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Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump – The New York Times

“What she is doing right now, focusing on the outrageousness of Donald Trump is really important,” said Senator Tammy Baldwin, Democrat of Wisconsin. “In the universal sense I am always saying, ‘Go, Elizabeth, go!’” Ms. Warren officially endorsed Hillary Clinton on Thursday. “I’m ready to jump in this fight and make sure that Hillary Clinton is the next president of the United States and be sure that Donald Trump gets nowhere near the White House,” Ms. Warren told The Boston Globe. Never short on confidence, when asked on Thursday by Rachel Maddow, the MSNBC television host, if she believes that she herself could be commander in chief, Ms. Warren said, “Yes, I do.” Mrs. Clinton’s aides had been pressuring Ms. Warren for an endorsement, and the senator decided to do so after talking with Mr. Sanders over the weekend, aides close to her said. Ms. Warren shares Mr. Sanders’s dislike of superdelegates, who are typically longtime Democratic officials and activists. She waited until Democratic primary voters across the country had their say, but before the superdelegates formally cast their votes, to weigh in. Continue reading the main story Presidential Election 2016 Here’s the latest news and analysis of the candidates and issues shaping the presidential race. O.K. I’m With Trump. I Mean, He’s Almost the Nominee. JUN 10 Hillary Clinton Denounces Donald Trump as Untrustworthy on Women’s Issues JUN 10 Mitch McConnell Won’t Rule Out Rescinding His Endorsement of Donald Trump JUN 10 Obama’s Endorsement Leaves Hillary Clinton With a Balance to Strike JUN 10 Bill Clinton and Orrin Hatch Among Speakers at Muhammad Ali’s Memorial JUN 10 See More » Mrs. Clinton’s decisive victory in California’s primary on Tuesday and President Obama’s endorsement on Thursday provided additional impetus for her endorsement, people close to Ms. Warren said. Photo Senator Elizabeth Warren in Washington last month. Ms. Warren has called Donald J. Trump’s candidacy a “serious threat.” Credit Zach Gibson/The New York Times “She maintained her neutrality in the primary and that gave her a special space,” said Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois. But her attacks on Mr. Trump were hatched in her own brain, and carried out with a combination of vehemence and apparent pleasure. Through speeches, carefully chosen television appearances and tweet storms designed to skewer the businessman’s remarks, policies and dynamism, Ms. Warren has gone taunt-for-taunt with Mr. Trump, calling him a “loser,” a “small, insecure money grubber” and “weak.” And she is only warming up.

Source: Elizabeth Warren Endorses Clinton and Goes Taunt-for-Taunt With Trump – The New York Times

Spanish sports: Charting new waters for long-distance swimmers | In English | EL PAÍS

Soon Tresserras was unstoppable, going on to follow in the footsteps of her heroine, the British athlete Mercedes Gleitze, who was the first woman to swim the Strait of Gibraltar in 1928. Building up to this feat, she began with the Escala-Roses swim in the north of the Costa Brava, which she swam with the Straits of Gibraltar in mind. She then swam the Straits of Gibraltar with the English Channel in mind. In 1958, she plowed her way across the Channel and successfully made it to the other side, ahead of fellow Spaniard José Vitos from Asturias. During an era which offered women little in the way of independence, long-distance swimming was Tresserras’ ticket to freedom. She simply couldn’t have a boyfriend, for example, because it would have meant giving up the sport. “The two were incompatible,” she explains. “And I wanted to live for the moment.” Tresserras in Dover, after swimming across the English Channel. But while she didn’t have a beau cheering her on from the sidelines, she did have the support of her family, her team and her great friend Mary Casacuberta, who came to her aid economically, socially and even in a managerial capacity throughout her aquatic career.

