{"id":23444,"date":"2019-06-09T00:51:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T08:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=23444"},"modified":"2019-06-09T00:51:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T08:51:56","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-reason-vs-black-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-reason-vs-black-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Reason vs Black Pills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>We Say Fight Back!<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-23444-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/news\/video\/201905\/4Cs_Internationale2_3005_512k.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/news\/video\/201905\/4Cs_Internationale2_3005_512k.mp4\">https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/news\/video\/201905\/4Cs_Internationale2_3005_512k.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><time datetime=\"PT44S\"><\/time> Chinese protesters sing anthem The Internationale<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-06-03\/chinese-protesters-sing-the-communist-anthem\/11167590?fbclid=IwAR1_V8Ooa4m-dThK2EWS79jWMeq9mS313l4GxPD3_huPF3XWgYQ7MNPxtyU\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">mobile.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-06-03\/chinese-protesters-sing-the-communist-anthem\/11167590?fbclid=IwAR1_V8Ooa4m-dThK2EWS79jWMeq9mS313l4GxPD3_huPF3XWgYQ7MNPxtyU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/61842675_10213973073147972_3225896609711652864_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&amp;_nc_oc=AQlD6G37JDebk4ud6yl8dky9FQ-3f8KqsEsRhkU920kog1mNHUcmf4sx0ZFf01fXYE8&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-2.fna&amp;oh=30a81c81fedd90ad4a5627f89ca7e84b&amp;oe=5D9C6D14\" alt=\"Image may contain: one or more people, text and outdoor\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Teacher Strike: New Haven Unified plans to calculate students&#8217; final grades, not teachers<\/h1>\n<p>UNION CITY, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; Joe Ku&#8217;e Angeles, president of the New Haven Teachers Association, made it clear on Monday that the strike won&#8217;t stop until teachers get what they want.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We said when we started this, we knew that it was not an easy path,&#8221; Ku&#8217;e Angeles said. &#8220;But, we knew we had to stay in solidarity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The union is calling for a 6 percent raise, 3 percent each year. The number is down from the 10 percent they initially asked for.\u00a0https:\/\/abc7news.com\/education\/new-haven-unified-plans-to-calculate-students-final-grades-not-teachers\/5328691\/?fbclid=IwAR0VMI2RrWyB2qs_vF1DSmurckPTOXyFQmeWDJSiNJ0iiLjFoJ8ML306uco<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"YUGCVWQZEFFMDI24KKPWC5ZP4I\" class=\"gallery-img image-lazy lazy-placeholder\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAJcEhZcwAADsQAAA7EAZUrDhsAAAANSURBVBhXYzh8+PB\/AAffA0nNPuCLAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Teachers walk out of the public comment period at the Salt Lake City School District meeting regarding salary negotiations, June 4, 2019. More teachers are leaving Utah classrooms and one of the biggest reasons they cite is low pay. The state now has a shortage of 1,600 educators with the imbalance expected to get worse.\" data-url=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/YUGCVWQZEFFMDI24KKPWC5ZP4I.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/resizer\/PdPYnPXoGqGClo6E6cpbdNdpm94=\/970x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/YUGCVWQZEFFMDI24KKPWC5ZP4I.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"row gallery-row\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"wrapper clearfix pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-slideshow\">\n<div id=\"gallery-4044871-box\" class=\"gallery-container infinite initialized\">\n<div id=\"gallery-4044871\" class=\"article-gallery col-xs-12 col-lg-9 no-gutters\" data-interval=\"false\">\n<div class=\"drag-row-wrap\">\n<div class=\"gallery-inner drag-row d-inline-flex no-trans\">\n<div class=\"drag-frame active\" data-slide-idx=\"0\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"img-wrap text-center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4F27FLXL6ZAUFMWQNX6WJE22DY\" class=\"gallery-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/resizer\/PjDoz-S637heIiGJyIz3zrMRBgo=\/970x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/4F27FLXL6ZAUFMWQNX6WJE22DY.jpg\" alt=\"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Teachers walk out of the public comment period at the Salt Lake City School District meeting regarding salary negotiations, June 4, 2019. More teachers are leaving Utah classrooms and one of the biggest reasons they cite is low pay. The state now has a shortage of 1,600 educators with the imbalance expected to get worse.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"drag-btn prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"drag-btn next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"drag-frame\" data-slide-idx=\"1\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"img-wrap text-center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"CZ3UAIM3QJCRJHNVHUHAT3LUB4\" class=\"gallery-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/resizer\/ENYKCK8l_lwCWk58UsIlt85tAto=\/970x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/CZ3UAIM3QJCRJHNVHUHAT3LUB4.jpg\" alt=\"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Teachers walk out of the public comment period at the Salt Lake City School District meeting regarding salary negotiations, June 4, 2019. More teachers are leaving Utah classrooms and one of the biggest reasons they cite is low pay. The state now has a shortage of 1,600 educators with the imbalance expected to get worse.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"drag-btn prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"drag-btn next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"drag-frame\" data-slide-idx=\"2\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"img-wrap text-center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"3SRXO4FJYFAL7IYEVI3Y2WF3WA\" class=\"gallery-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/resizer\/vMCyfoADoLdL0IQhmrZTK40ptuY=\/970x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/3SRXO4FJYFAL7IYEVI3Y2WF3WA.jpg\" alt=\"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Teachers walk out of the public comment period at the Salt Lake City School District meeting regarding salary negotiations, June 4, 2019. More teachers are leaving Utah classrooms and one of the biggest reasons they cite is low pay. The state now has a shortage of 1,600 educators with the imbalance expected to get worse.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"drag-btn prev\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"drag-frame infinite-clone\" data-slide-idx=\"0\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"img-wrap text-center\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4F27FLXL6ZAUFMWQNX6WJE22DY\" class=\"gallery-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/resizer\/PjDoz-S637heIiGJyIz3zrMRBgo=\/970x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/4F27FLXL6ZAUFMWQNX6WJE22DY.jpg\" alt=\"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Teachers walk out of the public comment period at the Salt Lake City School District meeting regarding salary negotiations, June 4, 2019. More teachers are leaving Utah classrooms and one of the biggest reasons they cite is low pay. The state now has a shortage of 1,600 educators with the imbalance expected to get worse.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"drag-btn next\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"drag-frame infinite-clone\" data-slide-idx=\"1\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"img-wrap text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"CZ3UAIM3QJCRJHNVHUHAT3LUB4\" class=\"gallery-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/resizer\/ENYKCK8l_lwCWk58UsIlt85tAto=\/970x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-sltrib.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/CZ3UAIM3QJCRJHNVHUHAT3LUB4.jpg\" alt=\"(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Teachers walk out of the public comment period at the Salt Lake City School District meeting regarding salary negotiations, June 4, 2019. More teachers are leaving Utah classrooms and one of the biggest reasons they cite is low pay. The state now has a shortage of 1,600 educators with the imbalance expected to get worse.\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"side-left\">\n<div class=\"StickyContainer\" data-sticky-parent=\"true\">\n<div class=\"sticky\" data-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"social-icons left-outer\">\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">We\u2019re done being disrespected\u2019: Salt Lake City teachers walk out of meeting about salary increases<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-body-wrapper post\">\n<div class=\"story-body-container\">\n<section class=\"story-body inner\">\n<div class=\"body-text\">\n<div class=\"row paragraph-row\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph text-align-override-left\">Some of their signs were made from used manila folders. A few were written in pencil on pieces of lined paper. One was laminated. Another was covered in gold star stickers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row paragraph-row\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph text-align-override-left\">But nearly all of them had the same message: \u201c6%.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row paragraph-row\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph text-align-override-left\">That\u2019s the raise roughly 200 teachers asked for Tuesday night as they filled every seat in front of the Salt Lake City board of education. They weren\u2019t allowed to speak at the public meeting. So with their signs, they made their opinions known as best they could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeachers are doing more than ever before,\u201d Chelsie Acosta, a teacher at Glendale Middle School, said afterward. \u201cAnd we\u2019re done. We\u2019re done being disrespected as far as finances go. This is our silent protest.