughly 100 people and growing — is majority female and 40 percent people of color.

Still, Sanders’ message and style hasn’t changed from 2016, when he stunned many Democrats by mounting a formidable challenge to Hillary Clinton and besting her in more than 20 primary contests.

After briefly acquiescing to his advisers’ suggestions that he reveal more about his upbringing and personal history, Sanders has returned to his comfort zone: delivering lengthy campaign speeches chockablock with the same policy prescriptions he campaigned on during the 2016 campaign. In Davenport, Iowa, on Friday night, Sanders spent 63 minutes outlining his views on health care, criminal justice reform and economic inequality.

“With your help, we are going to complete what we started here,” Sanders told the 1,200-person crowd, referring to his virtual tie with Clinton in the 2016 Iowa caucuses.

Sanders’ approach underscores his belief that his success in 2016 was not a fluke or simply a function of being the next best alternative to Clinton. His advisers argue the populist economic message Sanders has espoused for years, often in obscurity, has now been embraced not only by a slew of his Democratic rivals, but also Trump.

“Donald Trump campaigned on economic terms as faux Bernie Sanders. It was taking his language and selling it to the American people,” said Faiz Shakir, Sanders’ campaign manager. “And now how do you defeat faux Bernie Sanders? You defeat him with real Bernie Sanders.”

Sanders owes some of his fast start to the fact that he never really stopped running for president after the 2016 campaign. Our Revolution, the political group Sanders launched after the campaign, has collected information on voters and held events in early voting states since the last election. Sanders was also active in the 2018 midterms, throwing his support behind progressive Democratic candidates across the country, though many were defeated.

“He spent 2018 lifting up progressives all over the country,” said Rebecca Katz, a progressive Democratic consultant. “Even though many of them did not win, it was appreciated, it was movement building and it was a different calculation than most politicians make.”

Despite his strong launch, Sanders’ current standing atop the Democratic field is not entirely enviable. Presidential primaries are long and turbulent, and past elections underscore how many early front-runners have been tossed aside before the first votes are cast. Former Vice President Joe Biden has signaled his expected presidential campaign would serve as a centrist check on Sanders’ brand of progressive politics.

And though Sanders’ $18 million first-quarter fundraising haul far outpaced the rest of the Democratic field, some rival campaigns breathed a sigh of relief, having anticipated the Vermont senator would clear $20 million or more.

“He did very well. He could have done better,” said Mo Elleithee, who advised Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and now runs the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service.

Sanders also still has to prove that he can overcome some of the same vulnerabilities that contributed to his defeat in 2016.

Chief among them will be bolstering his standing with black voters, one of the most important constituencies in Democratic politics. Black voters overwhelmingly sided with Clinton in 2016, halting Sanders’ momentum when the contest moved into more diverse states. He lost the South Carolina primary by a staggering 48 points.

Some of Sanders’ top advisers dismiss the notion that he’ll face similar problems in 2020, noting that he has spent time building relationships with black leaders in South Carolina and other Southern states. He’s also sharpened his campaign message on criminal justice issues and racial inequality.

“I understand that a lot of people took a lot of things out of the South Carolina results,” Shakir said. “We are going to continue to court and address these issues directly, but we are operating with a great deal of confidence that this is going to be a particular demographic that supports Bernie Sanders at the end of the day.”

Perhaps Sanders’ biggest challenge is overcoming skepticism among voters who may be partial to his focus on economic inequality but fear that nominating a 77-year-old self-described democratic socialist would put Democrats in a weak position against Trump in the general election.

“That’s a thing that scares me about him,” said Gwen Hobson, a 70-year-old Democratic voter, who attended Sanders’ rally on Friday in Davenport.

Yet some of Sanders’ longtime supporters say their enthusiasm for him is unshakable. In Davenport on Friday, several voters donned faded t-shirts from Sanders’ 2016 campaign. Melita Tunnicliff, 57, wore a button she bought during that campaign with Sanders’ photo and the phrase “Not For Sale.”

Asked if she was open to other Democratic candidates this time around, Tunnicliff shook her head no.

“I’ve been waiting for Bernie,” she said.

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Encuesta Univision: inmigración decide voto latino – Univisión
Encuesta Univision: inmigración decide voto latino – Univisión

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El 74% de todos los votantes latinos considera ofensivos los criterios que el candidato a la nominación presidencial del Partido Republicano, Donald Trump, ha expresado sobre inmigración. Y el tema migratorio escaló del 4to al segundo lugar de importancia en los dos últimos años, reveló una encuesta exclusiva de Noticias Univisión y el diario The Washington Post publicada este jueves.

Vea aquí los resultados de la encuesta

Y es tal la importancia que el 82% de los electores hispanos opina que le gustaría que el próximo inquilino de la Casa Blanca que resulte electo en noviembre, apoye una vía a la ciudadanía para los inmigrantes indocumentados mientras que el 53% no votaría por un candidato que se oponga a esa vía.

¿Se equivocaron los republicanos en sus planteamientos de campaña para elegir al nominado? “Nuestra comunidad no acepta que sigan insultando a sus abuelas, a sus familiares”, dijo a Univision Gustavo Torres, director ejecutivo de CASA de Maryland. “Los republicanos van a pagar un precio muy alto por el desprecio e irrespeto a nuestra gente”.

Guerra declarada

A comienzos de junio del año pasado el empresario Donald Trump, cuando lanzó su campaña, dijo que los inmigrantes mexicanos eran “violadores”, “criminales“ y “traficantes de drogas”, discurso que fue rechazado por la comunidad hispana que llamó a no votar por el candidato.

El resto de contendientes, con excepción del exgobernador Jeb Bush (quien se retiró de la contienda por los malos resultados conseguidos en el arranque de las primarias) y el senador Marco Rubio, ambos de Florida, han sido menos severos que Trump con el tema y han prometido planes para solucionar el problema migratorio, pero priorizando la seguridad fronteriza, la verificación de empleo y el control de los inmigrantes que entran y salen del país.

Ocho meses después la postura de Trump se ha vuelto más severa e incluye la construcción de un muro a todo lo largo de la frontera (que hará pagar a México) y la deportación de los 11.3 millones de indocumentados en un plazo de 18 meses a partir.

Cambio de planes

El senador Ted Cruz, quien junto a Rubio batalla por el segundo lugar en la carrera republicana, también endurece su postura y a comienzos de esta semana aseguró que, si es electo presidente, usaría a la Oficina de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por su sigla en inglés) para localizar a los indocumentados y los deportaría, como prometió Trump.

