Jose Segovia-Benitez, who has been convicted of several felonies, was sent out of the United States this week and is now in hiding in El Salvador, his lawyer said.
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Glacial rivers absorb carbon faster than rainforests, scientists find | Environment | The Guardian
‘Total surprise’ discovery overturns conventional understanding of rivers
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/25/scientists-glacial-rivers-absorb-carbon-faster-rainforests
Kellyanne Conway and Newspaper Face Off Over Warning to Reporter – The New York Times
Ms. Conway told the reporter for The Washington Examiner that if she was going to cover her personal life, “then we’re welcome to do the same around here,” according to an audio recording.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/us/kellyanne-conway-reporter.html
World Polio Day: Wild poliovirus type 3 declared eradicated
Sea urchin population soars 10,000% in five years, devastating US coastline

Voracious purple urchins in waters of California and Oregon pose threat to kelp forests and risk upending delicate ecosystems
Tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins that have already chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California are spreading north to Oregon, sending the delicate marine ecosystem off the shore into such disarray that other critical species are starving to death.
A recent count found 350m purple sea urchins on one Oregon reef alone – more than a 10,000% increase since 2014. And in northern California, 90% of the giant bull kelp forests have been devoured by the urchins, perhaps never to return.
White House to federal agencies: cancel New York Times and Washington Post subscriptions
Free press and First Amendment unwelcome by Trump and White House – no shame, morals, or ethics and rest of GOP says nothing!

Government staffers instructed not to renew newspaper subscriptions after Trump complained about unfair coverage
The White House has instructed federal agencies not to renew subscriptions for the New York Times and the Washington Post, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Days after Donald Trump mused about cancelling White House subscriptions for the two newspapers in a Fox News interview, his administration is now reportedly advising federal agencies to do the same.
Russia’s comeback in Africa
Do whatever you want says Putin’s puppy Trump!

Africa’s one-time big political patron now wants to solicit its business. At the first Russia-Africa Economic Forum, the scope of opportunity being advanced is grand and the geopolitical stakes are high.
One in four Germans hold anti-Semitic beliefs, study finds
Probably like Trump and Orban too!

More than a quarter of Germans surveyed said they agreed with anti-Semitic statements, including that Jews have “too much power over the economy.” Over 40% said they thought Jews “talk about the Holocaust too much.”
Why did Republicans storm the impeachment inquiry (and then order pizza)?
45 GOP sit in the hearings and ask questions – all spin and violated security systems in the room to hacking by foreign cyber-spys

Donald Trump called for Republicans to get tough on the impeachment inquiry. The very public protest was their answer.
Decades-Old Government Loophole Gives Oil Companies an $18 Billion Windfall
A 1990s effort to encourage drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has cost the government $18 billion in lost revenue from oil royalties, according to a new report.
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