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The federal government said Tuesday that its initial reports showed at least 10 tornado touchdowns across six counties, which were left to contend with spotty phone service, blocked streets, boil-water advisories and sporadic evacuations.

Tens of thousands of customers in the region were without electricity on Tuesday as emergency workers went door-to-door in some communities in search of victims. Ohio Task Force One, an elite search-and-rescue team, was assigned to work in part of Montgomery County.

[Read more on the tornado that left an Oklahoma town “shaken.”]

In Celina, a city of 10,000 people about 60 miles northwest of Dayton, an 81-year-old man was killed when the storm picked up a vehicle and slammed it into his home, said Mike Robbins, the Mercer County emergency management director. He said that at least seven people had been injured, three of them seriously, and that at least 40 homes had been destroyed or seriously damaged by the storm, which the Weather Service rated as at least an EF3 tornado, with winds of 136 miles per hour or higher.

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/us/tornadoes-usa.html

    Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/us/california-oil-spill-wednesday/index.html

    The Trump administration is reportedly considering releasing migrants detained at the southern border on the streets of so-called sanctuary cities. Not only is this a clear abuse of power, but it is an abuse that seemingly seeks to enact revenge on jurisdictions because of their commitment to enforcing basic constitutional rights.

    As the Washington Post reported on Thursday, the idea was explicitly political. As one congressional investigator explained to the Post: “What happened here is that Stephen Miller called people at ICE, said if they’re going to cut funding, you’ve got to make sure you’re releasing people in Pelosi’s district and other congressional districts.”

    Wielding law enforcement as a tool to secure political advantage by, for example, deliberately releasing detained migrants in heavily Democratic areas undermines the basic idea of rule of law by replacing a commitment to justice with bowing to the whims of a political leader for partisan ends. Not only does this undermine the most basic premise of justice, but it also presumes that law enforcement should be beholden to the president, regardless of the constraints of law.

    But the proposal to simply drop migrants in so-called sanctuary cities around the country is a step more pernicious even than simply supporting an authoritarian-style abuse of power.

    Sanctuary cities, despite their frequent characterization as simply safe havens for illegal immigrants, are more accurately jurisdictions that refuse to abridge civil liberties simply because ICE wants them to.

    This is an important distinction. Outside of sanctuary cities, ICE can, without a warrant, request that individuals be detained and held or turned over to the agency. That process skirts constitutionally protected rights such as due process as well as prohibitions against government detention without cause. Moreover, the concern that collaboration with ICE would be abused and undermine civil liberties is not an abstract fear but one that has played out in reality even resulting in the unlawful detention of citizens.

    That the Trump administration would actively suggest not only undermining the rule of law but do so with the explicit aim of targeting cities because of their commitment to defending civil liberties merits no defense. That the White House would float such an idea in the first place should be a concern to citizens of all political inclinations as it demonstrates clear contempt for legal limits on power and a casual willingness to disregard even the most basic laws and principles.

    Thankfully, this time such a plan was flat-out rejected by the legal department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prompted whistleblowers to approach Congress. But as Trump looks to take immigration enforcement in a tougher direction, it seems to be just these sort of objections that he would like to circumvent.

    Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-double-danger-of-trumps-proposal-to-drop-migrants-in-sanctuary-cities

    The House Oversight Committee is investigating military spending at an airport near a Trump property in Ayer, Scotland, as well as visits to that property by service members, in the latest of a growing number of inquiries into government expenditures that seem to financially benefit President Donald Trump and his businesses.

    The military has spent $11 million on fuel alone at the Prestwick Airport near Trump’s Turnberry resort since fall of 2017, Politico reported. And reporting by the Guardian found the airport has provided discounted rooms and complimentary rounds of golf at the Trump resort for some US military members. The expenditures are unusual given buying fuel from Prestwick Airport costs the government (and, ultimately, taxpayers) more than refueling at military bases, such as the nearby Lakenheath Air Base in England.

    And the stays at Trump resorts are equally as unusual and costly, as Politico’s Natasha Bertrand and Bryan Bender note in their account of the experiences of five Air National Guard troops who stayed the Turnberry resort this year while on a mission to Kuwait:

    One crew member was so struck by the choice of hotel — markedly different than the Marriotts and Hiltons the 176th maintenance squadron is used to — that he texted someone close to him and told him about the stay, sending a photo and noting that the crew’s per diem allowance wasn’t enough to cover food and drinks at the ritzy resort.

    The spending captured the attention of the House Oversight Committee, and in June, it sent the Pentagon a letter demanding an explanation. The Department of Defense, however, has refused to turn over any documents to investigators.

    Trump has been under scrutiny since the beginning of his presidency for refusing to divest his interests in his businesses. And as recently as last week, when it was reported Trump suggested Vice President Mike Pence stay at one of his hotels during a visit to Ireland, the president has been accused of using his office to enrich himself.

    In the case of the military spending in Scotland, lawmakers are concerned the stops at Prestwick are a means of propping up the president’s failing business venture at the expense of US taxpayers, given both the airport and the nearby Trump resort have been struggling for years. The two are interconnected as resort’s success in part depends on the airport staying open, the committee found.

    Critics have questioned spending by US officials, companies, and foreign governments at Trump properties

    Accusations that Trump has been improperly benefitting from his presidency have been nearly constant since he entered office.

