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Ethiopia charges opposition figures with terrorism

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 4:16pm |

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54219925

Ethiopia charges opposition figures with terrorism. It's a pity Ethiopia cannot get over it's ethnoracial tribal differences. This move will sow further unrest among the Oromo people. Ethiopia could set the standard for all of Africa, but it seems not. https://t.co/vF8TeZmmx6

Homeless Crisis Looms as COVID-19 Evictions Come Due

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 2:35pm |

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/sep/16/urban-agenda-homeless-crisis-looms-covid-19-evicti/

Op-ed by David R. Jones, Esq., President and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York (which is one of the largest if not the largest social service charities in NY) @ AmsterdamNews.com, Sept. 16

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"This Is How Biden Should Approach the Latino Vote"

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 3:16am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/opinion/biden-latino-vote-strategy.html?referringSource=articleShare

Some ways of talking about race and class are more effective politically. And not just with Hispanics. Op-ed by Ian Haney López and Tory Gavito; Haney López is the author of “Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections and Saving America.” Ms. Gavito is the president of Way to Win, a progressive electoral coalition.

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A Newark Officer Was Filmed Punching Someone. Jelani Cobb Asked a Police Union Head If It Was Justified.

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 2:33am |

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/newark-police-officer-punched-someone-was-it-justified/?utm_campaign=frontline&utm_content=1600223280&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Link has text as well as video.

This convo seemed like a fruitful exchange. https://t.co/6v976MBgYs
— Chloé S. Valdary (@cvaldary) September 20, 2020

Conservative Texan throwing in the towel and gonna vote Biden

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 12:41am |

https://twitter.com/HeathMayo/status/1307488736771334145

See Twitter thread (some comments interesting too), starting with this Tweet:

I can’t associate with these Rs. Under Trump, they’ve abandoned most of what I agreed with as a conservative when it came to policy & worse have so embraced his odiousness in how they engage, there are few left I even respect. They want a shrinking circle & can have it. I’m out.

Biden team doing the quick response thing!

By artappraiser on Sun, 09/20/2020 - 12:35am |

From tonight:

Trump: "If I lose to him, I don't know what I'm going to do. I will never speak to you again. You'll never see me again."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 20, 2020

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Walmart Boosts Pay for 11% of Largest U.S. Private Workforce

By artappraiser on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 3:30am |

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-17/walmart-s-new-store-staff-structure-means-raises-but-not-for-all

By Matthew Boyle @ Bloomberg.com, Sept. 17

Walmart Inc. is rolling out sweeping changes to staffing in its U.S. stores just as the holiday crunch begins, bringing pay raises for some -- but not all -- members of a massive workforce that’s already been upended by the coronavirus pandemic.

What Happened to Portland?

By artappraiser on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 3:12am |

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-17/u-s-protests-stopped-in-portland-oregon-they-continued-why

Looking for the roots of the city’s violent summer. By David Shipley @ Bloomberg.com, Sept. 17

In May, I went back to Portland, Oregon, my hometown. It was the week George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis.

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Mass shooting in Rochester, NY

By artappraiser on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 2:42am |

https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/09/at-least-12-people-shot-in-rochester-new-york-mass-shooting/

DEVELOPING: At least 12 people shot in Rochester, New York mass shooting https://t.co/rUO2QtqWn3
— BNO News (@BNONews) September 19, 2020

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Covid 19: new all time single day record for both cases and deaths

By artappraiser on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 1:42am |

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1307084513735053319?s=20

Breaking: the world has just set a new all time single day record for new #COVID19 cases (315k) and deaths (6k). The is on a terrible path. Even if one country has it suppressed, we cannot be truly safe until this pernicious infectious virus is gone forever. No more DENIALISM! pic.twitter.com/2k0v3WMUsq

"Enlist George W. Bush & Al Gore to help us prevent a Trump-Biden nightmare in 2020"

By artappraiser on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 1:06am |

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/07/george-bush-al-gore-help-us-prevent-trump-biden-nightmare-column/3310060001/

Retweeted by Reed Galen of The Lincoln Project:

[CLOSE SENATE RACES] Winner of the AZ Senate race could be seated in time for a vote on a Supreme Court pick

By artappraiser on Sat, 09/19/2020 - 12:36am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/elections/the-winner-of-the-arizona-senate-race-could-be-seated-in-time-for-a-vote-on-a-supreme-court-pick.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

The Arizona Senate race has taken on new importance after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: If Democrat Mark Kelly wins, he could be sworn in to replace Sen. Martha McSally as early as Nov. 30 — possibly in time to vote on a new Supreme Court nominee. https://t.co/YgBO1x7BPR
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 19, 2020

Associated Press Does NOT Find Evidence of Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Detention Center

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/18/2020 - 10:43pm |

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/associated-press-does-not-find-evidence-of-mass-hysterectomies-at-ice-detention-center/?utm_source=mostpopular

By Matt Naham @ LawandCrime.com, Sept. 18

Parents of Toddlers Sue Trump Over Manipulated ‘Racist Baby’ Video He Tweeted

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/18/2020 - 10:28pm |

https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/beyond-the-bounds-of-decency-parents-of-toddlers-sue-trump-over-manipulated-racist-baby-video-he-tweeted/

Makes for a very interesting case about alteration of video, as well as responsibility for retweeting an altered video:

‘Beyond the Bounds of Decency’: Parents of Toddlers Sue Trump Over Manipulated ‘Racist Baby’ Video He Tweeted https://t.co/nROlYc0In2 pic.twitter.com/gCHIlj9gKq
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) September 19, 2020

Bill de Blasio’s City Hall rife with dysfunction, bombshell emails reveal

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/18/2020 - 2:53pm |

https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/bill-de-blasios-city-hall-rife-with-dysfunction-new-emails-show/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons

An email chain between top de Blasio ads brawling over how best discuss race reveals worsening City Hall dysfunction, sources say and documents show -- https://t.co/7l0TFvdYQv
— city nolan wears a (and you should too) (@ndhapple) September 17, 2020

U.S. Admits That Congressman Offered Pardon to Assange If He Covered Up Russia Links

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/18/2020 - 11:33am |

https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-admits-that-putins-favorite-congressman-offered-pardon-to-assange-if-he-covered-up-russia-links?via=twitter_page

Lawyers representing the U.S. at Julian Assange’s extradition trial have accepted the claim that the WikiLeaks founder was offered a presidential pardon on the condition that he would help cover up Russia’s involvement in hacking emails from the DNChttps://t.co/DrbYbVbTpn

Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump’s Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 10:48pm |

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/it-was-all-about-the-election-the-ex-white-house-aide-olivia-troye-on-trumps-narcissistic-mishandling-of-covid-19?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned

“It Was All About the Election”: The Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump’s Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19 https://t.co/YPwEbpmXr6 via @NewYorker

NJ leaders reach deal for millionaires' tax to grapple with pandemic costs

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 10:32pm |

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/516871-nj-leaders-reach-deal-for-millionaires-tax-to-deal-with-pandemic-costs

By Tal Axelrod @ TheHill.com, Sept. 17

New Jersey leaders announced Thursday they are implementing a new millionaire’s tax as the Garden State works to recover from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

'There's not a comparable year': Homicides up 52% in Chicago, the majority people of color

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 8:57pm |

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/17/chicago-covid-shootings-homicides-surge-affecting-people-color/5804396002/

'There's not a comparable year': Homicides are up 52% in Chicago amid COVID-19, with majority involving people of color

By Grace Hauk @ USAToday.com, Sept. 17

CHICAGO – The nation's second-largest county has recorded more homicides this year than in all of 2019, the majority of which – 95% – were people of color, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office announced this week.

Nashville Library Director Says Tax Rollback Could Close Most City Libraries

By artappraiser on Thu, 09/17/2020 - 8:45pm |

https://wpln.org/post/nashville-library-director-says-tax-rollback-could-close-most-city-libraries/

Start of a special referendum trend?

The majority of Nashville’s libraries would have to close if a special referendum succeeds in rolling back Metro’s recent 34% property tax increase. https://t.co/jHZrjhgNqT