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RPP Noticias cubrió desde las primeras horas las actividades por este 28 de julio, día en el que nuestro país conmemora 193 años de independencia.

Así, los primeros reconocimientos llegaron desde el gigante de Internet Google, que cambió el logo de sus popular buscador con uno de sus acostumbrados doodles. En esta ocasión, dedicado a nuestro país.

Pero volviendo al Perú, RPP Noticias realizó una cobertura desde las primeras horas del día. Así, equipos de nuestra multiplataforma se apostaron en diversos puntos de la Plaza de Armas y del Congreso, a fin de cubrir el desplazamiento del presidente Ollanta Humala.

En tanto, desde la vivienda del jefe de Estado, en Surco, nuestros reporteros daban cuenta de un fuerte contingente policial desde las primeras horas del día. De hecho, se cerró el tránsito (vehicular y peatonal) en un perímetro de 50 metros.

Un detalle a tener en cuenta es que el histórico regimiento de Caballería Mariscal Domingo Nieto participó una vez más en las actividades oficiales de este 28 de julio como Escolta del presidente de la República.

Este regimiento acompañó al jefe de Estado en su recorrido desde Palacio de Gobierno hasta la Catedral de Lima, donde se realizó la tradicional Misa y Tedeum, presidida por el arzobispo de Lima, cardenal Juan Luis Cipriani.

En su homilía, el religioso aprovechó la oportunidad para mostrar su conocido desacuerdo con el proyecto de unión civil entre personas del mismo género y también en contra del aborto terapéutico.

“La ideología de género invade el campo cultural queriendo imponer su particular concepción antropológica. (…) La religión no es un obstáculo que los legisladores necesiten saltarse para hacer bien su trabajo”, comentó ante la presencia de los presidentes de los tres poderes del Estado.

Concluida la ceremonia religiosa, el presidente volvió a Palacio a la espera de que la comisión congresal que lo acompañó a la sede del Legislativo, donde Humala dio su tradicional discurso por Fiestas Patrias.

En el ínterin, la nueva jefa del Gabinete, Ana Jara, se pronunció a través de las redes sociales para saludar a los peruanos por esta importante fecha. En su tuit, la ministra hizo mención a los próceres y precursores de la gesta independentista.

Jara también fue abordada por la prensa antes de su ingreso al Congreso. La ministra dijo que el mensaje presidencial “estará lleno de optimismo y esperanza”. En la misma tónica, el ministro de Economía, Luis Miguel Castilla, adelantó que el mensaje a la Nación “intenta unir a los peruanos y darles confianza”.

A su turno, el ministro del Interior, Daniel Urresti, anunció que el Gobierno está por cumplir la meta de recuperar a más 30 mil policías de dedicación exclusiva al servicio de la seguridad ciudadana.

EL DISCURSO PRESIDENCIAL

Pese a que el inicio de su discurso estaba programado para las 11 de la mañana, recién a las 11:10 el mandatario salió de Palacio rumbo al Congreso. Debido a esta demora, el mensaje a la Nación arrancó casi a las 11:30 de la mañana.

El mandatario comenzó su discurso asegurando que la educación, la salud y la seguridad ciudadana forman parte de la agenda priorizada para los últimos dos años de su Gobierno.

En ese sentido, anunció que en la educación se incrementará el presupuesto en un  0.5% del PBI, que implica un aumento “histórico” de 4,000 millones de nuevos soles.

Entre varios anuncios de este sector, refirió que el próximo año el Ejecutivo invertirá 1,000 millones de nuevos soles adicionales para la mejora salarial del profesorado.

Sobre salud, el presidente anunció que el Gobierno incrementará el presupuesto del sector en 2.500 millones de nuevos soles cada año. Dijo, además, que se trata de “un incremento histórico puesto al servicio de nuestras familias y de nuestros hijos principalmente”.

Dijo, además, que a partir de octubre de este año se implementará el programa “Más Salud”, para que los no cuenten con acceso a servicios de salud sean atendidos por especialistas.

Respecto a seguridad ciudadana, Humala estimó necesaria una nueva Policía, para lo cual dijo que se ha dispuesto la implementación de nuevas direcciones, como Seguridad Ciudadana, Tráfico de Terrenos, Protección de Obras y el Grupo Génesis.

“Este segundo semestre incrementaremos la Policía en 30 mil nuevos efectivos, reforzando la investigación criminal y la inteligencia operativa”, aseveró.

Destacó, en ese ámbito, que su Gobierno redujo en más del 50% el área de actividad de los delincuentes narcoterroristas que operan en el Valle de los ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro.

Humala también informó que el Gobierno continuará con el pago del Plan Integral de Reparaciones (PIR), destinado a las víctimas de la violencia política que afectó al país.

Resaltó, asimismo, el aumento de 270 a 350 nuevos soles, dispuesto por el Gobierno para la pensión de las viudas de los jubilados bajo el régimen de la Ley 19990.

También dijo que el Ejecutivo presentará al Congreso en esta legislatura modificaciones al proceso de descentralización que permitan avanzar en el crecimiento y la inclusión, adjuntando una propuesta para mejorar la distribución del canon minero.

Finalmente, el jefe de Estado exhortó al Congreso a debatir iniciativas legislativas orientadas a realizar reformas políticas y evaluar la imprescriptibilidad de delitos de corrupción.

Sobre las 12:42, Humala concluyó su discurso a la Nación, que tuvo una duración aproximada de una hora y media.


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Guatemaltecos festejaron fuera del Congreso el retiro de la inmunidad al presidente Otto Pérez Molina. Se necesitaban 105 votos para hacerlo, pero 132 diputados expresaron su apoyo a que el mandatario se enfrente a la justicia por un escándalo de corrupción.

Apenas se supo que al presidente de Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina, le habían retirado su inmunidad, fuera del Congreso los manifestantes comenzaron a corear: “El pueblo, presente, no tiene presidente”.

Se ha convertido en uno de los lemas de la gente, pero la realidad es que el mandatario, en la cuerda floja por un escándalo de corrupción que ha generado movilizaciones históricas en el país, por ahora sigue al frente del Poder Ejecutivo.

Por cuánto tiempo y de qué forma logrará hacerlo, es una incógnita.

Lea: El hombre que prometió acabar con la currupción y ahora va a juicio

Con el voto de 132 diputados, de los 105 necesarios, Pérez Molina, de 64 años, se quedó este martes sin inmunidad —la primera vez que un presidente guatemalteco sufre esta situación— y ahora podrá enfrentar a la justicia.

La pérdida de inmunidad de

Otto Pérez Molina

  • 158 diputados tiene el Congreso unicameral de Guatemala.

  • 105 votos (dos tercios) eran necesarios para quitarle la inmunidad a Pérez Molina.

  • 132 diputados votaron a favor de la medida.

  • 26 congresistas optaron por no asistir a la sesión. Nadie se opuso a la suspensión de la inmunidad.

Apenas dos horas después de haber sido desaforado, el juez Miguel Ángel Gálvez otorgó medida de arraigo solicitada por el Ministerio Público (MP) para evitar su salida del país, con lo que queda abierta la posibilidad de que se le dicte una orden de arresto.

La fiscal general, Thelma Aldana, indicó que luego de haberse retirado la inmunidad “el presidente será sometido a los tribunales del país, como un ciudadano ordinario”.

“Nunca imaginé y nunca hubiera querido iniciar un antejuicio contra el presidente, sin embargo, la evidencia hizo imperativa hacer esta solicitud”, aseveró.

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Pérez Molina es el primer presidente de Guatemala al que se le levanta la inmunidad. Ahora tendrá que enfrentar a la justicia.

Lea: Congreso de Guatemala le retira la inmunidad al presidente Otto Pérez Molina

El presidente fue acusado el 21 de agosto por la fiscalía y por la Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (Cicig), un organismo avalado por Naciones Unidas, de liderar una mafia de corrupción aduanera que defraudó a la Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria (SAT).

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Katy Watson, enviada especial de la BBC en Ciudad de Guatemala

Se preveía un voto a favor, pero aun así los nervios no se calmaron. ¿Se presentaría el número suficiente de diputados? ¿Los miembros del partido del presidente votarían en su contra?

Cuando los resultados se hicieron públicos, hubo muchas personas que aplaudieron y celebraron. Muchos guatemaltecos no podían estar más felices. La manifestación fuera del ente legislativo se transformó en una fiesta.

En los últimos cuatro meses, decenas de miles de guatemaltecos han salido a las calles a protestar contra la corrupción gubernamental y han hecho llamados para que el primer mandatario renuncie.

La votación sienta las bases para que el líder del país sea procesado como cualquier otro ciudadano y hay una sensación general de que finalmente los políticos no están por encima de la ley.

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El comisionado Iván Velásquez aseguró que en las más de 80.000 escuchas telefónicas realizadas en el marco de la investigación y en los más de 5.000 mensajes de correo electrónico revisados existían referencias a “el uno” y “la dos”, que corresponderían a la participación de Pérez Molina y de su ex vicepresidenta, Roxana Baldetti.

Lea: Iván Velásquez, el colombiano que hace temblar al gobierno de Guatemala

Baldetti se vio forzada a renunciar en mayo y se encuentra en prisión.

Lea: El escándalo aduanero que forzó la renuncia de la vicepresidenta de Guatemala

Pérez Molina, acusado por la fiscalía y la Cicig de los delitos de asociación ilícita y cohecho pasivo, ha defendido su inocencia desde que estalló el escándalo en abril y en numerosas ocasiones rechazó estar involucrado.

“Es una situación delicada y compleja, como nunca se había visto en el país. Yo tengo dos opciones: una es renunciar y la otra someterme a la justicia, y es lo que voy a hacer”, aseguró el lunes en sus últimas declaraciones públicas.

