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12 October 19
Garrison Keillor | Unexpectedly on a Dark Day, Light Shines Through
Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website
Keillor writes: "I sleep with a woman who is worried about the fate of the planet and so is trying to avoid the purchase of plastic and if I dispose of a Post-it Note she fishes it out of the garbage and puts it in recycling, which I go along with because I don't want to sleep alone."
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Marie L. Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, center, leaving the Capitol after in a closed hearing Friday on Capitol Hill. (photo: Anna Moneymaker/NYT)
Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website
Keillor writes: "I sleep with a woman who is worried about the fate of the planet and so is trying to avoid the purchase of plastic and if I dispose of a Post-it Note she fishes it out of the garbage and puts it in recycling, which I go along with because I don't want to sleep alone."
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Marie L. Yovanovitch, the former ambassador to Ukraine, center, leaving the Capitol after in a closed hearing Friday on Capitol Hill. (photo: Anna Moneymaker/NYT)
Marie Yovanovitch, The New York Times
Yovanovitch writes: "For the last 33 years, it has been my great honor to serve the American people as a Foreign Service Officer, over six Administrations - four Republican, and two Democratic."
We make a difference every day on issues that matter to the American people—whether it is war and peace, trade and investment, or simply helping with a lost passport. We repeatedly uproot our lives, and we frequently put ourselves in harm’s way to serve this nation. And we do that willingly, because we believe in America and its special role in the world. We also believe that, in return,our government will have our backs and protect us if we come under attack from foreign interests.
That basic understanding no longer holds true. Today, we see the State Department attacked and hollowed out from within. State Department leadership, with Congress, needs to take action now to defend this great institution, and its thousands of loyal and effective employees. We need to rebuild diplomacy as the first resort to advance America’s interests and the front line of America’s defense. I fear that not doing so will harm our nation’s interest, perhaps irreparably.
That harm will come not just through the inevitable and continuing resignation and loss of many of this nation’s most loyal and talented public servants. It also will come when those diplomats who soldier on and do their best to represent our nation face partners abroad who question whether the ambassador truly speaks for the President and can be counted upon as a reliable partner. The harm will come when private interests circumvent professional diplomats for their own gain, not the public good. The harmwill come when bad actors in countries beyond Ukraine see how easy it is to use fiction and innuendo to manipulate our system. In such circumstances, the only interests that will be served are those of our strategic adversaries, like Russia, that spread chaos and attack the institutions and norms that the U.S. helped create and which we have benefited from for the last 75 years.
I am proud of my work in Ukraine. The U.S. Embassy, under my leadership, represented and advanced the policies of the United States government as articulated, first by the Obama Administration and then by the Trump Administration. Our efforts were intended, and evidently succeeded, in thwarting corrupt interests in Ukraine, who fought back by selling baseless conspiracy theories to anyone who would listen. Sadly, someone was listening, and our nation is the worse off for that.
Migrant children play at a migrant encampment in Tijuana, Mexico, September 28, 2019. (photo: Reuters)
US Sends Thousands of Children, Babies Back to Mexico
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Since January, the U.S. government has ordered 16,000 migrants under 18, including nearly 500 infants, to wait with their families in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings, a Reuters analysis of government data found."
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California governor Gavin Newsom. (photo: Elijah Nouvelage/EPA)
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Since January, the U.S. government has ordered 16,000 migrants under 18, including nearly 500 infants, to wait with their families in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings, a Reuters analysis of government data found."
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California governor Gavin Newsom. (photo: Elijah Nouvelage/EPA)
California Governor Signs Ban on Private Prisons, Setting Up Fight With Trump
Darwin BondGraham, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "California's governor, Gavin Newsom, signed into law on Friday a statewide ban on private prisons, in a move likely to set off another legal battle between the Trump administration and California."
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Darwin BondGraham, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "California's governor, Gavin Newsom, signed into law on Friday a statewide ban on private prisons, in a move likely to set off another legal battle between the Trump administration and California."
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Chanel Miller. (photo: Ali Smith/Guardian/eyevine/Redux)
The Stanford Sexual Assault Case Made Her "Emily Doe." In New Memoir, Chanel Miller Tells Her Story
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "We spend the hour with author Chanel Miller speaking about her recently published remarkable memoir, 'Know My Name.'"
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "We spend the hour with author Chanel Miller speaking about her recently published remarkable memoir, 'Know My Name.'"
Authorities have arrested at least 3,000 people since the protests began on Sept. 20, according to several Egyptian human rights groups. (photo: MEE)
Major Crackdown in Egypt Sweeps Up Activists, Children - and at Least 1 US Citizen
Merrit Kennedy, NPR
Kennedy writes: "Faced with rare protests, Egypt's government has launched a crackdown that human rights groups say is one of the largest the country has seen during Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's five years as president."
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Merrit Kennedy, NPR
Kennedy writes: "Faced with rare protests, Egypt's government has launched a crackdown that human rights groups say is one of the largest the country has seen during Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's five years as president."
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A seat turtle swimming off the coast of Arraial Do Cabo, Brazil. (photo: Tiago Santos/Getty Images)
Oil Is Killing Brazil's Turtles. No One Knows Where It's From
Julia Leite, Bloomberg
Leite writes: "More than a month since oil started washing up on some of Brazil's most touristic beaches, dotting sand with black patches, killing sea turtles and scaring off fishermen, the origin of the crude is still a mystery."
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Julia Leite, Bloomberg
Leite writes: "More than a month since oil started washing up on some of Brazil's most touristic beaches, dotting sand with black patches, killing sea turtles and scaring off fishermen, the origin of the crude is still a mystery."
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