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Cover Story: John W. Tomac's "Liberty's Flameout" - Under more ordinary circumstances, the cover of the issue for February 13 and 20, 2017 - our Anniversary Issue, marking ninety-two years - would feature some version of Rea Irvin's classic image of the monocled dandy Eustace Tilley. The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.
The President has just nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy that the GOP majority in the US Senate held open for almost a year after the death of Associate Justice Scalia. Many court watchers, noting Trump's "central casting" approach to staffing, consider the 10th Circuit judge the favorite for the high court seat, if for no other reason than "he looks the part," as Empirical SCOTUS blogger Adam Feldman put it.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY - WASHINGTON, DC - The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. Nazi ideology cast the world as a racial struggle The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... Send a letter to U.S. Senators: Block Jeff Sessions' appointment as Attorney General. **NOTE: THE FORM LETTER IS BLANK.
Hours after President Trump signed an executive order blocking refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries from entering the United States, the head of the Boston Archdiocese issued a call for "mercy for those fleeing violence and persecution." Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley made the statement on his personal blog just hours after participating in the pro-life march in Washington, D.C., and posting a video to his Twitter account where he said that marchers were "so glad" that Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, had addressed the crowd.
Antonia Juhasz is an energy analyst, author, and investigative reporter. She recently wrote a profile of Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for In These Times magazine.
Megan McArdle is a Bloomberg View columnist. She wrote for the Daily Beast, Newsweek, the Atlantic and the Economist and founded the blog Asymmetrical Information.
Every December I read hundreds of long-form essays to select the Sidney Awards, and every year I regret that I spend so much of the other 11 months reading online trivia. Then, every January, I revert to Twitter.
AP reports Israel's prime minister lashed out at President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of a "shameful ambush" at the United Nations over West Bank settlements and saying he is looking forward to working with his "friend" President-elect Donald Trump. Benjamin Netanyahu's comments came a day after the United States broke with past practice and allowed the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law.
Yesterday, US President Barack Obama wished Jews around the world a Happy Hanukkah and released a statement about his not one, but two, Hanukka celebrations. "I want to say how much Michelle and I appreciate the opportunities to have celebrated so many Hanukkahs with you in the White House As many of you know, the name "Hanukkah" comes from the Hebrew word for "dedication."
Con Ed Threatens to Nix Service at Jared Kushner-Owned Properties - EAST VILLAGE - Con Edison has slammed a row of East Ninth Street buildings owned by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, with notices threatening to shut off service because Kushner's company failed to pay hundreds of dollars in electric bills. The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.
'The Moms' co-host Denise Albert, who is battling cancer, says she felt 'violated' during TSA search - LOS ANGELES - A breast-cancer patient said she felt violated and humiliated in a public TSA search at Los Angeles International Airport Sunday after two security agents put her through what she called an aggressive pat down. The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.
MERKEL'S U-TURN Angela Merkel calls for Germany BURKA BAN saying 'the full veil is not appropriate here' in astonishing U-turn - The German Chancellor made the announcement at a party conference having recently declared she will stand for re-election - ANGELA Merkel today completed The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read. Fortunately, memeorandum arranges all of these links in a single, easy-to-scan page.
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... During the Labor Day weekend, when many people are celebrating and preparing for the upcoming school-year, Dakota Access, a... Donald Trump has announced that Steve Bannon-former head of the online racist platform Breitbart-will be a senior adviser in... Portland, Oregon, housing activist and bookstore owner Chloe Eudaly was the first challenger to unseat an incumbent city council member since 1992. See Margot Black's commentary in Blue Oregon below.
Given my amateur studies of authoritarian fascist regimes, I will NOT be commenting about President Elect Donald J. TRUMP, or his swamp, once he is inaugurated, next month on 1/20/17. Until then, for a few weeks, I'll continue to let it rip, at least as it relates to Albuquerque, and local politicos! After EIGHT long months, I finally received a reply from Albuquerque City Councilor President Dan Lewis, on his support or should we say, non-support for POTUS Elect TRUMP! "...Councilor Lewis has not made any comments publicly regarding statements by the president-elect, nor has he indicated any of his opinions to me in that regard.
Greenwich High School senior Kai Sherwin, 17, a co-editor-in-chief of The Beak, the Greenwich High School student newspaper, holds copies of the most recent edition of the newspaper, at the school in Greenwich. Greenwich High School senior Kai Sherwin, 17, a co-editor-in-chief of The Beak, the Greenwich High School student newspaper, holds copies of the most recent edition of the newspaper, at the school in Greenwich.
Hillary Clinton Saved the Bombshells for Round 2 - Come along with me, people, because it's already time to look ahead to the second debate. Consider this thought: Hillary Clinton took Donald Trump to the house Monday night without even playing some of the heaviest cards against him.
Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.
Levi Rickert, editor of Native News Online , a national publication of by and for the indigenous peoples of North America, talks about what he calls the most significant political action by Native Americans since the American Indian Movement's 1973 Wounded Knee occupation on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.