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/education\/2019\/06\/05\/nearly-teachers-salt\/?fbclid=IwAR3nZQf5VhbWN8o1-h83q0Gq158E_qCeI3xtpCqHmVEGpTZu1TNaHf82DtU\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sltrib.com\/news\/education\/2019\/06\/05\/nearly-teachers-salt\/?fbclid=IwAR3nZQf5VhbWN8o1-h83q0Gq158E_qCeI3xtpCqHmVEGpTZu1TNaHf82DtU<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>The Little Red Schoolhouse<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/05\/31\/upshot\/up-gradschools\/merlin_155625228_c0f3c34d-43f0-402e-9b84-cf49ceca9b07-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/05\/31\/upshot\/up-gradschools\/merlin_155625228_c0f3c34d-43f0-402e-9b84-cf49ceca9b07-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/05\/31\/upshot\/up-gradschools\/merlin_155625228_c0f3c34d-43f0-402e-9b84-cf49ceca9b07-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/05\/31\/upshot\/up-gradschools\/merlin_155625228_c0f3c34d-43f0-402e-9b84-cf49ceca9b07-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-58b459ad\" class=\"css-1s4ffep e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Biggest Offender in Outsize Debt: Graduate Schools <\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">The signs are hard to miss in downtown San Francisco: two stylized A&#8217;s inside a red circle, symbolizing the Academy of Art University. The for-profit school occupies more than 40 buildings throughout the city and has made its family owners very rich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">Where does the Academy of Art\u2019s money come from? About $100 million per year arrives as tuition and fees financed by federal student loans. The full scope of the borrowing was revealed May 21, when, for the first time, the Department of Education <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/collegescorecard.ed.gov\/data\/preliminary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released information<\/a> about how much debt students are taking on to earn degrees from various academic programs at American colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">The data shows one sector in particular with outsize debt: graduate school. And while the Academy of Art fosters unusually high burdens, many public universities and nonprofit schools have also gotten into the debt-fueled graduate school business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">In releasing the college loan data, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos described it as part of President Trump\u2019s executive order to address the student debt crisis. Access to the loan amounts, she said, will allow students to make informed decisions about choosing colleges. At the same time, the department is preparing to uproot the Obama administration\u2019s approach to the debt crisis, by repealing regulations that cut college programs out of the federal financial aid system if students don\u2019t earn enough money to pay their loans back.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/03\/upshot\/student-debt-big-culprit-graduate-school.html?action=click&#038;module=Top%20Stories&#038;pgtype=Homepage\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/03\/upshot\/student-debt-big-culprit-graduate-school.html?action=click&#038;module=Top%20Stories&#038;pgtype=Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"header\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Moores and minions grab no-bid Aztec Stadium deal (capitalist schools riddled with corruption everywhere)<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub_header\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Naming rights hawked by L.A.\u2019s Legends<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sandiegoreader.com\/img\/photos\/2019\/06\/04\/John_Moores_t658.jpg?ff95ca2b4c25d2d6ff3bfb257febf11d604414e5\" alt=\"John Moores donated $98,500 to campaign four days before election. This was on top of previous $122,000.\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Above, former Padres owner John Moores who got the city to pay for part of Petco Park, promising a winner, then sold the team<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p11\" class=\"permalinkable\">..SDSU&#8217;s rough and tumble campaign, one of costliest in city history, drew backing from money men with prospective financial interests in the Mission Valley deal, including Moores, who four days before the election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2018\/nov\/05\/ticker-developer-moores-last-sdsu-money-move\/\">personally kicked in $98,500.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p12\" class=\"permalinkable\">The same day, Kara M. Kratzer, whose husband John is CEO of Moores-owned JMI Realty, gave an equal sum, city campaign disclosure records show. JMI itself earlier gave a total of $122,000.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p13\" class=\"permalinkable\">Inside observers note the SDSU project would have been dead on arrival without backing and behind-the-scenes direction from Moores and his minions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p14\" class=\"permalinkable\">Topping the list is ex-city manager and former Moores executive Jack McGrory, now a California State University trustee who was head cheerleader and behind-the-scenes money mover for SDSU&#8217;s takeover of the roughly 132-acre Mission Valley site.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p15\" class=\"permalinkable\">McGrory, chief rainmaker for the university&#8217;s campaign, run by an ostensibly independent political fund calling itself Friends of SDSU, personally kicked in $170,000. That represents a significant chunk of the total $204,922 that McGrory has come up with for city political campaigns over the last decade.\u00a0 &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"target-story_body_template\" class=\"story_body\">\n<p id=\"h979297-p19\" class=\"permalinkable\">&#8230;Founded in 2006 as JMI Sports, the Moores affiliate now running the stadium show at SDSU has had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2011\/oct\/12\/radar-sports-scandals\/\">scandal-fraught relationship<\/a>with the school. In 2011, the firm made fallen SDSU athletics director Jeff Schemmel head of its operations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p20\" class=\"permalinkable\">&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to be part of a company that provides a much-needed array of services on this ever-changing intercollegiate athletics landscape,&#8221; Schemmel said in a September 26, 2011 statement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p21\" class=\"permalinkable\">&#8220;I&#8217;m equally thrilled to be working alongside people I respect as much as I do Erik Judson and John Moores, and the advisors on our JMI Sports team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h979297-p22\" class=\"permalinkable\">Tagged for traveling on the taxpayers&#8217; tab to see his Mississippi mistress, Schemmel had departed his SDSU job after being paid a $116,000 settlement fee and other deal sweeteners. He later exited JMI to found his own sports management venture, College Sports Solutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Below, wrapped in red hubris for her &#8220;inauguration&#8221; which few students attended, even though they were allowed to skip classes, SDSU&#8217;s De La Torre celebrates herself<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/KLSKMDPMGZGYJGG4KYQGLDFURY.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for de la torre sdsu inauguration\" width=\"304\" height=\"206\" data-iml=\"1559715550005\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comments\">\n<div class=\"fb-comments fb_iframe_widget fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2019\/jun\/04\/ticker-moores-minions-grab-no-bid-aztec-stadium\/\" data-num_posts=\"100\" data-width=\"658\">Comment<\/div>\n<div class=\"list comment_list\">\n<div id=\"c225034\" class=\"item comment comment_depth_1 comment_parent\">\n<div class=\"avatar\"><a class=\"avatar_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/users\/Visduh\/\" rel=\"none\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar_img\" title=\"Visduh\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sandiegoreader.com\/static-3\/ellington_defaults\/2.3.0\/images\/avatars\/blank_avatar.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"comment_text\">\n<h4><a id=\"user_5054\" class=\"user\" title=\"Visduh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/users\/Visduh\/\">Visduh<\/a> <span class=\"datetime\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2019\/jun\/04\/ticker-moores-minions-grab-no-bid-aztec-stadium\/?fbclid=IwAR33QRuS7z7SdduRGSMZn4w0PgHD91ZV1VB1Gt4hUV0gnD5SOrfr1Eka3b4#c225034\">June 4, 2019 @ 7:54 p.m.<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>If anyone didn&#8217;t see this, or something very like it, coming he\/she should have. It wasn&#8217;t a matter of who would take it over, but of when and how and to what degree the public and taxpayers would take a huge hit. This new SDSU president could have stopped it, or so I think, and didn&#8217;t. <em><strong>Her history of shady activity and double-dealing while at UC Davis are an indication of what can be expected from her. Embracing this deal is totally in character for her,<\/strong><\/em> and also many of those at CSU headquarters. Bend over and grab your ankles, San Diego taxpayers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vote_box\">\n<div id=\"ToolBarHorizontal\" class=\"SpanningFeature BlogPost \">\n<div>\n<div class=\"l0 last\">\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"BlogsBlogPost\" class=\"SpanningFeature BlogPost \">\n<div class=\"blogPost news-hits \">\n<h1 id=\"a21810646\" class=\"postTitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Student criticizes charter school during her salutatorian speech at graduation<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"list comment_list\">\n<div id=\"c225034\" class=\"item comment comment_depth_1 comment_parent\">\n<div class=\"comment_text\">\n<div class=\"vote_box\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Universal Academy (Detroit) Salutatorian Tuhfa Kasem 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fUrdGjejeaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A student of Universal Academy, a charter school in Detroit managed by Hamadeh Educational Services, used her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fUrdGjejeaM&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR2EyGCfAaI5RRqjeMDGO1BEylpe5Q32jon_o0MJf9lWW55pT5lplJs2u1o\">graduation speech<\/a> to call for change in her \u201cunlawful\u201d school before administrators censored her.<\/p>\n<p>Tuhfa Kasem, a 17-year-old from Detroit who graduated salutatorian, alleged Hamadeh Educational Services showed \u201cfavoritism and clear biases\u201d toward UA\u2019s sister school, Star Academy. She said she noticed this from the first time she stepped into the school.<br \/>\nThough she said she and her classmates tolerated the school\u2019s treatment, when students would speak out on occasion, they would be shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThinking we\u2019d just stay quiet and accept it as first-generation Yemeni and Iraqi students, I can honestly say it\u2019s partially our faults since we\u2019ve tolerated it for a majority of the time. The few times we would speak out we\u2019d quickly be shut down and excuses would be shoved down our throats and we\u2019d be given no option but to accept them,\u201d Kasem said. \u201cI\u2019ll give this administration props for the one thing they\u2019re good at, which is switching the problems back on the students.\u201d<br \/>\nThe mic volume was cut during Kasem&#8217;s speech, but the whole speech was posted in text form below a video that Phil Leslie, one of Kasem&#8217;s former teachers, posted on YouTube. After the mic was cut, the crowd began yelling to &#8220;higher the volume,&#8221; so Kasem stepped to the front of the stage to continue her speech. Then Nawal Hamadeh \u2014 president, superintendent, and CEO of Hamadeh Educational Services, according to her LinkedIn \u2014 can be heard saying, &#8220;We need someone to escort her,&#8221; into a microphone, and also noting that it&#8217;s Ramadan and calling for &#8220;respect.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/news-hits\/archives\/2019\/06\/05\/student-criticizes-charter-school-during-her-salutatorian-speech-at-graduation?fbclid=IwAR2SKZqqFgmiLDGLSXiwZ-wfWZA9VePN-CI1vNF7jSxzlxs3xsS5A3QghsE\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.metrotimes.com\/news-hits\/archives\/2019\/06\/05\/student-criticizes-charter-school-during-her-salutatorian-speech-at-graduation?fbclid=IwAR2SKZqqFgmiLDGLSXiwZ-wfWZA9VePN-CI1vNF7jSxzlxs3xsS5A3QghsE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<div id=\"login\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fUrdGjejeaM\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">youtu.be\/fUrdGjejeaM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"comments\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/af00efa\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5400x3833+0+0\/resize\/840x596!