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El pastor Alberto Solórzano, miembro de la Comisión Depuradora de la Policía Nacional de Honduras, denunció este martes supuestas amenazas de muerte provenientes, según él, de miembros de esa institución armada que se sienten incómodos por el proceso de depuración. Lea la noticia completa.

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Trump se reunió con líderes de la comunidad hispana

Durante esta semana el presidente electo de EE. UU. Donald Trump desarrolló una intensa actividad al reunirse con sectores diversos y líderes de la comunidad hispana en ese país.

El lunes, a pesar de los choques que Trump tuvo con Univisión durante su campaña electoral, se reunió con Randy Falco, presidente y CEO de Univision Communications, y con Isaac Lee, director de noticias, entretenimiento y contenido digital de la empresa.

“Tuvimos una maravillosa reunión, muy productiva. El presidente electo Donald Trump está muy interesado en todos los temas que afectan a nuestra comunidad y está comprometido en hablarle a nuestra comunidad”, dijo Falco, según Univisión.

Artículo completo aquí

Intensa semana de reuniones de Trump con líderes de la comunidad hispana (cortesía)

Detienen en México implicado en el asesinato de la dirigente hondureña Berta Cáceres

El Ministerio Público de Honduras informó este jueves que capturó en México al “séptimo implicado” en el asesinato de la dirigente indígena hondureña Berta Cáceres.

La detención del presunto implicado, identificado por las autoridades como Henry Daniel Hernández, se produjo en Tamaulipas, México este jueves 13 de enero.

Berta se destacó principalmente por su activismo medioambiental siendo especialmente mediática su actividad en contra de la privatización de los ríos y los proyectos de presas hidroeléctricas de privatización de los inversores internacionales.

España extradita al narcotraficante mexicano “Mono” Muñoz

Este viernes en su reunión semanal el gobierno español decidió conceder a Estados Unidos la extradición del mexicano Juan Manuel Muñoz Luévano, alias el ‘Mono Muñoz’, por su presunta responsabilidad en tráfico de drogas, tenencia ilícita de armas y blanqueo de capitales, según informó el Ejecutivo español.

El año pasado Muñoz Luévano fue detenido en Madrid por delitos de blanqueo de dinero y narcotráfico. España entregará al preso a Estados Unidos, donde es sospechoso de liderar una organización de tráfico de estupefacientes asociada al cártel mexicano de ‘Los Zetas’, que se dedicaba a la importación de cocaína desde México hasta los Estados Unidos desde finales de los años noventa hasta 2015, indicó la cadena española Televisa

Venezuela: Falleció el comunicador Ramón Pasquier a los 52 años

Tras batallar por más de dos años contra un cáncer de pulmón, la noche de este jueves falleció el periodista venezolano, Ramón Pasquier, a los 52 años.

Pasquier es uno de los referentes de la radio venezolana contemporánea. Su carrera también destacó en la televisión por programas que lograron importante lugares de sintonía, gracias a su calidad y credibilidad.

El comunicador egresó  de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, mención publicidad y relaciones públicas. Trabajó junto a Albany Lozada en el Circuito Unión Radio y tenían un programa de actualidad en la plataforma Vivo Play.

Pasquier se caracterizó por ser muy crítico con el chavismo y logró captar muchos seguidores a lo largo de su carrera. El mundo periodístico está acongojado por la pérdida.

En medio de las amenazas norcoreanas Seúl refuerza alianza con EE.UU.

El ministro de Defensa surcoreano, Han Min-koo, prometió este viernes fortalecer aún más la alianza con Estados Unidos para garantizar la paz y estabilidad en la península coreana, en medio de las crecientes amenazas norcoreanas, informó Yonhap.

En una reunión con los expertos en defensa, Han dijo que la situación de seguridad en la península coreana es “grave”, señalando el firme propósito del líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un de seguir adelante e intensificar sus programas de desarrollo nuclear y de misiles, incluso uno intercontinental –con autonomía de más de 13.000 kilómetros) que podría llegar a territorio estadounidense.

Han dijo que mantener una fuerte alianza con Estados Unidos es clave para garantizar la seguridad irrefutable de Corea del Sur.

Sus comentarios tuvieron lugar después de que el general retirado James Mattis, quien se convertirá en el próximo secretario de Defensa de la administración estadounidense entrante de Donald Trump, dijera este jueves que el desarrollo nuclear y de misiles de Corea del Norte es una seria amenaza y que hay que hacer algo al respecto.

