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Untitled. US President Donald Trump speaks as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2020 en route to Texas.

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Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images. A field guide to Trump's dangerous rhetoric. All leaders are demagogues.

A field guide to Trump's dangerous rhetoric

Trump is quietly gutting the asylum system amid the pandemic. Trump's Disdain for Puerto Rico Should Be His Undoing. Puerto Rico’s death toll of about 3,000 from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017 ought to be the biggest strike against President Donald Trump.

Trump's Disdain for Puerto Rico Should Be His Undoing

The majority of deaths on the island occurred in the days and weeks following the hurricanes, largely due to inadequate health care and the admitted failures of the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA), suggesting that these were preventable deaths. And yet to Trump, Puerto Rico is the recipient of fantastical amounts of undeserved money. 'A nightmare': flight attendant with Daca status held after flying for work. Islamophobia is not confined to online groups. It leaks across public life. On Friday morning, as the news from Christchurch was still rolling across radio bulletins, Sir Mark Rowley, the former head of counter-terrorism at the Met, was commenting on the horror on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

Islamophobia is not confined to online groups. It leaks across public life

Fifty Muslims had been brutally murdered, and 48 seriously injured. For 17 horrifying minutes, a white supremacist terrorist unloaded round after round of bullets into men, women and children. Islamophobia was undoubtedly real and on the rise and being propagated online, said Rowley. The Heroes of America's Startup Economy Weren't Born in America. According to the Entrepreneurship Rate indicator of the Inc.

The Heroes of America's Startup Economy Weren't Born in America

Entrepreneurship Index, Inc.'s proprietary benchmarked score representing the health of American startups, the percentage of entrepreneurs who are immigrants is currently close to a 20-year high. Rep. Tom McClintock distorts number of homicides by undocumented immigrants. Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize. Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms – is what makes nuclear bombs and nuclear power plants possible.

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

But for many years, physicists believed it energetically impossible for atoms as large as uranium (atomic mass = 235 or 238) to be split into two. That all changed on Feb. 11, 1939, with a letter to the editor of Nature – a premier international scientific journal – that described exactly how such a thing could occur and even named it fission.

2 American women detained after speaking Spanish in Montana file suit. Feb. 14, 2019, 9:26 PM GMT By Daniella Silva The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Covington Catholic High School Students Harass Native American Protesters During Indigenous Peoples March. 'We Have Monsters Leading America': Trump's DHS Locked Up More Children Than Previously Known. 'Shameful Day for Canada': First Nations Encampment Violently Raided, Land Protectors Arrested. Eu.usatoday. President Trump plans to make a prime time address about the “Humanitarian and National Security crisis on our Southern Border.”

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Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story. Buzz60 In the days leading up to President Donald Trump's televised address to the nation on Tuesday night to promote his southern border wall, administration officials have justified the proposal by claiming that thousands of terrorists are pouring across that border. But data and analysis from his own administration have drastically undercut that message, calling into question whether the situation along the U.S. -Mexico border is truly a "national emergency" as Trump has increasingly claimed.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Friday that Customs and Border Protection officials caught nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists "that came across our southern border. " Former Blackwater guard convicted of instigating mass shooting in Iraq. WASHINGTON – A former Blackwater Worldwide security guard has been convicted a second time on a charge that he instigated a mass shooting in Iraq more than a decade ago.

Former Blackwater guard convicted of instigating mass shooting in Iraq

A federal jury convicted Nick Slatten of Sparta, Tennessee, on Wednesday of first-degree murder for his role in a deadly shooting rampage that killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others. It was the third time Slatten had stood trial on the charge. Jurors deliberated for four days before returning their verdict, which came at the close of a six-week trial in U.S. District Court in Washington – and just three months after a previous trial on the same charge ended in a hung jury.

Judge strikes down bulk of Trump asylum policy. 'Wanting to Kiss and Hold Her Son One Last Time,' Public Pressure Wins Yemeni Mother Waiver to Trump's Cruel Muslim Ban. Despite Intimidation Tactics, Mom and Kids Tear-Gassed at US Border Finally Allowed to File for Asylum. Trump Escalates Immigration Issue Days Ahead Of Elections click 2x. Doctor says she was racially profiled while trying to help fellow passenger.

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Doctor says she was racially profiled while trying to help fellow passenger

Fatima Cody Stanford, a physician and expert in obesity medicine, told CNN she was on a flight from Indianapolis to Boston on Tuesday when a woman sitting next to her started shaking and hyperventilating. Stanford said she was already aiding the passenger when a flight attendant came by to check the situation. According to Stanford, the flight attendant asked if she was a doctor, to which Stanford replied yes. Stanford said she continued to stabilize the passenger when a second flight attendant came to ask for her medical license.

Stanford showed the flight attendant her license. 'It's not fair, not right': how America treats its black farmers. On the summer day in 2014 that June Provost found three stray cats dead and lined up side by side in his tractor, the forecast had called for rain.

'It's not fair, not right': how America treats its black farmers

How Trump-Fed Conspiracy Theories About Migrant Caravan Intersect With Deadly Hatred. You Don’t Need to Go to the Dark Web to Find Hateful Conspiracy Theories. How Vilification of George Soros Moved From the Fringes to the Mainstream. Trump's Caravan Hysteria Sparked a Massacre. Latinos and the Consequences of Eugenics. By Natalie Lira In February 1930, Concepcion Ruiz, a 16-year-old Mexican-American, was arrested and tried in California Juvenile Court on charges of sexual delinquency. Legal officers brought the young woman before Superior Court Judge Robert H.

Scott because she ran away with a boyfriend and was allegedly “subnormal.” Viral flag-burning photos are not from the migrant caravan in Mexico. Are Central American refugees hoping to relocate to the United States desecrating the stars and stripes as they head north? Trump Stump Speeches: Immigration. Editor’s Note: For weeks, President Donald Trump has been campaigning in states that are key to the Republican Party’s chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate.

Republican voter suppression. Dunkin' employee calls police on student speaking Somali with her family. Get breaking news alerts and special reports. Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee was admin of racist Facebook group. Theresa Klein, aka Cornerstore Caroline, Apologizes for Falsely Accusing Boy of Sexual Assault. No evidence that Andrew Gillum is running from FBI. A Republican ad portrays Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum as a man on the run from law enforcement amid an FBI corruption probe in his city. Cop who fatally shot Tamir Rice hired by Ohio police department. The police officer who fatally gunned down 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland four years ago has been hired by another police department in rural Ohio. Yahoo fait désormais partie d’Oath. A year ago almost to the day, Vice President Mike Pence arrived at an Indianapolis Colts game against the San Francisco 49ers, ostensibly to watch the Colts honor former franchise QB Peyton Manning. But when several members of the 49ers knelt during the national anthem, Pence, his wife, and his security team walked out.

The move drew praise from the president. As a black nurse, I see the crushing racial inequality across the NHS. This has to stop. May, the enforcer, continues to blame Windrush victims for their fate. Not all political scandals are bad. Slate’s Use of Your Data. Georgia’s Separate and Unequal Special-Education System. Unroll.Me and GDPR. NPR Choice page. Effects Of Racism & Discrimination On Children Health. Children as young as 10 denied UK citizenship for failing ‘good character’ test. Hurricane Maria: Trump's FEMA chief partially blames Puerto Rico deaths on 'spousal abuse'