En enero el senador por Texas criticó una postura similar blandida por Trump. “¿Van a llamar en cada puerta en todo el país? No. Yo no pretendo enviar botas militares a llamar a cada puerta en el país. Así no es como nosotros hacemos cumplir la ley por ningún crimen”, dijo. Pero su discurso cambió de tono.

Torres no se explica cómo los republicanos piensan ganar la elección nacional sin el respaldo del voto latino. “Creo que somos vitales. En particular cuatro estados, Nevada, Virginia, Florida y Colorado. Ahí se definirá la elección y vamos a darles (a los republicanos) una lección por faltarnos el respeto”.

El análisis de Torres señala que tanto demócratas como republicanos saben que para ganar la elección nacional el primer martes de noviembre necesitan el voto latino. “En el caso republicano requieren un mínimo del 40% para aspirar a la Casa Blanca. En cambio los demócratas tienen que demostrar su liderazgo y actuar”.

Advierte, sin embargo, que “no basta con decir que nos apoyan cuando bajo esta administración (la de Obama) no pasamos la reforma migratoria”.

Promesa inconclusa

Las organizaciones nacionales que defienden los derechos de los inmigrantes no están conformes con el tema de la reforma migratoria.

En 2008, siendo candidato, el entonces senador por Illinois, Barark Obama, prometió una reforma migratoria en los primeros 100 días de su gobierno y después cambió el compromiso al primer año. Pero las guerras en Irak y Afganistán, la crisis financiera y el debate de la reforma de salud postergó el plan.

En 2010 los demócratas perdieron el control de la Cámara de Representantes y el liderazgo republicano no dio lugar al detabe de la legalización de los 11.3 millones de indocumentados. Dos años después, en 2012, Obama volvió a prometer la reforma tal y como lo hizo en el 2008: para el primer año de su mandato, en este caso el segundo.

El 27 de junio de 2013 el Senado aprobó un plan bipartidista (S. 744) que incluyó un camino a la ciudadanía para millones de indocumentados que carecen de antecedentes criminales. Los republicanos, como en 2010, volvieron a cerrar la puerta a un debate en el pleno y el proyecto se perdió con el cambio de Congreso.

Qué dicen los hispanos

Dos años y ocho meses después de la votación del proyecto S.744, la encuesta exclusiva Univision Noticias y el diario The Washington Post reveló que al 82% de los electores hispanos le gustaría que el próximo presidente apoye una vía a la ciudadanía para los inmigrantes indocumentados, y el 53% no votaría por un candidato que se oponga a esa vía.

“Están equivocados (los republicanos) en sus planteamientos”, dijo a Univision Noticias Ben Monterroso, director ejecutivo de Mi Familia Vota. “Ellos hicieron dos apuestas: que los votantes no iban a participar en la elección y que pueden llegar a la Casa Blanca sin el apoyo de la comunidad hispana”.

“Las dos apuestas son totalmente equivocadas”, agregó el activista. “Hay más votantes participando. Creo que las apuestas están perdidas. Más gente se está registrando para votar, mas residentes se están convirtiendo en ciudadanos y más jóvenes están listos para ir a las urnas. Nuestro voto tiene peso. Tenemos una gran influencia y la vamos a seguir teniendo”.

“Sin nosotros no ganan”

En Washington el Centro para el Cambio Comunitario insiste que “sin nosotros no ganan” ni demócratas ni republicanos la conquista de la Casa Blanca. Y en cuanto a los resultados de la encuesta exclusiva Univision Noticias y The Washington Post, “no es nada sorprendente”, dijo Kica Matos, directora del programa de derechos de los inmigrantes y justicia racial del CCC.

“Siempre hemos dicho que cuando se trata al tema de inmigración, la cuestión es profundamente personal para los latinos”, precisó. “La encuesta revela que nosotros los latinos estamos alertas, escuchando y reaccionando a lo que está sucediendo en torno a las elecciones”.

Dijo además que los republicanos “por mucho tiempo han sabido que el camino hacia la Casa Blanca requiere que ellos avancen las políticas de reforma migratoria con camino a la ciudadanía”, un debate que permanece estancado desde 2010.

“Ellos han hecho todo lo contrario y tendrán que pagar el precio”, advirtió refiriéndose a la elección de noviembre y la participación del voto hispano en las urnas.

Matos dijo además que la candidatura de Trump “ha movilizado a la comunidad latina e inmigrante”, y que se han duplicado los esfuerzos “para registrar votantes y asegurar de que nuestros votos cuenten en noviembre”.

De los poco más de 23 millones de latinos ciudadanos estadounidenses solo entre 12 y 13 millones están registrados para votar. Otros 6 millones de residentes legales reúnen requisitos para convertirse en ciudadanos y registrarse como electores.

Apuesta al “extremismo”

“El voto latino no puede ignorarse”, dijo a Univision Noticias Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice. “La encuesta Univision Noticias y The Washington Post confirma lo que hemos dicho desde el principio, que las políticas antiinmigrantes de los precandidatos republicanos, particularmente el puntero, Donald Trump, siguen dañando la marca republicana entre los votantes latinos, un sector electoral necesario y vital para ganar la Casa Blanca”.

Agregó que los republicanos “siguen apostando al extremismo y a ignorar los cambios demográficos que inciden sobre el panorama político-electoral” y que el voto hispano “vale”.

En otro resultado, la encuesta exclusiva Univision Noticias y The washington Post reveló que los votantes hispanos se sienten muy motivados para participar en estas elecciones presidenciales. “Nueve de cada 10 piensan votar en ellas”, escribió el periodista Daniel Morcate, de la unidad política de Univision.

Trump busca la base

Para Roberto Izurieta, director del departamento de Política Latinoamericana de la Universidad George Washington, los republicanos no están tan equivocados como muchos piensan. “Su grupo objetivo de campaña no son las mayorías sino las minorías que votan en una primaria”, dijo.

Explicó que “por ejemplo, Trump puede tener un 30% de los votantes republicanos y con eso podría ganar la nominación presidencial”, y que esa cantidad de apoyo “es menos de lo que tiene Sanders en el Partido Demócrata”, con lo que el senador por Vermont no podría ganar la nominación de su partido.

“Trump va por una base minoritaria del electorado no por las mayorías”, reiteró.