    The president has argued the fact that he has placed his financial holdings in a trust that he can access whenever he chooses protect him from conflicts of interest, but his critics argue his continuing to benefit from his hotels and resorts opens the door to corruption. They also claim that Trump may be in violation of the US Constitution’s “emoluments” clause, which bars public officials from accepting gifts from foreign parties given foreign officials have spent money at Trump properties.

    Members of the Trump administration have done little to quiet these critics. Just this week, Vice President Mike Pence faced criticism because he chose to stay at a Trump hotel in Doonbeg, Ireland — 180 miles from his meetings in Dublin — during an official visit. The week before, reports surfaced that Attorney General William Barr plans to spend $30,000 on a Christmas party at Trump’s Washington, DC property, where he’s been spotted dining.

    Corporations and foreign governments have also jumped on the Trump spending train: T-Mobile spent $195,000 at the DC hotel while its merger was pending government approval, lobbyists for the Saudi government spent $270,000 on rooms at the hotel in 2016 and later paid for hotel rooms for five days in Trump’s New York hotel that were expensive enough to boost its revenue 13 percent for the quarter.

    The Embassy of Kuwait has held celebrations at Trump’s DC hotel, as has the Embassy of the Philippines. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and the Prime Minister of Romania have both been seen at the hotel. The list goes on.

    As Vox’s Sean Collins reported, the spending by foreign nationals has spurred legal action that in turn has its own financial impact on the public:

    In fact, concerns over foreign actors spending at Trump properties has spawned two lawsuits that argue the Trump administration has violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which prohibits payments and gifts from foreign governments. Those lawsuits are being paid for by taxpayers, as the Department of Justice is defending Trump, arguing that he has not violated that clause.

    Trump has also clearly been spending plenty of time at his own properties as well. NBC found that the president spent 296 of his first 965 days in office at his own hotels, and Trump has shown he isn’t deterred by the criticism from ethics officials and lawmakers. For example, he’s pushed to host the next G7 summit at his resort in Florida. But as Vox’s Matthew Yglesias has noted, few investigations have been launched into these seeming conflicts of interest, in part because lawmakers have limited options for meting out punishment under the current make up of Congress:

    Republicans won’t convict Trump of anything, Democratic leaders don’t want to push an impeachment process that polls poorly, and those who do favor an “impeachment inquiry” have something more complicated in mind than standing up for the obvious principle that the president can’t line their pockets.

    This makes the Oversight Committee’s inquiry a rare probe into possible corruption by Congressional officials; however, without the Department of Defense’s cooperation, it’s difficult to see how the inquiry could proceed.

    “The committee will be forced to consider alternative steps if the Pentagon does not begin complying voluntarily in the coming days,” an aide told NBC. In the meantime, Trump’s businesses will continue to rake it in.

    Source Article from https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/7/20854203/donald-trump-turnberry-resort-military-spending-scotland-air-force-house-oversight

    La cuenta regresiva comenzó. Venezuela entra en una semana crucial para la elección, el próximo domingo, de una polémica asamblea que reformará la Constitución y que la oposición rechaza por considerar que perpetuará al gobierno de Nicolás Maduro en el poder.

    “No es momento de rendirse. Estamos en las horas decisivas y definitorias para el futuro del país”, advirtió este domingo el diputado Freddy Guevara, a nombre de la coalición opositora Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD).

    En el último intento por frenar la elección de los 545 miembros de la Asamblea Constituyente, la MUD convocó a una huelga de 48 horas el miércoles y jueves -tras un paro de 24 horas la semana pasada-, y a una gran marcha en Caracas el viernes.

    “Que le quede claro a Maduro y a la Fuerza Armada -sostén clave del gobierno- que no nos vamos a calar (aguantar), no vamos a permitir que se imponga un fraude constituyente contra el pueblo”, sentenció Guevara.

    Los choques entre manifestantes y policía ya son comunes en Venezuela. Foto: Reuters

    Advirtió que si la “dictadura no decide suspenderla”, habrá un “boicot cívico electoral”. “Así nos lleven a todos nosotros presos, la lucha debe avanzar”, agregó.

    “Pase lo que pase, que toda Venezuela se levante y no se deje de levantar hasta que aquí vuelva la democracia. ¡Huelga general y calle sin retorno!”, clamó Guevara.

    Esas acciones escalan aún más las protestas contra Maduro, que dejan más de un centenar de muertos, miles de heridos y cientos de detenidos en cuatro meses.

    Maduro, por su parte, pidió a la oposición respetar las elecciones de la Asamblea Constituyente, previstas para el próximo domingo, tras la amenaza de boicot lanzada por sus adversarios.

    “Yo le exijo a la oposición que tenga un poquito de honor y que respete el derecho del pueblo a votar libremente (…) sin violencia. Se lo exijo a toda la dirigencia de la oposición”, dijo este domingo Maduro en su programa semanal en el canal estatal VTV.

    “El pueblo no come amenazas, el pueblo lo que se está preparando es para darle una pela de votos a esta derecha amenazante, violenta, fascista”, agregó el mandatario socialista.

    “Medio palo al imperialismo”.

    Maduro enfrenta también una creciente presión internacional, con amenazas de sanciones económicas del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, y llamados de gobiernos de América Latina y Europa para que desista de la Constituyente.

    “Desde el exterior, la derecha imperial cree que puede dar órdenes en Venezuela y aquí el único que da órdenes es el pueblo”, aseguró el presidente, en su programa dominical.

    En entrevista con la cadena CNN, el jefe del Parlamento de mayoría opositora, Julio Borges, llamó a la comunidad internacional a presionar a Maduro “en esta semana crucial”.

