Dems
say Kavanaugh should recuse from cases involving party: 'He revealed himself
as a partisan'
Democrats on Sunday said that if Judge Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed
to the U.S. Supreme Court, he should recuse himself from cases involving
congressional Democrats because of his partisan performance during last
weeks Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. I think the proper thing would
be, yes, Rep. Jerrold Nadler said on ABCs This Week. I was astonished
at his rant
hes supposed to be non-partisan. His animus toward the
entire Democratic party, toward people associated with it like the Clintons,
should be disqualifying, said Mr. Nadler, the top Democrat on the House
Judiciary Committee. He showed no judicial temperament. Sen. Mazie Hirono
said on the program that the judges performance showed that hes a political
and partisan operative and that the veil is revealed.
Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Dems should have thought of
the possible kickback before they started their wrongful resistance.
Jeff
Flake on 'sharp' Kavanaugh testimony: 'If I were unjustly accused, that's
how I would feel'
Sen. Jeff Flake says that while Judge Brett Kavanaugh did have sharp
exchanges with senators last week, the judges demeanor during a Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing was in keeping with someone who absolutely
believes theyve been unjustly accused. I have to say that, when I heard
him, I heard someone who I hope I would sound like if I had been unjustly
accused, Mr. Flake, Arizona Republican, said in an interview taped for
CBSs 60 Minutes. It was anger. But if I were unjustly accused, thats
how I would feel as well. And as it went on, I think his interaction with
some of the members was a little too sharp. Mr. Flake last week said he
would vote to move the judges nomination out of committee, but that he
wanted the FBI to take another look into the background of Judge Kavanaugh,
who has been accused of sexual assault and misconduct when he was in high
school and college. Washington Times
VOA VIEW: Flake may be a real flake, but
he is right about Kavanaugh.
Third
Women's March protest scheduled for January 2019
The next Women's March protest will take place early next year, co-chair
Linda Sarsour announced on Saturday. Sarsour told CNN's Christi Paul and
Victor Blackwell on New Day the third Women's March on Washington will
be held on Jan. 19, 2019, adding she heard from many women who were "outraged"
over confirmation proceedings Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who
has been accused of sexual assault. Sarsour criticized the Senate judiciary
committee's treatment of Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Kavanaugh of
forcing himself on her while the two were high school students decades
ago in suburban Maryland. UPI
VOA VIEW: This is not a womans march -
it's an march of idiots.
US-Canada
reach agreement on new trade deal
The U.S. and Canada reached an agreement on a new trade deal late Sunday
after months of often testy back-and-forth between President Donald Trump
and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The U.S. had previously negotiated
a deal with Mexico in late August. The new deal would replace the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which has long been derided as unfair
to the United States by Trump, should it be approved by Congress. "Today,
Canada and the United States reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on
a new, modernized trade agreement for the 21st Century: the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (USMCA)," the U.S. and Canada said in a joint statement Sunday.
"USMCA will give our workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses a high-standard
trade agreement that will result in freer markets, fairer trade and robust
economic growth in our region." ABC
VOA VIEW: Great for the US and its partners.
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Kanye
West says he was 'bullied' over Trump support at 'SNL' taping
Rapper Kanye West said the Saturday Night Live team "bullied" him when
he headed to the stage wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat. West --
who has been vocal about his support for U.S. President Donald Trump --
performed three songs as the musical guest for this weekend's Season 44
premiere of SNL. He was wearing one of Trump's red, "MAGA" hats when the
cast and guest host Adam Driver gathered on the stage together at the end
of the show. UsMagazine.com said West addressed the audience after the
cameras stopped rolling and said: "They bullied me backstage. They said,
'Don't go out there with that hat on.' They bullied me and then they said
I'm in the sunken place!" UPI
Trump's
tax returns will be target of Democrats' probe if they win House in midterms
The mystery of President Trumps tax returns could finally come to
an end if Democrats win control of at least one chamber of Congress following
the midterm elections in November. Democratic lawmakers in the House are
planning to use an obscure, almost 100-year-old tax statute -- that permits
the chairmen of Congress tax committees to look at anyones returns --
to get to the bottom of Trumps finances and possibly make public the information
that the president has kept guarded since the 2016 election. The 1924 law
states that the Treasury Department shall turn over any return or return
information requested by the chairs of the tax committees or the head
of Congress nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. The law was implemented
amid widespread concerns over corruption and conflicts of interest by then-Treasury
Secretary Andrew Mellons business interests. Fox
VOA VIEW: More reason not to vote Democrat
in November or ever.