En cuando a la posibilidad de un triunfo republicano en noviembre, Izurieta dijo que “buscarán una ecuación de triunfo con poco voto latino”. Y que eso “a diferencia de lo que muchos piensan, es posible pero se trata de una ecuación más difícil. Necesitarán más votantes blancos, más jóvenes y, quizás, más mujeres”.

Izurieta también dijo que si el 74% de los latinos que respondieron a la encuesta exclusiva Univision Noticias y The Washington Post consideran ofensivos los comentarios de Trump, “eso es una buena motivación para vitar en noviembre”. Y señaló que no hay que olvidar que también se elige un nuevo Congreso, que al final de cuentas será el que decida el futuro de la reforma migratoria.

Señal de alarma

“Creo que lo interesante de la encuesta exclusiva de Univision Noticias y The Washington Post es una señal de alarma para el Partido Republicano”, dijo a Clarissa Martínez e Castro, directora de inmigración del Consejo Nacional de La Raza (NCLR, por su sigla en inglés), el principal grupo hispano de Estados Unidos.

Señaló que el hecho que el tema de inmigración aparezca en el segundo lugar de importancia “es una mala noticia para las campañas republicanas”, porque usualmente el tema sólo se eleva “cuando a la comunidad le preocupa el ambiente tóxico generado por el debate migratorio, y este tipo de ambiente pone a la comunidad en alerta y la lleva a tomar acción”.

“Aquí lo interesante es que la mayoría de los votantes piensan que la inmigración es número uno y por lo regular no está en el tope de las prioridades. Pero la toxicidad del debate hizo que la comunidad latina salga a defenderse”, agregó.

A la pregunta de si los republicanos triunfarán con la actual estrategia mostrada en las primarias, Martínez de Castro dijo que “cada día que pasa se pone en mas duda la posibilidad de llevar a cabo esta estratega con éxito”, de atacar a la comunidad inmigrante, sobre todo indocumentada.

“Sabemos que en la política los candidatos siempre hacen eso por cada lado, se van más a los extremos. Y cuando van a la elección general empiezan a moderar. Pero se llega a un punto en que has caminado tan lejos que es difícil regresar al centro. Ese es el reto para los republicanos”, apuntó.

Las redadas de Obama

Un tema que también fue mencionado en la encuesta, realizada por la firma demócrata Bendixen & Amandi y la firma republicana The Tarrance Group, es la política de deportaciones del gobierno de Obama, que desde que llegó a la Casa Blanca en 2009 ha deportado a más de 2.5 millones de indocumentados.

“Casi la mitad de los entrevistados, el 48%, se inclina a votar en contra de cualquier candidato que pretenda continuar la política de deportaciones de Obama, mientras que apenas el 17% se inclina a votar por un candidato con esa pretensión”, escribió Morcate.

Hastings advierte que la política de deportaciones de Obama “puede incidir en la apatía del voto latino, lo que supone un reto para la nominada o el nominado demócrata”. Y señala que la encuesta Univision Noticias y The Washington Post “envía mensajes a ambos partidos: el voto latino no puede darse por sentado. Sería un gran error”.

Gustavo Torres de CASA Maryland, comparte la inquietud de Hastings y dice que “es inaceptable que 2.5 millones de nuestros hermanos y hermanas hayan sido deportados bajo esta Administración. Tenemos que pararlas. Estoy con la encuesta; debería ser (el rechazo) del 100%”.

En relación a las redadas y las deportaciones de niños migrantes que llegaron al país en busca de asilo después del 1 de enero de 2014, Torres dijo que no se trata de indocumentados, sino de “refugiados” que deben ser protegidos por el gobierno.

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Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster – USA TODAY
Senate Democrats fail to advance voting rights legislation and changes to filibuster – USA TODAY

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California fires: Goats help save Ronald Reagan Presidential Library – BBC News
California fires: Goats help save Ronald Reagan Presidential Library – BBC News

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A goat grazes in South Pasadena last month as part of fire prevention efforts

A hungry herd of 500 goats has helped save the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library from the California wildfires.

In May, the library hired the goats to clear flammable scrub surrounding the complex as a preventative measure.

The goats ate the brush, creating a fire break that slowed the flames and gave firefighters extra time to react.

The library near Los Angeles was threatened by the Easy Fire, the latest in a spate of fires causing evacuations and power cuts across the state.

The caprine contractors included Vincent van Goat, Selena Goatmez and Goatzart. They helped save exhibits including an Air Force One jet and a piece of the Berlin Wall.

“We were told by one of the firefighters that they believe that fire break made their job easier,” Melissa Giller, a library spokeswoman, told Reuters.

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Goat grazing is one way of removing highly flammable brush

The goats were hired from a local company – 805 Goats – to clear around 13 acres of land.

Scott Morris started the company last November and charges around $1,000 (£771) per acre of land.

As California continues to have more wildfires, Mr Morris says he will need to double his herd to meet demand.

Another large southern California institution – the Getty Museum in Los Angeles – was also protected this week by scrub-clearing work carried out by staff.

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Goats from a ranch near the Reagan Library were also rescued from the Easy Fire

What has happened to animals caught in the path of fires?

Ranchers and volunteers have been scrambling to evacuate farm animals, carrying them away on trailers, dropping them somewhere safe, and then turning around to rescue more.

In some cases, when the flames move too quickly for trailer rescues, the animals are simply let loose in the hope they can escape on their own and be recovered later.

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Ranches north of Los Angeles were evacuated as the Easy Fire spread

Along with their owners, pets have been displaced from their homes too, with many animals killed or lost.

The Pet Rescue and Reunification Facebook group – dedicated to helping reunite pets with their owners – is flooded with pictures of animals missing amid the fires.

Several shelters under threat of fires have also had to evacuate animals.

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A resident of Canyon Country evacuates her home with her pets

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Budweiser and his owners, Sheila and John Pereira, are staying in a trailer in a Walmart parking lot after fleeing the Kincade fire

Of the more than ten active wildfires raging in California, the Kincade Fire in the north of the state is the largest, with more than 76,000 acres burned so far.

The governor has declared a state-wide emergency.

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Texas Gov. Abbott closing entry as 8,000 gather at border – New York Post
Texas Gov. Abbott closing entry as 8,000 gather at border – New York Post

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is closing entry points at the Mexican border so the state won’t be overrun as reports show thousands of illegal immigrants amassing under a bridge ​waiting to be arrested by Border Patrol agents. 

The number of migrants waiting under the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, doubled overnight to more than 8,200 people, Fox News reported, showing drone footage of the massive gathering.