El líder norcoreano, Kim Jong Un. Foto: KNS/AFP/Getty Images

La Gran Época le recomienda el siguiente artículo: 5 acciones que puedes tomar para detener el genocidio del Siglo XXI

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Parents said that children were delighted to be back in classrooms, even just once or twice a week, but that the quality of education provided under the hybrid plan was sometimes lacking.

Now, hybrid is on its way out in New York City.

That’s partially because students chose in-person learning at far lower rates than Mr. de Blasio had hoped and expected. After predicting over the summer that about 75 percent of the school system would return for classroom instruction come fall, the city recently revealed that just under a third of students actually chose in-person learning.

The percentage of students who can return to classrooms in the coming days will certainly be lower than that, since middle and high school students who opted for in-person classes no longer have that option.

City data has shown that white families, who make up just 15 percent of the public school system, have chosen all-remote learning at the lowest rates.

That means that white students may have a disproportionate presence in city classrooms once they are reopened, and can attend school full time, while hundreds of thousands of children of color may be learning from home until next fall.

The mayor said earlier this fall that families would not have an opportunity to switch from remote to in-person classes for the rest of the school year, so the number of children who return to classrooms next month could be mostly set.

The city’s principals will be forced to once again entirely reprogram their schools, but the new plan will eliminate the need for constant coordination between students learning at home part time and those learning remotely full time, which was extraordinarily complex and frustrating for educators and parents.

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/29/nyregion/schools-reopening-partially.html

President Donald Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place as he struggles to find a response to the crises facing America.

“With less than five months before voters head to the polls, President Trump finds himself in an uncertain position: caught between advisers urging him to calm a country in the grips of a pandemic, economic uncertainty and civil unrest, and those who want him to lean into aggressive tactics that almost certainly would further inflame a nation on edge,” according to a new report from NBC News.

Trump has repeatedly dismissed protesters by telling aides “these aren’t my voters.”

“The president’s approach to what’s widely seen as a seminal moment for the country reflects his ambivalence about being anything other than a self-styled ‘president of law and order’ and his stubborn adherence to tactics he believes have served him well politically, advisers inside and outside the White House say,” NBC News reported. “Some of those who spoke to NBC News about their confidential discussions with the president say they think Trump should be leading on changes in policing and race that even members of his own party are embracing, rather than undermining them. Others say the president is not fighting back hard enough, and is instead allowing protesters to drive his agenda.”

NBC News gave anonymity to one political advisor.

“It looks like he’s bewildered right now,” the political adviser. “We’re losing the culture war because we won’t engage directly, because we’re so scared to be called racist.”

“This adviser said the president and his allies should be taking on the Black Lives Matter movement by calling it a ‘front organization for a lot of crazy leftist ideas that are unpopular.’ But another political ally said the opposite — that the president appears to be ‘spinning wheels’ because he’s not setting the agenda on policing and race in the U.S. when he ‘should be leading on these issues’ by taking steps like banning tactics like chokehold,” NBC News reported.

Read the full report.

Source Article from https://www.salon.com/2020/06/12/were-losing-the-culture-war-trump-adviser-worries-the-president-looks-like-hes-bewildered_partner/

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia.

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The Trump administration announced Friday that the United States will formally begin the process of withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the Cold War-era arms control accord with Russia.

The declaration by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been expected for months. He said the U.S. will suspend its obligations under the 1987 INF treaty as of Saturday and pull out in six months if Russia isn’t deemed to be in compliance.

“For years, Russia has violated the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty without remorse,” Pompeo said in Washington.

“To this day,” he added, “Russia remains in material breach of its treaty obligations not to produce, possess or flight test a ground-launched intermediate range cruise missile system with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers [about 300 to 3,400 miles].”

President Trump said in a statement Friday that the U.S. “cannot be the only country in the world unilaterally bound by this treaty, or any other. We will move forward with developing our own military response options and will work with NATO and our other allies and partners to deny Russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct.”

Pompeo said the U.S. has spent the past six years trying to preserve the treaty. “We have raised Russia’s noncompliance with Russian officials, including at the highest levels of government more than 30 times, yet Russia continues to deny that its missile system is noncompliant and violates the treaty.”

Russia has said it will not tolerate ultimatums and that the U.S. decided long ago to exit the treaty.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Washington of being “unwilling to hold any substantial talks” on the treaty with Moscow, according to the Associated Press.