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2F4c%2F58%2F8b27df7d4d3e8f25a5301a7021ea%2F3081396-sd-me-charter-araign-009.jpg\" alt=\"Statewide charter school scheme allegedly steals more than $50 million.\" width=\"840\" height=\"596\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Parents, teachers, students of defrauded schools grapple with uncertainty<\/h1>\n<p>A court order last week that shut down a network of charter schools allegedly used to siphon $50 million in state funds has left students, parents and teachers anxious and adrift.<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego County District Attorney\u2019s Office last week announced a 67-count indictment alleging that 11 defendants conspired to enroll thousands of students, often without their knowledge, into a statewide network of 19 online charter schools and then billed the state.<\/p>\n<p>The document named Sean McManus, 46, an Australian who operated charter schools in California, Jason Schrock, 44, another charter school operator, and nine other defendants.<\/p>\n<p>They are accused of collecting millions in state funds from 2016 to February of this year using student information obtained from private schools and youth athletic groups, then providing little or no educational services.<\/p>\n<p>Eight of the 11 co-defendants have pleaded not guilty and denied the allegations. Two more are expected to be arraigned Thursday. McManus, believed in be in Australia, remains at large.<\/p>\n<p>During a hearing Monday, San Diego Superior Court Judge Lorna Alksne appointed a receiver to manage the frozen bank accounts and assets associated with the charter schools which, attorneys indicated, may be more than $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>Alksne also authorized release of $500,000 in scheduled withdrawals to cover existing operating expenses, including payroll, through the end of May. She said no further disbursements were authorized.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney representing the interests of some of the charter school entities told the court Monday that 11,699 students need to be un-enrolled from the charter schools.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/watchdog\/story\/2019-06-04\/sd-me-charter-hearings\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/watchdog\/story\/2019-06-04\/sd-me-charter-hearings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/13267752_10154926109728327_3291523413972664009_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&amp;_nc_eui2=AeG0s_DwVH4NHH0BSGHAbPWGJm32gNHSyySR3aIZSmLAHkTsk10iHFmQAm78VFIg8SOdLoOzdcGSeW5mHOrcvQbcrkXTfniGs5oPRe9ABDyhnA&amp;_nc_oc=AQkfata2LE4-HcY82R8wg2Yz_EMGBVkpYnlTWmg2eOBy7qCPeaTNeC8fx0cB68HPubM&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-1.fna&amp;oh=04f83dc07c85c7dd09db8b1f4bbb0f51&amp;oe=5D8F33F3\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"tb-c-story-header__title tb-js-no-orphans\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-06-04\/ucsd-fraternity-suspended-during-sexual-assault-investig\">UCSD fraternity suspended amid reports of sexual assault<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"PromoB-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"PromoB-description\">Sigma Chi was sent cease and desist letters last week while the allegations are investigated\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-06-04\/ucsd-fraternity-suspended-during-sexual-assault-investig\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-06-04\/ucsd-fraternity-suspended-during-sexual-assault-investig<\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-collage-1050-img\" class=\"g-aiImg g-aiAbs aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2019\/03\/19\/nyc-schools\/f099df6a134b1129a3152ed544913c0b4d5f41ee\/collage-1050.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/newsgraphics\/2019\/03\/19\/nyc-schools\/f099df6a134b1129a3152ed544913c0b4d5f41ee\/collage-1050.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"story-heading interactive-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">How New York\u2019s Elite Public Schools<br data-owner=\"balance-text\" \/>Lost Their Black and Hispanic Students<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-item g-text \">\n<p class=\"g-body\">\u201cAll of New York City was new to me,\u201d she said, remembering that she was exposed to loft parties in SoHo and friends\u2019 luxurious apartments near Washington Square Park\u2019s grand marble arch. At Stuyvesant, Ms. Morales, now the chief executive of a nonprofit, said she \u201clearned there was so much more out there for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-item g-text \">\n<p class=\"g-body\">In interviews, more than a dozen black and Hispanic students who graduated from New York City\u2019s specialized high schools from 1975 to 1995 described the schools as oases for smart children from troubled neighborhoods. But the alumni said they were anguished that the schools have since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/22\/nyregion\/stuyvesant-high-school-black-students.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Feliza-shapiro&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=undefined&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=6&amp;pgtype=collection\">lost nearly all of their black and Hispanic students<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/06\/03\/nyregion\/nyc-public-schools-black-hispanic-students.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/06\/03\/nyregion\/nyc-public-schools-black-hispanic-students.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/resizer\/ZL9W6NFeCVTq-rU-BUkuRILno84=\/800x0\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5cf5e123\/turbine\/la-1559617824-bw5so3slhr-snap-image\" alt=\"College admissions scam: Ex-USC soccer coach to plead guilty and cooperate in investigation\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">College admissions scam: Ex-USC soccer coach to plead guilty and cooperate in investigation<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p data-page=\"1\">A former USC soccer coach will plead guilty and cooperate with the investigation that implicated him in a college admissions scheme that sneaked the children of wealthy families into top universities by using fake athletic credentials and bribes, according to court documents filed Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>Ali Khosroshahin, who led USC\u2019s women\u2019s soccer program from 2007 to 2013, will plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy by June 30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>Khosroshahin and his assistant coach at USC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-college-admissions-scandal-guilty-pleas-20190423-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Janke<\/a>, were paid more than $350,000 to designate as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ucla-admissions-soccer-recruit-20190319-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recruited soccer players<\/a> four children whose parents were clients of Newport Beach college consultant William \u201cRick\u201d Singer, according to an indictment charging Khosroshahin, Janke and 10 others with racketeering conspiracy in March. Singer is the admitted mastermind of the scheme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>None of the four recruits played soccer competitively, prosecutors said.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-college-admissions-scandal-ali-khosroshahin-plea-20190603-story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-college-admissions-scandal-ali-khosroshahin-plea-20190603-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Instagram account spewing hate found linked to Point Loma High students<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-dateline\">POINT LOMA\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body RichTextBody\">\n<p>Extra police will be stationed at Point Loma High School for the remainder of the school year, and school officials will talk to junior ROTC cadets about tolerance and cyberbullying after hate speech was found posted on an Instagram account linked to students.<\/p>\n<p>The account, which was created in March, was closed after it was brought it to the attention of school officials, the FBI and the anti-Defamation League of San Diego last weekend. A second, \u201ccopycat\u201d account was created by another student this week before it, too, was shut down.<\/p>\n<p>Some Point Loma residents, already on edge after <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/public-safety\/story\/2019-05-27\/three-families-find-swastikas-on-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three homes were tagged with swastikas<\/a> in late May, were alarmed to learn of the accounts, which included memes of guns and ammunition, talk of a school militia, as well as anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim messages.<\/p>\n<p>The troubling social media posts were discovered less than two weeks after retaining walls on three homes on Santa Barbara Street in the Point Loma Heights area were tagged with swastikas drawn in blue chalk.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/public-safety\/story\/2019-06-06\/residents-concerned-after-instagram-account-linked-to-point-loma-high-spews-hate-speech\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/public-safety\/story\/2019-06-06\/residents-concerned-after-instagram-account-linked-to-point-loma-high-spews-hate-speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/9281249\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2048x1365+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trbimg.com%2Fimg-5927369d%2Fturbine%2Fsd-1495742093-m5e1ans0fl-snap-image\" alt=\"sd-1495742093-m5e1ans0fl-snap-image\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">UCSD chancellor sued for allegedly discriminating against female executive<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A former fundraising executive at UC San Diego alleges in a lawsuit that Chancellor Pradeep Khosla sabotaged her career, wrongfully firing her after she said she had raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the fast-growing campus.<\/p>\n<p>Jean E. Ford said in a suit filed Monday in San Diego County Superior Court that Khosla was verbally abusive to her and other female administrators at UCSD, and regularly treated women more harshly than men.<\/p>\n<p>She included the University of California Board of Regents as a co-defendant in the lawsuit, claiming that the board was aware that Khosla had acted unprofessionally but had done little to rectify matters.