Category Archives: Viva!

Trump trans troops move pulls supreme court further into political mire

Too foul to ponder…

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Fast-track request comes at end of week in which the chief justice rebuked the president for claims about judges’ beliefs

After the Trump administration asked the supreme court to issue an unusually quick ruling on the Pentagon’s policy of restricting military service by transgender people, critics said the request was likely only to complicate a deteriorating relationship between the president and the federal judiciary.

Related: If Trump is cornered, the judges he disdains may finally bring him down | Walter Shapiro

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El plan Trump obligaría a los solicitantes de asilo a esperar en México mientras se procesan sus casos

Los centroamericanos que llegan a los cruces fronterizos de EE. UU. en buscan asilo en los EE. UU. tendrán que esperar en México mientras sus peticiones se procesan bajo nuevas medidas que la administración de Trump está lista para implementar, de acuerdo con los documentos de planificación interna…

Thousands of Cuban doctors leave Brazil after Bolsonaro’s win

Hate and foolishness have consequences.

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Cuba has begun pulling out 8,300 doctors working in poor and remote regions of Brazil after far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro demanded contract changes to programme

Cuba has begun withdrawing 8,300 doctors working in some of the poorest regions of Brazil, prompting fears that indigenous villages, small towns and isolated rural communities could soon be left without medical care.

The move came after Brazil’s far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro threatened to cut relations with Cuba and modify the conditions of a five-year-old agreement between the two countries and the World Health Organisation. The growing row offers a worrying sign of how the former army captain may handle diplomacy after assuming office on 1 January.

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Hillary Clinton’s chilling pragmatism gives populism a free pass | Nesrine Malik

Turning right did not win the White House and will not turn away racists!

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Calling on Europe’s leaders to ‘get a handle on migration’ is no counter to populists – it’s more like an endorsement

Ever since Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in 2016, her insistence on staying in the public eye has been viewed with a particular kind of intolerance. Some on the right have turned her into a symbol of everything they hate, to be demonised at their rallies. Others, on the left, abhor her refusal to cede space to a newer generation, hanging in the air like a bad smell, a constant memory of the moment it all went wrong. But Hillary Clinton will not go away, and that is a very good thing. Not because she should remain on the scene, fighting the good fight against the forces of reaction, but because with every interview and public appearance she is revealing in the most helpful way the pointlessness of her politics.

Related: Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists

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