​​”The sheer negligence of the Biden Administration to do their job and secure the border is appalling. I have directed the Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to surge personnel and vehicles to shut down six points of entry along the southern border to stop these caravans from overrunning the state​,” Abbott, a Republican, said in a statement on Thursday.

​”The border crisis is so dire that the US Customs and Border Protection is requesting our help as their agents are overwhelmed by the chaos. Unlike President Biden, the State of Texas remains committed to securing our border and protecting Americans,” the statement said.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says his orders will stop “caravans from overrunning the state​.”
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The report said a law enforcement official said the crowd is mainly made up of Haitians and more are joining the army of migrants every minute.

The new development comes as Fox News reported on Wednesday that for two straight months – July and August – encounters with illegal immigrants surpassed 200,000. ​

Drone footage shows more than 8,000 migrants gathering at the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas.
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The 208,887 encounters in August are a drop from July’s more than 212,000 encounters, but it still amounts to a 317 percent increase over August 2020, when there were 50,014 apprehensions and a 233 percent jump from August 2019, which recorded 62,707 apprehensions.

A​bbott​, frustrated with the Biden administration’s inability to solve the crisis at the border, has implemented a number of measures in Texas to curb illegal immigration.

Border Patrol Agent Carols Rivera patrols along the US-Mexico border in Ysleta, Texas on September 2, 2021.
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The Paso del Norte international bridge that connects Ciudad Juárez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas.
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He has authorized the National Guard to arrest people who illegally cross into the US and has begun raising funds to complete construction of the border wall that Biden stopped.​

The White House said they are focused on the “root causes” of immigration, including​ poverty, corruption, violence and natural disasters, but Republicans have blasted Biden for ending many of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies since taking office in January.

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Malfunctioning space heater sparked Bronx apartment fire, city’s deadliest blaze in decades – USA TODAY
Malfunctioning space heater sparked Bronx apartment fire, city’s deadliest blaze in decades – USA TODAY

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Últimas noticias de Estados Unidos hoy: Obama criticó el veto migratorio de Trump – lagranepoca
Últimas noticias de Estados Unidos hoy: Obama criticó el veto migratorio de Trump – lagranepoca

Barack Obama criticó la política migratoria de Trump

A diez días de dejar la presidencia, Barack Obama se pronunció en contra del veto del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump para que ciudadanos de siete países no puedan entrar a Estados Unidos.

Trump suspendió por 120 días el ingreso de refugiados y también durante 90 días la concesión de visados a personas con ciudadanía de Libia, Sudán, Somalia, Siria, Irak, Yemen e Irán.

El ex presidente Obama señaló a través de su portavoz Kevin Lewis, estar “fundamentalmente en desacuerdo con la noción de discriminar a los individuos por su fe o religión”.

Sin embargo, el presidente Trump ha afirmado que Estados Unidos es “una nación orgullosa de los inmigrantes y seguirá mostrando compasión a aquellos que huyen de la opresión”, aunque  aclaró: “lo vamos a hacer mientras proteja a nuestros propios ciudadanos y a la frontera”.

El actual mandatario estadounidense detalló que la orden ejecutiva es similar a la política desarrollada por Obama en 2011 cuando prohibió los visados para los refugiados del Iraq durante seis meses.

“Los siete países que se nombran en el orden ejecutivo son los mismos países previamente identificados por la administración de Obama como fuentes de terror”, señaló Trump. “Para ser claros, esto no es una prohibición musulmana”, sentenció refiriendo que hay más de 40 países poseen mayoritariamente esa religión y que no se ven afectados por esta orden.

“Esto no se trata de la religión, sino del terror y de mantener a salvo a nuestro país”, concluyó en un comunicado.

Trump destituye a la secretaria interina de Justicia de Estados Unidos

El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump relevó ayer del cargo a la fiscal general Sally Yates, luego de que se negase a defender en los tribunales el veto a inmigrantes y refugiados dictado por la Casa Blanca el viernes pasado.

“Yates traicionó al Departamento de Justicia al negarse a hacer cumplir una orden diseñada para proteger a los ciudadanos de Estados Unidos”, apuntó Donald Trump en un comunicado, al mismo tiempo que calificó a la funcionaria como “débil” en lo que respecta a seguridad fronteriza y “muy débil” en cuanto a la inmigración ilegal.

Yates –que viene de la administración de Obama- seguía en el cargo a la espera de que el Senado estadounidense confirme al nominado de Trump para la Fiscalía General, el senador republicano Jeff Sessions.

Entre tanto el mandatario nombró como nueva fiscal general en funciones a Dana Boente, hasta ahora fiscal para el distrito este de Virginia.

Dana Boente. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

“Ha llegado el momento de ponernos serios para proteger a nuestro país. Imponer un escrutinio más duro a individuos que viajan desde siete países peligrosos no es extremo. Es algo razonable y necesario para proteger a nuestro país”, agregó el comunicado de Trump.

Trump firma orden ejecutiva para ayudar a pequeñas empresas

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump firmó este lunes una orden ejecutiva para reducir las regulaciones para las pequeñas y medianas empresas.

La normativa –denominada por la Casa Blanca “uno dentro, dos fuera”- establece que por cada nueva regulación federal que se apruebe, antes deberán ser revocadas otras dos, informó Reuters.

“Estamos reduciendo enormemente las regulaciones para las pequeñas y grandes empresas”, declaró el mandatario estadounidense durante la rúbrica.

“Este será el mayor acto de este tipo que nuestro país haya visto nunca”, añadió el mandatario, rodeado de pequeños empresarios estadounidenses.

“El sueño americano está de vuelta. ¡Vamos a crear un entorno para los negocios pequeños como no hemos tenido en muchas, muchas décadas!”, expresó Trump en su cuenta de twitter.

El decreto estipula que las agencias federales propondrán las reglas que quieran eliminar y que la Casa Blanca revisará esas decisiones.

Anualmente, la Casa Blanca reserva un presupuesto para regulaciones; sin embargo, para el 2017 no hay dinero previsto destinado para este propósito.

“Habrá regulación, habrá control, pero será un control normalizado”, afirmó Trump.

De esta forma se reducirían regulaciones hasta un 75%.

El presidente Trump ha manifestado en distintas oportunidades que la burocracia frena el desarrollo económico de la nación.