Trump
meeting with Rosenstein may be delayed again, says White House
Donald Trumps high-stakes meeting with deputy attorney general Rod
Rosenstein could be pushed back another week as the fight over supreme
court nominee Brett Kavanaugh continues, the White House said on Sunday.
Rosenstein oversees the work of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is
investigating Russian election interference, links between Trump aides
and Russia and potential obstruction of justice by the president. Whether
or not Trump will fire the deputy attorney general, and thereby endanger
Muellers independence, has fuelled Washington gossip for months. Earlier
this month, the New York Times reported that Rosenstein discussed wearing
a wire to record conversations with Trump and the possibility of removing
the president via the 25th amendment. Guardian
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Sen.
Hirono doesn't answer when asked whether Dems leaked Christine Ford's letter
on Kavanaugh
Sen. Mazie Hirono, who has emerged as one of the most vocal opponents
of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Sunday didn't directly answer
when asked if she was confident Democrats didn't strategically leak Christine
Ford's accusations against him just days before a crucial Judiciary Committee
vote. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., received a letter from Ford in July
outlining her claim that Kavanaugh had attacked her at a house party in
the 1980s, and her office immediately recommended Ford retain a prominent
liberal lawyer. But, as Sen. Lindsey Graham, D-S.C., and other top Republicans
repeatedly noted last week, Feinstein failed to follow committee protocols
and notify her colleagues or federal authorities, even on a confidential
basis, about the accusations. "Are you confident the Democrats didnt leak
that letter, and how do you respond to Senator Grahams charge that it
was inappropriate for the Democrats to refer Dr. Blasey Ford to a lawyer?"
host George Stephanopoulos asked Hirono on ABC's "This Week." Fox
VOA VIEW: Hirono is an idiot.
Voters
worried about pre-existing condition protection
Voters in west Houston's hotly contested Congressional race say taking
away protections for pre-existing medical conditions -- or even just appearing
to do so -- could spell doom for a candidate, a new survey finds. A poll
of 562 voters in the district represented by Republican John Culberson
found that 46 percent were less likely to vote for him because of his staunch
support of efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. A major piece of
the health care law known as Obamacare is that health insurers must cover
people with pre-existing medical conditions at the same rate as those without.
Eliminating that protection was considered a major concern for 61 percent
of those polled. The poll of voters in the district last week was conducted
by Public Policy Polling and sponsored by a left-leaning advocacy group
called Protect Our Care. Houston Chronicle
Moment
of Maxine:Rep. Maxine Waters
Congresswoman Maxine Waters joins Joy Reid to discuss the accusations
that she and her staff edited the biographies of republican senators on
the senate judiciary committee, making their private information public.
Rep. Waters clarifies that this is a rumor--proven not to be true. She
says its another ploy by the right-wing media.
NBC
VOA VIEW: Waters is a major fool and trouble
maker.
Las
Vegas shooting: One year later, hundreds of videos traumatize some survivors
When Diane Hutchinson watches videos of last year's horrific mass shooting
in Las Vegas, her stomach tightens and she feels like throwing up. Her
ears ring and she breaks out in sweat. She starts to cry uncontrollably
until she can't breathe. "I would listen to videos with my eyes closed.
It was hard to watch," Hutchinson, from British Columbia, Canada, told
CBS News. When she finally watched with her eyes open, "a piece of my soul
died." Hutchinson is among the thousands of survivors of the shooting who
are struggling with an unprecedented form of trauma: She survived not only
the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, but also the most widely recorded.
The rampage on Oct. 1, 2017 in which 58 people were killed and more than
800 injured happened at an outdoor country music festival with a crowd
of more than 22,000 people on the Las Vegas Strip. One year later, hundreds
of videos from the shooting are easily accessible online, including police
body cam footage, surveillance videos, cellphone clips and social media
posts from terrified concertgoers. Many of the videos show victims being
shot or lying dead on the festival grounds as thousands of panicked patrons
flee. CBS
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A
blue wave in red Kansas? Democrats churn, Republicans resist as midterms
near
On a recent night inside Johnson Countys Democratic headquarters,
a storefront in a strip shopping center at 75th Street and Antioch Road,
its walls covered in Obama, Clinton and other campaign posters, volunteer
Pat McGarry eyes the name on his laptops call list. All around him, some
15 volunteers are making easier calls. The room buzzes with their voices.
