10/30: ?Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship¿ 10/30: Trump targets citizenship, stokes pre-election migrant fears —WP. Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. 10/26: Trump Supporter in Florida Charged in Attempted Bombing Spree —NYT. 10/26: Trump more than willing to "tone up" sharp rhetoric about Dems & the press. 10/22: Fury over reported federal plan targeting trans- gender people.
David Crary And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press Published Monday, October 22, 2018 3:31PM EDT Last Updated Monday, October 22, 2018 4:49PM EDT WASHINGTON -- LGBT leaders across the U.S. reacted with fury Monday to a report that the Trump administration is considering adoption of a new definition of gender that would effectively deny federal recognition and civil rights protections to transgender Americans.
"I feel very threatened, but I am absolutely resolute," Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Rights, said at a news conference convened by more than a dozen activist leaders. "We will stand up and be resilient, and we will be here long after this administration is in the trash heap. " The activist leaders, speaking amid posters reading "#Won'tBeErased", later addressed a protest rally outside the White House.
U.S. 10/21: McConnell's election gift to Manchin & red-state Dems. MARTINSBURG, W.Va — Joe Manchin looked like a solid bet for reelection after he voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh.
But Mitch McConnell might have sealed the deal. Facing some of the toughest campaigns of their careers, the West Virginia Democrat and his moderate colleagues believe they've received an unexpected gift from the Senate GOP leader. In a triumphant post-Kavanaugh media tour last week, the Kentucky Republican waxed about his regret over the missed opportunity to repeal Obamacare and the need to reform entitlement programs to rein in the federal deficit. Story Continued Below Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare are vital to West Virginia. 10/19:Does single-handedly undermining decades old nuclear weapon treaty fall under POTUS job description? "Russia has violated the agreement.
They've been violating it for many years," Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One to leave Nevada following a campaign rally. "And I don't know why President Obama didn't negotiate or pull out. And we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to," he said. "We're the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we've honored the agreement. "But Russia has not, unfortunately, honored the agreement. The treaty forced both countries to eliminate ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between approximately 300 and 3,400 miles. 10/19: Ships wrecked in 1899 unearthed by Hurricane Michael. 10/19: No more Luke Cage, Netflix... Really? EXCLUSIVE: One week after Iron Fist was canned and the same day that the long awaited third season of Daredevil launched, Netflix has canceled Luke Cage.
“Unfortunately, Marvel’s Luke Cage will not return for a third season,” Marvel and the streaming service said on Friday. “Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to the dedicated showrunner, writers, cast and crew who brought Harlem’s Hero to life for the past two seasons, and to all the fans who have supported the series.” 10/19: Who Will Be The Next Big Bird?
10/19: Justice Dept. Discontent Over Sessions’s Approach. The president has also frequently targeted Rod J.
Rosenstein, who as deputy attorney general oversees the day-to-day operations at the department as well as the special counsel investigation. In a turnabout this month, Mr. Trump declared his relationship with Mr. 10/19: Trump Administration Cancels FDA Contract w/Advanced Bioscience Resources to Conduct Human Fetal Tissue Tests in Mice.
10/17: Donald Trump Compares Accusations Against Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to Brett Kavanaugh. President Donald Trump raised eyebrows after comparing allegations that Saudi Arabian officials authorized the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi to accusations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Speaking to The Associated Press, the president said, “I think we have to find out what happened first. Here we go again with, you know, you’re guilty until proven innocent. I don’t like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh and he was innocent all the way as far as I’m concerned.” The president’s comments were immediately criticized. 10/17: 70 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this is why we need dignity more than ever. Seventy years ago, the founders of the United Nations put our understanding of our shared humanity on paper with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“Recognition of the inherent dignity ... of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world”, began the Declaration. It affirmed dignity as an antidote to the inequality, intolerance and injustice that had led to two devastating world wars. We face many of the same divisions today. Conflicts over borders, religions, politics, race and gender continue to plague us. Some would say increasingly so. Dignity requires conscious choice and deliberate action. 10/16: Trump Calls Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface.' Stormy spanks him again. While gloating about a judge’s dismissal of Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit against him, President Trump on Tuesday attacked the porn star’s physical appearance, mockingly calling her “Horseface.”
The president quoted a Fox News headline reporting that a “‘Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials [sic] lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” And then the president added: “Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. 10/16: Google will charge European Android device makers a fee for using its apps. Google is changing the way it licenses its suite of Android apps in Europe, leading the company to charge a licensing fee for the Play Store and other Google apps for the first time.