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Trump dará a conocer su nómina para la Corte Suprema

El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump.. Foto: Pool/Getty Images

El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, anunciará este martes a su candidato para ocupar la vacante en el Tribunal Supremo, abierta tras la inesperada muerte en febrero de 2016 del juez conservador Antonin Scalia.

“He tomado mi decisión sobre a quién nominaré para la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos. Se anunciará en vivo el martes a las 8.00 P.M.”, adelantó Trump en su cuenta de Twitter.

La confirmación del nominado de Trump para el Tribunal Supremo dependerá primero del Comité Judicial del Senado y luego pasará al pleno de la Cámara alta, donde necesita una mayoría de 60 votos para hacerse con el cargo.

Artículo completo aquí

La Gran Época le recomienda el siguiente artículo: Actualización de la política legal de China contra Falun Gong muestra que la persecución continúa

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Seeking: Big Democratic Ideas That Make Everything Better – The New York Times
Seeking: Big Democratic Ideas That Make Everything Better – The New York Times

For now, however, the political atmosphere seems to be one of demand for more aggressive action: One Democratic group, Navigator Research, that has been conducting daily polling on the pandemic, found large majorities of voters concerned that the government would do too little to help people and eager for the government to do more, even if it cost a lot of money.

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Interview With Nuno Rogerio of SIC Noticias – Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Interview With Nuno Rogerio of SIC Noticias – Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Interview With Nuno Rogerio of SIC
Noticias

Interview
Victoria
Nuland
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and
Eurasian Affairs
Lisbon, Portugal
April 28,
2014

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Question:
Secretary Nuland, welcome to the show, welcome to Portugal.
First question on the issue of Ukraine. Do you believe that
the United States and Europe have different positions on
Ukraine. Are we in sort of a war between US and Europe
because of Ukraine?

Assistant Secretary
Nuland: Well, first, Nuno, let me just say how
great it is to be back in Portugal and at this very
important moment in our relationship and for Portugal.
Congratulations on the 40th anniversary of the Carnation
Revolution. I think Portugal has an enormous amount to teach
Ukraine and frankly to teach Russia. You made the transition
to democracy without a drop of blood being spilled and that
is what the people of Ukraine want for themselves. I don’t
think that the United States and Europe have different
positions. In fact, today we both said to Russia that we are
dissatisfied with Russia’s implementation of the Geneva
Agreement of less than two weeks ago. That we do not see the
commitment that they promised to make to help stabilize
Ukraine and, on the contrary, they are playing a negative,
destabilizing role and, therefore, there have to be costs
and we both imposed fresh sanctions
today.

Question: You know what the
Russians are saying is that, although they understand what
they call the struggle of Eastern parts of Ukraine. They are
not present militarily so the people that are there are
grass roots people, probably some Cossacks, probably some
paramilitary groups but not Russia as a state. Would you
agree with that statement?

Assistant Secretary
Nuland: That is complete garbage. We have high
confidence in our assessment and, frankly, it is Europe’s
assessment as well that Russia is playing a concrete role in
organizing, funding, assisting, arming these protests and is
playing an extremely destabilizing and dangerous role inside
Ukraine, let alone the threatening moves that it is making
with its 40,000 troops around Ukraine’s borders. Ten
battalions of which went right up to the borders just a
couple of days ago.

Question: Yeah, but
that is the forces that are on the border. I am saying the
forces that are inside of east Ukraine.

Assistant
Secretary Nuland: And I said Russia is playing a
concrete role. It has its own intelligence forces inside
Ukraine who are organizing, coordinating, arming and funding
the destabilization in the east. There are obviously some
Ukrainians participating as well, but they are not the best
actors inside eastern Ukraine and, in fact, if you look at
the polling – Ukrainian polling, American polling, and
European polling – that polling indicates that less than
18% of Ukrainians want anything to do with what Russia is
proposing.

Question: I know you have
discussed this topic with Christiane Amanpour, among others,
but who is calling the shots in Moscow? Do you see this as a
rational product of Russian foreign policy? You are a
consummate diplomat, you are a professional diplomat. You
have seen Russia in several shapes and forms. Is this a
decision of a man or of a system? Do you see any rationality
behind this Russian position?

Assistant Secretary
Nuland: I believe, through my own experience, that
you have to listen to what leaders say and believe what they
say. We have a President in Russia who is talking about his
greatest regret is the fall of the Soviet Union, who is
invoking the period of Catherine the Great, one of the
biggest expanders of the Russian empire, who is talking
about “novo Russia” a time when half of Ukraine was part
of Russia so you have to take him seriously when he says
that is his aspiration.

Question: So
people would argue that lots of problems that Ukraine is
facing now are also due to their own incompetence, division,
corruption, infiltration by other forces and surely also the
fact that they are demoralized and maybe weakened at this
moment, would you agree that?

Assistant Secretary
Nuland: Absolutely, that is what Maidan was about.
Maidan was about first the young people of Ukraine, but then
old people and business people saying we want to turn the
page on an era of corruption, on an era of bad government,
on an era of a few rich people stealing the wealth of the
country. We want to live in a clean, democratic country.
That is what they are fighting for and that is what the U.S.
and Europe are supporting. And that is what Russia is trying
to deny them.

Question: As you know,
Ukrainian Special Forces are hesitant to enter in to town
centers because they do not want to arrest civilians, who
are being used, apparently, as human shields, and so the
operation is very difficult for the Ukrainians. If the
operation doesn’t work, if the status quo continues, if
everything continues to be occupied in those cities, the
public buildings continue to be occupied, what is there to
be done besides sanctions?

Assistant Secretary
Nuland: Well, first to say, as you said, that the
Ukrainians and their security services have shown enormous
restraint in the face of the kind of terrorist, aggressive,
vicious tactics that are being undertaken by the militants,
and by the pro-Russian separatists. As you know, just this
weekend, eight international monitors, OSCE monitors, taken
hostage and taken to the dungeons of Slavyansk, now this
awful epicenter of everything that is going wrong in
Ukraine. Obviously, if Russia doesn’t change course. If it
doesn’t allow Ukraine the breathing space to make its own
choices, it is going to have to continue to cost and those
sanctions and that isolation will just escalate. But, at the
same time, the U.S. and Europe are intent, President Obama
is intent, on leaving the door open for diplomacy, if
Russian will change course. That is what our meeting in
Geneva was about. But Russia has to make a choice. It can be
a good neighbor or it can face
isolation.

Question: Final thing because
I know you are running out of time. One of the questions
that Ukraine has to solve is that…
Assistant
Secretary Nuland: What about something about
Portugal? Are we going to talk about Portugal at
all?

