{"id":24010,"date":"2019-08-31T23:43:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T07:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=24010"},"modified":"2019-09-01T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T20:46:16","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-80-years-since-the-start-of-wwii-never-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-80-years-since-the-start-of-wwii-never-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: 80 Years Since the Start of WWII. Never Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>We Say Fight Back!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hong Kong\u2019s huge protests, explained\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_RdnVtfZPY?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<div class=\"info__headline headline\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\">\n<h1 class=\"headline__header\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\">Day of defiance: Hong Kong protesters launch rally and &#8216;go shopping&#8217; as police roll out water cannons<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hong Kong riot police use batons in clash at metro station\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kW4A9hy3H3Y?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<\/div>\n<div class=\"info__subHeadline\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\">\n<div data-v-53cff7ba=\"\">\n<ul class=\"live-article__summary--ul content--ul\" data-v-215af12d=\"\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\">\n<li class=\"live-article__summary--li content--li\" data-v-215af12d=\"\">\n<p class=\"live-article__summary--p content--p MsoNormal\" data-v-215af12d=\"\"><span class=\"live-article__summary--span content--span\" data-v-215af12d=\"\">Tensions high\u00a0after anti-government activists Joshua Wong and Andy Chan among those arrested, while a\u00a0police officer was stabbed<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"live-article__summary--li content--li\" data-v-215af12d=\"\">Mass protest organisers originally planned to hold rally and march on Hong Kong Island to coincide with anniversary of Beijing decision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-v-53cff7ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-215af12d=\"\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">Hong Kong faces its 13th straight weekend of civil\u00a0unrest after thousands of protesters vowed to defy a police ban and throng the streets of Hong Kong Island on Saturday, with a Christian rally morphing into a procession and authorities shutting down recreational facilities and an MTR station.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-53cff7ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-215af12d=\"\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">A day earlier police launched a crackdown\u00a0by arresting prominent pro-democracy activists and at least three lawmakers for their alleged involvement in demonstrations sparked by the now-shelved extradition bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-53cff7ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\" data-v-215af12d=\"\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\">Defiant protesters have said they would demonstrate regardless of police refusing permission for a mass march and rally by the Civil Human Rights Front, which has called off the events. Police said they would enforce the law.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/politics\/article\/3025194\/recreational-facilities-and-mtr-station-closed-hong-kong\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/politics\/article\/3025194\/recreational-facilities-and-mtr-station-closed-hong-kong<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scmp\/videos\/508952106514692\/?t=209\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/scmp\/videos\/508952106514692\/?t=209<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"c-page-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">This hidden mural on South Ashland Avenue tells the story of one of the most radical labor unions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\"><em>The walls of the \u2018Solidarity\u2019 mural \u2014 which will be part of the Chicago Architecture Center\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/openhousechicago.org\/\">Open House Chicago <\/a>tour in October \u2014 are plastered with brightly colored scenes of workers\u2019 struggles and triumphs.