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-06-06\/uc-san-diego-sued-for-alleged-gender-and-age-discrimination\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-06-06\/uc-san-diego-sued-for-alleged-gender-and-age-discrimination<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Opinion: New social studies standards bungle history<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Michigan\u2019s K-12 social studies standards are enormously important \u2014 they will guide student learning about history, civics, geography and economics. As such, they are the foundation upon which our state and republic will flourish \u2014 or suffer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">On June 11, the State Board of Education will be reviewing a set of proposed revisions to the standards recommended by the Department of Education. A prior draft was released in March. Although there are some modest improvements from the March version, they continue to fall short of what our teachers, students\u00a0and citizens deserve&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Other First Principles have been slighted. The right to alter or abolish an oppressive government is hardly mentioned; the Social Compact has been replaced with the Social Contract \u2014 a French term that helped propel the guillotine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">This critique was raised and ignored. Why? We cannot preserve our liberties without understanding their foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Second, they do not require the teaching of vital content. Brown v. Board of Education is optional. Taxation without representation is entirely omitted. Socrates, Plato, Alexander the Great, all the Caesars, Jesus, Muhammad, Christopher Columbus, Adam Smith, James Madison, Napoleon, Lenin, Stalin, and other towering historical figures \u2014 just left on the cutting room floor as optional examples or entirely omitted.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/06\/07\/opinion-new-social-studies-standards-bungle-history\/1366395001\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.detroitnews.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/06\/07\/opinion-new-social-studies-standards-bungle-history\/1366395001\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toonpool.com\/user\/1264\/files\/smart_bomb_in_libya_1233045.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for smart bomb cartoon\" width=\"244\" height=\"353\" data-iml=\"1560060652745\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"tb-c-story-header__title tb-js-no-orphans\" style=\"text-align: center;\">How US &#8220;good guys&#8221; wiped out an Afghan family<\/h1>\n<p>It was 4am when Masih Ur-Rahman Mubarez\u2019s wife Amina called, an unusually early time for their daily chat. When he picked up the phone, he could hear the panic in her voice.<\/p>\n<p>Amina was calling from the Afghan province of Wardak, where she brought up their children while he worked over the border in Iran to support them. She told him that soldiers were raiding their village. Some of them were speaking English. Amina was told to turn off her phone but Masih asked her not to &#8211; how would he know they were ok?<\/p>\n<p>The call ended with Masih saying he would call again when things had calmed. But at 9am, when he dialled his wife\u2019s number, her phone was off. He tried again at 9.30am. Still off. Through the whole of that day and the next, he repeatedly called. But Amina\u2019s phone remained off.<\/p>\n<p>It took another day for him to the learn the truth. Relatives avoided his calls or gave vague replies to his questions, until finally his brother broke the news. \u201cHe tried to avoid telling me the whole story, but I insisted that he tell me the truth,\u201d Masih recalled in a wavering voice. \u201cHe told me to have patience in God &#8211; no one is left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An airstrike on Masih\u2019s house had killed his wife and all his seven children, alongside four young cousins. His youngest child was just four years old.<\/p>\n<p>In the following weeks, as grief consumed Masih, so did an intense need for answers. Who had killed his family and why?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/stories\/2019-06-03\/us-bomb-kills-afghan-family\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.thebureauinvestigates.com\/stories\/2019-06-03\/us-bomb-kills-afghan-family<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Families blast decision not to punish higher-ranking officers in Niger ambush<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/died-fighting-brothers-niger-ambush-survivor-fallen-us\/story?id=50670787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family members of some<\/a> of the special operations soldiers killed in a 2017 ambush in Niger <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/us-soldiers-killed-niger-outgunned-left-hunt-isis\/story?id=54909240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted angrily<\/a> Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/pentagon-orders-limited-review-investigation-deadly-2017-niger\/story?id=62181144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">after being handed<\/a> a 289-page report by Army officers and learning that no further disciplinary action was required beyond the letters of reprimand <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/john-mccain-blames-niger-killings-budget-cuts-embarrassed\/story?id=50733270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that have already been issued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m angry as hell,&#8221; Debra Gannon, the mother of Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson, told ABC News, as she <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/niger-ambush-investigation-expected-complete-january-pentagon\/story?id=51024994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sat inside a popular<\/a> Fort Bragg bar, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/pentagon-orders-limited-review-investigation-deadly-2017-niger\/story?id=62181144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">next to a photo of her son<\/a> on a memorial wall.<\/p>\n<p>Arnold Wright, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/died-fighting-brothers-niger-ambush-survivor-fallen-us\/story?id=50670787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the father of<\/a> Green Beret Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t see how people in the direct chain of command are being promoted when it was their decision to override the ground commander (who) was instrumental in my son&#8217;s death.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/families-blast-decision-punish-higher-ranking-officers-niger\/story?id=63504679\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/families-blast-decision-punish-higher-ranking-officers-niger\/story?id=63504679<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/resizer\/9hMw2RmvnPSq5C9gP1sK8VBGlNo=\/1200x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5FGFRYEYVBF2BNIITKWWHUKMOU.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">90,000 \u2018blue water\u2019 Vietnam veterans in line for disability benefits after Justice officials drop appeal<\/h1>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">The Department of Justice will drop its appeal of a federal court decision awarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/05\/04\/new-blue-water-veterans-deal-could-mean-benefits-for-90000-vietnam-war-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disability benefits to tens of thousands of veterans<\/a> who claim exposure to cancer-causing chemical defoliants while serving in the seas near Vietnam, handing advocates what appears to be a final legal victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">In a filing with the Supreme Court Tuesday, Justice Department officials said they will not argue for overturning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/01\/29\/court-rules-va-must-pay-disability-benefits-to-blue-water-vietnam-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Procopio vs. Wilkie decision from January<\/a> which undid years of Veterans Affairs policy denying benefits to about 90,000 \u201cblue water\u201d Navy veterans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Congressional Budget Office officials had estimated that awarding the benefits to the blue water veterans could total about $1.1 billion over 10 years, but VA officials in the past have estimated the total could rise to more than $5.5 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Justice lawyers had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/04\/24\/supreme-court-delays-final-ruing-on-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twice asked for deadline extensions to file an appeal<\/a>, even as VA officials publicly said they believed the lower court decision should stand. Congressional leaders and outside advocates had also argued against an appeal.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/06\/05\/90000-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-in-line-for-disability-benefits-after-justice-officials-drop-appeal\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/06\/05\/90000-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-in-line-for-disability-benefits-after-justice-officials-drop-appeal\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/11\/16\/us\/16seal-print\/16seal-facebookJumbo.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for killer navy seal\" width=\"304\" height=\"159\" data-iml=\"1560060734139\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Raiders, SEALs planned sexual assault in Green Beret hazing that led to homicide, Marine says<\/h1>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">The story of how an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/04\/marine-raider-to-plead-guilty-this-week-in-strangulation-death-of-army-green-beret\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Army Green Beret staff sergeant<\/a> died at the hands of four fellow special operators while on a tour in Bamako, Mali two years ago has evolved over time as leaked information and finally official charges and a guilty plea from one of the defendants laid out details of the man\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">One of the remaining three co-defendants, a Marine Raider, is set to plead guilty to charges connected to what lead to the strangulation death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar. But documents obtained by The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2019\/06\/05\/troops-charged-green-berets-death-mali-planned-record-him-being-sexually-assaulted-marine-says\/?utm_term=.842f3334695b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post<\/a> add new details that were not previously revealed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2019\/06\/05\/troops-charged-green-berets-death-mali-planned-record-him-being-sexually-assaulted-marine-says\/?utm_term=.842f3334695b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post reported<\/a> Wednesday that through a stipulation of facts document it obtained and verified that not only were the two Navy SEALs and two Marine Raiders going to assault, duct tape and video record the illegal hazing of Melgar, but that they also planned to have a Malian man who was present sexually assault the 34-year-old staff sergeant on video.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/06\/05\/raiders-seals-planned-sexual-assault-in-green-beret-hazing-that-led-to-homicide\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=ebb%2006.06.19&#038;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/06\/05\/raiders-seals-planned-sexual-assault-in-green-beret-hazing-that-led-to-homicide\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=ebb%2006.06.19&#038;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Michael Klare, Fighting the Next War, Not the Last<\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/5-4-12.