    Maduro, cuyo mandato concluye en enero de 2019, acusa a sus adversarios de promover la violencia para darle un golpe de Estado con el apoyo de Estados Unidos.

    “El 30 de julio, medio palo (una paliza) le vamos a meter a la oposición fascista y al imperialismo (…) y eso es lo que deben entender en Washington”, expresó.

    “Terrorismo de Estado”.

    La oposición lanzó su ofensiva tras el plebiscito simbólico que realizó el pasado domingo, en el que asegura haber obtenido 7,6 millones de votos contra la Constituyente.

    Como parte de esa estrategia, el Parlamento juramentó a 33 magistrados de una corte suprema paralela al Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), al que acusa de servir al gobierno.

    Uno de los jueces, el abogado Ángel Zerpa, fue arrestado el sábado por el servicio de inteligencia, al parecer acusado de “usurpación de funciones” y “traición a la patria”, lo que Guevara calificó como “terrorismo de Estado”.

    “Están cometiendo el error garrafal de crear un Estado paralelo, una barrabasada, una estupidez”, afirmó Maduro, quien advirtió que “todos” esos magistrados “van a ir presos”.

    “Rectifiquen a tiempo”.

    La MUD rechazó participar en la Constituyente, argumentando que no fue convocada en referendo y que el sistema electoral es un “fraude” con el que Maduro busca aferrarse al poder, tras dos décadas de gobierno chavista.

    Acudir a la elección, sería legitimar un proceso que busca imponer “un comunismo en Venezuela” y hundir aún más la ya devastada economía del país petrolero, según la MUD.

    “Te digo Julio Borges y le digo a toda la MUD: rectifiquen a tiempo y vayamos a un acuerdo. La Constituyente es una realidad”, señaló Maduro.

    Borges abogó por “abrir una verdadera y sincera negociación” que lleve a elecciones generales, pero una vez abortada la Constituyente.
    Según el presidente, existen negociaciones con la oposición, lo cual fue negado este domingo por Guevara.

    “Esto nos está llevando a más pobreza, primitivismo y fractura. Hasta que las partes no entiendan que hay que negociar para convivir y rescatar equilibrios, el futuro es oscuro”, aseguró el analista Luis Vicente León.

    El sábado se registraron fuertes disturbios en una manifestación y se temen nuevos estallidos de violencia esta semana -sólo en un día la huelga anterior dejó cinco muertos.

    La Fuerza Armada, a la que Maduro ha dado enorme poder político y económico, resguardará la elección de la Constituyente, un suprapoder que regirá al país por tiempo indefinido.

    Source Article from http://www.elpais.com.uy/mundo/crisis-politica-venezuela-semana-decisiva.html

    El Centro Nacional de Huracanes (CNH) lanza un informe cada día a las 8 am, 11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm y 11 pm. Aquí,
    Univision Noticias actualiza cada uno de los reportes con lo último sobre el avance del
    huracán Irma.

    Minuto a minuto: Sigue aquí las últimas noticias sobre el huracán Irma

    En este caso,
    el reporte de las 08:00 am
    de este sábado dice lo siguiente:

    Dónde está, qué velocidad tiene y hacia dónde va:

    El huracán está pasando por los Cayos de Florida y el ojo debería situarse en breve sobre estas islas ya que se encuentra a unas 20 millas al este-sureste de Key West. En todo caso, la parte superior del ojo ya está afectando a esta región.

    Irma se traslada muy lentamente, a apenas 8 millas por hora hacia la costa oeste de Florida, pero volvió a tomar fuerza hasta subir
    a huracán categoría 4 con vientos máximos sostenidos de 130 millas por hora (215 km/h). Esos vientos pueden sentirse a 70 millas de distancia del ojo.

    La inminente llegada de Irma al sur de Florida activó
    advertencias de tornados.

    Se esperan marejadas de hasta 15 pies en algunos puntos de los cayos y la costa oeste de Florida, donde se calcula que tocará tierra en algún punto entre Naples y la Bahía de Tampa.

    Este aumento de la marea
    puede amenazar la vida de los residentes que se encuentren en esas zonas que no obedecieron las órdenes de evacuación en las costas.

    Tras pasar por los Cayos, se espera que se mueva cerca o a lo largo de la
    costa oeste de la península, donde sus efectos se notarán desde esta tarde hasta el lunes.

    Irma debería entonces virar hacia el interior sobre el
    panhandle de Florida y el suroeste de Georgia, en un giro que no se espera hasta el lunes.

    Otros avisos y advertencias:

    Casi la totalidad de las costas de la Península de Florida están bajo advertencia de huracán desde Fernandina Beach en el este, hasta Indian Pass en el oeste. De igual forma los Cayos de la Florida, el Lago Okeechobee y Florida Bay.

    En Cuba, el gobierno desactivó los avisos de huracán para las provincias de Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de Ávila y Villa Clara.

    También la Isla Andros, Bimini y Gran Bahama.

    Marejadas:

    En Florida se espera un aumento significativo de la marea desde Cabo Sable hasta Captiva de 10 a 15 pies, de Captiva a Ana Maria Island de 6 a 10 pies, de Card Sound Bridge y Cabo Sable, incluidos los cayos, de 5 a 10 pies. De Ana Maria Island a Clearwater Beach, incluyendo la Bahía de Tampa de 8 a 8 pies. De North Miami Beach a Card Sound Bridge, incluida la Bahía de Biscayne, de 4 a 6 pies. De South Santee a Fernandina Beach de 4 a 6 pies. De Clearwater a Ochlockonee River de 4 a 6 pies. De Fernandina Beach a North Miami Beach de 2 a 4 pies.