Peskov acknowledged last year that “there are bottlenecks” but said withdrawal from the treaty would result in an escalation that would “make the world more dangerous.”

When asked if he was concerned about an arms race with Russia, Pompeo said: “The very risk that you identify is the one that we are suffering from today. The Russians are in violation of the agreement. … They have begun to move towards what it is, the risk you have just identified.”

A senior U.S. administration official said in a background briefing Friday that if there is an arms race, Russia started it by deploying cruise missiles in breach of the treaty.

Moscow denies that its missiles are in violation and has accused the U.S. of breaking the treaty terms “because it has batteries of missile defense systems in Europe that they say could be used against Russia,” as NPR’s David Welna has reported.

NATO expressed its support for the U.S. announcement on Friday. “Allies regret that Russia, as part of its broader pattern of behaviour, continues to deny its INF Treaty violation, refuses to provide any credible response, and has taken no demonstrable steps toward returning to full and verifiable compliance,” NATO said in a statement.

The organization urged Russia to use the remaining six months before the U.S. withdrawal takes effect. Unless it verifiably destroys all of its 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile systems, “Russia will bear sole responsibility for the end of the Treaty,” NATO said.

When Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sat down with President Ronald Reagan in the White House East Room to sign the 1987 treaty, it was hailed as a harbinger of reconciliation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

In 2014, officials in the Obama administration said Russia had illegally deployed land-based cruise missiles capable of striking targets in Eastern Europe but did not seek to end the treaty.

Trump signaled in October that the accord was on shaky ground, saying that “Russia has not, unfortunately, honored the agreement. So we’re going to terminate the agreement. We’re gonna pull out.”

Then in December, Pompeo said the U.S. would give Russia 60 days to come into compliance before formally withdrawing from the INF in six months.

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/02/01/690632548/u-s-announces-it-will-withdraw-from-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-with-russia

One day after President Donald Trump‘s national security adviser, John Bolton, said North Korea‘s missile launches earlier this month violated a U.N. Security Council resolution, the president said Kim Jong Un’s launch of “small weapons” doesn’t bother him.

The president, who spent Sunday morning playing golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, went on to say he has confidence that Kim will “keep his promise” to not launch any missiles and thinks Kim’s recent insult against presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden — calling him a “low-IQ individual,” the same language Trump himself has used — is a “signal” to him. He also spelled Biden’s name incorrectly — as “Bidan” — in an initial tweet, before correcting it and resending.

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President Donald Trump walks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before playing a round of golf at Mobara Country Club, Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Chiba, Japan.

Trump tweeted, “North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me. I have confidence that Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me, & also smiled when he called Swampman Joe Biden a low IQ individual, & worse. Perhaps that’s sending me a signal?”

A Biden campaign aide responded after the tweet, saying, ““I would say the tweet speaks for itself, but it’s so unhinged and erratic that I’m not sure anyone could even say that with a straight face.”

The same aide said of the president’s tweet correcting the spelling of Biden’s name: “The spelling error was not the main problem with the first one.”

While Trump has tried to spin North Korea’s recent launch, both Bolton and Japan have accused North Korea of violating U.N. resolutions. Bolton’s comments were the first time a U.S. official said North Korea was in violation.

The Trump administration is trying to keep diplomatic doors open to North Korea, even though Bolton admitted the U.S. has not “heard much” from North Korea since the last summit in Hanoi fell apart. He said U.S. Special Envoy to North Korea Stephen Biegun has not received contact from his counterpart in Pyongyang.

Bolton also said he supports Japan’s efforts to sit down for negotiations with Kim. Abe still has not met with the North Korean leader.

Japanese officials said that during Trump’s four-day state visit, Abe will be introducing Trump to the families of Japanese abducted by North Koreans. Trump had a similar meeting during his last visit to Japan. The release of Japanese abductees is a top priority for Abe.

Despite the defense of Kim, the two foreign leaders appeared to be getting along great on the golf course Sunday. Abe tweeted a photo of the two smiling from the course talking about an “unwavering” alliance between the two countries in Japanese.

After the pair hit the links, Trump stated on Twitter the two world leaders have made “great progress” in the trade negotiations, but indicated he may wait until after July to announce any potential deal.

Trump himself tweeted about the round of golf — a pastime both leaders have bonded over — and his love for former South African great and nine-time major champion Gary Player.

ABC News’ Rachel Scott contributed to this report.