Question: Yes, we can say just one
thing but just tell me one thing. Ukraine is very dependent,
as Portugal is, on energy that comes from abroad. They
don’t produce enough energy by themselves; we also feel
that in another domain. How can it be solved for them to be
less dependent on Russia?

Assistant Secretary
Nuland: Well, first of all, you are absolutely
right. This is one of the great difficulties that Ukraine
faces, that other countries in Europe face, the great
dependence on Russian energy. That is why we are working so
hard as a transatlantic community, to diversify supply, to
diversify types of energy. In the Ukraine context, the U.S.
and Europe are working together: John Kerry, Cathy Ashton,
Commissioner Oettinger were together two weeks ago to look
at reverse flow, to move gas from Poland and Hungary and
Slovakia back into Ukraine and we’re being relatively
successful at that. But, you know, Ukraine is also exploring
alternatives like shale gas and, if that works out, Ukraine
will be a very rich country, very
soon.

Question: Finally, about
Portugal.

Assistant Secretary Nuland:
Yes.

Question: How would you describe the
present state of relations? We do not appear to have any
storm between Portugal and the United States except for the
questions of Lajes that gathered lots of opinions recently.
Do you think there is a problem between Portugal and the
United States because of the Azores
base?

Assistant Secretary Nuland: We are
great, strong allies. We so appreciate the transatlantic
spirit and the global commitment of Portugal. What I wanted
to say today is how proud we are of Portugal and the
Portuguese people. How you have weathered these three years
of difficulty. The intense reforms that you have undertaken
and we have enormous confidence in Portugal’s future and
what we want is for Portugal, and the Portuguese people, to
have confidence in their future. Which is why I was here
today talking with young entrepreneurs, the next generation,
talking about the transatlantic trade and investment
partnership that we are going to do that is going to bring
jobs and growth on both sides of the Atlantic. We want to
see Portugal continue to be that transatlantic engine of
growth, the connection between US and Europe that is going
to make us all stronger and more prosperous. With regard to
Lajes, we have a long, historic security relationship in the
Azores. It is time now to broaden and deepen that
relationship so it is also about economic opportunity, it is
about protecting the environment, it is about tourism. We
will continue to have a security relationship but let’s do
more than that in the Azores.

Question:
Have a safe flight.

Assistant Secretary
Nuland: Thank you
Nuno.

ENDS

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The OnlyFans Ban And A Reversal Was A Slap In The Face To Its Creators – BuzzFeed News
The OnlyFans Ban And A Reversal Was A Slap In The Face To Its Creators – BuzzFeed News

Last week, OnlyFans announced that it would ban sexually explicit content, effective Oct. 1. After creators and the public reacted with anger and confusion, given that sex workers largely helped build the app to be worth over $1 billion, the company reversed the plan.

“Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard,” the company tweeted on Wednesday. “We have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change.

“OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators,” the tweet concluded.

This gaffe highlights how dismissive social media companies can be to the creators on their platforms, and how pearl-clutching corporate America still is about sex and sex work.

According to initial reports, OnlyFans had been struggling to find investors because of how popular sex and nudity are on its platform.

“These changes are to comply with the requests of our banking partners and payout providers,” the company said last week.

The bureaucratic language made it clear. The company prioritized growing fiscally and did not consider the damage the move would have to its creators, monetarily and emotionally. It didn’t care, or consider, that many of its top-earning sex workers would probably flee the platform, jeopardizing the company’s reputation and, ironically, its financial future. OnlyFans also didn’t apologize for putting its creators through this stress.

“OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators” is a feeble attempt at taking accountability for how the company quickly dissolved trust between influencers, paying community members, and company executives.

“We’re sorry we didn’t consider the effect it would have on people who helped build value in our company, and we want to set an industry standard for safe and inclusive sex work online” would have been a sincere, decent response, but, hey, I’m no PR expert.

The corporate jargon was ultimately revealing. I interpreted OnlyFans’ actions and statements to mean that creators are great when we can use them to prove to investors that we’re solid as a company, but when it comes to understanding and protecting their careers and livelihoods, well, that’s on them to sort out.

I imagine sex workers on OnlyFans are ultimately pleased that the company walked back its decision, but I can also imagine how destabilizing it must now be to be running their accounts, unsure of when OnlyFans may suddenly pull the plug on their careers and incomes.

OnlyFans is in a bind. The company needs to raise a lot of capital to stay competitive and grow, but in that process, it has sidelined the people who helped get it a seat at the table with investors. Social media companies and creators are dependent on each other, and these companies must realize how much power they have over people’s lives.

I’m no economist, either, but here’s my advice for OnlyFans: If you slowly nurture the relationship you have with your creators, your company will grow more sustainably. It might be slower, the cash might have to come later, but it won’t cause this level of disruptive chaos that then tarnishes the trust of the community you built.

I am ready for TaylorTok

Source Article from https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/the-onlyfans-sex-ban-and-taylor-swift-tiktok

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Un duelo histórico entre Alemania y Argentina – Univisión
Un duelo histórico entre Alemania y Argentina – Univisión

Source Article from http://noticias.univision.com/article/2023735/2014-07-13/fifacopamundial/un-duelo-historico-entre-alemania-y-argentina

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PG&E Says Its Equipment May Have Started Dixie Fire – The New York Times
PG&E Says Its Equipment May Have Started Dixie Fire – The New York Times

In June, the utility reached a $12 million settlement with two Northern California counties after last year’s Zogg Fire was determined to have been caused by a pine tree contacting PG&E transmission lines. The 56,000-acre fire killed four people and destroyed more than 200 buildings.

PG&E also faces criminal charges for its role in igniting a 2019 wildfire that burned 120 square miles in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco. That blaze, called the Kincade Fire, damaged or destroyed more than 400 buildings and seriously injured six firefighters.

The utility emerged from bankruptcy last summer, placing $5.4 billion in cash and 22.19 percent of its stock into a trust for victims of wildfires caused by the utility’s equipment.

In its report on the possible ignition point of the Dixie Fire, PG&E said that early last Tuesday morning, a utility worker spotted what he thought were blown fuses atop a utility pole in a remote area. The worker could not immediately reach the pole, it said, “due to the challenging terrain and road work resulting in a bridge closure.”

When he finally got there, about 10 hours later, he noticed that a fire had started near the base of a tree.

