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Democratic Women Are Ready to Win in Farm Country, Too

Like Barack Obama, Deidre DeJear, an African-American small-business owner and candidate for Iowa secretary of state, stresses opportunity, voting rights and unity.

Danish mayors vow to ignore citizenship handshake plan

Racist are a strange lot…

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Rightwing government wants to make handshake mandatory in naturalisation ceremonies

Opposition is growing in Denmark to plans by the ruling rightwing coalition to deny citizenship to any immigrant who declines to shake hands with their local mayor during a revamped naturalisation ceremony – a measure widely seen as targeting Muslims.

An opinion poll published on Thursday showed 52% of respondents opposed the proposal, part of tough new rules for obtaining Danish citizenship introduced by the minority conservative government in June. Several mayors have said they will ignore the requirement if the law is passed.

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Trevor Noah: ‘Let’s not add attempted rape to the list of stuff drunk boys do’

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Late-night hosts discussed the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and how it could affect his hearing

Late-night hosts discussed the allegation of sexual assault being leveled against the supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and how the Republican party has been handling it.

Related: Seth Meyers on Trump and Toad: ‘My head’s not in the gutter, the news is’

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Jeremy Hunt: Burmese generals must face justice over Rohingya

Trying to take heat off of lack of any successful British foreign policy in Europe – complain about former colony that Britain looted!

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British foreign secretary speaks after meeting Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

The Burmese generals responsible for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims must be punished for their crimes, Jeremy Hunt has said after a meeting with Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The United Nations should look at all options, including a referral to the international criminal court, the British foreign secretary added.

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‘I’m hard-left, hard-remain’: grassroots bid for Labour Brexit seachange

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Constituency groups could force Jeremy Corbyn to agree to a ‘people’s vote’ at the conference

Few people in Labour have heard of Michael Chessum, the self-described “hard-left, hard-remain” campaigner, who concedes he is an unusual frontman for a campaign that could transform the Labour party’s Brexit policy.

“Last year the faces were Chuka Umunna, Heidi Alexander, I can’t really believe that this year, it’s people like me, it’s weird,” he says in his shared south London office, surrounded by anti-Brexit paraphernalia and protest signs.

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‘Treating protest as terrorism’: US plans crackdown on Keystone XL activists

Fascism Merican style

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Documents suggest an aggressive response to possible protests against the oil pipeline amid fears of another Standing Rock

Angeline Cheek is preparing for disaster. The indigenous organizer from the Fort Peck reservation in Montana fears that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline could break and spill, destroy her tribe’s water, and desecrate sacred Native American sites.

But environmental catastrophe is not the most immediate threat.

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