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Russia’s top diplomat has warned the west that its “aggressive” approach to Ukraine and threat of sanctions could force Moscow to “eliminate unacceptable threats to our security”, after a high-stakes conversation between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden failed to deescalate the crisis.

The remarks by the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, were published shortly after the Russian and US presidents held a 50-minute telephone call in which the two sides traded threats regarding tensions over Ukraine.

During the phone call, Biden told Putin that the US would impose serious sanctions on Moscow in the event that Russian forces, which include tanks, artillery and even short-range ballistic missiles, launched an attack on Ukrainian forces.

Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin aide, said Putin responded that fresh sanctions could lead to a “complete breakdown in ties between our countries”. “Our president also mentioned that it would be a mistake that our descendants would see as a huge error,” Ushakov told reporters late on Thursday evening.

The US and other western countries have said Russia is massing military equipment on Ukraine’s border for what could be a potential invasion force. Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have taken part in combat training in preparation for a potential Russian assault, although the situation in the country is largely normal ahead of the new year holiday.

Earlier this week, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security council, Oleksiy Danilov, said Kyiv was concerned about Russian troops on the border but added that there was no panic. He said: “As for the troop buildup near our borders reported by foreign media – we do not see that. There is a certain increase of [Russian] military and we closely monitor what’s happening at our borders.”

Ukrainian military intelligence had previously warned of a massive buildup of Russian military equipment on the border and the potential of a large-scale Russian offensive by mid-January. Russian delegations are set to meet then with US, Nato, and Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) officials for a series of high-stakes talks on European security.

Lavrov, in an interview with the news agency RIA Novosti, said Russia insisted on US and Nato military officials taking part in the negotiations next month. Moscow would not allow the talks to be dragged out by western nations, he said.

“If there is no constructive response within a reasonable time and the west continues its aggressive line, then Russia will be forced to take all necessary measures to ensure strategic balance and eliminate unacceptable threats to our security,” Lavrov added.

An analysis by the Conflict Intelligence Team, a group of bloggers and analysts who collect open-source intelligence on Russian military movements, showed that Russian military equipment had continued to arrive in the area to the north-east of Ukraine and to Crimea in the past month.

The group concluded that “by the new year the concentration of vehicles near Ukraine’s borders and in Crimea has reached an unprecedented scale, most likely surpassing the April figures”. Russia held a massive buildup of troops earlier this year, leading to a summit between Putin and Biden in Geneva in June.

However, Moscow is not yet ready to launch the operation, the group noted, adding that a limited strike on the Ukrainian military was more likely than a large-scale operation to seize and hold territory.

Source Article from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/31/russian-foreign-minister-warns-west-us-ukraine-border-crisis

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(CNN)Search and rescue operations will intensify Monday morning for victims of a devastating series of tornadoes that ripped through Alabama on Sunday, killing at least 23 people in one county.

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    The pickup truck was towing a flatbed trailer of the kind used to haul cars when it collided with the bikers on Friday (yesterday, NZT) on US 2, a two-lane highway in Randolph, police said.

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    A student leaves Columbine High School late Tuesday in Littleton, Colo. Authorities say they are looking for a woman they say presented a credible threat.

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    A student leaves Columbine High School late Tuesday in Littleton, Colo. Authorities say they are looking for a woman they say presented a credible threat.

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    More than a dozen school districts in Colorado are closed Wednesday after the FBI and local law enforcement warned of an 18-year-old white woman who is “armed and dangerous” in the Denver metropolitan area.

    Sol Pais flew from Miami to Denver on Monday and “immediately” bought a pump action shotgun and ammunition, FBI Denver Special Agent In Charge Dean Phillips told reporters Tuesday evening.

    Pais had “made some concerning comments in the past” and had an “infatuation” with the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and its perpetrators, Phillips said at the press conference. She was last seen in the foothills of Jefferson County, in the metro Denver area.

    Phillips said law enforcement had no specific information about a threat to any one particular school, but they thought it was a “credible threat certainly to the community and potentially to schools.”

    “This has become a massive manhunt,” with multiple law enforcement agencies searching for Pais, Phillips said.

    The 20th anniversary of the Columbine shooting is Saturday.

    Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock said Denver Public Schools will be closed Wednesday. Jefferson County (JeffCo) Public Schools, of which Columbine is a part, are closed as well. Fourteen other school districts in the area are closed as well, according to Colorado Public Radio.