Lea: Pérez Molina descarta renunciar por escándalo de corrupción

El proceso

Pero, ¿cómo sigue el proceso para el presidente?

En resumidas cuentas, la fiscalía podría ahora pedir la comparecencia de Pérez Molina ante un juez, quien de encontrar indicios para imputarlo, deberá determinar si el presidente puede esperar el juicio en libertad o si debe hacerlo en prisión preventiva.

De acuerdo al artículo 7 de la Ley de Antejuicio, un dignatario o funcionario público sólo podrá cesar en el ejercicio del cargo cuando un juez ordene su prisión preventiva.

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Guatemala vive desde abril, cuando estalló el escándalo de corrupción, masivas movilizaciones para pedir la renuncia del presidente Otto Pérez Molina.

De hacerlo, en ese momento Pérez Molina dejará de ser presidente y asumirá el cargo el vicepresidente Alejandro Maldonado, quien a su vez deberá proponer una terna de reemplazantes al Congreso y se convertirá en presidente hasta el fin del mandato, previsto para el 14 de enero.

Vea toda nuestra cobertura sobre Guatemala

Pero para que todo ello ocurra se debe cumplir en primer lugar con el formalismo de que el Congreso emita una resolución en la que se declara con lugar el antejuicio.

De esa forma el presidente pierde formalmente su inmunidad y el expediente retorna a la Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJ).

El máximo organismo judicial deberá enviarlo al tribunal ordinario que corresponda, y mientras tanto el presidente seguirá en su cargo pendiente de la investigación del MP.

Otras opciones

La justicia podría:

  • Solicitar una orden de captura contra el presidente y la revisión de sus cuentas bancarias y propiedades. En este caso, Pérez Molina estaría obligado a dejar el cargo.
  • Una posibilidad más es que el presidente sea sometido a arresto domiciliario.
  • Y una alternativa adicional es que el MP solamente lo cite para que presente su primera declaración.

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El mandato de Pérez Molina termina el 14 de enero.

En todo caso, el juez es quien deberá decidir si el presidente enfrentará o no su proceso en libertad.

El mandatario había solicitado un amparo ante la Corte de Constitucionalidad, que pretendía evitar la votación ocurrida este martes.

La petición no ha sido resuelta por el órgano de justicia, que tiene entre 24 y 48 horas para tomar una decisión, pero de acuerdo con medios locales es previsible que los ministros acuerden no amparar al mandatario.

El retiro de inmunidad llega en un momento delicado en la vida del país, a días de las elecciones generales del próximo domingo en las que no se espera que ningún candidato obtenga los votos suficientes para evitar una segunda vuelta prevista para el 25 de octubre.

(*) Alberto Nájar colaboró en la producción de este artículo.

Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/09/150901_guatemala_otto_perez_molina_inmunidad_corrupcion_proceso_jp

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    DRIVING THE DAY

    It’s one of JOE BIDEN’s most oft-repeated catchphrases: “Don’t tell me what you value; show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.”

    On Friday afternoon, Biden showed us his budget. Here’s what it tells us about what his White House values — and the signals it sends about where he’s willing to spend the most political capital.

    — Overall: Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget next year, with huge increases in domestic spending. Read Caitlin Emma’s walkthrough of the budget

    — Domestic spending: The budget makes good on some of the promises Biden made on the campaign trail — which many activists and allies were getting antsy about — with massive investments in combating climate change and a range of domestic programs aimed at both the middle class and people living in poverty. Included in the $6 trillion budget:

    • $2.3 trillion for infrastructure, including $115B for roads and bridges, $174B for electric vehicles, $85B to modernize transit, $111B on drinking water infrastructure and $100B to expand high-speed broadband access.
    • $1.8 trillion for Biden’s “families plan,” including $200B for universal free pre-K, $109B for free community college, $85B in Pell Grants, $225B for child care and $225B for a national paid family medical leave program.
    • $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending, including major increases for the Education Dept., Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development.

    — Taxes: Biden’s plan includes $3.6 trillion in tax increases for corporations and wealthy individuals. NYT’s Alan Rappaport puts it like this: “Starting at the end of 2021, the top individual income tax rate would rise to 39.6 percent from 37 percent, reversing the Trump administration’s tax cuts for the highest income taxpayers.” More on that from the NYT

    — Deficits and debt: Even with those tax increases, Biden’s budget would run a $1.8 trillion deficit next year. Over the next decade, the federal debt would exceed the size of the entire U.S. economy — growing to 117% of GDP by 2031.

    Another important aspect of a White House budget proposal: It starts the clock on the Hill, so be on the lookout for what changes they decide to make because they will be there.

    — Remember, y’all: If Democrats want to pass bills through reconciliation (which, behind the scenes, they admit they do) then a budget resolution must be passed to allow that to happen.

    Here are three interesting reads if you want to understand the budget and some of the political fights we can expect to see soon:

    — First, our very own money man Ben White takes a look at the budget’s projections for economic growth. One word to describe it: tepid.

    “The budget plan the White House unveiled on Friday projects economic growth of 2 percent or less per year for most of the next decade, after factoring in inflation. That’s not much different than the sluggish pace the U.S. endured in the decade after the financial crisis and Great Recession, a disappointing economic performance that damaged BARACK OBAMA’s presidency.

    “So where is the ‘Build Back Better’ economic revolution that Biden and White House officials have talked up in recent weeks in selling their plans to spend roughly $4 trillion on the infrastructure and on family programs?

    “Some analysts suggested that the administration is essentially admitting that its proposed surge in federal spending — which administration officials hope to offset over time with higher taxes on the rich and corporations — won’t actually boost the economy much at all.” More on that from Ben

    — At WaPo, Colby Itkowitz notes that Biden’s budget plan “made official his opposition to the Hyde Amendment, a decades-old ban on federal funding for abortions that he long supported before reversing his stance during the presidential campaign.” As Itkowitz notes, the request “is not binding and requires Congress to also agree not to include it,” so you can expect to see some debate on this front coming soon.

    — And over at WSJ, Richard Rubin points out Biden’s budget would actually keep a Trump-era tax break on businesses: “Owners of closely held businesses would still get a 20% tax deduction … leaving high-income people who run construction companies and manufacturing firms benefiting — for now. … Although Mr. Biden campaigned on limiting the break, the deduction went untouched in the first $2.4 trillion worth of net tax increases that were detailed by the Biden administration on Friday.”

    Good Saturday morning. Thanks for reading Playbook. Drop us a line: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza, Tara Palmeri.

    BIDEN’S SATURDAY: The president and VP KAMALA HARRIS have nothing on their public schedules.

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    WHO PRESSURE BUILDS — “Biden’s renewed focus on covid origins ramps up pressure on WHO for more aggressive investigation,” WaPo: “The U.S. initiative was partly a response on dismissive remarks about an investigation made by a Chinese official at a WHO event on Tuesday, officials said. The WHO, an overstretched United Nations agency responsible for coordinating the international response to the pandemic, is feeling the pressure. But it has few powers to investigate on its own.

    “WHO emergencies chief MIKE RYAN said Friday that the organization was still consulting with an expert team that visited the virus’s initial epicenter of Wuhan, China, earlier this year about how to proceed with their investigation. All hypotheses remain open, he said.”

    SANCTIONS INCOMING — “White House announces sanctions over Belarus’ passenger plane interception,” by Myah Ward: “The Biden administration on Friday night further condemned Belarus’ May 23 forced take down of a civilian airliner, calling it a ‘direct affront’ to international norms and announcing sanctions against the former Soviet republic.

    “‘Belarus’s forced diversion of a commercial Ryanair flight under false pretenses, traveling between two member states of the European Union, and the subsequent removal and arrest of RAMAN PRATASEVICH, a Belarusian journalist, are a direct affront to international norms,’ White House press secretary JEN PSAKI said in a statement. ‘These events took place amid an escalating wave of repression by the Lukashenka regime against the aspirations of the people of Belarus for democracy and human rights.’”

    CONGRESS

    FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Battle Born Collective, the progressive advocacy group started by HARRY REID alum REBECCA KIRSZNER KATZ and ADAM JENTLESON, is releasing a memo to Democrats raising the alarm that time is running out on the “For the People Act” (HR1 and S1) as well as filibuster reform.

    — Why it matters: Majority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER says the Senate will take up S1 in the last week of June — which is right around the corner. And Democrats are feeling the heat from the base to get something done in this space. Read the memo

    MUTUAL RESENTMENT GROWS WITHIN SENATE — “‘Pretty damn scary’: Failure of Jan. 6 commission exposes Senate wounds,” by Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine: “Democrats thought they’d given [Maine GOP Sen. SUSAN] COLLINS everything she wanted on the commission, and still she came up short of breaking a filibuster. Collins and other Republicans came away worried that [Majority Leader CHUCK] SCHUMER would rather thrash their party as obstructionist than try and get the three more votes he needed to reach the required 60. The resulting bitterness recalled the tension that’s long built up in the House, as the lingering scars of the pro-Trump Capitol attack splinter the two parties on even the most anodyne legislation.

    “The Senate … has so far avoided the mutual resentment that’s taken hold on the other side of the Capitol. And the upper chamber is still on track to pass Schumer’s bipartisan China competitiveness bill. Even so, the scuttled commission vote was a microcosm of Congress’ failed efforts to move forward after Jan. 6: Two senators from opposite parties supported the same goals and briefly turned their frustrations on each other as 10 Republicans wouldn’t come on board. It doesn’t bode well for a Senate that controls much of Biden’s agenda.”