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-215af12d=\"\" data-v-53cff7ba=\"\" data-v-22ae94a0=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/kVtlgZH5f3nMUDgd2If8vV32E9c=\/0x0:1500x1125\/1200x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/o2zC5TmlSCF9rAE6PV-4MRbwu68=\/0x0:1500x1125\/320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/cmi-TlPlXI3PiBq9DXb2sQSsIdo=\/0x0:1500x1125\/520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/83s1VsIna-f2Xt68_Mw-MH5QKZw=\/0x0:1500x1125\/720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/9ekXAzVMhYz1BL1YoMmeWifdjlY=\/0x0:1500x1125\/920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 920w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/cxDiKR84h2FFWWZFratAdnOdp9I=\/0x0:1500x1125\/1120x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/XWGylN7fX1EpbIuQyLPZ2Ah1Bzk=\/0x0:1500x1125\/1320x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/eTelsOvzJYCWr4zCLm9RO6bpTk4=\/0x0:1500x1125\/1520x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/su9KNT1c-FbB_W_1nI2hcabQoWY=\/0x0:1500x1125\/1720x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/yZIVS1SKPGBEjONis9EfOTYCkjE=\/0x0:1500x1125\/1920x0\/filters:focal(0x0:1500x1125):no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/19126221\/MURALS_08XX19_06.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Hands clasp in this portion of the \u201cSolidarity\u201d mural inside the United Electrical Workers union hall at 37 S. Ashland Ave.\" data-upload-width=\"1500\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"FgJRN7\" class=\"p--has-dropcap drop-letter-a\"><span role=\"text\" aria-labelledby=\"word-first--0\"><span class=\"dropcap-outer\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"dropcap\">A<\/span>nyone<\/span><\/span> driving on Ashland Avenue near Monroe Street has likely seen the colorful mural on the side of the United Electrical Workers union hall.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AvSKiF\">Completed in 1999 by Mexican artist Daniel Manrique, it shows people joining hands in solidarity and celebrates international unity among workers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"jElWpR\">Less well-known because it\u2019s out of public view is the two-story mural inside, completed in 1974, that climbs the hall\u2019s main staircase, immersing anyone who walks through it in the history of the union.<\/p>\n<p id=\"n91LDK\">The walls of the \u201cSolidarity\u201d mural \u2014 which will be part of the Chicago Architecture Center\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/openhousechicago.org\/\">Open House Chicago <\/a>tour, open to the public Oct. 19-20 \u2014 are plastered with brightly colored scenes of workers\u2019 struggles and triumphs. Hands of different races clasp together, a cartoonish boss is forced to sign a contract with workers, and union leaders hand leaflets to factory workers.<\/p>\n<p id=\"lQEqy4\">The second-floor landing portrays a southern sheriff, a Ku Klux Klan member, an industrialist, a general and National Guard members suppressing the workers below them.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/murals-mosaics\/2019\/8\/30\/20826871\/united-electrical-workers-union-mural-john-pitman-weber-jose-guerrero-ashland-avenue-near-west-side?fbclid=IwAR3RdoL_fA8WOcvHGFzZGOfcbgHFl6qNvqR8AX7vhDKltvrRjxHudcfMAMM\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">chicago.suntimes.com\/murals-mosaics\/2019\/8\/30\/20826871\/united-electrical-workers-union-mural-john-pitman-weber-jose-guerrero-ashland-avenue-near-west-side?fbclid=IwAR3RdoL_fA8WOcvHGFzZGOfcbgHFl6qNvqR8AX7vhDKltvrRjxHudcfMAMM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pi_assets-image aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kdll\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/201908\/kpea_logo.png\" data-interchange-default=\"https:\/\/www.kdll.org\/sites\/kdll\/files\/styles\/default\/public\/201908\/kpea_logo.png\" data-interchange-small=\"https:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kdll\/files\/styles\/small\/public\/201908\/kpea_logo.png\" data-interchange-medium=\"https:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kdll\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/201908\/kpea_logo.png\" data-interchange-large=\"https:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kdll\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/201908\/kpea_logo.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">District teachers, staff announce possible strike date<\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After another round of negotiations showed little movement, a potential strike by Kenai Peninsula teachers is a step closer.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The bargaining teams from the school district the Kenai Peninsula Education Association and Support Association met again Tuesday, but found little compromise. The associations issued a release Wednesday saying they would be ready to strike as soon as September 16th if a new contract can\u2019t be worked out. KPEA President Dave Brighton says they want a healthcare plan similar to other districts around the state, in particular the Fairbanks North Star School District, which covers its employees monthly premiums to the tune of $400 a month.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe asked the district why is it that we are expected to pay so much more. It\u2019s important to recognize that the district\u2019s overall costs for healthcare have actually gone down in the last two years and the employee\u2019s share has increased.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/kdll.