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for war forever cartoon\" width=\"304\" height=\"236\" data-iml=\"1560060774336\" \/><\/h1>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Navy\u2019s War vs. Bolton\u2019s War <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The Pentagon\u2019s Spoiling for a Fight &#8212; But With China, Not Iran <\/strong><br \/>\nBy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomdispatch.com\/authors\/michaelklare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael T. Klare<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf has led many in Washington and elsewhere to assume that the U.S. is gearing up for war with Iran. As in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials have cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/threats\/2019\/05\/bewildering-briefing-iranian-threat-leaves-more-questions-answers\/157007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspect intelligence data<\/a> to justify elaborate war preparations. On May 13th, acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/13\/world\/middleeast\/us-military-plans-iran.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presented<\/a> top White House officials with plans to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East for possible future combat with Iran and its proxies. Later reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-administration-iran-military-airstrikes-invasion-1425365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicated<\/a> that the Pentagon might be making plans to send even more soldiers than that.<a name=\"more\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Hawks in the White House, led by National Security Advisor John Bolton, see a war aimed at eliminating Iran\u2019s clerical leadership as a potentially big win for Washington. Many top officials in the U.S. military, however, see the matter quite differently &#8212; as potentially a giant step backward into exactly the kind of low-tech ground war they\u2019ve been unsuccessfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0553393936\/ref=nosim\/?tag=tomdispatch-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enmeshed in<\/a> across the Greater Middle East and northern Africa for years and would prefer to leave behind.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake: if President Trump ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran, it would do so and, were that to happen, there can be little doubt about the ultimate negative outcome for Iran. Its moth-eaten military machine is simply no match for the American one. Almost 18 years after Washington\u2019s war on terror was launched, however, there can be little doubt that any U.S. assault on Iran would also stir up yet more chaos across the region, displace more people, create more refugees, and leave behind more dead civilians, more ruined cities and infrastructure, and more angry souls ready to join the next terror group to pop up. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomdispatch.com\/post\/176570\/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_fighting_the_next_war%2C_not_the_last\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.tomdispatch.com\/post\/176570\/tomgram%3A_michael_klare%2C_fighting_the_next_war%2C_not_the_last\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>The International Economic War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/62387508_10219916321164335_8666372721967366144_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&amp;_nc_oc=AQlDbXULDtT6o7orJ-sTmDiyRW8rmT6EPUxMmVz11b9dc8H-Jxfc953J_Dr1D4Hwr9Y&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-1.fna&amp;oh=6ff84be4bd0b8759c4d6c952b55fe9fb&amp;oe=5D8C3D12\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Huck<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Audio: No BS News Hour \u2013 Who Rules Detroit and what of that bogus &#8220;comeback&#8221;?<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobsnewshour.com\/?powerpress_pinw=648-podcast\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nobsnewshour.com\/?powerpress_pinw=648-podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/62071658_1265288363635653_5877668645861064704_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&amp;_nc_eui2=AeHl3VYNn8IJEbqhKuhddcR8BRgAY3-2boE5jtzzNDfJaU6qhoGv4rHGNpnsVNyEORJAWRdM2ofqu3DWo1J5qsh1jxEV_spUwAc544vJz5oRFQ&amp;_nc_oc=AQm3H88sX7ou2sB75BZN-xthBfisb7Gn5SQth4k9bQxTHN2CoTB3YrhMRJc2YLhooMI&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-1.fna&amp;oh=02a198c7f4026b5d993ad962d2eebed1&amp;oe=5D569A2D\" alt=\"Image may contain: one or more people and crowd\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom\">Homelessness jumps 12% in L.A. County and 16% in the city; officials \u2018stunned\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"b-lazy full-width b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/resizer\/ncHcy8FN8Th-ILUO7MY2gPUiijE=\/415x0\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5cf69ffe\/turbine\/la-me-homeless-count-20190604\/2000\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>And as in past years, most \u2014 about 75% \u2014 were living outside, fueling speculation of a growing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-pol-ca-california-housing-bill-failures-20190604-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public health crisis<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-rats-homelessness-city-hall-fleas-report-20190603-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rats <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-lopez-skid-row-rats-trash-20190601-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trash <\/a>near homeless encampments downtown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>The findings in L.A. follow a string of similarly dire point-in-time counts from across California, as government officials struggle to respond more forcefully to the state\u2019s abject lack of affordable housing. The shortage is driving up rental prices, forcing people onto the streets at a rapid pace.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-homeless-count-encampment-affordable-housing-2019-results-20190604-story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-homeless-count-encampment-affordable-housing-2019-results-20190604-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>The Emergence of Fascism as a Popular Mass Movement and <\/u><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>The War on Reason<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ALERT: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/detroitpolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@detroitpolice<\/a> Chief James Craig said the serial killer they announced today is NOT connected to rumors circulating on social media last month about an alleged serial killer dumping bodies in dumpsters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UKmnHyedpL\">t.co\/UKmnHyedpL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jwyr5MhZ9g\">pic.twitter.com\/jwyr5MhZ9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WXYZ Detroit (@wxyzdetroit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wxyzdetroit\/status\/1136317362574123009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"card-title mt-1 mb-0\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Police said there wasn&#8217;t a serial killer in Detroit. Now there&#8217;s a serial killer in Detroit<\/h1>\n<p>There appears to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/detroit-city\/2019\/06\/05\/detroit-police-hunt-killer-targeting-sex-workers\/1352327001\/\">serial killer targeting women in Detroit<\/a> after all.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, police revealed that three female sex workers had been found dead on the city&#8217;s east side by &#8220;a serial killer and rapist,&#8221; their bodies all dumped in vacant buildings in the past three months.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes several weeks after the department brushed off social media posts about a serial killer as unsubstantiated rumor. The posts followed the discovery of a woman&#8217;s body in a dumpster on the east side. They alleged the Detroit Police Department was trying to hide what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>Police Chief James Craig maintained Wednesday that those early fears were unsubstantiated.<\/p>\n<p>Those &#8220;rumors,&#8221; he told reporters, spoke to &#8220;a serial killer dumping bodies in dumpsters. That was found not to be true. This has no connection to that, this is very different.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadlinedetroit.com\/articles\/22511\/police_said_there_wasn_t_a_serial_killer_in_detroit_now_there_s_a_serial_killer_in_detroit?fbclid=IwAR0G4xNht0IwlxkQYMxL6O2odN2id4tcqQ3uUFi4CnJgzWvkRaK2x1nJkVI\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.deadlinedetroit.com\/articles\/22511\/police_said_there_wasn_t_a_serial_killer_in_detroit_now_there_s_a_serial_killer_in_detroit?fbclid=IwAR0G4xNht0IwlxkQYMxL6O2odN2id4tcqQ3uUFi4CnJgzWvkRaK2x1nJkVI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article_photo_item aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dd-res.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/kwame_and_trumpy_36149.jpg\" alt=\"Featured_kwame_and_trumpy_36149\" width=\"320px\" data-id=\"36149\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"card-title mt-1 mb-0\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Pleads for Trump&#8217;s Help in Gushing Letter Praising His &#8216;Unprecedented Success<\/h1>\n<p>Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has fired off a letter to President Donald Trump, profusely praising his bold presidency while asking him for a commutation to set him free.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I first want to congratulate you for the overwhelming and stunning victories of your Presidential campaign, and also the unprecedented success of your first two-years in office. You have shaken up the entire world&#8230;and that is a great thing to behold,&#8221; Kilpatrick, a lifelong Democrat wrote in an April 16 letter obtained by Deadline Detroit. &#8220;I pray your\u00a0success daily!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The two-page cover letter includes a 20-page attachment in which Kilpatrick questions the feds&#8217; case against him, point by point, and accuses the judge and his trial attorney of having a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I applaud your boldness and tenacity in confronting the traditional and sometimes deformed politics of our country. You have vociferously exposed the treacherous and calculating schemes of our media and government that have worked to crush families, communities, and even Truth itself. Thank you for standing up, speaking out, and exposing this wickedness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kilpatrick, 48, who is serving a 28-year prison sentence for public corruption, not only questions the feds&#8217; case, but the severity of his sentence, and asks for a commutation<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/resizer\/iaOqL32FQnuMacucVFD2MBVb0kA=\/800x0\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5cf8106b\/turbine\/la-1559761001-jcwhmxzedr-snap-image\" alt=\"Migrant arrests at U.S.-Mexico border surge to largest monthly total in more than a decade\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Migrant arrests at U.S.-Mexico border surge to largest monthly total in more than a decade<\/h1>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p data-page=\"1\">The U.S. Border Patrol says a new record was set in May for the number of migrant families apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>Agents apprehended 132,887 people in May, the largest figure in more than a decade. It set a record with 84,542 adults and children apprehended. Another 11,507 people were children traveling alone, and 36,838 were single adults.