    FILIBUSTER FALLOUT — “Democrats grapple with the enemy within: What to do about the filibuster rule that could kill their agenda,” WaPo: “[I]nternal tensions emerged in a Democratic caucus meeting on Wednesday afternoon during which the [upcoming voting rights] legislation was discussed, according to multiple senators who attended. … [West Virginia Sen. JOE] MANCHIN came and sat in silence inside the Capitol Hill conference room as a prominent Democratic elections lawyer, MARC ELIAS, catalogued the threats to voting rights being waged in states across the country. Then, several of Manchin’s colleagues rose and made impassioned cases for action.

    “None mentioned Manchin by name, but those present knew whom they had to persuade. And the words of one particular senator — Sen. JON TESTER (D-Mont.), who also has a track record of winning in a Republican state — made a particular impression, the senators present said.”

    FROM SICKNICK’S LOVED ONES — “‘All talk and no action’: Sicknick’s mother and girlfriend say they were disappointed by GOP senators,” by CNN’s Jeremy Herb: “In an exclusive interview with CNN’s JAKE TAPPER Friday, GLADYS SICKNICK and her son’s girlfriend SANDRA GARZA said they were clinging to hope that they could change the minds of senators opposed to the independent commission, but were still not surprised at the ultimate outcome.

    “‘They went through their motions, but you can tell that underneath they were being nice to us,’ Sicknick said of her meetings Thursday.”

    DEMS SEE AN OPENING ON HEALTH CARE — “Democrats plot Medicaid expansion backdoor in red states refusing program,” by Rachel Roubein and Susannah Luthi: “Expanding coverage to the estimated 2.2 million people lacking affordable health insurance options in the Medicaid expansion holdout states would fulfill a Biden campaign pledge while his other key health care promises, like government drug price negotiations and a public option, face tough odds in Congress. Democrats also believe it would deliver a major win for their party heading into tightly contested midterm elections next year, given that Medicaid expansion has polled well — including in states where Republican leaders have blocked it for years.

    “However, the new effort carries risks that Democratic lawmakers, White House officials and health care advocates have been struggling to resolve in behind-the-scenes discussions over the past few months, say people involved in those talks. One challenge is designing a program that won’t invite backlash from a health care industry ready to battle Democrats on other sweeping changes. Another concern is inadvertently rewarding states that blocked Medicaid expansion for years. Any plan would also come with a steep price tag.”

    AMERICA AND THE WORLD

    YIKES — “U.S. Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets Via Flashcard Apps,” Bellingcat: “For U.S. soldiers tasked with the custody of nuclear weapons in Europe, the stakes are high. Security protocols are lengthy, detailed and need to be known by heart. To simplify this process, some service members have been using publicly visible flashcard learning apps — inadvertently revealing a multitude of sensitive security protocols about U.S. nuclear weapons and the bases at which they are stored. …

    “[T]he flashcards … reveal not just the bases, but even identify the exact shelters with ‘hot’ vaults that likely contain nuclear weapons. They also detail intricate security details and protocols such as the positions of cameras, the frequency of patrols around the vaults, secret duress words that signal when a guard is being threatened and the unique identifiers that a restricted area badge needs to have.”

    POLITICS ROUNDUP

    MONEY PROBLEMS FOR MANDEL? — “Josh Mandel’s Senate campaign sees exodus of fundraisers, sources say,” Columbus Dispatch: “Three fundraisers recently resigned from Republican JOSH MANDEL’S U.S. Senate campaign, prompting questions about the strength of his fundraising operation, according to Republican sources close to the campaign.”

    RANKING (IN) THE BOROUGHS — “How Ranked-Choice Voting Could Affect New York’s Mayoral Race,” by NYT’s Nate Cohn: “New York City will use a ranking system in the mayor’s race for the first time. A phenomenon known as ‘ballot exhaustion,’ when every candidate ranked by a voter has been eliminated, could prove decisive.”

    GEORGIA PLAYS THE WAITING GAME — “‘Up in the air’: In Georgia politics, the wait is on for top 2022 races,” by the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Greg Bluestein: “After [Sen. RAPHAEL] WARNOCK’s special election victory over GOP incumbent KELLY LOEFFLER, it seemed a heavyweight Republican would enter the race against him within weeks, if not days. … But a string of big-name candidates passed on the race, starting with former U.S. Sen. DAVID PERDUE and former U.S. Rep. DOUG COLLINS. While other heavyweights are considering a bid, most are waiting on a decision by [University of Georgia football great HERSCHEL] WALKER, who former President DONALD TRUMP said would be ‘unstoppable’ if he runs.

    “Enterprising Republicans aren’t usually so eager to step aside for an out-of-state political newcomer to decide — Walker has lived in Texas for years — but support from the former president could be enough to swing a GOP primary. ‘Is the Herschel Walker news a pump fake or just a delayed handoff? That’s the $1 million question in Georgia politics right now,’ said STEPHEN LAWSON, a GOP operative and senior adviser to Loeffler, who is considering a comeback bid.”

    BEYOND THE BELTWAY

    PILLOW TALK — “MyPillow CEO flew Kristi Noem to GOP governors conference on his private jet,” by Daniel Lippman: “South Dakota Gov. KRISTI NOEM flew on MyPillow CEO MIKE LINDELL’S private jet on her way to the Republican Governors Association spring meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, this week, according to two people familiar with the matter.

    “Lindell, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, was kicked out of the event after he had promised to confront Arizona Gov. DOUG DUCEY and Georgia Gov. BRIAN KEMP about why they aren’t pushing to overturn the 2020 election results in their states. … Lindell was able to gain access to the RGA meeting as a guest of Noem’s and as a prospective member, according to one of the people familiar with Noem’s travel arrangements.”

    DEEP IN THE HEART — “Texas bill limiting teaching of current events, historic racism appears headed for governor,” Texas Tribune: “Many educators and education advocacy groups had opposed the bill, which still states that teachers cannot be compelled to discuss current events and if they do, they must ‘give deference to both sides.’ Opponents say it limits honest conversations about race and racism in American society. … The version now apparently heading to the governor also bans the teaching of The New York Times’ 1619 Project.”

    MEDIAWATCH

    FOX DIALS IT UP TO 11 — “Fox News Intensifies Its Pro-Trump Politics as Dissenters Depart,” by NYT’s Michael M. Grynbaum: “For seven years, JUAN WILLIAMS was the lone liberal voice on ‘The Five,’ the network’s popular afternoon chat show. On Wednesday, he announced that he was leaving the program, after months of harsh on-air blowback from his conservative co-hosts. … DONNA BRAZILE, the former Democratic Party chairwoman, was hired by Fox News with great fanfare in 2019 as a dissenting voice for its political coverage. … Brazile has now left Fox News; last week, she quietly started a new job at ABC.

    “Onscreen and off, in ways subtle and overt, Fox News has adapted to the post-Trump era by moving in a single direction: Trumpward. … In January, the network fired its veteran politics editor, CHRIS STIREWALT, who had been an onscreen face of the early call in Arizona for Mr. Biden. This month, it brought on a new editor in the Washington bureau: KERRI KUPEC, a former spokeswoman for Mr. Trump’s attorney general William P. Barr. She had no journalistic experience.”

    REPORTER ARRESTED IN ZIMBABWE — “Zimbabwe Authorities Arrest Local Reporter Working for The New York Times,” NYT: “The reporter, JEFFERY MOYO, 37, who was arrested on Wednesday, has denied any wrongdoing, and his lawyers have called the accusation spurious. Efforts by the lawyers to secure his release have so far been unsuccessful. Mr. Moyo, who is based in Harare and has a wife and 8-year-old son, has done work for The Times and a number of other news organizations, including The Globe and Mail of Canada. His arrest has come amid a crackdown on press freedom in the southern African country.”

    TRUMP CARDS

    TRUMP LASHES OUT AT (PAUL AND FRED) RYAN — “A time for abusing: Trump nukes Paul Ryan’s Reaganesque vision for GOP,” by David Siders: “At the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. on Thursday night, [former House Speaker PAUL] RYAN had opened a speaker series billed as a conversation about the future of the Republican Party. Trump replied by trashing Ryan from Mar-a-Lago the next morning … [calling] the former House speaker a ‘RINO’ and a loser. And then Trump, the rare Republican who has criticized Reagan himself, went after FRED RYAN, chair of the board of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.

    “‘Ronald Reagan would not be happy to see that the Reagan Library is run by the head of the Washington Post, Fred Ryan,’ Trump wrote. ‘How the hell did that happen? No wonder they consistently have RINO speakers like Karl Rove and Paul Ryan. They do nothing for our forward-surging Republican Party!’”

    DESSERT

    FOR THE SPACE NERDS — “NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way’s ‘downtown,’” by AP’s Marcia Dunn

    CLICKER — “The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics,” edited by Matt Wuerker — 15 keepers

    GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Ryan Lizza:

    “Inside Youth Baseball’s Most Notorious Dad-On-Dad Rivalry,” by David Gauvey for Esquire: “On the Long Island Inferno, two fathers, both with complicated pasts, took it all too far. Neither man was ever the same.”

    “Inside the Diversity-Equity-and-Inclusion Industrial Complex,” by The Cut’s Bridget Read: “What are companies desperate for diversity consultants actually buying?”

    “Did Paying a Ransom for a Stolen Magritte Painting Inadvertently Fund Terrorism?” by Joshua Hunt for Vanity Fair: “The theft of a deeply personal painting by the Belgian artist was a national tragedy. Now an investigation points to a tragedy greater still.”

    “The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick,” by NYT’s David Segal: “At 94, the magician David Berglas says his renowned effect can’t be taught. Is he telling the truth?”