    Pais had not been charged with a crime as of Tuesday evening, Phillips told reporters. Phillips said the FBI was working with federal prosecutors and local authorities were working with local prosecutors to bring charges against Pais.

    As of now, if Pais were found immediately, “we will certainly hold her for as long as we can legally,” Phillips said.

    Pais has no specific known connections to Colorado, Phillips said.

    Columbine High School and several others in Jefferson County were placed on “lockout” Tuesday, which means entry and exit are restricted while classes continue as usual.

    “We take these threats seriously,” Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader told reporters. It’s “not the first threat” to involve or reference Columbine, he said, and “I know that this opens a wound especially on an anniversary week.”

    Two students at Columbine High School killed 13 people and injured 24 more and then killed themselves on April 20, 1999. The incident has inspired other school shootings, researchers and journalists say.

    In the time since, Jefferson County Public Schools has built what The Washington Post described as “likely the most sophisticated school security system in the country,” with remote-control locks, cameras, a 24-hour dispatch center, monitoring of certain students and their social media accounts and more.

    Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/714205353/denver-area-schools-closed-as-authorities-search-for-armed-and-dangerous-woman

    CHICAGO — To mark the second anniversary of her swearing-in, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday that she would only grant one-on-one interviews to Black and Brown journalists.

    She defended her decision during her one and one with WGN’s Tahman Bradley.

    “I’m thinking in this one day when we are looking at the two-year anniversary of my inauguration, as a woman of color, as a lesbian, it’s important to me that diversity is put front in center,” Lightfoot said.

    The move infuriated the mostly white City Hall press corps.

    The outrage exploded on Twitter. One Latino newspaper reporter wrote he agreed to the sit-down but backed out to make a point.

    “If I as the black woman mayor, the first ever, don’t challenge us, the collective us, to do better, to really make sure that in every institution it reflects the diversity, nuance and texture, the shame on me,” Lightfoot said.

    Lightfoot is known to clash with opponents or those who question her. Reporting on leaked emails revealed the mayor upset about critical reporting and commentary canceled her Chicago Tribune subscription.

    When asked if this was payback Lightfoot said, “It has nothing to do with that. The facts are the facts. Look at the people who cover City Hall.”

    Political analyst Charles Thomas knows the City Hall beat well, as a former television political reporter. He says although newsroom diversity is an important topic, he questions the mayor’s timing.

    “This is a distraction,” he said. “Instead of talking about crime, talking about disarray in her administration, talking about education, talking about city finances, we’re talking about this.”

    Tahman Bradley will have much more on his one-on-one in which he and Lightfoot discussed police reform, an elected school board, COVID’s impact on business and much more later today on the WGN News

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Thursday order for everyone in the state to wear a face covering while in public or high-risk settings is going to be cheered and jeered, guaranteed.

    I know this because that’s what happened to me after my Wednesday column about why some people resist wearing masks, even as COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to rise.

    A reader named Paul had this to say:

    “I think you should have used some stronger language than you did: call these folks selfish.”

    But a reader named Robert was definitely a jeerer.

    “Take a look in the mirror. In your case a mask is a good thing.”

    That’s not nice. And Robert, who was just getting warmed up, went on to say:

    “My wife and I both visited our physicians in the past week. Both advised to avoid wearing masks as much as possible. These are real doctors, not the ones you visit in the park down the alley behind the liquor store. Choke on your own mask dumbass!”

    My doctor’s office is not in an alley, but I do need a drink. Maybe it will help get me through my inbox in this crazy time when so many people have worked themselves into a lather of defiance over a simple precautionary procedure that can save lives.

    This is their brave and noble crusade? They’re anti-mask?

    The good news — for me, at least — is that most of the people who responded to my column were not rooting for me to choke on a mask. Readers by and large shared my disdain for the resistance movement, and offered their own explanation for what’s going on.

    “I am convinced the problem stems from a true lack of leadership on a national level,” wrote Howard. “When the president … refuses to wear a mask or social distance, it leaves the door open for millions of Americans to take off their masks and follow his lead…. People see stories of ‘reopening’ and … think the virus is adhering to man-made declarations.”

    I think Howard is on to something there.

    This is not the age of enlightenment, folks.

    We’ve got a president who ignores the advice of his own public health experts and thinks we should look into injecting Lysol to beat back the coronavirus. And yet the loyal masses are expected to swarm a Trump rally Saturday in Tulsa despite pleas of local health officials to cancel.