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-border-patrol-migrant-apprehensions-20190605-story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/nation\/la-na-border-patrol-migrant-apprehensions-20190605-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-1855431e\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Australian Police Raids Target News Media Over Leaked Documents<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">The Australian Federal Police raided the Sydney offices of Australia\u2019s public broadcaster on Wednesday, apparently in connection with <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-07-11\/killings-of-unarmed-afghans-by-australian-special-forces\/8466642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an article published in 2017<\/a> about Australian special forces being investigated over possible war crimes in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">The raid of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation\u2019s offices came a day after the same agency searched the home, computer and cellphone of a journalist who reported on secret correspondence between government ministries over a plan to expand intelligence agencies\u2019 surveillance powers. The police said the two raids were not related.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLyonsDen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Lyons<\/a>, the executive editor of ABC News and the head of its investigative journalism unit, said on Twitter that the police had arrived at ABC\u2019s headquarters with a search warrant that named three journalists. \u201cWe\u2019ll be taking material with us. It will be sealed,\u201d he quoted <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLyonsDen\/status\/1136089769270579201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the officers as saying<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The federal police said the raid was connected to allegations of publishing classified material, saying they had received a referral on July 11, 2017, from the Australian military and the then-defense secretary. On that date, ABC published \u201c<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-07-11\/killings-of-unarmed-afghans-by-australian-special-forces\/8466642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Afghan Files<\/a>,\u201d an article based on leaked military documents that detailed clandestine Australian operations in Afghanistan, including cases in which children and unarmed men were killed.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/04\/world\/australia\/journalist-raid-annika-smethurst.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/04\/world\/australia\/journalist-raid-annika-smethurst.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">From \u2018Chicano blowout\u2019 to blowup: Turmoil over MEChA name change was decades in coming (so long reconquista)<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/resizer\/XjjL9aZOqb9Tco2jk6Pt9NtPIVA=\/800x0\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5ce9c7f7\/turbine\/la-1558824942-q3i9xkjdmu-snap-image\" alt=\"From \u2018Chicano blowout\u2019 to blowup: Turmoil over MEChA name change was decades in coming\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p data-page=\"1\">Joe Rodriguez was a teenager when he first embraced the slur. For years, Mexican Americans of low social status like him were called Chicanos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>In March 1968, the 15-year-old sophomore joined hundreds of other Garfield High School students in a protest against discrimination and unequal conditions at Los Angeles schools in what came to be known as the \u201cChicano blowouts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>Soon Rodriguez, a fourth-generation Mexican American, declared, \u201cI am Chicano.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>Today, however, many of the children and grandchildren of those who marched half a century ago find themselves in a debate over the role of words like \u201cChicano\u201d in the fight for rights in the age of Trump.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-mecha-chicano-controversy-20190603-story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-mecha-chicano-controversy-20190603-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110226\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/03\/9AD55BE1-2F30-4D00-84DF-42E6897A5E79.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/03\/9AD55BE1-2F30-4D00-84DF-42E6897A5E79.png 510w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/03\/9AD55BE1-2F30-4D00-84DF-42E6897A5E79-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/03\/9AD55BE1-2F30-4D00-84DF-42E6897A5E79-768x580.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"385\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110226\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/04\/12\/counterpunch-on-stage-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">CounterPunch on Stage: The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"post_author_intro\">by<\/span> <span class=\"post_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/author\/q7dru\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ishmael Reed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>My real purpose for traveling to the East in January was to attend the showing of a two hour and forty-five-minute film that Steve Cannon, Walter Cotton and I produced in 1980, \u201c81,\u201d that was scheduled to be shown Washington\u2019s National Gallery. Since Kino Lorber restored the film, it has been shown at museums and theaters throughout the country. <em>Art Forum<\/em> magazine was among the film publications that have called it one of the best movies of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the government shut down, and the postponement of the showing. I had bought plane tickets and booked a hotel. Only Amtrak offered me a refund. To make use of my time, I decided to have Rome Neal, who has directed eight of my plays at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, round up some of the actors who had appeared in my 2017 play, \u201dLife Among The Aryans,\u201d to\u00a0 read from a script I was working on entitled \u201cThe Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda.\u201d Like The Star Spangled Banner, \u201cHamilton, The Revolution\u201d is some noisy, brassy state art, which pushes the creation myth that Alexander Hamilton and others were abolitionists. When, like the writer of The Star Spangled Banner, they were hypocrites. Next time you sing the lines, \u201d \u2026and the land of the free,\u201d remember that those lines were penned by Francis Scott Keyes, a wealthy slave owner.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/04\/12\/counterpunch-on-stage-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/04\/12\/counterpunch-on-stage-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>Solidarity for Never<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/treachery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23487\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/treachery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/treachery.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/treachery-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/treachery-500x313.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/treachery-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Combined, the NEA, AFT, CTA, and UTLA spent more than one million dollars on the idiot proposition EE, which went down to an overwhelming defeat, as anyone with any grasp of taxation in California would have easily predicted.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If that money had been spent preparing a statewide strike, linking the many California strikes this year, or planning a nationwide school worker strike in the fall, it would have been well spent. But it would not take a million dollars to have planned, or plan, those solidarity strikes. It would cost nearly nothing beyond what NEA spends now. Direct action gets the goods. Trying to vote our way out of exploitation will never work. Don&#8217;t be fooled again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A political disaster: How Measure EE, L.A. schools tax hike, failed so badly<\/h1>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p data-page=\"1\">Backers of the Los Angeles Unified School District\u2019s proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-edu-lausd-measure-ee-election-20190604-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parcel tax always<\/a> knew they had an uphill battle and that defeat was a possibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>They needed a two-thirds majority for the measure to pass. They thought they could eke out a win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>After the ballots were counted, though, the tax earned only 45% of the vote \u2014 a stunning defeat for school leaders and Mayor Eric Garcetti, who campaigned hard for the measure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>Here is a look <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-edu-lausd-parcel-tax-election-20190604-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at what went wrong:<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-property-tax-lausd-explainer-20190605-story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-property-tax-lausd-explainer-20190605-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Teacher unions were big contributors:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>United Teachers Los Angeles \u2013 $500,000<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>American Federation of Teachers \u2013 $300,000<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>National Education Association \u2013 $250,000<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>California Teachers Association \u2013 $25,000<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>California Federation of Teachers \u2013 $10,000<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eiaonline.com\/intercepts\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.eiaonline.com\/intercepts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net\/39092586_155867388176570_r.jpeg\" alt=\"39092586_155867388176570_r.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"campaign-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">New Haven Teacher Hardship Fund (With a million wasted on electoral work, the striking members are left with &#8220;Go Fund Me.&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p>NHTA is committed to our members and the students of New Haven.\u00a0 We want to ensure that the learning conditions of our students are the best they could be: <strong>their learning conditions are our working conditions.<\/strong>\u00a0 We knew that there would be a financial cost to this strike. Every day we are losing wages, but we are firmly convinced we are fighting for our students, their classrooms, and this community. However, some of our members are making this sacrifice in the face of a multitude of hardships.\u00a0 There are those with life-saving medical costs, family emergencies, and extraordinary financial hardship.<\/p>\n<p>We are asking for donations to help those who are standing up for students and education, but who have greater financial need.