    “Fifty years of ‘Imagine,’” by Spectator’s Christopher Sandford: “Perhaps the real secret to the song’s eternal popularity is that it taps into our modern obsession with feeling good about ourselves.”

    “Is Gerrymandering About to Become More Difficult?” by POLITICO Magazine’s Zack Stanton: “A new approach in the way the Census aggregates its data could make it more difficult to do extreme gerrymandering, says Moon Duchin.”

    “The Media’s ‘Lab Leak’ Fiasco,” by Matthew Yglesias: “A huge fuckup, with perhaps not-so-huge policy stakes.”

    “Eugene Clemons May Be Ineligible for the Death Penalty. A Rigid Clinton-Era Law Could Force Him to Be Executed Anyway.,” by ProPublica’s Seth Freed Wessler: “His lawyers presented no defense at trial. Then a clerk’s office misplaced a plea for his civil rights behind a file cabinet. Now, it’s almost impossible for the federal courts to address the problems with his case.”

    “Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Long, Lonely Fight to Gain DC Voting Rights,” by Mother Jones’ Matt Cohen: “DC’s non-voting delegate has spent three decades in Congress on a mission for statehood. Why is she now willing to wait?”

    “Divided Highway,” by Reuters’ Andy Sullivan: “As a freeway comes down, Syracuse, New York, faces its legacy of segregation.”

    From the archives: “The Long and the Short of Richard G. Darman,” by WaPo’s Marjorie Williams, July 29, 1990: “George Bush’s budget director is (choose one): a) A brilliant idealist committed to the long-term public interest; b) An ambitious cynic fed by the thrill of the game; c) Trying really hard to have it both ways.”

    PLAYBOOKERS

    IN MEMORIAM — “Foster Friess, Big Donor to Republicans, Dies at 81,” NYT: “Foster Friess, a Wyoming businessman who founded an investment firm, made a fortune and gave a lot of it away to Republican presidential candidates and charities, sometimes with flair, died on Thursday in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 81. His organization, Foster’s Outriders, which confirmed the death, said he had been receiving care at the Mayo Clinic there for myelodysplastic syndrome, a disorder of the blood cells and bone marrow.”

    FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Adrian Culea is now director of the White House travel office. He previously was the director of travel operations for the Biden campaign and is also a Sean Patrick Maloney and NBA alum.

    TRANSITIONS — Rufus Gifford has been nominated to be chief of protocol with the rank of ambassador in the State Department. He previously was deputy campaign manager for the Biden campaign. … End Citizens United and Let America Vote announced a slate of new hires: Tina Olechowski will be comms director, Ebonee Dawson will be political director, Jessica Church will be director of state and local campaigns, Brian Wietgraf will be deputy research director, Mai-Thy Tyler will be deputy director of state and local campaigns and Chanelle Kacy-Dunlap will be social media manager.

    WEEKEND WEDDING — Sery Kim, former congressional candidate for Texas’ 6th Congressional District special election and a Trump SBA alum, and Michael Cybulski, a major in the U.S. Marine Corps currently stationed at CENTCOM, got married by the Justice of the Peace in the Tarrant County Historic Courthouse in Texas on Friday. The two meet on Hinge in August 2019. Pic

    WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Aaron Keyak, former Jewish engagement director for the Biden campaign and transition, and Avigail Goldgraber, a senior manager at Accenture, welcomed twin boys on Friday. The boys will not be named prior to their Brit Millah, per Jewish tradition. Pic Another pic

    — Leah Dempsey, VP and senior counsel for federal advocacy at ACA International, and Mark Dempsey, director of investment adviser compliance at ICMA-RC, welcomed Leo Jay Dempsey on Friday at Sibley Hospital. Pic

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) … McClatchy’s Francesca ChambersPhilip Klein … FP1 Strategies’ Jon ConradiBri GillisMatthew Dowd (6-0) … Todd FlournoyDayna GeldwertLee Satterfield, nominee to be assistant secretary for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the State Department … Chris Quillian (5-0) … The Forward’s Jacob KornbluhAlex Ford of Halcyon Strategy … Annette Guarisco Fildes … Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson … Nucor’s Eileen BradnerMary Ryan Douglass … NPR’s Terence SamuelJacob Alderman … former Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and Tom Coleman (R-Mo.) … Danny Crouch

    THE SHOWS (Full Sunday show listings here):

    • “Fox News Sunday”: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg … Sen. Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). Panel: Jason Chaffetz, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Juan Williams.

    • “Face the Nation”: Scott Gottlieb … Art Acevedo … Kevin Washington … Stephen Kaufer … Paul Gionfriddo.

    • “The Sunday Show”: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) … Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) … Matthew Dowd … Jonathan Greenblatt … Stanley Nelson … Jazz Hampton … Marco Williams … Arun Gandhi … Bernice King … Donna Edwards.

    • “Meet the Press”: Matthew Pottinger … Peter Hotez … Chuck Rosenberg … Andrew Weissmann. Panel: Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Cutter, Sara Fagen and Anne Gearan.

    • “State of the Union”: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg … Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) … Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) … Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).

    • “Inside Politics”: Panel: Seung Min Kim, Jonathan Martin, Catherine Lucey, Brittany Shepherd and Yasmeen Abutaleb.

    • “This Week”: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Panel: Keith Alexander, Tom Bossert and Niloofar Howe. Panel: Jonathan Karl, Terry Moran, Michel Martin and Laura Barrón-López.

    • “Full Court Press”: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) … Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.).

    Source Article from https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/05/29/your-guide-to-the-biden-budget-493053

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    via press release:

    NOTICIAS  TELEMUNDO  PRESENTS:

    “MURIENDO POR CRUZAR,” AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT DEATHS ALONG THE BORDER, THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 AT 6 P.M./5 C

    Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval present the Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production

    Miami – July 31, 2014 – Telemundo presents “Muriendo por Cruzar”, a documentary that investigates why increasing numbers of immigrants are dying while trying to cross the US-Mexican border near the city of Falfurrias, Texas, this Sunday, August 3 at 6PM/5 C.  The Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production, presented by Noticias Telemundo journalists Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval, reveals the obstacles immigrants face once they cross into US territory, including extreme weather conditions, as they try to evade the border patrol.  “Muriendo por Cruzar” is part of Noticias Telemundo’s special coverage of the crisis on the border and immigration reform.

     

    “‘Muriendo por Cruzar’” dares to ask questions that reveal the actual conditions undocumented immigrants face as they try to start a new life in the United States,” said Alina Falcón, Telemundo’s Executive Vice President for News and Alternative Programming.  “Our collaboration with The Weather Channel was very productive. They have a unique expertise in covering the impact of weather on people’s lives, as we do in covering immigration reform and the border crisis. The result is a compelling documentary that exposes a harrowing reality.”

    “Muriendo por Cruzar” is the first co-production by Telemundo and The Weather Channel.  Both networks are part of NBCUniversal.

    Source Article from http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/31/noticias-telemundo-presents-muriendo-por-cruzar-this-sunday-august-3-at-6pm/289119/

    El grupo islámico es considerado un movimiento terrorista por varios países del mundo.

    Israel lleva a cabo la tercera campaña militar en su contra; su fundador y varios de sus líderes han muerto en acciones del ejército de ese país al que se niega a reconocer y, además, se ha enfrentado a la Autoridad Nacional Palestina (ANP).

    Es Hamas. Su nombre significa Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica y su origen se remonta a los primeros días de la Intifada (o levantamiento palestino) de 1987 en contra de la ocupación israelí de Cisjordania y la Franja de Gaza.

    Hoy es el grupo islámico más numeroso dentro del pueblo palestino.

    Desde sus comienzos, el grupo tuvo dos ramas con objetivos disímiles: por un lado la militar, las Brigadas Qassam, encargada de la lucha armada contra el Estado de Israel, cuya existencia nunca fue reconocida por Hamas; por el otro, el ala política, cuya misión es construir escuelas y hospitales y brindar ayuda a la comunidad en asuntos sociales y religiosos.

    Pero desde 2005, la facción islámica adoptó una nueva dimensión, la participación activa dentro del proceso político palestino. En 2006, Hamas alcanzó el poder tras lograr una clara victoria en las elecciones para el Consejo Legislativo Palestino, pero su triunfo electoral no duraría por mucho tiempo.

    Las tensiones políticas con la otra facción palestina, Fatah, se trasladarían un año después al terreno militar. En junio de 2007, ambos grupos se enfrentaron en cruentos combates en Gaza que terminarían con Hamas a cargo de la Franja y su rival político gobernando desde Cisjordania.

    Para Israel, Estados Unidos, Canadá, Japón, la Unión Europea y hasta el vecino Egipto, el grupo islámico es una “organización terrorista”, debido a su amplio historial de ataques contra objetivos israelíes y a su compromiso de destruir ese estado que está explícito en su acta fundacional.

    Pero para sus seguidores es un movimiento de resistencia legítimo.

    Las brigadas Izzedine al-Qassam componen la rama militar de Hamas.

    Gaza como bastión

    Israel ha culpado a Hamas de los ataques con cohetes lanzados desde la Franja de Gaza y ha llevado a cabo tres campañas militares en contra de sus militantes en diciembre de 2008, noviembre de 2012 y julio de 2014.

    Las dos primeras campañas israelíes afectaron seriamente la capacidad militar de Hamas pero el grupo logró renovados apoyos en Gaza y Cisjordania por haberse enfrentado a Israel y haber sobrevivido en el intento.

    Fuentes palestinas indicaron que la facción islámica intento mantener la calma tras la segunda operación militar -que dejó 170 palestinos, la mayoría de ellos civiles, y seis israelíes muertos en los ocho días de enfrentamientos- y que las Brigadas Qassam dejaron de lanzar cohetes hacia Israel.