    Lluvias:

    Se espera que se produzcan muy fuertes lluvias e inundaciones. Estimaciones prevén la caída de entre 15 y 20 pulgadas, en algunas partes hasta 25 pulgadas, en los Cayos a lo largo del domingo. Se esperan entre 8 y 15 pulgadas, en algunas partes hasta 20 pulgadas, en la península de Florida y el sureste de Georgia.

    Tornados:

    En la noche del sábado se formaron algunos tornados en el sur de Florida, pero podrían continuar hacia el norte en la medida en que Irma siga su ruta en esa dirección.

    Source Article from http://www.univision.com/noticias/huracan-irma/esta-es-la-informacion-mas-reciente-sobre-el-avance-del-huracan-irma-sabado-5-00-pm

    PORTLAND, Ore. – A persistent crowd of protesters remained outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, into the early hours of Saturday as fireworks were shot at the building and plumes of tear gas, dispensed by U.S. agents, lingered above.

    Thousands of people gathered in Portland streets hours after a U.S. judge denied Oregon’s request to restrict federal agents’ actions when they arrest people during protests that have roiled the city and pitted local officials against the Trump administration.

    By 8 p.m. hundreds of people, most wearing masks and many donning helmets, had already gathered near a fountain, one spot where groups meet before marching to the Hatfield Federal Courthouse and the federal agents there. They chanted and clapped along to the sound of thunderous drums, pausing to listen to speakers.

    Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/25/portland-protests-tear-gas/5509229002/

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      Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told NPR on Thursday that while he was unsure if it was “good for democracy,” if elected he would not stand in the way of a hypothetical Justice Department prosecution of President Donald Trump for crimes committed in office.

      “Look, the Justice Department is not the president’s private law firm,” the former vice president said. “The attorney general is not the president’s private lawyer. I will not interfere with the Justice Department’s judgment of whether or not they think they should pursue the prosecution of anyone that they think has violated the law.”

      The comments came in response to a question from NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro on remarks made last year by Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a frontrunner for Biden’s pick for vice president, that the Justice Department would have “no choice but to investigate Trump after his presidency.”

      According to NPR:

      Trump has been connected with alleged illegal activity by his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and investigators working for former special counsel Robert Mueller. What isn’t clear is whether federal authorities are investigating the president or whether prosecutors might take action against Trump if he no longer enjoyed the privileges that protect him from being indicted as a sitting president.

      Biden declared the idea of prosecuting a former president “very unusual” and said he would not weigh in on the decision and rather allow federal law enforcement officials to come to their own conclusions. 

      “In terms of saying, ‘I think the president violated the law. I think the president did this, therefore, go on and prosecute him’—I will not do that,” Biden said.

      Progressives have expressed concern that Biden could follow the lead of his former boss President Barack Obama, who said that the country should “look forward, not back” when it came to his predecessor, former President George W. Bush.

      Source Article from https://www.salon.com/2020/08/08/joe-biden-says-he-wont-stand-in-the-way-of-a-possible-prosecution-of-trump_partner/

      WASHINGTON — Last night, the Senate passed a stopgap measure to keep the government open until February 8 – without the $5 billion that Trump wants for his border wall — and the House is expected to take up the legislation today.

      And some prominent conservative voices aren’t happy about it. At all. “It is now crystal clear that one of two things is true: Either Trump never intended to build the wall and was scamming voters all along, or he has no idea how to get it done and zero interest in finding out,” Ann Coulter writes.

      Here was Rush Limbaugh yesterday: “I mean, Washington came together to pass [criminal justice reform] in like 10 minutes. Meanwhile, $5 billion, a measly $5 billion — when compared to the size of the federal budget for border security — is an impossibility. Somebody needs to explain to me how this happened.”

      The headline on Drudge from yesterday? “WALL STALL: TRUMP IN RETREAT.”

      And to top it off, there’s an actual GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Trump’s border wall, and it’s already brought in more than $2.8 million.

      Remember when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer offered Trump some $20 billion — not $5 billion, but $20 billion (!!!) — in exchange for codification of the DACA program, but Trump rejected the deal because he wanted curbs to legal immigration as well?

      And at publication time this morning, it appears Trump is threatening NOT to sign the stopgap measure. “The Democrats, who know Steel Slats (Wall) are necessary for Border Security, are putting politics over Country. What they are just beginning to realize is that I will not sign any of their legislation, including infrastructure, unless it has perfect Border Security. U.S.A. WINS!” he tweeted.

      But then Trump followed up with this tweet: “With so much talk about the Wall, people are losing sight of the great job being done on our Southern Border by Border Patrol, ICE and our great Military. Remember the Caravans? Well, they didn’t get through and none are forming or on their way. Border is tight. Fake News silent!”

      So if the border is tight, why the wall?

      Putin praises Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria

      And as plenty of hawkish Republicans oppose Trump’s move to pull out U.S. troops from Syria, he’s getting praise from … Vladimir Putin.

      “Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, describing the American presence there as illegitimate and the Islamic State as largely defeated on the ground,” the Washington Post reports. “Putin told journalists at his annual year-end news conference that the Islamic State has suffered ‘serious blows’ in Syria. ‘On this, Donald is right. I agree with him,’ Putin said.”