    Yes, we do need to get people back to work, but in much of the country, we could not be much dumber about how we’re reopening. You see mob scenes everywhere, with unmasked revelers shoulder to shoulder.

    Several readers noted that massive demonstrations against police brutality may have added to the spread of the coronavirus. That’s surely possible, but I saw lots of masks out there at the protests. And there’s no disputing that COVID-19 cases are soaring in some states that trampled sensible protocols for reopening gradually and intelligently.

    California is no gold medal winner in this regard, which is one reason Newsom went from nice guy to tough guy on Thursday.

    “Simply put, we are seeing too many people with faces uncovered — putting at risk the real progress we have made in fighting the disease,” the governor said.

    A lot of my readers feel the same way.

    “I live in Orange County and have been asking myself why so many people are not wearing masks,” said Shannon. “Personally, I care enough to wear a mask to protect others and get angry at the stupidity of those who don’t. I … have a child that works at Starbucks and she worries all the time that the people who don’t bother to wear a mask may be giving her COVID and in turn infect our family.”

    Speaking of Orange County, a reader named Diane had something to say about the item in my column on the public health director who resigned after she received a death threat and was compared to Hitler for requiring face coverings.

    “As the daughter of Holocaust survivors who suffered under the real Hitler, I am doubly appalled by the idiots who have the gall to compare the former head of the Orange County health agency, who was simply following the best medical knowledge, to the person who caused the death of millions,” said Diane. “Unbelievable.”

    A reader named Jackie said she and her husband are in their 70s and keeping indoors for the most part.

    “I can’t believe how much ageism is on full display regarding COVID-19. Younger folks, especially, are seen all over the U.S., without masks, drinking, partying, or going about their daily activities as if nothing is wrong,” said Jackie, who thinks that’s going to delay a full recovery.

    “I see our self-isolation extending way into the future, with no end in sight,” she said.

    From across the divide, a reader named Jim seems to think that if not for Trump’s leadership we would have seen 2 million deaths by now, and guess what:

    I did just choke on my mask.

    Bob said it’s time to open everything without restrictions. The impact won’t be that bad, in his opinion.

    “Those under 40 might get a slight cough,” said Bob, who must go to the same doctor as Robert, who wants me to choke on my mask. “The 40-65 group might need a few days off. Those older than 65 will have to make a risk assessment if they have an underlying condition.”

    Just a reminder: We are approaching 120,000 deaths in the U.S.

    Jon called me one of the “pro muzzlers,” said he was going on a 35-mile bike ride without a mask, and suggested there’d be more compliance if I wasn’t such a fascist.

    Actually, Jon, I wouldn’t wear a mask on a bike ride or taking a walk in the woods, if I could stay far away from other people. But in settings where you can’t social distance, is it that much of a sacrifice to protect someone near you in the event you might be positive but asymptomatic?

    Louise called herself an elder who wears a mask and gloves when she goes outside, but thinks that the threat of the disease is overstated and that the spread of the virus among young people will lead to immunity for all.

    “I feel that in the big scheme of life the pandemic is really a panic-demic,” she said.

    It’s a nice idea, and similar to the approach in Sweden, but the latest statistics from that country are not terribly encouraging.

    “Nobody has a clue about the true infection/exposure rate,” argued Tim. “The most frequent statistic I have read is that 80% of COVID-19 exposures are either mild or asymptomatic. The death rate is therefore quite low.”

    But if we know that distancing, hand washing and face covering can prevent spread and save lives, why do we have to be such hardheads?

    A study from Germany found that the use of masks after wearing them became compulsory reduced the spread of COVID there. And another new study estimates that in New York City, the use of masks prevented 66,000 additional cases of COVID-19.

    The virus attacks the lungs of those who contract it. But its very presence among us also seems to be destroying common sense and consideration of others.

    “I have a cousin who won’t wear a mask because he says it’s unconstitutional. It takes away his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” said a reader named Rick, who added one last word.

    “WOW.”

    steve.lopez@latimes.com

    Source Article from https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-18/column-newsoms-new-mask-order-wont-sit-well-with-the-resistance-i-know-theyre-packing-my-inbox

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    (CNN)As Donald Trump heads to Vietnam for the second summit of his presidency with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, one big question remains: Is the rogue nation still a nuclear threat or, well, isn’t it?

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      Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/25/politics/jake-tapper-mike-pompeo-donald-trump-north-korea/index.html

      Nearly 135,000 people have died in the U.S. since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins data.