Source: Spanish sports: Charting new waters for long-distance swimmers | In English | EL PAÍS

Must-Read Links: Everything’s Coming Up Hillary Rodham Clinton | Dame Magazine

This week we witnessed history in the making, when Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first woman in America’s 240 years to secure the presidential nomination for a major political party. Even many of the feminists who solidly feel the Bern, couldn’t help but get a little verklempt listening to Clinton’s speech after the delegate-clinching Tuesday primaries. She began with a shout out to Seneca Falls, “when a small but determined group of women and men came together with the idea that women deserved equal rights,” and continued with a gracious celebration of that monumental crack in the political glass ceiling. Here, we relish in the groundbreaking nature of this week’s events, with a roundup dedicated solely to HRC.

Source: Must-Read Links: Everything’s Coming Up Hillary Rodham Clinton | Dame Magazine

Tel Aviv mayor says the occupation is a cause of Palestinian terror | +972 Magazine

“On the one hand the occupation has lasted 49 years, and I took part in it,” Huldai told veteran journalist Ilana Dayan, “I recognize the reality and know that leaders with courage must look to take action and not just talk. The fact that we are suffering does not lead to a change in understanding of what must be done… There is no courage to do what needs to be done in order to reach a [peace] agreement.” “There is no way to hold people in a situation of occupation and think that they will reach the conclusion that every thing is okay and they will continue to live like that,” Huldai added.

Source: Tel Aviv mayor says the occupation is a cause of Palestinian terror | +972 Magazine

Yes, Hillary’s Nomination For President Really Is a Big Effin’ Deal | Dame Magazine

Jen DeaderickHillary Rodham Clinton has become the first woman to secure the nomination for president in the primary of a major political party. This was no coronation. This has been a tough, grueling primary, and it’s the second one she’s been through in the last ten years. Even before her first run for president in 2008, she had spent decades working on progressive causes, wearing out her shoe leather learning how to work in the grassroots ground games, and in the corridors of power. She earned this nomination by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter, by being a self-starter.She earned it, but she also stood on a lot of shoulders to get to where she is, walked though a lot of doors that others had opened, or left ajar. Since 1776, women have fought, over and over again, to be full participants in this great political experiment: the United States of America.When the Founders wrote “All Men are Created Equal,” they really did mean to say “men.” It was not meant as a universal word meaning humans. Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman saw herself in the Declaration of Independence and sued for her freedom, and Abigail Adams famously urged John to “remember the ladies” in his work at the Constitutional Convention:

Source: Yes, Hillary’s Nomination For President Really Is a Big Effin’ Deal | Dame Magazine

The Long Shadow of Child Abuse: Guest Post by Wayne Campbell — Petchary’s Blog

My fellow blogger Wayne Campbell, who as an educator works with children every day, wrote a touching article looking back at Jamaica’s Child Month, which was in May. The hard-working agencies in Jamaica responsible for child welfare made huge efforts to get the word out on protecting and caring for our children. The issue of child […]

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La Borinqueña: A New Hero for Puerto Rico — Repeating Islands

Daisy Rosario and Maggie Freleng (for NPR’s Latino USA) report on the new Puerto Rican comic book hero La Borinqueña, created by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez. [Also see previous post Move Over JLo, There’s a Puerto Rican Superhero and She Can Fly.] You may access the 5:33 minute report in the link below. Rosario and Freleng write: “A […]

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Romania′s leftist Social Democrats make gains in local elections | News | DW.COM | 06.06.2016

Taking into account the votes of PSD allies ALDE and the National Union for Romania’s Progress, the social democrats secured well over 50 percent of the vote.The PSD’s candidate, former journalist Gabriela Firea, secured Bucharest’s mayoral seat. The party also picked up all six districts in the capital.Rumänien Kommunalwahlen 2016 Gabriele FireaPSD’s Gabriela Firea will take over the capital.A low turnout of 48 percent appears to have helped the PSD against the PNL, which is closely tied to President Klaus Iohannis. The results for the PNL were disappointing, coming only a year after they were ahead in the polls.Looking the other way on graftRomania’s largest city has been run by an interim mayor since former mayor Sorin Oprescu was arrested last year on suspicion of taking bribes in exchange for awarding municipal contracts.

Source: Romania′s leftist Social Democrats make gains in local elections | News | DW.COM | 06.06.2016