      Why is Putin praising Trump? Maybe here’s the answer: “Although Russian and Iranian forces had already turned the tide of the civil war in favor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the presence of U.S. troops has served as an obstacle to their ambitions and a source of leverage for Washington in any potential political settlement of the conflict,” per NBC’s Dan De Luce, Josh Lederman and Courtney Kube.

      “But with Trump’s move to pull out the U.S. troops, Russia and particularly Iran — which sent thousands of proxies and its own elite forces into Syria — stand to emerge as the dominant players in a country that shares a border with Israel.”

      Trump, however, is casting the United States leaving Syria as bad news for Russia and Iran. “Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy about the U.S. leaving, despite what the Fake News says, because now they will have to fight ISIS and others, who they hate, without us. I am building by far the most powerful military in the world. ISIS hits us they are doomed!” he tweeted this morning.

      How the Trump administration got bipartisan support for criminal justice reform

      As Trump tweets this morning on his border wall and Syria, he hasn’t been emphasizing the criminal justice reform legislation that is on its way to becoming a significant victory for the president.

      Here’s NBC’s Leigh Caldwell on the tick-tock of how the legislation got bipartisan support – with the Trump administration’s help. “Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, a longtime criminal justice reform advocate, put it this way: ‘A breakthrough I’d never expect — the election of Donald Trump as president. What does that have to do with this? He brought his son-in-law to town.’”

      “Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, made criminal justice reform a priority, having seen the federal prison system firsthand after his father, real estate developer Charles Kushner, spent 14 months behind bars for tax evasion and illegal campaign contributions. But the president’s adviser wasn’t ready to agree to what longtime advocates were proposing.”

      WSJ: Trump’s new pick for attorney general criticized Mueller probe

      The Wall Street Journal: “William Barr, President Trump’s choice for attorney general, sent an unsolicited memo earlier this year to the Justice Department that excoriated special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into potential obstruction of justice by Mr. Trump, saying it is based on a ‘fatally misconceived’ theory that would cause lasting damage to the presidency and the executive branch.”

      More: “In the memo, Mr. Barr wrote he sent it as a ‘former official’ who hoped his ‘views may be useful.’ He wrote he was concerned about the part of Mr. Mueller’s probe that, according to news reports in the Journal and elsewhere, has explored whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice in asking then-FBI director James Comey to drop an investigation into former national security adviser Mike Flynn’s contacts with Russia, and by later firing Mr. Comey. Mr. Barr’s memo, dated June 8 and sent to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, argues that, based on the facts as he understands them, the president was acting well within his executive-branch authority.”

      Is Roger Stone close to being charged?

      “Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III asked the House Intelligence Committee on Friday for an official transcript of Trump adviser Roger Stone’s testimony, according to people familiar with the request, a sign that prosecutors could be moving to charge him with a crime,” per the Washington Post. “It is the first time Mueller has formally asked the committee to turn over material the panel has gathered in its investigation of Russian interference of the 2016 campaign, according to the people. The move suggests that the special counsel is moving to finalize his months-long investigation of Stone — a key part of Mueller’s inquiry into whether anyone in President Trump’s orbit coordinated with the Russians.”

      Possible 2020 Democrats gather in Iowa

      Beginning at 7:15 pm ET tonight, potential presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Jeff Merkley and Eric Swalwell attend the sixth-annual Progress Iowa Holiday Party in Des Moines, Iowa.

      Also in attendance will be Iowa’s two new Democratic congresswomen — Cindy Axne and Abby Finkenauer.

      Looking at the 2020ers’ fav/unfav ratings

      Finally, a national Quinnipiac poll looked at the favorable/unfavorable ratings for some of the possible Democratic presidential hopefuls. Here are their numbers among ALL voters, from best to worst

      • Joe Biden: 53 percent favorable, 33 percent unfavorable (+20)
      • Beto O’Rourke: 24 percent favorable, 20 percent unfavorable (+4)
      • Sherrod Brown: 12 percent favorable, 9 percent unfavorable (+3)
      • Bernie Sanders: 44 percent favorable, 42 percent unfavorable (+2)
      • Kamala Harris: 20 percent favorable, 22 percent unfavorable (-2)
      • Kirsten Gillibrand: 14 percent favorable, 17 percent unfavorable (-3)
      • Cory Booker: 22 percent favorable, 26 percent unfavorable (-4)
      • Elizabeth Warren: 30 percent favorable, 37 percent unfavorable (-7)
      • Michael Bloomberg: 22 percent favorable, 32 percent unfavorable (-10)
      • Hillary Clinton: 32 percent favorable, 61 percent unfavorable (-29)

      By the way, Trump’s fav/unfav in the poll is 40 percent favorable, 56 percent unfavorable (-16).

      Source Article from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/conservatives-slam-trump-not-getting-his-border-wall-congress-n950296

      Noya Dahan, 8, and her uncle, Almog Peretz, 34, were injured by shrapnel and are recovering after being released from the hospital, said Israel Dahan, the girl’s father.

      Source Article from https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-synagogue-shooting-poway-victims-20190429-story.html

      Black smoke caused by an Israeli airstrike billows over Gaza City, Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to continue pounding the coastal city. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip also intensified a wave of rocket fire into southern Israel.

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      Black smoke caused by an Israeli airstrike billows over Gaza City, Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to continue pounding the coastal city. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip also intensified a wave of rocket fire into southern Israel.

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      Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “massive strikes” against militant groups in Gaza on Sunday in response to a barrage of rocket fire, stretching hostilities into a third day and leading to mounting casualties on both sides.

