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Riots

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

From headphones grown from fungus to a new understanding of procrastination, our round-up of the internet this week LGBTQ+ Activists Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera to Get NYC Monument A statue planned for Greenwich Village’s Ruth Wittenberg Triangle will …

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Obamacare

Never Trump? Never Mind. John Kasich Concedes It’s Trump’s Party Now

Former Ohio Governor John Kasich — a prominent figure in the “Never Trump” wing of the GOP — says he doesn’t see an opening to challenge the president for the Republican nomination in 2020. Speaking at a political conference in Michigan on Thursday, Kasich s…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuela healthcare collapse: Four children die in same hospital this month

By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Under a wooden arch decorated with white balloons in a small house in Caracas' largest slum, the body of 11-year-old Erick Altuve lay in a small coffin covered in cuddly toys and cartoon drawings, one of four children wh…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

NATO

Bolton wants Britain to leave EU: Telegraph

LONDON (Reuters) - The United States wants Britain to leave the European Union as it would strengthen the NATO military alliance and show respect for the result of 2016’s referendum, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said in an interview published on…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy vs Switzerland: Who sends home more irregular migrants?

Italys far-right League leader Matteo Salvini made headlines with his election campaign promises to fill planes and send immigrants home but it is no secret that the number of so-called repatriations hasnt risen. In fact, under his tenure as Interior Ministe…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

North Korea Nuclear Talks

Report of North Korean official’s execution prompts skepticism

A report in a Seoul-based newspaper Friday claims that North Korea had executed its chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Hyok Chol, shortly after the breakdown in talks with the United States in Hanoi. However, officials and diplomats from the United States to Asi…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Capitol Report: How Mexico tariffs could hurt $600 billion in cross-border trade — and the U.S. economy

The U.S. economy could suffer a wrenching blow, business leaders and economists say, if President Trump follows through on his threat to slap tariffs on all imports from Mexico in a dispute over immigration controls. The president on Thursday said he would a…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Little Italy

The Police are Fundamentally Anti-Democratic and a Huge Problem

On this holy day of LGM’s 15th birthday, let me return to the hobby horse that got me asked to blog here in the first place: the police and why they’re a problem. Today let’s focus on transparency! There have been a couple of really good stories (“good” in i…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Global Warming

Native plant species may be at greater risk from climate change than non-natives

As spring advances across the Midwest, a new study looking at blooming flowers suggests that non-native plants might outlast native plants in the region due to climate change.The study -- led by researchers at Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Ins…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

BUK-Missile

Malaysian PM declares ‘no evidence’ Russia shot down MH17

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he does not believe Russia launched the BUK missile that brought down MH17, killing all 298 on board, including one New Zealander and 38 Australians. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was travelling from Amsterd…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Never Trump? Never Mind. John Kasich Concedes It’s Trump’s Party Now

Venezuela healthcare collapse: Four children die in same hospital this month

Bolton wants Britain to leave EU: Telegraph

Italy vs Switzerland: Who sends home more irregular migrants?

Report of North Korean official’s execution prompts skepticism

Capitol Report: How Mexico tariffs could hurt $600 billion in cross-border trade — and the U.S. economy

The Police are Fundamentally Anti-Democratic and a Huge Problem

Native plant species may be at greater risk from climate change than non-natives

Malaysian PM declares ‘no evidence’ Russia shot down MH17

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