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/us/pge-dixie-fire.html

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Frontera caliente: siete muertos y violento asalto – Diario El País
Frontera caliente: siete muertos y violento asalto – Diario El País

La frontera tiene una carga latente de violencia, de tierra de nadie. Facilita muchas actividades ilegales. Es un mundo diferente. En Rivera, solo una calle —Treinta y Tres o “La Línea”— separa de Santana do Livramento. Lo mismo ocurre en el Chuy. El visitante no sabe muy bien si se encuentra del lado brasileño o del uruguayo.

En este enero, la violencia ganó la frontera con Brasil. En el lado uruguayo y el brasileño del Chuy cinco personas fueron asesinadas entre el 25 de diciembre y el martes 10.

La Policía presume que las muertes son por motivos diferentes: represalias por incautaciones de drogas realizadas en Uruguay y Brasil y rencillas personales entre delincuentes.

El lunes 16, una banda con supuestos integrantes brasileños y un uruguayo, asaltó una casa de cambio con armas largas. Un policía y un delincuentes resultaron muertos y otro policía fue herido.

Tres brasileños, familiares de uno de los asaltantes muertos, fueron detenidos ayer por la Policía de Rivera. Uno de los detenidos es hermano del asaltante muerto a tiros por un policía durante el asalto. Tiene cinco antecedentes por robos a bancos y hurtos de autos.

Investigadores policiales riverenses consideran que este individuo era cómplice o encubridor del atraco al cambio.

“El detenido brasileño no ha dado respuestas convincentes”, dijo a El País el jefe interino de Rivera, Richard Fernández, en alusión a que tendría alguna información sobre las actividades de la banda de asaltantes. Las otras dos detenidas son mujeres, familiares del delincuente abatido.

Crímenes.

En la madrugada del 25 de diciembre, en el barrio “Toquinho” del Chuí (Brasil) desconocidos asesinaron de un disparo en el tórax a un hombre que circulaba en bicicleta. La víctima tenía 30 años.

El lunes 2, en Chuy (Uruguay), dos personas llegaron a la casa de un adolescente. Le efectuaron dos tiros, uno le impactó en la cabeza y el otro en una pierna, informó el portal Tiempo de Noticias del Chuy.

Cuatro días más tarde, el viernes 6, un hombre con antecedentes penales, fue ejecutado de varios disparos por dos personas que viajaban en moto en las inmediaciones de Calle 5 y Francisco de los Santos (Chuy).

Un joven de 21 años fue abordado en la calle, del lado brasileño, y lo mataron de varios disparos en la cabeza. El crimen ocurrió el martes 10. Un quinto homicidio sucedió en esos días del lado brasileño, informaron fuentes policiales a El País sin precisar más datos.

“Os Irmãos”.

“Lo que ocurrió el lunes pasado (el violento asalto al cambio) no pasa todos los días en Rivera”, dijo a El País el jefe interino de Policía, Richard Fernández.

Operadores judiciales trasmitieron ayer a las autoridades policiales que tienen la presunción de que un uruguayo integra la banda de asaltantes brasileños conocida en Porto Alegre como “Os Irmãos” (Los hermanos). “Todos los integrantes de esta banda son hermanos o primos. Por eso se llama de esa manera”, dijo el jerarca policial.

La Policía riverense ya identificó a cuatro de los cinco asaltantes del cambio.

Fernández dijo que, por el momento, no se podría afirmar que ese sujeto fuera uruguayo.

En una camioneta abandonada por los delincuentes poco después del asalto, la Policía encontró huellas, cabellos y posiblemente rastros de sangre.

Las cámaras de seguridad del cambio rapiñado muestran que este asaltante escapó del lugar rengueando.

Posiblemente recibió un disparo en el estómago o en una pierna. La Policía de Rivera trabaja en coordinación con la Policía Científica de Brasil y Uruguay para identificarlo en base a las muestras de ADN encontradas en el vehículo que había sido robado antes del asalto.

“Gente con armas pesadas, largas, modernas y atacando un cambio con violencia no es común en Rivera”, insistió el jefe de Policía. Enseguida agregó: “Estamos alerta (ante la llegada de delincuentes brasileños). Compartimos información con la Policía de Brasil”.

En el Chuy ocurre algo similar. Investigadores uruguayos y brasileños saben que las investigaciones de los ilícitos se demoran “mucho más” porque los delincuentes se trasladan de un país a otro para escapar.

La Policía Civil de Chuí tiene horarios y no trabaja los domingos. Y la Brigada Militar cuenta con una sola camioneta y dos policías. Los crímenes en esa ciudad son investigados por policías uruguayos.

Coordinación de las policías limítrofes

El jefe interino de Policía de Rivera, Richard Fernández, dijo que en Rivera ocurren rapiñas, pero no con la violencia de la del lunes 16. Relató el robo a un cambista ocurrido el lunes 2. En ese caso el rapiñero tiró al suelo, el cambista llevaba el dinero de toda la jornada y no lo depositó como acostumbra hacer y persiguió al asaltante media cuadra. “Después se fue a la playa y no quiso hacer denuncia”, agregó.

La frontera con Brasil siempre es violenta. Muchas personas viven del contrabando, venta de mercaderías con marcas falsificadas.

En tanto que cárteles narcos trafican marihuana proveniente de Paraguay y cocaína de Colombia aprovechando las facilidades que genera la frontera seca para pasar los límites de un país a otro. Por eso, los policías de Rivera están alertas y trabajas en coordinación con sus colegas de Santana do Livramento. Hace un mes, una banda asaltó varios camiones en dos pueblos cercanos a Livramento. La Policía norteña avisó a sus colegas de Rivera y se adoptó vigilancia en posibles blancos.

Source Article from http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/frontera-caliente-siete-muertos-violento.html

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De Blasio to look other way on illegal basement homes when floods come – New York Post
De Blasio to look other way on illegal basement homes when floods come – New York Post

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that going forward he plans to emergency-evacuate tenants from illegal basement apartments vulnerable to the kind of flooding that swept through the city — rather than crack down on the illegal dwellings ahead of time.

And even then, he said, officials won’t evict tenants from the substandard dwellings, effectively turning a blind eye to the hazardous housing — despite five of six basement apartments in which 11 people drowned when the remnants of Hurricane Ida lashed the Big Apple having been constructed illegally.

During a news conference, de Blasio acknowledged that having an “absolute accounting” of the city’s estimated 50,000-plus illegal basement apartments — many of which potentially lack adequate escape routes — is “not something we thought of previously.”