    El nuevo operativo de Israel es la tercera campaña militar en contra de Hamas.

    Pero el grupo tampoco hizo nada por evitar que otras facciones en la Franja realizaran sus propios ataques, aparentemente porque no quería ser visto como menos comprometido en su lucha contra el Estado israelí que otros grupos militantes, particularmente la Yihad Islámica.

    En julio de 2013 Hamas sufrió un duro revés cuando el líder de los Hermanos Musulmanes, Mohamed Morsi, uno de sus principales aliados, fue víctima de un golpe de Estado en Egipto y perdió la presidencia.

    Pero ése no es el único problema a nivel regional que tiene el grupo: su alineación con los grupos sunitas que combaten en Siria al presidente chiita Bashar al Assad lo dejó sin el financiamiento de Irán, nación chiita aliada con el mandatario sirio que solía donar hasta US$20 millones al mes a Hamas, suficiente dinero como para mantener al gobierno en Gaza.

    Cercado internacionalmente, en abril de 2014, el líder de Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, aceptó integrar un gobierno de unidad nacional con Fatah, liderada por Mahmoud Abbas desde la muerte de Arafat.

    Dos meses después, el secuestro y muerte de tres adolescentes israelíes en Cisjordania motivó el arresto de varios miembros del grupo islámico en ese territorio y los cohetes volvieron a lanzarse desde Gaza.

    El 7 de julio, Hamas asumió la responsabilidad por el lanzamiento de estos misiles desde la Franja por primera vez desde 2012 y los enemigos tradicionales se volvieron a enfrentar.

    Hasta el momento hay más de 200 palestinos muertos y miles de desplazados, según las autoridades palestinas.

    Atacantes suicidas

    Los atentados de Hamas en Israel dejaron decenas de muertos.

    Luego de la primera Intifada palestina, Hamas surgió como el principal opositor a los acuerdos de paz de Oslo entre Israel y la Organización para la Liberación de Palestina (OLP).

    A pesar de las numerosas operaciones israelíes y de las drásticas medidas tomadas por la ANP en su contra, el grupo respondió a las negociaciones de paz con varios ataques suicidas.

    Entre febrero y marzo de 1996, estos atentados le costaron la vida a casi 60 israelíes (los ataques fueron una respuesta de Hamas al asesinato en diciembre de 1995 de su hacedor de bombas, Yahya Ayyash).

    La ola de atentados fue considerada por muchos como la principal responsable del desencanto de los israelíes con el proceso de paz y de la llegada al poder de Benjamin Netanyahu, un férreo opositor a los acuerdos de Oslo.

    El jeque Ahmed Yassin, fundador de Hamas, fue asesinado por Israel en marzo de 2004.

    Tras el fracaso de las negociaciones en Camp David, Estados Unidos, entre la ANP e Israel en el año 2000, y de la explosión de la segunda intifada, Hamas continuó ganando respaldo político.

    En plena intifada, las operaciones “de martirio” de los militantes de Hamas eran vistas por muchos como una forma efectiva de responder a la ocupación israelí.

    Su labor social en clínicas y escuelas también le atrajo el favor de varios palestinos que se sentía decepcionados con la corrupción y la ineficiencia de la Autoridad Nacional Palestina, dominada por Fatah.

    Esto, sumado a la muerte en 2004 de Yasser Arafat, el principal líder palestino y uno de los fundadores de Fatah, contribuyó a su victoria electoral en 2006.

    Pero Fatah no fue el único en perder a su líder en 2004. En marzo de ese año, el jeque Ahmed Yassin, fundador y líder espiritual del grupo, murió en un ataque israelí con misiles.

    Otras figuras de Hamas asesinados por Israel son el jefe de las brigadas Qassam, Salah Shehada, en julio de 2002; Abdul Aziz al-Rantissi, líder del movimiento en Gaza, en abril de 2004; Ismail Abu Shanab en agosto de 2003; Said Siyamin en enero de 2009 y Ahmed Jabariin en noviembre de 2012.

    Sin tregua

    Los misiles lanzados desde la Franja de Gaza contra Israel no se han detenido a pesar de las campañas militares israelíes.

    Cuando Hamas llegó al poder, el grupo se negó a aceptar todos los acuerdos anteriores firmados con Israel, así como a reconocer la legitimidad de ese estado y a renunciar a la violencia.

    El acta fundacional de Hamas define a la histórica Palestina -incluyendo el actual Israel- como una tierra islámica, y descarta un acuerdo de paz permanente con su enemigo.

    El texto está plagado de ataques contra el pueblo judío, lo que le ha merecido al grupo acusaciones de ser antisemita.

    Sin embargo, Hamás ha ofrecido una tregua de 10 años si Israel se retira completamente de los territorios ocupados en 1967: Cisjordania, la Franja de Gaza y Jerusalén Oriental.

    Pero el movimiento insiste que los millones de palestinos refugiados que abandonaron sus casas desde 1948, año de creación del Estado de Israel, deben regresar a sus tierras, algo que Israel ve como una amenaza a su existencia como estado.

    Por estas razones, y a pesar de haber sido elegido democráticamente, el gobierno de Hamas fue blanco inmediato de sanciones económicas y presiones diplomáticas por parte de Israel y sus aliados en Occidente.

    Poco después, su pelea con Fatah volvería a recluirlo en la Franja de Gaza, territorio donde hoy combate nuevamente contra Israel.

    Source Article from http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2014/07/140714_hamas_palestina_israel_gaza_mz.shtml

    Two of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top female aides are leaving the administration as the governor faces fallout over the coronavirus pandemic and sexual misconduct allegations from two former staffers and a third woman.

    The departing officials are press secretary Caitlin Girouard and interim policy adviser Erin Hammond – and although their exits come as the governor faces calls for his resignation, both had been planned in advance, officials said.

    Girouard, notably, is the spokeswoman who sent out a statement last week denying the sexual harassment allegations former staffer Lindsey Boylan leveled against Cuomo in a Medium essay.

    NEW YORK’S LEADING DEMOCRATS REACH DEAL TO STRIP CUOMO’S EMERGENCY CORONAVIRUS POWERS

    In a statement, she told Fox News Friday that her departure had been planned for more than a month. She said she accepted a private sector job offer on Jan. 26.

    In this image taken from video from the Office of the N.Y. Governor, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. Besieged by sexual harassment allegations, a somber Cuomo apologized Wednesday, saying he “learned an important lesson” about his own behavior around women, but he said he intended to remain in office. (Office of the NY Governor via AP)

    “While I’m saddened to announce Friday is my last day in the Administration, I will always remain a supporter from afar, wishing my colleagues all the success in the world as they continue fighting COVID and building a better future for New Yorkers,” she said.

    She called the two and a half years she spent working for Cuomo “the honor of a lifetime.”

    The governor’s communications director had equal praise for the departing press secretary.

    CUOMO ACCUSER CHARLOTTE BENNETT CALLS GOVERNOR ‘TEXTBOOK ABUSER’ IN INTERVIEW

    “Caitlin is a world-class, top-flight communications professional who is well respected in New York, Washington and beyond,” ‎Peter Ajemian said in a statement. “She’s been a real rock for our press shop, especially during the past year fighting the pandemic, and we wish her nothing but the best in her next chapter.”

    In a statement, senior Cuomo adviser Rich Azzopardi said Hammond’s exit had “been planned for several months” and would allow her to focus on her family. She could not immediately be reached for comment.

    Boylan, currently a candidate for Manhattan borough president, did not respond to a request for comment. She has accused the governor of inviting her to “play strip poker” on a work-related flight in 2017, showing her a cigar box he said was a gift from Bill Clinton and kissing her on the lips without permission.

    LINDSEY BOYLAN CALLS NY GOV. CUOMO ‘A MONSTER’ AFTER FELLOW ACCUSER CHARLOTTE BENNETT INTERVIEW

    Charlotte Bennett, another former aide who has accused the governor of workplace harassment, called him a “textbook abuser” in an interview with CBS News Thursday evening and dismissed his attempt at an apology.

    A third woman, Anna Ruch, accused Cuomo of making unwanted advances, touching her exposed lower back and asking if he could kiss her. That allegedly happened at a 2019 wedding reception. She had no professional ties to the governor.

    Even with the departures planned before the three women went public with their allegations, the governor has for months been facing criticism over his pandemic response – in particular a March directive that sent coronavirus-positive patients into the state’s nursing homes.

    The administration early Friday morning said that advisory “was not a driver of nursing home deaths.”

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    But the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report Thursday evening alleging that top Cuomo administration advisers had pressured state health officials to underreport nursing home COVID-19 deaths for months.

    Once a full accounting became public, the death toll skyrocketed from roughly 6,400 to more than 15,000.

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    Shortly before Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed his report on the Russia investigation last month, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., alerted Attorney General Bill Barr to what they described as the “selective” use of emails in Mueller court filings — as well as potential “improper political influence, misconduct, and mismanagement” in the FBI’s original Russia probe.

    In a March 8 letter, Grassley and Graham referred Barr to a letter sent to Mueller in late 2017 that alleged his investigators had cherry-picked details from emails to include in court documents, urging him to review the materials. They also notified him that they had asked DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz a year earlier to review the original FBI probe.

    READ THE MUELLER REPORT FINDINGS

    It’s unclear if Barr reviewed the senators’ letter; a DOJ representative declined to comment on the missive.

    But Fox News is told the lawmakers wanted Barr to have this material before he reviewed the Mueller report, out of concern some emails were selectively quoted to give a “nefarious” impression.

