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Amanda Marcotte | Trump's New Impeachment Strategy Is Familiar: Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes
Protesters demanding the impeachment of Donald Trump rally outside Trump Tower. (photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/Lightrocket/Getty Images)
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Marcotte writes: "Trump keeps saying 'read the transcript.' But that's obviously the last thing he wants his supporters to do."
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Democrats celebrated winning control of the Virginia legislature at a party in Richmond on Tuesday. (photo: Carlos Bernate/NYT)
Democrats celebrated winning control of the Virginia legislature at a party in Richmond on Tuesday. (photo: Carlos Bernate/NYT)

Democrats Take Control of Virginia and Claim Win in Kentucky Governor's Race
Josh Wood, Guardian UK
Wood writes: "The Democrats have won control of Virginia for the first time in a generation after turning the state legislature blue in Tuesday's election - while the Democratic candidate for governor of Kentucky also claimed victory in what could be a huge double blow to Donald Trump."
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Protesters demonstrate against criminal sex offender and alleged sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein. (photo: Stephane Keith/Getty Images)
Protesters demonstrate against criminal sex offender and alleged sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein. (photo: Stephane Keith/Getty Images)

ABC News Anchor Caught on Mic Saying Network Quashed Jeffrey Epstein Story
Jamie Ross, The Daily Beast
Ross writes: "ABC News anchor Amy Robach was caught on camera slamming her own network for allegedly sitting on the Jeffrey Epstein story three years ago."
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Protesters at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. (photo: Getty Images)
Protesters at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. (photo: Getty Images)

Migrant in ICE Custody Removed From Life Support Despite Family's Objections
Alan Gomez, USA Today
Gomez writes: "An asylum-seeking migrant detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was pulled off life support after his relatives said they requested that doctors continue the lifesaving measures."
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THIS IS LABELED ARMED WHITE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS! 

Rightwing group Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson speaks during a rally in support of free speech in Berkeley, California, in April 2017. (photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
Rightwing group Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson speaks during a rally in support of free speech in Berkeley, California, in April 2017. (photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

Far-Right Leader and Washington Police Officers Face Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Coordination, Violence
Jason Wilson, Guardian UK
Wilson writes: "Far-right leader Joey Gibson, several current and former associates and three Washington state patrol police officers are facing a civil rights lawsuit over a violent confrontation at Evergreen State College on 15 June 2017."
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People pay tribute to councilwoman Marielle Franco in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nov. 1, 2019. (photo: Reuters)
People pay tribute to councilwoman Marielle Franco in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nov. 1, 2019. (photo: Reuters)

Brazilians Protest Against Bolsonaro Across the Country
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Brazil's student organizations, social movements, unions, and progressive parties on Tuesday held protests across the country with the motto, 'For justice, democracy and rights. For Marielle, enough of Bolsonaro!'"

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“No one should be surprised because the Bolsonaro family has repeatedly expressed itself against democracy. They have defended the military dictatorship and, therefore, the AI-5; they worship totalitarian regimes and dictators; they honor torture and torturers; they fraternize with militiamen," the Workers’ Party leader said.
With respect to Eduardo Bolsonaro's statements, the Brazilian Bar Association also displayed a critical stance.
“The lawmaker's statements are very serious. They are an affront to the Constitution and the democratic rule of law. They are an unacceptable flirt with fascist examples and with a past full of arbitrariness, press censorship, torture and lack of freedoms."
"Protests also gained support from the Brazil Popular and Fearless People fronts, as well as from lawmakers who are against Bolsonaro's misrule." The meme reads, "Tomorrow will be another day."
Besides criticizing the ruling elite's authoritarianism, Brazilian social and political organizations are mobilized to reject bills and policies which seek to reduce the number of public servants and extinguish the Single Health System (SUS), which is "essential for the working class and the poor."
They also criticized attempts to privatize public universities well as the persecution of professors who do not align with the Brazilian far-right's projects.
"I never imagined that, in the 21st century, at 18 years of age, I could fear the return of an authoritarian state in Brazil," the Union of Secondary Students of Brazil (UBES) president Pedro Gorki said.
Another point bringing Brazilians together in the streets is impunity in the case of the Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco, a socialist and gender activist who was shot dead on March 14, 2018.


Firefighters. (photo: Marcus Yam/LA Times/Getty Images)
Firefighters. (photo: Marcus Yam/LA Times/Getty Images)

How Humans Kicked Off the Pyrocene, a New 'Age of Fire'
Kate Yoder, Grist
Yoder writes: "The Amazon, Alaska, and of course California - more of the world is going up in flames, and with climate change, that progression shows no sign of stopping. Are we reckoning with a new age of fire? Is this the Pyrocene?"
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