The mayor — under fire for failing to prepare before the deadly storm struck Wednesday night — said that “at least 100,000 people, and there’s a strong possibility there’s a lot more, are living in those apartments.”

A man adjusts a water pump in a parking lot after the remnants of Hurricane Ida produced heavy rain and caused widespread flooding.
ANGEL COLMENARES/EPA-EFE/Shutter

Expressing concern more for illegal immigrants fearful of coming forward than for their safety in the illegal dwellings, the mayor said, “So many people who end up in the illegal basements are fearful to communicate, for fear they might be evicted or, worse in their mind, deported,” de Blasio said.

“If we communicate, we can really convince people that they will not be evicted, that they will not be put in any harm because of their documentation status, at least we have the opportunity then to get people to safety when a situation like this occurs.”

He added: “We need places for people to live. Obviously, we need them to be safe.”

De Blasio acknowledged that having an “absolute accounting” of the city’s estimated 50,000-plus illegal apartments is “not something we thought of previously.”
Matthew McDermott

De Blasio also admitted a pilot program by his administration to bring illegal basement apartments up to code largely failed because it’s “very difficult, physically” and “very costly” to the property owners.

“So we have to figure out a way forward,” he said. “I don’t think it’s realistic to say, ‘Let’s just have no one live in them,’ because I don’t know where all those folks are going to end up who need a place to live.”

De Blasio, who has been criticized for ignoring the weather warnings ahead of Ida hitting New York said forecasts of future flooding could result in “travel bans” being announced as much as a day earlier or even “that morning,” after which “people will have to leave the streets, get out of subways, etc. — immediately.”

In addition, Hizzoner said he was creating an “Extreme Weather Response Task Force” that would report back with other recommendations in 30 days.

NYPD sources ridiculed de Blasio’s plan to have cops and other emergency workers go door-to-door to evacuate tenants from illegal basement apartments.

“There are not enough first responders to handle 50,000 illegal apartments and do their regular duties, plus the extra duties the storm will normally bring,” a Manhattan cop said.

Three boys explore a flooded area surrounding a park after the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida brought huge amounts of rain.
Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

A Bronx cop said, “If he knows where illegal apartments are, he should take care of that problem now before another drop of rain falls. Those apartments are death traps for a lot of reasons.”

And a Brooklyn cop said the outgoing mayor’s plan “could be the dumbest thing this idiot has said in eight years,” adding, “Hopefully, there won’t be a storm in the next four months.”

City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) blasted de Blasio for “condoning illegal apartments,” saying it “sent a bad message” and “set a dangerous precedent.”

Holden also said enforcement of building codes by de Blasio’s administration “has been a disaster” and he blamed Hizzoner mayor for the deaths of at least 11 people who drowned in their basement apartments Wednesday night.

“The mayor has blood on his hands,” Holden said.

Source Article from https://nypost.com/2021/09/03/nyc-tenants-wont-be-evicted-from-illegal-basements-when-floods-come/

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México en resumen: las noticias del 13 de marzo – Informador.com.mx
México en resumen: las noticias del 13 de marzo – Informador.com.mx
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (13/MAR/2015).- Revisa lo más importante del 12 de marzo en México a través de este resumen de noticias publicadas a través de los sitios web de los medios que conforman los Periódicos Asociados en Red.

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO

Peña Nieto recibe a presidente de Guatemala

Está previsto que más tarde el primer Mandatario y Otto Pérez concreten convenios bilaterales para la construcción de una hidroeléctrica en el río Usumacinta y un gasoducto, además de que suscribirán ocho acuerdos de desarrollo en materia energética, comercial, turística y de infraestructura aduanera.

Aristegui condiciona permanencia en MVS al regreso de sus colaboradores

Está previsto que más tarde el primer Mandatario y Otto Pérez concreten convenios bilaterales para la construcción de una hidroeléctrica en el río Usumacinta y un gasoducto, además de que suscribirán ocho acuerdos de desarrollo en materia energética, comercial, turística y de infraestructura aduanera.


BAJA CALIFORNIA

Grupo Healy rechaza intento de boicot del gobierno de Baja California

La casa editorial Grupo Healy, a la cual pertencen los diarios LA CRÓNICA de Mexicali, FRONTERA en Tijuana y FRONTERA ENSENADA, salió en defensa de las acusaciones de extorsión emitidas por el gobernador de Baja California, Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, y los alcaldes de Mexicali, Tijuana, Ensenada, Tecate y Rosarito.

COAHUILA

Colocan primera piedra del Centro Oncológico de Saltillo

Con una inversión de 365 millones de pesos, este viernes se colocó la primera piedra de lo que será el Centro Oncológico de Saltillo “Salvador Chavarría Sánchez”. La ceremonia fue encabeza por el gobernador Rubén Moreira, así como el secretario de Salud, Héctor Mario Zapata.

DURANGO

La Profepa asegura madera ilegal en Durango

La Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa) en Durango, durante el mes de febrero, detectó 156.66 metros cúbicos de madera que eran traslados de manera ilegal en el estado.


JALISCO

En abandono, 80 colonias limítrofes en ZMG

Las colonias Nueva Santa María, Las Juntas, Atemajac del Valle, Indígena, Alamedas de Zalatitán y Jalisco tienen un factor común: los vecinos padecen en diferentes grados la prestación de servicios públicos por estar en zonas limítrofes.

OAXACA

Gobernador de Oaxaca inaugura parador turístico

Con una inversión de un millón 282 mil 500 pesos, el gobernador del Estado, Gabino Cué Monteagudo, inauguró este viernes el parador turístico “Santo Tomás Jalieza”, el cual beneficiará a 45 familias del municipio que lleva el mismo nombre.


SINALOA

Hasta 50 años de prisión por atentado contra edil de Choix en Sinaloa

En conferencia de prensa el procurador de Justicia del Estado de Sinaloa, Marco Antonio Higuera Gómez, presentó fotografías de los imputados en el atentando en contra del alcalde de Choix y su comitiva el pasado 6 marzo en Tetamboca, El Fuerte.

YUCATÁN

Respaldan la Ley de Fiscalización en Yucatán

La Cámara de Comercio de Mérida apoya la propuesta de una nueva ley de transparencia en Yucatán, porque considera que de esa forma se podrá hacer frente al problema de la corrupción en el país.

Source Article from http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2015/581272/6/mexico-en-resumen-las-noticias-del-13-de-marzo.htm

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