\u00a0 New Haven teachers will pay it forward in the classroom. We&#8217;re asking for help to those in greatest need.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/nhta-needy-teacher-fund?utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgntopstickysmall_r&#038;fbclid=IwAR3C2-dLDfLlnjrqRKYj0o2iqkGhX2B2wcrHLYm2xQa090h3sX7vv62Qre4\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.gofundme.com\/nhta-needy-teacher-fund?utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=fb_dn_cpgntopstickysmall_r&#038;fbclid=IwAR3C2-dLDfLlnjrqRKYj0o2iqkGhX2B2wcrHLYm2xQa090h3sX7vv62Qre4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article__carousel--image lazy lazy-loaded\" title=\"OCTAVIO JONES | Times Joanne McCall is the new executive director of Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association, the county's teachers union. She formerly served as president of the state teachers union, Florida Education Association, based in Tallahassee, but lost reelection in October. Here she is shown speaking at an April 2018 Hernando County School Board meeting where she spoke against now-fired Superintendent Lori Romano after she fired 47 teachers at once.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=1200&amp;Q=66\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1200px) 1200px, (min-width: 992px) 992px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 576px) 576px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=576&amp;Q=66 576w, https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=768&amp;Q=66 768w, https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=992&amp;Q=66 992w, https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=1200&amp;Q=66 1200w\" alt=\"OCTAVIO JONES | Times Joanne McCall is the new executive director of Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association, the county's teachers union. She formerly served as president of the state teachers union, Florida Education Association, based in Tallahassee, but lost reelection in October. Here she is shown speaking at an April 2018 Hernando County School Board meeting where she spoke against now-fired Superintendent Lori Romano after she fired 47 teachers at once.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=576&amp;Q=66 576w, https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=768&amp;Q=66 768w, https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=992&amp;Q=66 992w, https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=1200&amp;Q=66 1200w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/storyimage\/HI\/20190607\/ARTICLE\/306079787\/AR\/0\/AR-306079787.jpg&amp;MaxW=1200&amp;Q=66\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article__headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">Former Failed FEA union boss\u00a0 Joanne McCall takes job in Pinellas<\/h1>\n<p>Joanne McCall, former president of Florida\u2019s teachers union, will arrive in Pinellas County Tuesday as the new executive director of the local union.<\/p>\n<p>The position at Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association has been vacant since 2016, when former director Bruce Proud retired. Its duties since have been handled by Mike Gandolfo, the union\u2019s president, who said the burden of dual responsibilities finally became too much.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/pcta-pespa.org\/docs\/Solidarity\/SR72.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> Friday, Gandolfo wrote that union members will benefit from McCall\u2019s \u201cvast experience, knowledge, contacts, drive and focus.&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>While in the state role, McCall took some criticism from both Ingram and others. Broward Teachers Union president Anna Fusco told the <i>Miami Herald<\/i> in October that herself and other local union presidents \u201cbasically demanded (Ingram) step up&#8221; in McCall\u2019s place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe never executes a plan in a timely manner. She doesn\u2019t include her local leaders to execute the plan,\u201d Fusco told the <i>Herald.<\/i> \u201cWe\u2019re always called off at the last minute and left on the back burner.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/blogs\/gradebook\/2019\/06\/07\/former-state-teachers-union-president-joanne-mccall-takes-job-in-pinellas\/?fbclid=IwAR2N6Zzp9c9UxEPVuNn8BEpOPWL26Be1JPm6d7CkH8vPiPMrwnPXlAJvrxU\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.tampabay.com\/blogs\/gradebook\/2019\/06\/07\/former-state-teachers-union-president-joanne-mccall-takes-job-in-pinellas\/?fbclid=IwAR2N6Zzp9c9UxEPVuNn8BEpOPWL26Be1JPm6d7CkH8vPiPMrwnPXlAJvrxU<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Antonucci: California Teachers Association\u2019s strategic plan \u2014 how\u2019s it doing?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\">Back in 2014, the California Teachers Association generated a long-term strategic plan. Titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cta.org\/~\/media\/Documents\/PDFs\/Strategic%20Long%20Term%20Planning\/SPGFocusAreasandGoalsHandout.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">Our Union, Our Future<\/span><\/a>,\u201d it described eight broad goals, including community engagement and coalition building, organizing unrepresented education workers and \u201ctransforming our profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In April, CTA assembled a working group of union officers, representatives and staff to assess the progress the union has made in implementing its strategic plan over the last five years. It presented the results to the union\u2019s board of directors in an 18-page report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">You can read the entire report <a href=\"http:\/\/laschoolreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CTAStrategicPlanReview2019.pdf\">here<\/a>, but I want to highlight those portions that have more than just a pure parochial interest to union insiders. We also have to allow for the standard amount of self-congratulation that often accompanies union analysis of its own practices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The working group did note that progress on the union\u2019s goals was \u201cuneven,\u201d blaming this on \u201cthe attacks on public education\u201d and the loss of agency fees. However, \u201cCTA responded powerfully against each of these threats and at the end of the five-year period emerged as a stronger, more connected, more diverse and vibrant union,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Among its successes CTA lists exposing \u201cschool privatizers and Right to Work\u201d and the \u201cagenda of billionaires in supporting corporate charter schools and those who fund anti-education candidates and initiatives.\u201d The union celebrated its political campaign and charter organizing victories, but was most proud that \u201cthe public perception of teachers, teachers\u2019 unions, and unions in general, has improved\u201d because \u201cwe have changed the narrative from \u2018teachers care about salaries\u2019 to \u2018teachers care about kids.\u2019\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/laschoolreport.com\/antonucci-california-teachers-associations-strategic-plan-hows-it-doing\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">laschoolreport.com\/antonucci-california-teachers-associations-strategic-plan-hows-it-doing\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>Spy versus Spy<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former CIA Operative Explains How Spies Use Disguises | WIRED\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JASUsVY5YJ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>The Magical Mystery Tour<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-7622bc3d\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Maryetta Dussourd, 74, Dies; Raised Early Alarm on Abusive Priests<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03dussourd2\/03dussourd2-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03dussourd2\/03dussourd2-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03dussourd2\/03dussourd2-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03dussourd2\/03dussourd2-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1670w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">\u00a0Maryetta Dussourd was a young mother in Boston in the late 1970s, caring for her daughter and three sons as well as a niece\u2019s four sons, when her parish priest took an interest in the boys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">As a devout Roman Catholic, Ms. Dussourd was honored that the priest, the <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2002\/02\/22\/us\/ex-priest-in-an-abuse-case-is-sentenced-to-9-to-10-years.html?module=inline\">Rev. John J. Geoghan<\/a>, visited often, taking the boys out for ice cream and going up to their rooms at night to pray with them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">While the priest was upstairs, Ms. Dussourd and her husband, Ralph, watched television. Sometimes they saw as many as three half-hour programs before Father Geoghan came back down. He would make regular visits over two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">Then the couple learned that the priest had been sexually molesting all seven boys. The oldest was 12, the youngest was 4.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/maryetta-dussourd-dead.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/maryetta-dussourd-dead.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scaledImageFitWidth img\" src=\"https:\/\/external.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/safe_image.php?d=AQCx1RwcLzq2aUQr&amp;w=540&amp;h=282&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fresizer%2FYxicABGfqOPqYnrvsArFBxSlvTw%3D%2F1484x0%2Farc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FPDPQRR2TR5BBVHDNVRGMMZ6HMY.JPG&amp;cfs=1&amp;upscale=1&amp;fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&amp;_nc_hash=AQAdegz9Pbr_wq9n\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" data-src=\"https:\/\/external.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/safe_image.php?d=AQCx1RwcLzq2aUQr&amp;w=540&amp;h=282&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fresizer%2FYxicABGfqOPqYnrvsArFBxSlvTw%3D%2F1484x0%2Farc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FPDPQRR2TR5BBVHDNVRGMMZ6HMY.JPG&amp;cfs=1&amp;upscale=1&amp;fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&amp;_nc_hash=AQAdegz9Pbr_wq9n\" aria-label=\"Image may contain: one or more people\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Televangelist explains his fleet of private jets: &#8220;It&#8217;s a biblical thing.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2019\/06\/04\/wealthy-televangelist-explains-his-fleet-private-jets-its-biblical-thing\/?fbclid=IwAR3WYR0LgnjhMTO11q8yrC97w8aur1b_k_HR8L0ofRJQf11B2G99Kmt6gE0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2019\/06\/04\/wealthy-televangelist-explains-his-fleet-private-jets-its-biblical-thing\/?fbclid=IwAR3WYR0LgnjhMTO11q8yrC97w8aur1b_k_HR8L0ofRJQf11B2G99Kmt6gE0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/resizer\/wXXhqr8O8fIx_RPMaWf0di1zyNY=\/800x0\/www.trbimg.com\/img-5cf73247\/turbine\/la-1559704132-1otwxw51m7-snap-image\" alt=\"Leader of La Luz Del Mundo religious group arrested on suspicion of rape, child porn\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<h1 class=\"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Leader of La Luz Del Mundo religious group arrested on suspicion of rape, child porn<\/h1>\n<p data-page=\"1\">A top leader of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lldm.