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March 08,2017
by Lisa Neff
This is video footage of Hillary Clinton delivering a speech to the Fourth Women's Conference in Beijing, China. This footage is provided by the Clinton Presidential Library and the speech took place Sept. 5, 1995, in Beijing, China. We share, as we celebrate International Women's Day.
https://youtu.be/xXM4E23Efvk....
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Environment,
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March 07,2017
by Lisa Neff
A federal judge today declined to temporarily stop construction of the final section of the Dakota Access pipeline. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's decision came a week after he held a Feb. 28 hearing. The following is the response from Chase Iron Eyes, Lakota People’s Law Project Lead Counsel:
It is simply unacceptable that the government is allowing Energy Transfer Partners to build ....
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March 07,2017
by Associated Press
Organizers of the January Women's March are calling for women to strike on March 8 and encouraging them not to spend money to show their economic strength and impact on American society.
"A Day Without a Woman" is the first national action by organizers since the nationwide marches held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration that drew millions of women into the streets in protest ag....
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March 07,2017
by Op-ed
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer says after his push, the Federal Communications Commission agreed to grant a temporary emergency waiver to all Jewish Community Centers that have been targeted as part of the recent wave of bomb threats.
“I applaud the FCC’s decision to grant a special waiver to targeted JCCs, which will help us track down and identify perpetrators making threatening calls t....
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March 07,2017
by Associated Press
Egyptian intelligence has hired two U.S. public relations firms in Washington to lobby on the country’s behalf and boost its image, the first such engagements by the country’s powerful security apparatus to be made public and a rare move by a foreign intelligence body.
Filings dated Jan. 28 and seen by The Associated Press on the Department of Justice website Sunday showed that the General ....
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Wellness
March 07,2017
by Kaiser Health News
House Republicans unveiled their much anticipated health law replacement plan Monday, slashing the law’s Medicaid expansion and scrapping the mandate that individuals purchase coverage or pay a fine. But they opted to continue providing tax credits to encourage consumers to purchase coverage, although they would configure the program much differently than the current law.
The legislation wo....
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March 06,2017
by Associated Press
At a circular booth in the middle of the Trump International Hotel’s balcony restaurant, President Donald Trump dined on his steak — well-done, with ketchup — while chatting with British Brexit politician Nigel Farage.
A few days later, major Republican donors Doug Deason and Doug Manchester, in town for the president’s address to Congress, sipped coffee at the hotel with Rep. Darrell I....
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Wisconsin
March 06,2017
by Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Beverly Walker doubts Gov. Scott Walker's plan to abolish the Wisconsin Parole Commission will add efficiency to a sluggish system, and she suspects it would make qualifying for parole even more difficult.
Her husband, Baron Walker, has been imprisoned for nearly 22 years on a 60-year sentence for two armed bank robberies. Since 2011, he has been eligible for parole under Wisconsin’s old sen....
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March 06,2017
by Wisconsin Gazette
The Supreme Court on March 6 announced it is sending Gloucester County School Board v. G.G. back to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to be reconsidered in light of the Departments of Justice and Education rescinding a Title IX Guidance clarifying protections for transgender students.
“The Supreme Court has missed an opportunity to end the painful discrimination currently faced by tens of ....
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March 06,2017
by Reuters
President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries.
More than two dozen lawsuits were filed in U.S. courts against the original travel ban and the state of Washington succeeded in having it suspended by the 9th Circuit court of Appeals by arguing that it violated constitutional protections against religious d....
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