[Donald Trump & Pentagon Purge]
Common Dreams: “Fears that a possible slow-motion coup is in progress in the United States continued to grow on Wednesday, as observers sounded the alarm over President Donald Trump’s decision to install ‘extreme Republican partisans’ at the Pentagon.”
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Trump Purge at Pentagon Increases Fears of Coup-in-Motion
Sanders calls for OAS accountability, fair elections in Bolivia
[Bolivia Elections]
Sen Sanders: “The Organization of American States’ decision last year to declare Bolivia’s election fraudulent on the basis of questionable evidence helped fuel a crisis of democracy and human rights that Bolivians are experiencing to this day.”
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Trump Administration Diversion Attack on China Benefits Russian Disinformation
[Trump Administration\China]
PeaceVoice\Mel Gurtov: “I suspect that behind the new level of China bashing lurks another motive: to divert Americans’ attention from Russia’s disinformation campaign, which is intensifying as the election nears.”
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MINNESOTA REP. OMAR LEADS DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS CALLING FOR TPS EXTENSION FOR SOMALI-AMERICAN REFUGEES
[Immigration\TPS Somali-Americans]
Democratic Members: “The security situation in Somalia remains extremely fraught, with Al-Shabaab continuing to hold large swaths of territory and carrying out attacks against civilians in Mogadishu and other population centers.“Many TPS holders have escaped Al-Shabaab and would return to Somalia with targets on their backs. Forcibly returning them is tantamount to a death sentence.”
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U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATS ASK POMPEO TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UKRAINE SCANDAL
[House Impeachment Inquiry\Pompeo]
Senate Democrats on Foreign Intelligence Committee: “ We now know, according to today’s testimony from Ambassador Gordon Sondland, that you were fully aware of President Trump’s scheme to withhold urgently needed security assistance to Ukraine for his personal and political gain…The only legitimate option is for you to recuse and to delegate the Department’s response to the Trump-Ukraine scandal to a senior career Department official. We urge you to do so immediately.”
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MISSOURI CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: CHARGE EL PASO MURDERER AS “GLOBAL TERRORIST”
[El Paso Mass Murders]
Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: “This President has taken the smoldering ember of white nationalism, doused it with rhetorical gasoline, and watched it spread like wildfire. White nationalists time and time again have used the exact language of this President to condone their violence against immigrants, Muslims, and other minorities.”
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