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Andy Borowitz | In Major Shakeup, One of the Voices in Rudy Giuliani's Head Resigns
Rudy Giuliani. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a shakeup that White House insiders said was a long time coming, one of the voices in Rudy Giuliani's head has resigned."
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Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)
Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)

Sanders Unveils Plan to Cancel $81 Billion in US Medical Debt
Steve Geimann, Bloomberg
Geimann writes: "Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Saturday introduced a plan to cancel $81 billion in past-due medical bills and replace private credit-reporting companies with a public registry that will exclude debt tied to health costs."
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Pollution from a factory. (photo: Science Focus)
Pollution from a factory. (photo: Science Focus)

States Sue Trump Over Blocking of California Emissions Rules
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A group of 23 states on Friday sued to block the administration of President Donald Trump from undoing California's authority to set strict car pollution rules."

EXCERPT:
On September 6, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Department of Justice launched an antitrust probe of Ford Motor Co, Volkswagen AG, BMW AG, and Honda Motor Co - automobile companies that struck a voluntary agreement with California to reduce vehicle emissions.
The rules, which date from the era of former US President Barack Obama, called for a fleet-wide fuel efficiency average of 46.7 miles per gallon by 2025, with average annual increases of about five percent, compared with 37 miles per gallon by 2026 under the Trump administration's preferred option to freeze requirements.
US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said Thursday that the administration will finalise revisions in the coming weeks. "No state has the authority to opt out of the nation's rules," she said, "and no state has the right to impose its policies on everybody else in our whole country."

Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin)
Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin)

ACLU Report Alleges Medical Neglect, Maltreatment at Aurora ICE Facility Run by GEO Group
Saja Hindi, The Denver Post
Hindi writes: "The day Neda Samimi-Gomez learned her 64-year-old father had died in immigration detention in Aurora is etched in her memory."

EXCERPT:
Samimi was taking methadone and did not receive appropriate medical care for his withdrawal, which a federal investigation later found fell short of ICE standards.
But Samimi was not the only detainee who suffered medical maltreatment at the Aurora facility, according to a new report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado.
The 42-page report details alleged medical abuses and neglect at the Aurora facility, which is operated by The GEO Group under an ICE contract. Detainees are “confined without access to sufficient medical care, adequate nutrition, legal resources or, in many cases, basic human decency,” the ACLU report says.
Despite those shortcomings, the report notes, The GEO Group reported a net income of $33.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 and is valued at $2.3 billion.

White supremacists rallying in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN)
White supremacists rallying in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN)

DHS Just Finally Recognized White Nationalism as a Major Terror Threat
Tess Owen, VICE
Owen writes: "Department of Homeland Security is finally, officially recognizing white supremacist terror as a major national security threat in the U.S. - a threat that's coming from the inside."
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Nima Abdollahpour had planned to study electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Davis. (photo: NYT)
Nima Abdollahpour had planned to study electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Davis. (photo: NYT)

Iranian Students Set to Start at US Universities Are Barred From Country
Karen Zraick, The New York Times
Zraick writes: "At least a dozen Iranian students who were set to begin graduate programs in engineering and computer science say their visas were abruptly canceled and they were barred from their flights to the United States this month."
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Plaintiffs Kelsey Juliana, right, and Vic Barrett, left. (photo: Robin Loznak/AP)
Plaintiffs Kelsey Juliana, right, and Vic Barrett, left. (photo: Robin Loznak/AP)

Kelsey Juliana v. US: Meet the Young Woman Suing the Federal Government Over the Climate Crisis
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Among those joining today's Global Climate Strike will be Kelsey Juliana, lead plaintiff in Juliana v. United States, the landmark youth climate lawsuit against the U.S. government."
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