Theyre phoning registered Democrats deemed
persuadables, because they sometimes vote, but not always and unaffiliated
voters, urging them to turn out at the polls Nov. 6 to help turn Republican
red Kansas toward Democrat blue. But McGarrys job is harder: Call the
opposition. Call Republican voters. Because if the Democrat party in Kansas
expects to elect a Democrat governor, to increase its numbers in the state
legislature, and to perhaps flip the country by turning the U.S. House
of Representatives from a Republican to a Democrat majority, its going
to take more than just Democrats to do it. Kansas
City
Bill
would require seat, legroom standards on airplanes
A bill expected to pass Congress this week would require the Federal
Aviation Administration to establish minimum standards for seat sizes and
legroom on airplanes, according to the office of Sen. Chuck Schumer. Schumer
added the flyer-friendly amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration
Reauthorization Act, which the Senate will introduce Monday night and likely
vote to approve by Wednesday or Thursday, Schumer spokesman Angelo Roefaro
said. The pending legislation comes after the FAA said over the summer
that it would not regulate the dimensions of airline seats, a decision
that Schumer has rallied against. Newsday
VOA VIEW: The price of airfares will go
up if seats go down.
U.S.
ambassador accuses China of 'bullying' with 'propaganda ads'
U.S. President Donald Trump last Wednesday referred
to the China Dailys paid supplement in the Des Moines Register - the state
of Iowas biggest selling newspaper - after accusing China of seeking to
meddle in the Nov. 6 U.S. congressional elections, a charge China denies.
Trumps accusation that Beijing was trying to meddle in U.S. elections
marked what U.S. officials told Reuters was a new phase in an escalating
campaign by Washington to put pressure on China. While it is normal for
foreign governments to place advertisements to promote trade, Beijing and
Washington are currently locked in an escalating trade war that has seen
them level rounds of tariffs on each others imports. Chinas retaliatory
tariffs early in the trade war were designed to hit exporters in states
such as Iowa that supported Trumps Republican Party, Chinese and U.S.
experts have said. Reuters
VOA VIEW: China can't win a trade war
with the US.
California
high school students line up to spell out racial slur at senior picnic
A group of Southern California high school students face disciplinary
action after spelling out the n-word with lettered T-shirts at a senior
picnic. The Escondido Union High School District this week confirmed that
about 10 students at a senior event "made a poor decision" by participating
in the stunt involving the racial slur, CNN affiliate KGTV reported. "We
are a campus that prides itself on inclusion and embraces diversity," Principal
Adriana Lepe-Ramirez said in a statement. "We will not tolerate actions
that send messages of racism and promote divisiveness." The statement said
Escondido High School, district officials and local police were investigating
the incident, the station reported. CNN
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Democrats
threaten fresh probe if White House interferes in FBI's Brett Kavanaugh
investigation
The FBI was on Saturday embarking on a high-stakes investigation into
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, ahead of a vote this week which
will shape the contours of the United States for decades to come. Donald
Trump, the US president, on Friday evening threw his support behind the
investigation, which is designed to search for any information supporting
either Mr Kavanaughs emphatic insistence that he never sexually assaulted
Christine Blasey Ford at a party in 1982, or Prof Fords unwavering belief
that he did. Mr Trump said the FBIs enquiry must be limited in scope
and completed in less than one week, after which the Senate will vote
on whether to approve Mr Kavanaugh to the life-long role of justice on
the Supreme Court. Telegraph
Feinstein
asks White House, FBI to release Kavanaugh probe info
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary
Committee, sent a letter to the White House counsel and the FBI director
on Sunday asking for a copy of the directive issued to the FBI that lays
out the scope of the investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Given the seriousness of the allegations before the Senate, I am writing
to request that you provide the Senate Judiciary Committee with a copy
of the written directive sent by the White House to the FBI, the California
Democrats letter to counsel Don McGahn and director Christopher Wray says.
In addition, if the FBI requests any expansion beyond the initial directive,
please provide the names of any additional witnesses or evidence, the
letter continued. New York Post
VOA VIEW: Feinstein is a loser.
Threats
on black Vermont lawmaker were so 'dangerous,' she dropped re-election
bid.