The changes come in response to a July ruling by the European Commission, which fined the company $5 billion for antitrust violations and ordered it to stop “illegally tying” Chrome and search apps to Android. Google hasn’t historically charged for Android and its apps because of the revenue brought in through Chrome and search. But splitting them up changes the equation, so companies will now find themselves paying for things — like the Play Store — that we generally consider to be core parts of Android, but are in reality Google services. The base Android operating system will remain free and open-source, but if phone and tablet manufacturers want Google’s apps and the Play Store, they’ll have to pay a license fee in Europe.
10/16: Mysterious polio-like illness affecting US children confirmed in 22 states says CDC. Federal health officials are worried about an increase in a mysterious and rare condition that mostly affects children and can paralyze arms and legs, with 127 confirmed or suspected cases reported as of Tuesday.
Of those, 62 cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, have been confirmed in 22 states, according to Nancy Messonnier, a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 90 percent of the confirmed cases have been in children 18 and younger, with the average age being 4 years old. 10/15: Elizabeth Warren took a DNA test and it might cost Trump $1 million. #LSSC… 10/15: Big data finds post-disaster aid doesn’t go to the people who most need it. In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston and poured water on the city for days, growing into the worst documented rainstorm in United States history.
In the months after the storm, it became clear to the Houston Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) that the money coming in from FEMA for homeowners impacted by flooding would not be enough; it rarely is. 10/14: Rep. Senator Takes Away Student’s Phone for Asking About Voter Suppression. 10/13: Gorillaz Say Goodbye to Touring – Maybe – at Opening Show in Philly.
Damon Albarn likes sending mixed messages. Take what’s going on with his now 20-year-old, dub-pop-hop cartoon act, Gorillaz. Before the start of Gorillaz’s arena-sized “The Now Now Tour” — which had its U.S. debut at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Thursday (Oct. 11) — Albarn announced everything from a new Gorillaz album for 2019, to a first U.S.
Gorillaz Demon Dayz Festival for October 20, in Pico Rivera, CA with Erykah Badu, DRAM and more. 10/12: Sexual-Harassment-Reporting Maps Help Women Navigate Cities. Photo: Getty Images No one should plan their schedule around avoiding sexual harassment, but that doesn’t mean many people don’t do exactly that. Whether it’s taking an indirect route to avoid a poorly lit park or opting for a private car instead of risking inappropriate comments or touching on public transportation, vulnerable populations around the world — for the sake of the following examples, women — are constantly maneuvering themselves around their abusers, taking time out of their own pursuits to accommodate the behavior of would-be harassers. But to do so, women must first know where they can and can’t go, information that until recently could only be learned through personal experience or by word of mouth.
Many of these kinds of platforms use Ushahidi, a data collection and visualization tool, which allows anonymous users to report not only through the apps and sites but also through email, SMS, Twitter, and RSS. 10/11: LWV reaching those who care about restoring felon voting rights. Under current Florida law, anyone who has been convicted of a felony loses their right to vote with little to no hope of restoration of their eligibility to vote. Unless one receives a full or conditional pardon, or can successfully appeal to the governor, their voting rights are permanently taken away. Under the current system, the governor hears less than 300 cases to restore eligibility to vote per year. Given the almost 11,000 applications already filed, the last applicant in line today, will have to wait 36 years to even be heard.
10/11: Rural Wi-Fi Project Improves Wildfire Monitoring in Southern California. In this installment of the Innovation of the Month series, we explore the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) based in San Diego County. While initially an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional research and education project with the University of California San Diego (UCSD), HPWREN has since been used to monitor and respond to several recent wildfires in San Diego County. MetroLab’s Executive Director Ben Levine spoke with Frank Vernon, research geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, and Jerald Coleman, technology manager at the San Diego County Fire Authority, to discuss. 10/11: How robots and redesign can assist services with ageing populations. This opinion piece was written by Janne Viskari, the Director General at Finland’s Population Register Centre. This year, he was featured as one of Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government.
A large part of Europe is currently in a phase where birth rates are dropping compared to a few decades ago. 10/8: Pilot program will give breakfast before standardized test. 10/11: Seoul is latest city to offer free menstrual products like pads. 10/8: Taiwan is leading a digital democracy movement. 10/7: Marvel Fans Have Removed the Bleep From Mark Ruffalo's Interview to Reveal the 'Avengers 4' Title He Said.
10/6: Banksy Self-Destructs Painting Moments After Its $1.4 Million Auction. <—Banksy publishes video detailing auction stunt plan. 10/5: Donald Trump boards Air Force One with paper stuck to his shoe. 10/5: RB Ginsburg denies DOJ request to block Ross deposition in 2020 Census case. 10/5: Hatch tells female protesters 'grow up' 10/4: Amy Schumer arrested at Kavanaugh protest. 10/3: Melania Trump walks through Ghana's 'Door of No Return'