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Luz Del Mundo<\/a> religious organization was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, production of child pornography, forcible rape of a minor and other felonies, California prosecutors said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card collection-item\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\" card-content \">\n<p>Naas\u00f3n Joaqu\u00edn Garc\u00eda and co-defendants Alondra Ocampo, Azalea Rangel Melendez and Susana Medina Oaxaca \u2014 all of whom are affiliated with La Luz Del Mundo \u2014 are alleged to have committed 26 felonies in Los Angeles County between 2015 and 2018.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-la-luz-del-mundo-charges-abuse-20190604-story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-la-luz-del-mundo-charges-abuse-20190604-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__image media__image--responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-exlarge-169.jpg\" alt=\"Michael J. Bransfield, then-bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, in 2015. \" data-src-mini=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-small-169.jpg\" data-src-xsmall=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-medium-plus-169.jpg\" data-src-small=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-large-169.jpg\" data-src-medium=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-exlarge-169.jpg\" data-src-large=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-super-169.jpg\" data-src-full16x9=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-full-169.jpg\" data-src-mini1x1=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-small-11.jpg\" data-demand-load=\"loaded\" data-eq-pts=\"mini: 0, xsmall: 221, small: 308, medium: 461, large: 781\" data-eq-state=\"mini xsmall small medium\" data-src=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/190605170317-bishop-michael-bransfield-2015-exlarge-169.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"pg-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">West Virginia bishop spent church money on liquor, &#8216;luxury items&#8217; and home renovations, church report says<\/h1>\n<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">The former Catholic bishop of West Virginia spent church money on &#8220;luxury items&#8221; &#8212; including liquor, travel and home renovations &#8212; and faces &#8220;credible&#8221; accusations that he sexually harassed adults under his authority, according to a report issued under a new Catholic policy to address misconduct by bishops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">The investigation into Bishop Michael Bransfield, formerly the head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, was led by Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore. It is the first in the United States to use the so-called &#8220;metropolitan model&#8221; since the church&#8217;s sexual abuse crisis escalated last summer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\">Under that model, when an accusation arises against a bishop the complaint is handled by the local archbishop, or metropolitan. Those are usually the leaders of the region&#8217;s biggest cities, hence the name. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is expected to formally adopt the new model at a meeting next week in Baltimore.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\">Bransfield, 75, whose cousin is a senior official in the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, had been West Virginia&#8217;s senior Catholic bishop since 2005. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/09\/13\/us\/west-virginia-bishop-resignation-sexual-harassment-allegations\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resigned last September<\/a> as Pope Francis announced an investigation into his conduct.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/06\/05\/us\/west-virginia-bishop-bransfield-church-funds\/index.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.cnn.com\/2019\/06\/05\/us\/west-virginia-bishop-bransfield-church-funds\/index.html<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>The Best and Worst Things in the History of the World<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scaledImageFitWidth img\" src=\"https:\/\/external.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/safe_image.php?d=AQBZEo1qVtrxF-At&amp;w=540&amp;h=282&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.independent.co.uk%2Fs3fs-public%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2F2019%2F06%2F04%2F10%2Fdump-trump-robot-04.06.2019.jpg&amp;cfs=1&amp;upscale=1&amp;fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&amp;_nc_hash=AQCP7UCWGW8XowTX\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" data-src=\"https:\/\/external.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/safe_image.php?d=AQBZEo1qVtrxF-At&amp;w=540&amp;h=282&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.independent.co.uk%2Fs3fs-public%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2F2019%2F06%2F04%2F10%2Fdump-trump-robot-04.06.2019.jpg&amp;cfs=1&amp;upscale=1&amp;fallback=news_d_placeholder_publisher&amp;_nc_hash=AQCP7UCWGW8XowTX\" aria-label=\"Image may contain: one or more people, people standing and outdoor\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Trump protests: Giant model of president sitting on golden toilet while tweeting appears in central London<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Robot also has audio function which makes fart sounds and says \u2018no collusion\u2019, \u2018you are fake news\u2019 and \u2018witch-hunt\u2019\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/trump-protests-toilet-robot-tweeting-trafalgar-square-london-state-visit-a8943061.html?utm_medium=Social&#038;utm_source=Facebook&#038;fbclid=IwAR1VQigm2laLe_tM9kPmCqlNhBTDyMFOYQ8GHdrRKrVCT4_-E3yDY9r93TE#Echobox=1559642155\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/trump-protests-toilet-robot-tweeting-trafalgar-square-london-state-visit-a8943061.html?utm_medium=Social&#038;utm_source=Facebook&#038;fbclid=IwAR1VQigm2laLe_tM9kPmCqlNhBTDyMFOYQ8GHdrRKrVCT4_-E3yDY9r93TE#Echobox=1559642155<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/61947903_133055474554396_5027137762587836416_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&amp;_nc_oc=AQkSFIXOpGFJQMj9chCY9exjWfQ5I8ppJQruHq0y9hmTxyxOEcHghc7J8g8uMsreluU&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-1.fna&amp;oh=4779e17e7cf0b465cca0a7d73790dbc8&amp;oe=5D9DB644\" alt=\"Image may contain: 1 person, smiling\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Louisville&#8217;s International Airport Renamed After Muhammad Ali (NPR confusing the fascist NOI with &#8220;Islam.&#8221;)<\/h1>\n<p>Now to Louisville, Ky., where the city&#8217;s regional airport has a new name &#8211; the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Today the city unveiled the branding for the airport renamed for the boxing legend. As Amina Elahi of member station WFPL reports, the change is being hailed by many in the community, especially many Muslims who find great meaning in the decision.<\/p>\n<p>AMINA ELAHI, BYLINE: Muhammad Ali&#8217;s daughter Maryum thinks it&#8217;s a big deal that Louisville has named its airport after her dad.<\/p>\n<p>MARYUM ALI: My father would be the type where, if he was living, going in and out of that airport &#8211; this airport was named after me. That&#8217;s something. That&#8217;s something, man. This is big. This is beautiful &#8211; a Muslim, a Muslim. I could just hear him now.\u00a0 &#8230;.MOHAMED SAMAHA: But I stress on the fact that we don&#8217;t want to claim Muhammad Ali just for ourselves as Muslims. Muhammad Ali is a world icon.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/06\/06\/730429551\/louisvilles-international-airport-renamed-after-muhammad-ali\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.npr.org\/2019\/06\/06\/730429551\/louisvilles-international-airport-renamed-after-muhammad-ali<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=quMHNp8QwzI\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=quMHNp8QwzI<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ghoul rules in Hamtramck<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/62408592_10161656112315570_3219418149761843200_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&amp;_nc_oc=AQk7koijTAGgql7-IlIfHYDd7QNZvuDsUPJvQgUvYBwqTDobHFfsorxVpAp3_DwHym8&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-1.fna&amp;oh=1349b61a4ca80253ac948a7e9ba22e11&amp;oe=5D8E865C\" alt=\"Image may contain: 1 person, smiling, standing\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><u>So Long<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=29tUPcw7-R8\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=29tUPcw7-R8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03Ketchum3\/03Ketchum3-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03Ketchum3\/03Ketchum3-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03Ketchum3\/03Ketchum3-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 888w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/03Ketchum3\/03Ketchum3-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 888w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-15e7ba50\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">James Ketchum, Who Conducted LSD Experiments on Soldiers, Dies at 87<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">Dr. James S. Ketchum, an Army psychiatrist who in the 1960s conducted experiments with LSD and other powerful hallucinogens using volunteer soldiers as test subjects in secret research on chemical agents that might incapacitate the minds of battlefield adversaries, died on May 27 at his home in Peoria, Ariz. He was 87.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">His wife, Judy Ketchum, confirmed the death on Monday, adding that the cause had not been determined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">Decades before a convention eventually signed by more than 190 nations outlawed chemical weapons, Dr. Ketchum argued that recreational drugs favored by the counterculture could be used humanely to befuddle small units of enemy troops, and that a psychedelic \u201ccloud of confusion\u201d could stupefy whole battlefield regiments more ethically than the lethal explosions and flying steel of conventional weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18icg9x evys1bk0\">For nearly a decade he spearheaded these studies at Edgewood Arsenal, a secluded Army chemical weapons center on Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, where thousands of soldiers were drugged.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/james-ketchum-dead.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/03\/obituaries\/james-ketchum-dead.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Say Fight Back! <a href=\"https:\/\/abcmedia.akamaized.net\/news\/video\/201905\/4Cs_Internationale2_3005_512k.mp4\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">abcmedia.akamaized.net\/news\/video\/201905\/4Cs_Internationale2_3005_512k.mp4<\/a> Chinese protesters sing anthem The Internationale <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.abc.net\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">mobile.abc.net<\/a>.au\/news\/2019-06-03\/chinese-protesters-sing-the-communist-anthem\/11167590?fbclid=IwAR1_V8Ooa4m-dThK2EWS79jWMeq9mS313l4GxPD3_huPF3XWgYQ7MNPxtyU Teacher Strike: New Haven Unified plans to calculate students&#8217; final grades, not teachers UNION CITY, Calif. 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