      At a cabinet meeting on Sunday Netanyahu said he also instructed military leaders to boost tank artillery and infantry forces around the Gaza Strip.

      “Hamas bears responsibility not only for its own attacks and actions but also those by Islamic Jihad, for which it pays a very high price,” he said.

      Gaza militant groups have launched at least 600 rockets and mortars at Israel since the latest conflict began, while the military has struck what it says are hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the coastal enclave, Israel Defense Forces said on Twitter.

      At least three Israeli men and nine Palestinians have been killed since the violence erupted, and more than 100 people have been wounded on each side of the Israel-Gaza border since tensions flared. Among them, a pregnant Palestinian woman and a 14-month-old infant. Gazan health officials blamed Israeli strikes for their deaths, but the IDF disputes that, claiming it was a rocket shot from inside Gaza killed them.

      A Palestinian man checks the damage of a multi-story building following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday. Palestinian militants have fired more than 600 rockets and mortars into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a month-long lull between the bitter enemies.

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      A Palestinian man checks the damage of a multi-story building following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday. Palestinian militants have fired more than 600 rockets and mortars into Israel, drawing dozens of retaliatory airstrikes on targets across the Gaza Strip in a round of intense fighting that broke a month-long lull between the bitter enemies.

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      A 58-year-old man killed by a rocket that hit his home was the first Israeli fatality in the weekend skirmish. The Barzilai University Medical Center in Ashkelon confirmed two Israeli civilians died from rocket fire from Gaza.

      Meanwhile, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced that two of its members had been killed in East Gaza City in Israeli airstrikes. And at least four gunman were killed in separate strikes, Reuters reported.

      The IDF said it targeted and killed Hamid Ahmed Abdul Khudri, whom it accused of helping fund the rocket fire attacks by transferring money from Iran to militant groups inside of Gaza.

      “Transferring Iranian money to Hamas & the [Palestinian Islamic Jihad doesn’t make you a businessman. It makes you a terrorist,” IDF wrote in a tweet that included a photo of a charred Toyota engulfed in flames.

      Other Israeli targets include a tunnel, rocket launcher sites, mosques and other military compounds it alleges are used by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

      An Army spokesman told NPR’s Naomi Zeveloff that at least 150 of the Palestinian-launched projectiles were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. He added that the Army is preparing to deploy an armored brigade for an offensive mission if needed.

      The latest conflict was sparked on Friday after militants shot and injured two Israeli soldiers. The attack prompted swift military retaliation, which resulted in the deaths of two militants. That, in turn, led to an onslaught of mortar and rocket fire from within Gaza, unraveling the tenuous calm

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      It is one of the most serious conflicts in the region since the 2014 war, which lasted seven weeks and killed dozens of Israeli soldiers and several civilians and on the Palestinian side, left more than 2,000 people dead, including hundreds of civilians and militants.

      The fighting broke out as Egyptian mediators had been trying to negotiate a long term cease fire, in exchange for Israel loosening restrictions on Gaza.

      U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov decried the violence from within Gaza. “I condemn the continuing launching of rockets from Gaza. Enough Palestinian and Israeli lives have been lost, people injured, houses damaged and destroyed!” he said in a tweet, urging both sides to “return to the understandings of the past few months before it is too late.”

      Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/05/05/720452125/netanyahu-orders-continued-pounding-in-gaza-as-600-rockets-fired-into-israel

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      Las lluvias y desbordamientos de ríos que trajo el huracán a su paso por Puerto Rico han provocado que la presa quedara por encima de su capacidad.

      Las autoridades de Puerto Rico ordenaron este viernes evacuar los pueblos de Isabela y Quebradilla, situados en las proximidades de la represa de Guajataca, afectada por el huracán María.

      La presa, que está perdiendo agua por una fractura, se encuentra ubicada en la región noroeste de la isla, a unos 85 kilómetros al oeste de San Juan.

      Las lluvias y desbordamientos de ríos que trajo la tormenta tropical a su paso por Puerto Rico han provocado que la represa quedara por encima de su capacidad, lo que llevó a su estructura a comenzar a ceder.

      Esta es una situación EXTREMADAMENTE PELIGROSA“, advirtió la oficina de San Juan del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología en Twitter.

      “Hay autobuses evacuando los pobladores del área lo más rápido que pueden”, agregó.

      La misma fuente advirtió que la presa ya estaba fallando y provocando inundaciones en el área. Y les pidió a quienes estaban en el lugar trasladarse a zonas altas.

      La evacuación puede afectar a unas 70.000 personas.

      Sin electricidad

      El huracán María dejó al menos 13 muertos en Puerto Rico y en total hasta 30 en diferentes islas del Caribe.

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      María ha devastado Puerto Rico.

      María es el segundo huracán de categoría mayor que alcanza Puerto Rico este año y el más potente en tocar tierra en ese estado asociado de Estados Unidos en casi 90 años.

      La tormenta dejó a toda la isla sin electricidad y numerosos ríos alcanzaron niveles históricos.

      El gobernador Ricardo Rosselló describió el huracán como “la tormenta más devastadora en un siglo”.

      Rosselló dijo que María había afectado al sistema de distribución eléctrica que podría tomar meses restaurarla.

      En redes sociales se vieron imágenes de árboles caídos y techos volando por los vientos de hasta 225 km/h.

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      El huracán María deja más de 30 muertos en su paso destructor por el Caribe

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      El debate sobre la independencia catalana se ha visto salpicado por las noticias falsas.