    Fox News has also obtained the 2017 letter (above) from Grassley to Mueller, which spelled out the lawmakers’ concerns about the “absence of additional context” in the court filings — as well as concerns over how those documents were covered in the media. “The glaring lack of [context] feeds speculation and innuendo that distorts the facts,” Grassley wrote at the time.

    In their March letter to Barr, Grassley and Graham pointed specifically to emails quoted in the Statement of Offense against former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos.

    That court filing said Papadopoulos emailed another campaign official in May 2016 with the subject line, “Request from Russia to meet Mr. Trump.” The document said the email stated that Russia “has been eager to meet Mr. Trump for quite sometime and have been reaching out to me to discuss,” adding in a footnote that the official forwarded the email to another campaign official asking to discuss: “We need someone to communicate that DT is not doing these trips. It should be someone low level in the campaign so as not to send any signal.”

    The senators said media outlets then seized on the fragments to report a “Campaign official suggested ‘low level’ staff should go to Russia.” However, they said the full emails — obtained from the Trump campaign — tell a different story.

    “In full context, the emails in question actually show that the Trump Campaign wanted someone ‘low level’ to decline these types of invitations,” Grassley and Graham wrote in the letter to Barr.

    The senators added: “Another citation was reported by some news outlets as evidence that the campaign, notably Papadopoulos and Sam Clovis, encouraged personnel to meet with the Russians.” This line in the original court document said that a campaign supervisor (later identified as Clovis) told Papadopoulos “I would encourage you” and another adviser to “make the trip” if possible, with regard to a meeting with Russians.

    The senators wrote, however, that “additional context shows that Papadopoulos had conversations with representatives from multiple governments, not just Russia, and that Clovis had opposed any trip to Russia for Mr. Trump and the campaign.”

    Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents in October 2017 in connection to the Russia investigation and is currently on a 12-month supervised release from federal prison. He is now seeking a pardon from Trump.

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    Meanwhile, in late February of last year, Graham and Grassley also sent a letter to Horowitz requesting that his office look into “potential improper political influence, misconduct, and mismanagement” of the counterintelligence and criminal investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia before Mueller’s appointment.

    “The referral was based in part on materially inconsistent statements reportedly made by Christopher Steele, the author of the anti-Trump dossier funded by the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election,” their letter to Barr states.

    It continues: “The documents we have reviewed also raise questions about the role Bruce Ohr, a senior Justice Department official whose wife worked for Fusion GPS, had in passing allegations from Steele and Fusion GPS to the FBI after the FBI had terminated Mr. Steele as a source.”

    The IG’s office is reviewing potential surveillance abuses by the FBI, as well as leaks out of the bureau and improper gifts received by officials.

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    You can find the latest on the investigation involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie hereDownload the WFLA app for breaking news push alerts and sign up for breaking news email alerts.

    NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) — Ten days before he vanished, Brian Laundrie bought a new cell phone, according to the Laundrie family’s attorney Steve Bertolino.

    Bertolino tells 8 On Your Side the FBI now has that phone. But many have been asking about Gabby Petito’s phone and whether Laundrie had a different phone while they were together on their road trip.

    Since the phones undoubtedly hold valuable clues, 8 On Your Side has been looking into that question.

    We closely examined the police body camera video after the couple’s alleged domestic dispute in Moab, Utah on Aug. 12. The video shows that, at the time, Petito and Laundrie both had phones.

    We know Petito had a phone – her mom, Nichole Schmidt, got an “odd text” from her on Aug. 27, according to a search warrant, and a final text on Aug. 30.

    About 42 minutes into the police stop in Utah, video shows Laundrie reach into the passenger side of the van. He hands a female law enforcement official Petito’s cellphone.

    “She’s got her cellphone. She’s calling her parents,” the officer told other officials minutes later.

    (Moab Police Department)

    That phone from the passenger side stays in Petito’s lap.

    Meanwhile with Laundrie: When we backed up the video to before he retrieved Petito’s cellphone, he is seen slipping what appears to be a different phone into his pocket. Toward the end of the stop, you can see Laundrie pull a phone out of his pocket.

    The family’s attorney did not reveal anything about the phone on the cross-country trip. But he says Laundrie did purchase a new phone on Sept. 4, three days after he returned to North Port without Petito.

    The attorney says the FBI has the new phone and states it was not a burner phone. Laundrie reportedly had an account with AT&T for the new phone.

    Right now, it remains unclear if the FBI has retrieved Petito’s cellphone. 

    Editor’s note: A previous version of the story included a statement from Laundrie saying he did not have a phone. We are looking into whether or not he was referring to having a phone in general or in that specific incident with police.

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    Less than a day after a heated exchange about race, Reps. Mark Meadows and Rashida Tlaib reconciled on the House floor.

    Tlaib, a freshman Democratic congresswoman from Michigan, had criticized Meadows for using a black administration official as a “prop” at the House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday. Meadows was attempting to discredit testimony by Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, that the president was a “racist.”

    The official, Lynne Patton, a regional administrator of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, formerly worked for the Trump Organization and a foundation established by Eric Trump, the president’s son. She stood behind Meadows during his remarks but did not speak.

    “Just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them does not mean they aren’t racist,” said Tlaib, who is a Palestinian-American and one of two Muslim women in Congress. “And it is insensitive, and some would even say that the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself.”

    Meadows expressed outrage and asked for Tlaib’s comments to be stricken from the record. Committee Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who is black, tried to smooth over the confrontation, calling Meadows one of his best friends. He offered Tlaib the opportunity to clarify her statement and she said that she was not calling Meadows a racist, but that it was a “racist act” to use Patton in that way.

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    Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, listens during a House Oversight Committee hearing with Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Cohen plans to tell a congressional committee about alleged misdeeds by his former boss, claiming that Trump knew during the 2016 presidential election that his ally Roger Stone was talking to Julian Assange of WikiLeaks about a release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Representative Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, pauses while speaking during a hearing with Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Cohen plans to tell a congressional committee about alleged misdeeds by his former boss, claiming that Trump knew during the 2016 presidential election that his ally Roger Stone was talking to Julian Assange of WikiLeaks about a release of hacked Democratic National Committee emails. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 27: From left, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., are seen during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in Rayburn Building featuring testimony by Michael Cohen, former attorney for President Donald Trump, on Russian interference in the 2016 election on Wednesday, February 27, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)




    Meadows, with tears in his eyes, thanked Cummings and Tlaib.

    “To my colleague, Mr. Meadows, that was not my intention,” Tlaib said. “And I do apologize if that’s what it sounded like. But I said ‘someone’ in general.”

    Late Thursday morning, the Washington Post’s Paul Kane reported that Tlaib and Meadows had hugged on the floor and engaged in a long, cordial discussion.

    “She said she didn’t mean it yesterday, so there was no need to apologize,” Meadows told reporters afterwards. “I wanted her to know and she wanted me to know that our relationship is one that will hopefully provide real good results going forward.”

    “I believe that moment as a person of color and not only myself, two, three other of my colleagues had mentioned how insensitive that act was. I think all of us, even folks at home, kind of gasped when that actually happened,” said Tlaib in a CNN interview Thursday when asked if she felt what Meadows had done was a racist act. “I think if we want to talk about race in this country, that’s not the way to do it.”

    Before Tlaib spoke, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., who is also black, asked Cohen about Trump’s history.

    “Would you agree that someone could deny rental units to African-Americans, lead the birther movement, referred to the diaspora as ‘shithole countries,” and refer to white supremacists as ‘fine people,’ have a black friend and still be racist?” asked Pressley.

    “Yes,” said Cohen.

    “I agree,” said Pressley.

    Meadows, leader of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, had previously endorsed the “birther” conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was not a native U.S. citizen. “We’ll send him back home to Kenya or wherever it is,” said Meadows in a 2012 video.

    When asked about the comments Thursday, Meadows told reporters that it was “old news” and that he had said it while trying to win an election.

    “I’ve addressed that dozens of times and candidly apologized for that a number of times,” said Meadows. “It was when I was running for office and answered a question — I actually had just gotten back from Kenya. We had been doing mission work in Kenya, so anybody who knows me knows that I really show respect regardless of race or gender,” Meadows told reporters outside the House chamber.

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    “There is ample evidence, overwhelming evidence,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), who is also an impeachment manager, said on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “Any jury would convict in three minutes flat that the president betrayed his country by breaking the law.”

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    President Trump escalated his attacks on a Muslim member of Congress and “Radical Left Democrats” on Monday ahead of a reelection campaign that is quickly taking shape around divisive messages centered on immigration and patriotism. 

    Speaking Monday at an event billed as a tax and economy roundtable, Trump told a suburban Minneapolis audience “how unfairly you’ve been treated as a state” when it comes to immigration, and he rattled off a litany of grudges against the current system: The loopholes are “horrible and foolish,” the visa lottery is “insane,” and the concept of asylum is “ridiculous.”

    “People come in, they read a line from a lawyer that a lawyer hands them out online,” Trump said at the event as he mimicked an asylum seeker reading from a piece of paper. “It’s a big con job. That’s what it is.”

    The afternoon remarks came hours after he took a direct shot at one of the state’s members of Congress, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) — whom Trump called “out of control” — as Omar continued to come under criticism for comments that critics view as dismissive of the tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

    The dueling Trumps on Tax Day highlighted a parallel dynamic at play ahead of his reelection bid: While the broader GOP apparatus is attempting to focus on the economy, the campaigner in chief is seizing on more confrontational messages that may appeal to the base but potentially turn off swing voters.

    “If they’re focused on expanding his popularity and the party’s popularity, they should be talking about the economy, and they should be talking about tax cuts,” said Tony Fratto, a former White House and Treasury Department spokesman during the George W. Bush administration. “Every time they choose to double down and talk about immigration, they lose an opportunity.” 

