Category Archives: Viva!

Adelsons Give at Least $25 Million More to G.O.P. for Midterms

The worst government money can buy is their objective. The Las Vegas couple, who had already given $55 million, delivered a last-minute infusion of cash to help the party remain in control in Washington.

Crucifix represents Christian values but isn’t a religious symbol, Quebec’s incoming premier says

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The crucifix hanging in Quebec’s National Assembly is a historical symbol, not a religious one, even though it represents the Christian values of the province’s two colonial ancestors, premier-designate François Legault said Thursday.

Trump campaign claims WikiLeaks not liable for releasing hacked emails

Huh?

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  • Campaign defends site in legal filing marking departure from US policy
  • Emails’ publication is central to Robert Mueller’s Russia inquiry

The Trump campaign argued in a legal filing that WikiLeaks could not be held liable for publishing emails that were stolen by Russian hackers ahead of the 2016 US election because the website was simply serving as a passive publishing platform on behalf of a third party, in the same way as Google or Facebook.

Questions about WikiLeaks’ publication of thousands of hacked emails, which it allegedly obtained following a plot by Russian military intelligence to steal the emails from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic party, are at the heart of Robert Mueller’s criminal investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

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AfD tells German pupils to denounce teachers who discuss political views

kid gestapo!

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Far-right party accused of adopting tactics used during Nazi and Communist eras

School pupils in Germany are being urged by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party (AfD) to denounce teachers who express a political opinion.

Neutral Schools, an online portal, has been launched as a pilot project in Hamburg and the AfD has announced plans to roll out the scheme across the country.

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Washington state’s supreme court strikes down death penalty

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Judges rule measure unconstitutional, and order that the eight people on death row have sentences converted to life in prison

A panel of judges on Thursday unanimously struck down the death penalty in Washington state, ruling that it violates the state constitution.

The ruling makes Washington the latest state to do away with capital punishment, leaving 30 states in the United States that maintain the measure.

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How Bloomberg Embeds Green Warriors in Blue-State Gov’ts

wow! via aleksey godin

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Jeff Patch, RCI
A New York University School of Law program funded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is placing lawyers in the offices of Democratic state attorneys general and paying them to prosecute energy companies and challenge Trump administration policies on energy and the environment.Nine states and Washington, D.C., including New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, are participating in the multimillion-dollar program funded by the media magnate and ex-New York City mayor, who re-registered as a Democrat this week amid expectations of a run for president in 2020.