A black Vermont lawmaker first suspended her re-election campaign before
resigning altogether from her post following racist attacks against her
and her family. When state Rep. Kiah Morris announced August 24 she was
abandoning her bid for a third term in the Vermont House of Representatives,
she cited disturbing social media messages. The Bennington Democrat intended
to finish her current term, though, she said. "Political discourse, and
in particular within the sphere of social media has been divisive, inflammatory
and at times, even dangerous," Morris wrote. "It is my hope that as a state,
we will continue to demand greater support and protections for one another
from those forces which seek to divide and destroy our communities." CNN
Catholic
minister says he was fired over Facebook post about friends' gay marriage
Keith Kozak says he was simply supporting his friends' marriage, but
now he's out of a job with the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Kozak was
a campus minister at Cleveland State University and provided Catholic outreach
to the school community, but now he's out of a job because he claims the
diocese fired him for "liking" a friend's post about their gay marriage
on Facebook in mid-September. He believes a congratulatory post with a
photo of him at another friends' gay wedding in September 2017 also contributed
to his firing. ABC
VOA VIEW: The Diocese may feel that
Kozak may be a closet predator.
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Massive earthquake
in Indonesia leaves hundreds dead
Casualty numbers are expected to rise, and thousands of buildings in
the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, have collapsed. A tsunami was also
triggered by the earthquake, generating waves of up to 3 metres (10 feet)
high, according to reports. Rescue efforts are reportedly underway, but
are hampered by a major power cut, and a landslide that has blocked the
main road to Palu. The UN chief has extended his condolences to the families
of the victims and to the Government of Indonesia, adding that the United
Nations stands ready to support the Government-led ongoing rescue and relief
efforts. UN
California
is first state to require women on corporate boards
California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies
to include women on their boards of directors, according to a law signed
Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The measure requires at least one female director
on each board of California-based corporations by the end of next year.
Companies would need up to three female directors by the end of 2021, depending
on the number of board seats. The Democratic governor referenced the objections
and legal concerns that the law has raised. New York
Post
VOA VIEW: Socialism!
India's
economy to overtake UK, Germany, France and Japan in the next decade
India will be the fastest growing big economy of the next decade, leapfrogging
the UK, Germany, France and Japan to become the third biggest in the
world, according to new forecasts. Economists at HSBC said the worlds
largest democracy will grow at more than 6pc per year on average over the
coming decade. By contrast growth in China is expected to slow to below
5pc per year in the late 2020s. In 2030 Chinas GDP will be £26 trillion,
according to the forecast, putting it ahead of the US on £25.2 trillion.
India will remain a long way behind at $5.9 trillion, although this is
almost double its current $3 trillion economy. Telegraph
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Access
to legal abortion services needed, to prevent 47,000 women dying each year
Unsafe abortions cause the deaths of some 47,000 women each year and
a further five million suffer some form of temporary or permanent disability,
said the UN Human Rights Council Working group, on the issue of discrimination
against women in law and in practice. The group highlighted that the ability
for a woman or girl to make her own decisions about pregnancy is at the
very core of [her] fundamental right to equality, privacy and physical
and mental integrity and is a precondition for the enjoyment of other rights
and freedoms. Currently, an estimated 225 million women worldwide are
deprived of access to modern contraception, often leading to unplanned
pregnancies. For girls, issues arising from pregnancy and childbirth are
some of the most common causes of death in developing countries. Girls
under the age of 15 are five times more at risk. UN
May
fights to assert authority at Tory conference as Brexit divisions erupt
Deep divisions over Brexit overshadowed the opening day of the Conservative
party conference on Sunday as Theresa May attempted to wrestle back the
focus on to her domestic agenda. The bitter infighting that has crippled
the Conservative party was laid bare as Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg
laid into the prime ministers Brexit plans as thousands of delegates gathered
in Birmingham. May appealed to Tory MPs and the partys grassroots to back
her Chequers proposal as she was forced to hit back at Johnson, her former
foreign secretary, who questioned her belief in leaving the European Union.
Guardian
No
One Has Come Forward to Back Up Ford, Not Even the Person Who Drove Her
Home
Christine Blasey Ford, a psychologist who has been in therapy herself,
told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that she has vivid memories
of the alleged attack, but not where or exactly when it happened.
In her opening statement, Ford said, "The details that -- about that night
that bring me here today are the ones I will never forget. They have been
seared into my memory and have haunted me episodically as an adult."
Later, questioned by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Ford explained why she's so
sure that a young Brett Kavanaugh was her attacker: "It's -- just
basic memory functions," Ford told Feinstein. "And also just the level
of norepinephrine and epinephrine in the brain that, sort of, as you know,
encodes -- that neurotransmitter encodes memories into the hippocampus.
And so, the trauma-related experience, then, is kind of locked there, whereas
other details kind of drift." CNS
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