      The surge in coronavirus cases is straining hospitals in Florida, Texas and Arizona, where ICU beds in some areas are reaching capacity. In Houston, the Texas Tribune reported some hospitals are turning away emergency responders as beds fill up with coronavirus patients.

      California, Texas and Florida have reimposed some restrictions on bars and indoor dining as cases surged in recent weeks, though governors have stopped short of ordering new stay-at-home orders introduced earlier in the pandemic.

      Florida’s Walt Disney World reopened its parks this week despite concerns from staff and health experts. The Sunshine State is also pressing on with its plan to host the GOP convention in Jacksonville, though Gov. Ron DeSantis, a close Trump ally, on Tuesday refused to say whether he would lift restrictions on indoor gatherings. The Washington Post reported Thursday that Republicans are considering holding the event outdoors. Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to meet with RNC officials in Jacksonville on Saturday.

      The nationwide coronavirus spike has sparked a battle over plans to reopen schools this fall. President Donald Trump is pushing for full reopenings, threatening to withhold federal government funding from schools that don’t completely reopen.

      Source Article from https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/11/us-record-coronavirus-356969

      WASHINGTON — The Trump administration approved the transfer of sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia twice after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to information shared with members of Congress.

      Citing records provided by the Department of Energy, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said Tuesday that the Trump administration had given the green light to U.S. energy firms to export technology and know-how to Saudi Arabia on Oct. 18, 2018 — only 16 days after Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The administration then approved another transfer on Feb. 18.

      Congressional staffers from both parties told NBC News that Kaine’s account was accurate. An Energy Department official confirmed the timing of the two approvals.

      Kaine is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which had requested details on seven transfers of nuclear expertise to Saudi Arabia, including the timing of the approvals in each case.

      “It has taken the Trump Administration more than two months to answer a simple question — when did you approve transfers of nuclear expertise from American companies to Saudi Arabia? And the answer is shocking,” Kaine said in a statement.

      Khashoggi was a U.S. legal resident living in Virginia, which Kaine represents, and the columnist’s killing sparked outrage around the world and prompted demands in Congress for the administration to punish Riyadh over the case.

      Kaine said the approvals represented a “disturbing pattern of behavior” by the Trump administration that he said included bypassing Congress to push through an arms sale to Saudi Arabia, keeping up its support of the Saudi-led war in Yemen, overlooking the detention of women’s rights activists and failing to comply with a law that requires the administration to reach a determination about the Saudi government’s role in the killing of Khashoggi.

      “President Trump’s eagerness to give the Saudis anything they want, over bipartisan Congressional objection, harms American national security interests and is one of many steps the administration is taking that is fueling a dangerous escalation of tension in the region,” Kaine said.

      Henry Sokolski, the executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and a former senior U.S. official who oversaw arms control issues, said the Trump administration has clearly been in violation of the Atomic Energy Act, which requires the president to keep lawmakers informed about nuclear cooperation negotiations.

      “We’ve had people in the administration who have negotiated with the Saudis without informing Congress,” he said. Kaine’s statement indicates that “Congress is finally getting woke on this subject. “

      The Trump administration’s reluctance to pressure Saudi Arabia or publicly criticize the kingdom over a range of issues — including the Khashoggi case — has prompted pushback from lawmakers from both parties. But the administration has defended its dealings with Riyadh, saying the country remains a vital ally in the Middle East against Iran.

      Saudi Arabia plans to build nuclear power plants with help from U.S. companies, but so far it has refused to agree to safeguards to ensure it does not develop nuclear weapons, including a prohibition on uranium enrichment and reprocessing spent nuclear fuel.

      Republican Sens. Todd Young of Indiana and Marco Rubio of Florida and Democrats Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Kaine have introduced a bill demanding the government allow Congress to review all transfers of nuclear technology and expertise in advance.

      Separately, the Government Accountability Office is reviewing the Trump administration’s negotiations with Saudi Arabia, as well as any negotiation by the executive branch since December 2009, regarding a civil nuclear cooperation agreement. Rubio and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., requested the review in March.

      Kaine had demanded details about the timing of the transfers for months. But after the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. James E. Risch, R-Idaho, vowed to personally intervene on the issue at an open hearing last month, the Energy Department provided the information.

      Source Article from https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-admin-gave-green-light-nuclear-permits-saudi-arabia-after-n1013826