All News Articles for 2019-10-07

Monday, October 7, 2019
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech as he attends Turkey-Serbia Business Forum, in Belgrade, Serbia on October 07, 2019. (Photo: Murat Kula/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Just Hours After Trump Bends to Erdoğan, Reports Indicate Turkey's Bombing of Kurdish Forces Has Begun
"The Turkish threats mean that the situation in this region will return to point zero," warned the SDF on Monday. "There will be chaos once again."
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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan faces protesters at a Georgetown immigration law and policy conference, on Monday, October 7. Because What Kevin McAleenan's DHS Does Speaks "Louder Than His Words," Activists Boo Him Offstage
When the protesters began shouting the names of children who died in federal immigration custody, McAleenan walked offstage.
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'Maddening' Graphic Shows How 400 Richest Americans Paid Less In Taxes Than Any Other Income Group
"The question of our time is this: will we tolerate it? Or will we take back our democracy from the oligarchs who run this country?"
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Greta Thunberg and Tokata Iron Eyes stand at the head of a climate march in Rapid City, South Dakota on Monday. En Route to Standing Rock, Greta Thunberg Holds Up 'Struggles of All Indigenous Peoples in Protecting Their Land, Water, and Traditions'
A day after speaking with Tokata Iron Eyes on a climate panel, the pair led a march in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Célia Xakriabá, an indigenous leader and activist, Brazilian Experts Warn in Open Letter to President Bolsonaro a 'Genocide Is Underway' Against Uncontacted Tribes
The experts wrote that they are "extremely worried" about the firing of a top official at the agency that handles policies on Indigenous peoples.
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A General Electric employee walks past a logo, as French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire take part to a meeting with managers and unions at the GE headquarters in Belfort, eastern France, on June 3, 2019. Workers Stuck 'Paying the Ultimate Price' as GE Freezes Pensions for 20,000 Employees
"GE hired a new CEO last year with a pay package worth up to $300 million."
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Former President George W. Bush takes in a football game with popular television personality Ellen DeGeneres Sunday. Ellen DeGeneres Roasted for Attending Football Game With 'Absolute F***ing Scum' George W. Bush
"Every American president has been complicit in some evil stuff. But George W. Bush is next-level."
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President Donald Trump looks up toward the solar eclipse without protective eyewear Trump Just Tweeted He Has 'Great and Unmatched Wisdom.' Seriously.
Just wow. Possibly, said one observer, the "dumbest moment of the Trump presidency."
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Syrian Kurds gather around a US armoured vehicle during a demonstration against Turkish threats next to a U.S.-led international coalition base on the outskirts of Ras al-Ain town in Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border on October 6, 2019. Critics Warn 'Deeply Chilling' Betrayal by Trump Paves Path for Turkish Slaughter of Kurdish Allies
"One way in which Trump is very consistent and stable when it comes to American presidential norms over the decades is betraying Kurds."
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Calling Trump's Claim That He Is Above the Law 'Repugnant,' Federal Judge Orders Release of President's Tax Returns
"This is great news for anyone who cares about holding Donald Trump accountable."
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Portuguese Prime Minister and Secretary general of Socialist Party Antonio Costa Socialists Win in Portugal in Rebuke to Far-Right Populism
The center-right Social Democratic Party had its worst result in over three decades.
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Dutch police arrested Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists 'Get On the Streets. And Bring Everybody': Extinction Rebellion Kicks Off Two Weeks of Global Action
"We only get one planet and so we're here to try and defend it."
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Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speak at a rally in support of the Chicago Teachers Union ahead of an upcoming potential strike on September 24, 2019 in Chicago. (Photo: Scott Heins/Getty Images) 'Money Is Not Speech and Corporations Are Not People': Sanders Unveils Plan to Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
"You can't take on a corrupt system if you take its money."
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