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| 11:33a |
Immigration reforms quietly abandoned, UK
The
Tories have canceled their plan
to reform unjust treatment of British citizens
who were brought from Caribbean colonies decades ago as children
and have been
threatened with deportation.
This is the usual Tory evasive response when their cruel policies
arouse public outrage: they promise to correct the policies, dawdle
for years getting started, and eventually figure that people have had
time to forgot the outrage — so they can disregard the issue.
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| 11:33a |
Greek coast guard stood by
When the boat carrying
hundreds of refugees sank
near Greece, it had not moved for hours. Greek coast guard vessels remained nearby but
did not rescue anyone.
This contradicts the Greek claim that the boat was sailing towards Italy.
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| 11:33a |
Weaponized church in State, AZ
Arizona's legislators are drifting into unofficial establishment of
Christianity by setting out bibles in their lounge.
One Arizona state senator expressed her disapproval of this by hiding
some of the bibles within the lounge.
Republicans tried to expel her
from office
for that.
Perhaps it would be more useful to set out copies in their lounge of
Why I Am Not a Christian
by Bertrand Russell,
and
The Buddha and his Dhamma
by Bhimrao Ambedkar.
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| 11:33a |
Urgent: Protect the Thompson Divide
US citizens:
call on the Forest Service
to protect the Thompson Divide.
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| 11:33a |
Urgent: Take bold action on plastic pollution
US citizens:
call on the EPA
to take bold action on plastic pollution
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| 11:33a |
Urgent: Enforce teenager labor laws
US citizens:
call on the Dept of Labor
to enforce federal law in states that try to let teenagers work more hours and doing
increasingly dangerous work.
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