Daily Archives: October 8, 2020

Ads dare conservatives to oppose Trump on health plan

A group allied with Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanBush, Romney won’t support Trump reelection: NYT Twitter joins Democrats to boost mail-in voting — here’s why Lobbying world MORE (R-Wis.) and the House GOP leadership team is launching a six-figure television ad campaign urging conservative lawmakers to support the party’s proposal to repeal and replace the […]

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Facing Down Taser, Sandra Bland Was Told By Officer: "I Will Light You Up!"

While many questions still remain about what exactly happened to Sandra Bland in a Texas jail cell before she was found dead under mysterious circumstances on July 13, those looking for answers about why she was initially placed under arrest three days earlier were offered a look at devastating dash-cam footage released by the Texas […]

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Feeding People on Our Stressed Planet Will Require a 'Revolution'

How do you make sure billions of people around the world have access to food? You start a revolution. At least that’s what two leading U.S. scientists argue in a new report. Feeding people will require cleaner energy, smarter farming and women’s rights, but also a “fundamental cultural change,” according to Paul Ehrlich, president of […]

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Palestinian Protester Vows to Continue Hunger Strike After Waking from Coma

Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan, whose case pits doctors and activists against the Israeli government, awoke from a four-day coma on Tuesday and immediately pledged to resume fasting—and to refuse water—if Israel did not resolve his case within 24 hours. Allan, who is being held at Barzilai Medical Center, is demanding an end to his […]

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Europe Squabbles While Refugees Die

UNITED NATIONS – As tens of thousands of refugees continue to flee conflict-ridden countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, Western European governments and international humanitarian organisations are struggling to cope with a snowballing humanitarian crisis threatening to explode. Hungary is building a fence to ward off refugees.  Slovakia says it will accept only Christian […]

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Fringe No More: Sanders Takes Major Lead in Key Battleground States

‘Fringe candidate’ no more, Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders leads former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic presidential primary voters in the battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to new polling released on Sunday. The new CBS/YouGov poll finds U.S. Sen. Sanders (Vt.) with 52 percent support among Democratic primary voters in […]

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