Democracy Now – February 19, 2018
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Trump Blames Mental Illness for Parkland Shooting, Ignores Easy Gun Access & Loose Background Checks
Trump Blames Mental Illness for Parkland Shooting, Ignores Easy Gun Access & Loose Background Checks; White Supremacy, Patriarchy and Guns: FL Shooter Had Record of Death Threats, Violence Against Women; Cyril Ramaphosa, since he claims guns are used for defense and sports, and models as the 22 LR gun are really popular for this purpose. … Continued
When Will This Stop? 17 Shot Dead in Florida School Massacre, the 18th School Shooting of Year; Republican Lawmakers Refuse to Adopt Gun Control Despite 200 School Shootings Since Sandy Hook; Kept Out: Banks Across U.S. Caught Systematically Rejecting People of Color for Home Loans.
Two Reuters Journalists Face 14 Years in Burmese Prison After Exposing Massacre of Rohingya Muslims; As Porter Domestic Violence Scandal Roils WH, Lawmakers Demand Kelly’s Ouster & Trump’s Impeachment; Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Trump’s Immoral Budget Punishes the Poor, Sick & Elderly; As Lawmakers Debate Future of DACA, What Will It Take for Democrats to Protect … Continued
“It’s Hard to Believe, But Syria’s War Is Getting Worse”: World Powers Clash as Civilian Deaths Soar
“It’s Hard to Believe, But Syria’s War Is Getting Worse”: World Powers Clash as Civilian Deaths Soar; As Deadly Flu Sweeps Country, Koch-Backed Group Fights Paid Sick Leave Policies Nationwide.
Ravi Ragbir: Immigrant Leaders Are Surveilled & Targeted for Speaking Out About Trump’s Deportations
Ravi Ragbir: Immigrant Leaders Are Surveilled & Targeted for Speaking Out About Trump’s Deportations; Judges Across U.S. Are Halting Trump’s Mass Deportations & Ruling Immigrants Have Due Process Rights; Remembering the Extraordinary Life of Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer & Activist Asma Jahangir.
Breaking: Ravi Ragbir Wins Stay of Deportation After Filing Free Speech Suit Over Being Targeted for Activism; Olympics Begin with Unified Korean Team Marching Together as Trump Continues to Threaten N. Korea; Scores of Democratic Lawmakers Join GOP to Back Budget Bill with No Protection for DREAMers; Lawrence Wilkerson: I Helped Sell the False Choice … Continued
Directorate S: Steve Coll on the CIA & America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan & Pakistan; Black Lives Matter Activist Muhiyidin d’Baha, Who Grabbed Confederate Flag, Shot Dead in New Orleans.
NYC Taxi Driver Kills Himself at City Hall after Condemning Uber & Politicians for Financial Ruin; “They were Both Cops & Robbers”: Baltimore Police Scandal Exposes Theft, Cover-Ups & Drug Peddling; Bresha Meadows, Teenage Girl Who Killed Her Abusive Father, Finally Freed After 10 Months in Jail; NAACP vs. Trump: Racial Discrimination Suit Filed to … Continued
When Deportation is a Death Sentence: The Fatal Consequences of U.S. Immigration Policy; When U.S. Needs MLK’s Voice More Than Ever, Automaker Dodge Waters Down His Message to Peddle Trucks; A More Beautiful & Terrible History: The Whitewashing & Distortion of Rosa Parks and MLK’s Legacies.