    The Trump campaign, the White House and the Republican National Committee were all following the same playbook Monday, the first Tax Day to reflect the full impact of the GOP’s 2017 tax cuts, with a messaging effort reminding voters that the law had saved most Americans money. 

    “American Workers Are Thriving Thanks To President Donald J. Trump’s Middle Class Tax Cuts,” the White House said in a news release Monday morning. That statement came about 30 minutes after another release titled “Secretary Mnuchin: ‘The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Is Working,’ ” which linked to a CNN opinion piece by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

    Meanwhile, officials at the National Republican Senatorial Committee released a colorful video set to peppy music that touted the benefits of the GOP tax law, while the group’s chairman, Sen. Todd C. Young (R-Ind.), co-wrote an op-ed that celebrated “higher wages, record economic optimism, record low unemployment” thanks to Republican policies. 

    Trump, on the other hand, fired off several morning tweets that veered far off topic.

    He began his day with a 6:29 a.m. tweet advising Boeing to “REBRAND” its troubled 737 Max planes, then followed that with a stream of tweets that included attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a demand for Congress to return to Washington to “FIX THE IMMIGRATION LAWS!” and a call to “INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS!” behind special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report. 

    In one tweet, Trump accused Omar of making “anti-Semitic, anti-Israel and ungrateful U.S. HATE statements.” In another, he complained: “The Radical Left Democrats will never be satisfied with anything we give them. They will always Resist and Obstruct!”

    At one point, Trump posted a tweet saying he agreed with the singer Cher, who had said she didn’t support Los Angeles taking in thousands of Central American migrants while the city faced poverty and homelessness. 

    Later in Burnsville, Minn., Trump spent the better part of an hour promoting the economic gains prompted by the tax cuts while listening to several small-business owners tell him how the 2017 law had improved their paychecks and their bottom lines. 

    But then the president returned to one of his favorite topics. 

    “Congress has to get smart” on immigration, he said. “And honestly, when I say Congress, I can’t blame the Republicans. The Republicans want to do it. But you need the votes of the Democrats.” 

    The president added: “We can retake the House, I think, over this issue . . . As soon as we do, we’re going to get this straightened out.” 

    A number of GOP veterans of House campaigns disagreed that Trump could carry House Republicans to victory next fall on a hard-line immigration message.

    “As we saw in 2018, immigration will inflame both sides. Those folks will never be moved,” said Matt Gorman, who served as communications director for the House GOP campaign arm in the 2018 cycle. “However, in swing districts in Texas, Florida and California, that debate hurt us.” 

    But Trump aides say the president has a knack for driving key messages in unorthodox ways.

    Tim Murtaugh, the campaign’s communication director, said that “Trump’s political and communications instincts are always sharp, and the campaign follows his lead.” 

    “As the president shows, it is entirely possible to carry more than one message at a time. Immigration issues will always be key, as will be the booming economy,” he said. “The Russia hoax is also a frequent topic for the campaign, as we remind Americans that they were lied to for two years.

    Murtaugh added, “Like millions of Americans, the president found Rep. Omar’s comments on Jews and remarks belittling the 9/11 attacks to be offensive.”

    Other Republicans rationalized Trump’s use of 9/11 imagery by saying that Omar’s remarks from a March speech — in which she emphasized the discrimination that Muslims in the United States faced after the 2001 attacks, when “some people did something” — were deeply offensive. On Friday, Trump had tweeted a video that included footage of the burning twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001, mixed with clips from Omar’s speech before the Council on American-Islamic Relations — which triggered an outcry from Democrats that he was politicizing the terrorist attacks.

    “I think what she did was absolutely disgraceful,” Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) said Monday. Though King said he himself tries to avoid using images of the attacks in political conversations, he added, “I think the president’s trying to make a point . . . in this case, I would allow it.” 

    Many Republicans have been frustrated by Trump’s unwillingness to drive a consistent message promoting the GOP tax cuts, both while the legislation was being written and after it was enacted into law. The legislation is still largely unpopular with the public, and only 17 percent of voters believed they got a tax cut, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released last week. 

    That runs counter to independent analyses, such as one from the conservative Tax Foundation, which found that more than 65 percent of taxpayers will have their tax liabilities reduced by at least $100. Just 5.5 percent of taxpayers will see a tax increase this year, according to the think tank, which used a report on the tax law produced by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. 

    Trump’s inability to focus on a single message — last year during a tax event, he threw his prepared remarks in the air, calling them “boring” — is a key reason some of his accomplishments haven’t gained traction with the public, said Chris Whipple, author of “The Gatekeepers,” a history of White House chiefs of staff. 

    “He can’t even focus on the few things that he’s accomplished,” Whipple said. “He goes for the jugular, he throws raw meat to the base. That’s his comfort zone. It’s not talking about accomplishments.”

    Still, some Republican allies said Trump’s willingness to depart from political orthodoxy keeps his 2020 Democratic opponents off-kilter and forces them to spend time responding to him rather than defining themselves. Many Democratic presidential candidates spent much of the past weekend figuring out how to respond to an earlier Trump tweet attacking Omar. 

    Sarah Dolan, executive director of the conservative super PAC America Rising, said Democratic presidential candidates will struggle to present a positive message as long as Trump is influencing the primary.

    “The other benefit for us is that each of them is trying to roll out positive policy initiatives or introduce themselves to voters, and instead they are having to deal with negative stories about them or negative stories about other candidates in the field and react,” said Dolan, whose group compiles opposition research on Democrats. “All of those things are helpful for us because that becomes the only thing that voters associate with them.”

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    House Democrats on Monday blasted the Trump administration over its “bizarre and unlawful” proposal to release immigrant detainees into sanctuary cities, and demanded documents from the White House and the Department of Homeland Security related to the floated policy.

    The Democrats also claimed that if it were enacted, it would be solely for “political purposes.”

    House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.; House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md.; and House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., penned a letter to DHS and the White House Monday requesting emails, and other communications between administration officials related to the proposal.

    TRUMP DOUBLES DOWN ON PLAN TO SHIP MIGRANTS TO SANCTUARY CITIES, SAYS ‘RADICAL LEFT’ SHOULD BE HAPPY

    “We are deeply troubled by multiple reports, recently confirmed by the President, that the Trump Administration is considering releasing detained immigrants into congressional districts represented by Democrats in a bizarre and unlawful attempt to score political points,” the chairmen wrote.

    “Not only does the Administration lack the legal authority to transfer detainees in this manner, it is shocking that the President and senior Administration officials are even considering manipulating release decisions for purely political reasons,” they continued.

    The chairmen requested communications, emails, and other documents related to the transfer or release of immigrant detainees to specific areas in the U.S.; between DHS officials and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, and any other materials related to the proposed policy.

    The letter comes after President Trump responded to a Washington Post report last week, all but confirming that the administration proposed releasing detained immigrants in sanctuary cities. The president said that relocating illegal immigrants to these districts should make the “Radical Left” happy.

    His comments came after The Post reported that the White House proposed sending the detainees to sanctuary cities twice in the last six months. The proposal was first floated in November amid reports of a large migrant caravan from Central America making its way to the southern border. The idea was again considered in February, amid the standoff with Congress over a border wall.

    The Post said the plan was shot down both times, but last week, Trump signaled the proposal isn’t dead.

    “Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only,” Trump tweeted last week. “The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy—so this should make them very happy!”

    Trump repeated the remarks later at the White House: “We can give them an unlimited supply…let’s see if they have open arms.”

    The president doubled down as Democrats fumed over the relocation idea.

    “The extent of this Administration’s cynicism and cruelty cannot be overstated,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s spokeswoman Ashley Etienne said in a statement Friday. “Using human beings—including little children—as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable, and in some cases, criminal.”

    She added: “The American people have resoundingly rejected this Administration’s toxic anti-immigrant policies, and Democrats will continue to advance immigration policies that keep us safe and honor our values.”

    PELOSI FUMES OVER WHITE HOUSE PLAN TO RELEASE IMMIGRANT DETAINEES IN SANCTUARY CITIES

    Pelosi’s district—San Francisco—was among the sanctuary cities to which the administration considered sending detainees.

    White House officials, though, stressed earlier Friday that the plan never went anywhere. A source familiar with discussions told Fox News that Democrats who advocate leniency toward illegal immigrants should work with the administration to find ways to transport those set for release, including in their states and districts.

    The proposal was apparently rejected both times it came up by administration immigration agencies.

    It is unclear, at this point, whether immigration agencies would now support the proposal.

    Trump has repeatedly blasted sanctuary cities, which are areas where local authorities refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agencies. The cities are typically run by Democrats.

    The president was also hit last week with questions over the administration’s past family separation policy at the border. Trump said they have no plans to revive the policy, amid renewed speculation about whether the practice could return amid a shake-up in staffing at the Department of Homeland Security, including the resignation of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

    WHITE HOUSE PROPOSED RELEASING IMMIGRANT DETAINEES INTO ‘SANCTUARY CITIES’ TO TARGET POLITICAL FOES: REPORT

    Kevin McAleenan, who was serving as CBP commissioner, is replacing her as acting secretary.

    Nielsen’s resignation last Sunday came amid an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Nielsen was reportedly frustrated with the difficulty of getting other departments to help deal with the growing number of families crossing the border. But administration officials told Fox News that McAleenan best fits Trump’s requirement of being the “toughest cop” on the frontier and that Nielsen had been viewed as resistant to some of the immigration measures pushed by the president and his aides.

    By last Tuesday, DHS Acting Deputy Secretary Claire Grady also resigned.