      Las llaman “fake news”, pero van más allá de ser simples “noticias falsas” pues tienen un gran impacto al servirse de las redes sociales para hacerse virales.

      El debate sobre este fenómeno cobró fuerza desde las elecciones de 2016 en Estados Unidos, pero su presencia se ha hecho cada vez más evidente en la arena política en muchas partes del mundo.

      Ocurrió en los comicios presidenciales en Francia de este año, donde entre otras cosas se dijo -por ejemplo- que la campaña del entonces candidato y actual presidente Emmanuel Macron estuvo financiada por Arabia Saudita.

      Mientras en Alemania, la página web HoaxMap dijo a la revista Newsweek que en un año había descubierto al menos 250 historias falsas relacionadas con supuestos delitos cometidos por refugiados.

      En las últimas semanas, el polémico referéndum sobre la independencia de Cataluña también han generado mucho ruido en España.

      Las tensiones ante la iniciativa para aplicar la declaración de independencia unilateral por parte del gobierno autonómico así como por la decisión de Madrid de intervenir para evitar que eso ocurra también han estado alimentadas en parte por las noticias falsas.

      BBC Mundo te cuenta sobre algunos de los casos más notorios de “fake news” surgidas en torno a la crisis política en Cataluña.

      1.- Es un minero, no un independentista.

      La imagen es fuerte: un hombre tiene la mitad del rostro ensangrentado mientras alguien coloca un trozo de tela verde sobre su cabeza como intentando detener la hemorragia. A lo lejos se puede ver estacionada una furgoneta de la policía.

      La fotografía, publicada en Twitter el pasado 1 de octubre durante el referéndum sobre la independencia de Cataluña, viene acompañada de un texto explicativo en el que se dice que la persona fue herida en el barrio barcelonés de Gracia por una pelota de goma (de las que usan las fuerzas antidisturbios) y se pide la dimisión del presidente del gobierno de España, Mariano Rajoy.

      La imagen sirvió para denunciar ante el mundo los supuestos excesos cometidos por las fuerzas de seguridad españolas en su intento de detener la votación de los independentistas catalanes donde de acuerdo con las autoridades autonómicas hubo más de 800 heridos.

      Sin embargo, tiene un problema: la gráfica fue tomada en 2012 durante la represión en Madrid de una protesta de mineros que acabó con 76 heridos.

      2.- Policías contra bomberos

      Otra fotografía ampliamente difundida que supuestamente retrataba lo ocurrido el 1 de octubre mostraba a unos policías antidisturbios golpeando con sus porras a un grupo de efectivos del cuerpo de bomberos.

      “Esto lo has mandado tu @marianorajoy … #Vergüenza”, decía uno de los mensajes en Twitter que acompañaba la gráfica.

      Sin embargo, la imagen original se correspondía con la represión de una protesta de los bomberos en el año 2013 en contra de unos recortes presupuestarios.

      Paradójicamente, quienes reprimían no eran agentes de la Guardia Civil ni de la Policía Nacional sino de los Mossos d’Esquadra, la policía autonómica catalana, según reveló un grupo de periodistas españoles dedicados a desenmascarar estas noticias falsas a través de la cuenta de Twitter @malditobulo.

      3.- Un niño con la cabeza partida

      Dos historias falsas relacionadas con niños se hicieron virales el 1 de octubre.

      Una de ellas mostraba la foto de un niño con la cabeza sangrante, la otra era un mensaje que afirmaba que un menor de seis años corría el riesgo de quedar paralítico tras ser golpeado durante una actuación policial el día del referéndum.

      La primera de estas noticias utilizaba una fotografía correspondiente a un niño que efectivamente había resultado lesionado pero durante una huelga general realizada en 2012.

      La segunda, fue desmentida directamente por el Cuerpo Nacional de Policía de España.

      Pero, no toda la desinformación relacionada con el conflicto catalán surge de las filas de los independentistas, por supuesto.

      “No podemos decir que haya habido más bulos desde el lado de los independentistas que desde los unionistas”, dijo a BBC Mundo Julio Montes, uno de los periodistas que forma parte del equipo de @malditobulo.

      Montes explicó que desde el 30 de septiembre hasta el viernes pasado han detectado 21 noticias falsas relacionadas con Cataluña y procedentes de ambos lados de este conflicto.

      4.- Un policía agredido a patadas

      Entre los críticos del independentismo catalán, el 1 de octubre circuló una imagen que mostraba a un policía tirado en el suelo que era golpeado por un grupo de personas enardecidas.

      La fotografía era real, pero había sido tomada en 2008, durante una protesta de agricultores en provincia andaluza de Almería.

      También se difundió otra noticia sobre la muerte de un policía procedente del País Vasco que supuestamente había sido desplazado a Barcelona, donde había fallecido de un infarto.

      La muerte del funcionario era cierta, pero había ocurrido en Valladolid y no en Barcelona.

      Pero, ¿cómo se explica que estas noticias falsas hayan logrado hacerse virales con tanta facilidad?

      “La gente en España está con los sentimientos muy a flor de piel. En los bares y en las tertulias de televisión solo se habla de esto (del conflicto sobre Cataluña)“, dijo Montes a BBC Mundo.

      El periodista señala que las personas cuando ven estas “noticias” que les tocan las emociones, las creen de buena fe y las comparten.

      “Las noticias falsas tocan mucho los sentimientos. La gente recibe una foto de estas y las comparte sin querer hacer mal. Obviamente, quien inventa la historia sí tiene mala intención. Esto se ha convertido en un arma política más”, agrega Montes.

