AfD worker accused of ordering arson attack in Ukraine

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A Bundestag employee of the Alternative for Germany party has been accused of ordering a firebombing in Ukraine. Manuel Ochsenreiter denies all accusations, but he is known to have connections to pro-Russia separatists.

Extreme-right wing of Germany’s AfD placed under surveillance

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Domestic intelligence agency to begin monitoring elements of anti-immigration party

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is to begin monitoring elements of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD), placing particular focus on Björn Höcke, a nationalist agitator considered one of the driving forces in a move to take the party towards the extreme right.

The BfV said it would also be keeping the party’s youth wing, Young Alternative (JA), under surveillance and would investigate whether the AfD as a whole should be put on its official watchlist, but said it still had insufficient evidence for doing so.

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H.R. 531: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may only be removed for cause, and for other purposes.

Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD4]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

H.R. 538: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require a quarterly report on security clearances for individuals working in the White House or the Executive Office of the President, and for other purposes.

Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA33]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

H.Res. 41: Rejecting White nationalism and White supremacy.

Legislation Coming Up: This resolution has been added to the House’s schedule for the coming week, according to the House Majority Leader. More information can be found at http://bit.ly/2g091ss.

Last Action: This resolution is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on January 14, 2019. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.

Los Angeles Teachers Strike to Defend Public Schools from the Privatizers


January 14, 2019 / Barbara Madeloni
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Last spring a teacher uprising swept the red states. Today it reached the West Coast, as the 34,000 members of United Teachers Los Angeles began a long-anticipated strike in the nation’s second-largest school district.

Teachers, parents, students, and community supporters hit the picket lines in their fight against the budget cuts and privatization being pushed by the school board and Superintendent Austin Beutner, a former investment banker.