    And last Wednesday, Nielsen announced that ICE Acting Director Ron Vitiello would be stepping down by the end of the week.

    Fox News’ Kristin Brown, Matt Leach, and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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    Comienzos de febrero. Mar del Plata. Fiesta de la revista Gente. El hijo del intendente de La Feliz, Guillermo Arroyo (39), también concejal por Cambiemos, queda embelesado ante la belleza de la vedette Mónica Farro (40) y le pide a un amigo en común que se la presente. No se sueltan en toda la noche. Gracias a este breve affaire, Arroyo pensó en un probable nombramiento de la vedette como “asesora en violencia de género” rentada por la municipalidad local. El hijo del intendente pretendió incorporar a Mónica Farro dentro de su plantilla con un sueldo de 36.000 pesos mensuales, pero debido al escándalo que generó este romance y a algunas fotos juntos que estuvieron circulando tuvo que dar marcha atrás con la medida. “Lo del nombramiento en principio me pareció divertido. Si existe la posibilidad me encantaría hacerlo para poder ayudar a la gente, sería genial. Sufrí mucho durante 4 años, sé mucho del tema”, asegura Farro en diálogo con NOTICIAS. La vedette se encuentra haciendo temporada en Mar del Plata con el espectáculo “Cocodrilo, la revista”.

    Noticias: El cargo sería rentado, eso no estaría muy bien visto.

    Mónica Farro: ¿Qué quiere decir “cargo rentado”?

    Noticias: Que le pagarían por mes para hacerlo.

    Farro: ¿Y por qué no? ¿Vos no trabajás por plata? Yo también.

    Arroyito. La ciudad balnearia no vive momentos políticos felices. El intendente Carlos Arroyo (71), de Cambiemos, está sufriendo embates políticos aunque cuenta con un fuerte respaldo de la gobernadora María Eugenia Vidal. Se le cuestionan los altos índices de desempleo e inseguridad y una temporada de verano que fue mucho menos exitosa de lo esperado. Arroyo hijo (“Arroyito” o “Willi” para sus amigos) tuvo que soportar, por este vínculo con la escultural rubia, duras críticas tanto de los ciudadanos como de la oposición política y debió bajar su perfil por varios días. Incluso, una concejal de su propio partido le exigió que saliera a desmentir los rumores, pero él se negó. “Guillermo me pareció muy atrevido pero también divertido y atractivo. No soy amante de las relaciones a distancia, aunque ya muchos dicen que me voy a venir a vivir a Mardel”, admite Farro en tono pícaro. “Desde su entorno le dijeron que soy mucha mujer para él. Y es verdad, soy mucha mujer para cualquier hombre”, desafía.

    En el pasado, Farro fue víctima de violencia de género cuando mantenía una relación de pareja con Jorge “El Negrito” Luengo, productor de Ideas del Sur e hijo del fotógrafo institucional de la productora. “Fue terrible, ya pasaron 5 años. Hoy con las redes sociales es diferente. Si me hubiese sacado una foto cada vez que tenía la boca rota, la cara destruida, los pelos arrancados y con 8 kilos de menos, sería otra la historia”.

    Noticias: ¿Cómo sería su trabajo de “consejera” o “asesora”?

    Farro: No sé si puedo ser una consejera o una salvadora, pero está bueno ayudar. Creo que las víctimas lo que tienen que hacer es hablar. Es difícil porque te convertís en un autista. La persona violenta te separa del mundo. Pero está en uno querer salir. Sí puedo decir que después de un grito o de un empujón, va a venir el golpe. Eso hay que tenerlo en claro.

    Noticias: ¿Cómo se sale de una relación violenta y enfermiza?

    Farro: Mi historia en violencia de género me agarró de grande, después de un matrimonio espectacular. Creí estar enamorada de un psicópata y al final terminás tan enfermo como la otra persona. Salir de una relación de violencia es muy complicado. No es fácil. Los que hablan de afuera, que dicen ‘te quedás porque te gusta que te peguen’ y todas esas huevadas, no lo vivieron. Hay que querer salir. En este tipo de vínculos, si no hay golpes y gritos durante unos días, parece raro. Es lo contrario de las relaciones normales. Igual me separé por un tema de infidelidad, no me separé por la violencia, fue un error muy grande el mío.

    Noticias: ¿Qué opina del movimiento #NiUnaMenos? ¿Fue a las marchas?

    Farro: No. Creo que hacer una marcha no soluciona nada. Estamos viendo cantidad de femicidios y cada vez son peores. La violencia contra la mujer es impresionante. Ya no les pegan, directamente las matan. Me parece perfecto que se hagan marchas, pero yo no me prendo porque también necesito olvidarme un poco de todo lo que pasé. Cada vez que hablo del tema vuelvo a recordar todo lo que viví, que no fue nada lindo.

    Noticias: ¿Qué opina de la cosificación de la mujer siendo usted vedette?

    Farro: No creo que cosificar a una mujer sea hacer un desfile en ropa interior o salir casi desnuda en el teatro, como hago yo. Se fueron de mambo. Un lindo piropo no es cosificar a la mujer y, a veces, hasta te sube la autoestima. Ser vedette no es para toda la vida, yo puedo hacer otras cosas.




    Source Article from http://noticias.perfil.com/2017/02/19/monica-farro-de-vedette-a-funcionaria/

    The delta variant now makes up about 83% of new COVID-19 cases in the country, and the uptick is seen everywhere.

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    Sacramento County is up roughly five new cases from exactly one week ago at 14.2 new cases per 100,000 people, and vaccination numbers are still low. Specifically, in the North Highlands area with 95660 zip code, where 41% of residents have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and only 35% are fully vaccinated.

    The reasons for vaccine hesitancy vary. On the ground, we heard fear, misinformation and a lack of access to information among some unvaccinated residents like Aurora, who had a vaccination appointment last week and backed out once she heard someone got sick from COVID-19 after receiving their shot.

    But the CDC says that this isn’t possible, since the vaccines don’t actually contain the live virus.

    “It only includes instructions to make one part of the virus and that’s the spike protein and once you make that spike protein, then your body forms an immune response to that,” said Dr. Dean Blumberg, a professor and chief of pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.

    “I also wanted to see how it was going to play out with everybody because people are having different reactions,” said another North Highlands resident who chose not to be identified.

    Can I get long-term side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine?

    “The FDA required a long-term [two-month] follow-up following vaccinations, to make sure that these vaccines were safe and found no long-term side effects,” Blumberg added.

    The CDC and the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists haven’t found evidence that suggests that vaccines have any impact on fertility.

    And if you’re still hoping to be protected from a previous COVID-19 infection, you might want to think that one over.

    “The immune response following vaccination is stronger than the immune response following natural infection, so the vaccines protect better against reinfection compared to getting naturally infected,” Blumberg said.

    KCRA 3 reached out to the offices of Sacramento County Supervisors Phil Serna and Rich Desmond, to find out how they’re engaging and educating residents so that residents can access accurate information and resources; as of the publishing of this article, neither have responded.

    Should I get the COVID-19 vaccine if I’m healthy?

    “At this point in the pandemic you have two choices: you can either get vaccinated or you can get COVID,” Blumberg said.

    “More than 97% of cases in the U.S. that are being hospitalized are in unvaccinated individuals, more than 97% of deaths that occur with COVID-19 are unvaccinated individuals. So, if you want to decrease your chance of ending up in the hospital, if you want to decrease your chance of dying, then the clear choice is to get vaccinated,” he added.

    Can receiving a COVID-19 vaccine cause you to be magnetic?

    COVID-19 vaccines do not contain ingredients that can produce an electromagnetic field at the site of your injection. All COVID-19 vaccines are free from metals.

    “There is no microchip in the vaccine. There is no metal in the vaccine. You can’t get magnetized by getting vaccinated. That’s just false. Those are all lies,” adds Blumberg.

    Source Article from https://www.kcra.com/article/covid-19-cases-up-vaccinations-stay-stagnant-sacramento-county-areas/37084284

    El ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud de Venezuela realizó este martes el primer simulacro de diagnóstico a personas que pudieran presentar síntomas del virus del ébola.

    De acuerdo con el protocolo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), la cartera ministerial llevó a cabo el ensayo de la operación preventiva en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía (IAIM), específicamente en la terminal aérea “Simón Bolívar”, en el estado Vargas (centro-norte).

    ¿Cómo actuará el IAIM en caso de sospecha del virus?

    En la rampa 4 del aeropuerto se habilitó una sala de aislamiento que será utilizada en caso de presentarse la sospecha de una persona con los síntomas del virus.

    Luego de aislar a la persona en la sala, se trasladará a uno de los centros hospitalarios seleccionados para atender los casos en Vargas.

    Equipamiento:

    La ministra para la Salud, Nancy Pérez, informó que el próximo miércoles llegarán al país un mil 500 trajes de bioseguridad fundamentales para atender estos casos.

    Igualmente, anunció que Venezuela adquirió un laboratorio de bioseguridad. Éste es un container que estará equipado para realizar los exámenes de sangre necesarios para confirmar o descartar la presencia del virus en la persona.

    Pérez dijo que se instalará una sala situacional en la que se divulgará información actualizada del comportamiento del Ébola en el mundo.

    Más temprano la periodista y corresponsal de teleSUR en Venezuela, Madelein García tuiteó  (@madeleintlSUR) en la red social los adelantos del simulacro en el país suramericano:

    La periodista informó la juramentación de 60 médicos integrales y epidemiológicos para promover la campaña de lucha contra el ébola en ese país.

    Source Article from http://www.telesurtv.net/news/Venezuela-realiza-primer-simulacro-contra-el-ebola-20141014-0051.html