      Un arma ante la cual, al parecer, muchos ciudadanos aún están indefensos.

      Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-41703119

      Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/02/09/covid-mask-mandates-cases-vaccinations/6712215001/

      President TrumpDonald John TrumpRob Lowe mocks Warren over Native American ancestry claims Obama health official blasts Trump’s physical exam: ‘No doctor can predict someone’s future health’ Trump makes Native American joke about Warren campaign announcement: ‘See you on the campaign TRAIL’ MORE on Sunday mocked Sen. Amy KlobucharAmy Jean KlobucharFormer Klobuchar staffers complain of mistreatment, temper: report Pollster says appeal of women candidates to woman voters is overestimated Overnight Health Care — Presented by PCMA — Trump official says agency would not have supported family separations | 2020 Dems walk fine line on ‘Medicare for all’ | Advocates skeptical of Trump AIDS pledge | Johnson and Johnson to show drug prices on TV MORE (D-Minn.) for launching her presidential campaign in wintry conditions in Minnesota, tweeting that she “looked like a Snowman.”

      “Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures,” Trump tweeted. “Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!”

      Klobuchar announced her candidacy on Sunday in Minneapolis, where scores of supporters stood out in steady snowfall and frigid temperatures.

      The three-term senator laid out her vision for the country, which included tackling environmental issues. She vowed to “put forth sweeping legislation to invest in green jobs and infrastructure” if elected president. She also declared that she would direct the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord “on day one” of her administration. 

      Klobuchar additionally said she would “take on the gun lobby,” root out big money in politics, lower health care costs, restore voting rights and implement privacy protection laws.

      She did not mention Trump by name, but alluded to him when she declared the country deserved better than “foreign policy by tweet.”

      “Our sense of community is fracturing across our nation, worn down by the petty and vicious nature of our politics,” she said. “We are tired of the shutdowns and the showdowns, of the gridlock and the grandstanding. Today, on this snowy island, we say enough is enough.”

      Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 presidential campaign, joining Sens. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenRob Lowe mocks Warren over Native American ancestry claims Trump makes Native American joke about Warren campaign announcement: ‘See you on the campaign TRAIL’ Trump divides Democrats with warning of creeping socialism MORE (Mass.), Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerTrump divides Democrats with warning of creeping socialism A new direction for black politics: Power at state, local levels Warren launches White House bid with call for ‘structural change’ MORE (N.J.), Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRob Lowe mocks Warren over Native American ancestry claims Trump makes Native American joke about Warren campaign announcement: ‘See you on the campaign TRAIL’ Trump divides Democrats with warning of creeping socialism MORE (Calif.) and Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandVirginia Lt. Gov.’s accuser willing to testify at impeachment hearings: lawyers Rob Lowe mocks Warren over Native American ancestry claims Trump makes Native American joke about Warren campaign announcement: ‘See you on the campaign TRAIL’ MORE (N.Y.), among others.

      Her announcement was preceded by a parade of state and local officials, nearly all of whom made jokes about the weather.

      “The rest of America thinks that it’s cold. We know this is a heat wave,” Sen. Tina SmithTina Flint SmithOn The Money: Lawmakers look to end shutdowns for good | Dems press Mnuchin on Russia sanctions, debt limit | Trump budget delayed by shutdown Dems push to include contractor back pay in any shutdown deal How the government will reopen MORE (D-Minn.) said, adding that she “barely” needed her long underwear.

      Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan took the stage and marveled that it was “a beautiful day.”

      Trump has made light of frigid temperatures multiple times in recent months, suggesting that the spell of cold weather in certain parts of the country contradicts global warming.

      The president has repeatedly cast doubt on the existence and effects of climate change. Experts have noted that there is a difference between climate and the weather.

      Updated at 5:25 p.m.

      Source Article from https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/429343-trump-mocks-klobuchar-over-bad-timing-of-speech-she-looked-like-a

      Edward Snowden, el exempleado de la CIA y de la NSA que filtró documentos secretos sobre el espionaje masivo de estas agencias, se entrevistó el pasado jueves con el presidente de Twitter, Jack Dorsey, a través de una videollamada de Periscope y se pronunció sobre las últimas medidas de Facebook para luchar contra las noticias falsas en la redinforma el portal Europe Newsweek.

      La medida fue anunciada poco después de que Facebook fuera acusado de ser una  plataforma para difundir noticias falsas sobre Hillary Clinton. El fundador de Facebook, Marck Zuckerberg, explicó que su red social utilizará una herramienta nueva para detectar las noticias cuya veracidad está en entredicho y eliminarlas.

      Según explicó Snowden durante su entrevista con Dorsey, la solución para limpiar Internet de “noticias falsas” pasa por publicar noticias verídicas, y no por censurar. “La respuesta a al mal discurso no es la censura, sino más discurso”, declaró Snowden. “Tenemos que ejercitar y promover la idea de que el pensamiento crítico tiene ahora más que nunca mucha importancia, debido al hecho de que las mentiras se vuelven muy populares”, añadió.

      A pesar de que el exempleado de la CIA no especificó si estaba de acuerdo con las acusaciones de que Facebook promovía noticias falsas para influenciar en las elecciones de EE.UU., sí se mostró preocupado por el hecho de que las empresas tecnológicas y de información puedan usar las “noticias falsas” como excusa para censurar el contenido que publican los usuarios.

      Source Article from https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/226419-snowden-facebook-falsas-noticias