Category Archives: human rights

The New Humanitarian | Opinion | Talk of an ‘unprecedented’ number of refugees is wrong – and dangerous

Instead of trumpeting ‘record’ numbers, advocates should be trying to build the political will to help refugees and those displaced around the globe.
— Read on www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2019/10/03/unprecedented-number-refugees-wrong-dangerous

Government Plans to Begin DNA Testing on Detained Immigrants – The New York Times – Next? If you – a citizen – get a ticket or lick a stamp, your DNA goes into a national data collection that could be breached by some 14 year-old Russian, Chinese, or North Korean hacker?

The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin testing on hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities.

Trump repeated a right-wing media abortion talking point at the UN General Assembly | Media Matters for America – Liar in Chief! 

many times right-wing media and Trump attempt to claim otherwise. In reality, later abortions are those that happen after 20 weeks, and they are performed for many reasons including medical necessity or barriers to abortion access. As Dr. Kristyn Brandi explained to Vox, “Patients do not request abortion when they are in labor and doctors do not provide it.” She also noted that abortions that take place later in pregnancy make up “about 1 percent of all abortion care,” and that patients seek this care due to “some type of medical complication or their fetus was diagnosed with some type of genetic abnormality that makes their quality of life after they deliver really poor.” This isn’t the first time Trump has sourced his anti-abortion talking points from right-wing media. During his 2019 State of the Union Address, Trump repeated sensationalized misinformation about abortion measures in New York and Virginia, alleging that Democrats, “would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments before birth.” Trump reiterated this talking point at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), declaring doctors “will execute the baby after birth.” Trump’s use of right-

Source: Trump repeated a right-wing media abortion talking point at the UN General Assembly | Media Matters for America

Open Thread | Taking Away SNAP Benefits…Because The Cruelty IS the Point of This Administration😠😠😠 | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Their cruelty aside, once again, they haven’t thought things through. Sure, they will hurt ‘ those people’, but, the bottom line is that SNAP is nothing but another FARMER WELFARE PROGRAM. …and a federal subsidy for WALMART. The farmers might not care, after all, he’s bankrupting them, and destroying their overseas markets, and they still support him. Let him destroy their domestic market too….but, he’ll be hurting ‘ the right people’, so they’re cool with it. But, WALMART…. The amount of funds they will lose if they lost the SNAP benefits. It is quite obvious that SNAP benefits are beneficial to the economy, because, this is money that is immediately spent and put back into our economy. We’ve already seen the signs of a slowing economy. Take away the buying power of 3.6 MILLION people….you don’t think that won’t have a negative ripple effect upon the economy? But, as always….THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT.

Source: Open Thread | Taking Away SNAP Benefits…Because The Cruelty IS the Point of This Administration😠😠😠 | 3CHICSPOLITICO

South Carolina, Kansas Republicans block Trump challengers – Los Angeles Times

Canceling primaries, caucuses and other voting is not an unusual move for the party of the White House incumbent seeking a second term, and allows Trump to try to consolidate his support.
— Read on www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-09-07/states-gop-scrap-2020-presidential-preference-votes

Trump putsch against democracy in GOP! 😜🤬

Mayor Lori Lightfoot rips Senator Ted Cruz, ‘coward Republicans’ on Twitter over gun control: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’ – Chicago Tribune

Mayor Lori Lightfoot ripped Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and “coward Republicans” in response to conservative criticism of Chicago gun laws, writing on Twitter, “Keep our name out of your mouth.”
— Read on www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-cruz-gun-control-tweets-20190903-65zcrg4iyneq5ocri3axyesfzy-story.html

What are the facts appropriate to engage in policy conversations on inequality? | DQ-en US Inequality up and income mobility lower!

The humanity in all of us makes us want to help and improve the lot of those around us who are dealing with difficult circumstances. So we are troubled when we contemplate the state of inequality i…

Source: What are the facts appropriate to engage in policy conversations on inequality? | DQ-en

US: Inequality and Mobility