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net\/post\/district-teachers-staff-announce-possible-strike-date?fbclid=IwAR31vjm2o7A1L8878tNcJ3nA6gsl22RzswZt57hsN-ik5AfqhNFONLJitlk#stream\/0\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">kdll.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net\/post\/district-teachers-staff-announce-possible-strike-date?fbclid=IwAR31vjm2o7A1L8878tNcJ3nA6gsl22RzswZt57hsN-ik5AfqhNFONLJitlk#stream\/0<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to Sergei Eisenstein\u2019s &lt;i&gt;Ten Days That Shook the World&lt;\/i&gt; (1928)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/sergei-eisensteins-ten-days-that-shook-the-world-1928\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sergei Eisenstein\u2019s <i>Ten Days That Shook the World<\/i> (1928) <\/a><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1015200\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/oktober.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/26115415\/oktober.jpg 620w, http:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/26115415\/oktober-118x150.jpg 118w, http:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/26115415\/oktober-236x300.jpg 236w, http:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/26115415\/oktober-300x382.jpg 300w\" alt=\"oktober\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Behold Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov&#8217;s acclaimed dramatization of the Russian Revolution that unfolded in October of 1917. Commissioned by the Soviet government to commemorate\u00a0the tenth anniversary of that Revolution, the film was\u00a0originally released in 1928 as <em>Oktober<\/em>\u00a0in the Soviet Union, and later internationally as <em>Ten Days That Shook The World<\/em>, borrowing from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/october.png\">John Reed&#8217;s well-known\u00a0book on the Revolution<\/a>. Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/Archive.org\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">Archive.org<\/a>, you can watch the\u00a0film below, and find it in our collection,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freemoviesonline\">1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.<\/a>.\u00a0 VIDEO Link<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BzMDzHpybY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/sergei-eisensteins-ten-days-that-shook-the-world-1928\">Sergei Eisenstein\u2019s Ten Days That Shook the World (1928)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sergei Eisenstein\u2019s &lt;i&gt;Ten Days That Shook the World&lt;\/i&gt; (1928)&#8221; &#8212; Open Culture\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/sergei-eisensteins-ten-days-that-shook-the-world-1928\/embed#?secret=2icDOVzwyG#?secret=BzMDzHpybY\" data-secret=\"BzMDzHpybY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"header\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Kaiser to face largest strike anywhere in 20 years<\/h1>\n<p>The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions warned in an August 12 press release they are planning the \u201cnation\u2019s largest walkout since 1997.\u201d Coalition spokesman Sean Wherley says over 80,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in six states and D.C. may go on strike at their hospitals and clinics in early October.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sandiegoreader.com\/img\/photos\/2019\/08\/23\/OPEIU_Local_30_members__Facebook_t658.jpg?ff95ca2b4c25d2d6ff3bfb257febf11d604414e5\" alt=\"Local union members. Union wants to prohibit outsourcing and automation.\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sub_header\">Union claims company made $5.2 billion in profits in the first six months of 2019<\/h3>\n<p id=\"h989081-p2\" class=\"permalinkable\">This includes 4,916 caregivers and service and maintenance workers in San Diego County who belong to the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 30. They will be voting September 16-20 whether to authorize an \u201cunfair labor practice\u201d strike. Wherley says the Service Employee International Union &#8211; United Healthcare Workers West, which represents 57,000 Kaiser employees from the rest of California, already voted in early August and 98 percent of voters authorized a strike.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h989081-p3\" class=\"permalinkable\">Wherley says the national contract with Kaiser expired September 30, 2018 and Kaiser was supposed to start negotiating in April 2018 but refused until earlier this year. He says the local contracts will expire September 30, 2019.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h989081-p4\" class=\"permalinkable\"><em><strong>According to Local 30 charts issued to members, Kaiser is proposing three percent pay raises each year for four years to California workers and a 15 percent pay cut for new hires.<\/strong> <\/em>Workers outside California are offered one-two percent raises. The coalition is counter-proposing a five-year agreement with yearly raises of four, three, three, four, and four percent for workers in all regions, and no pay cuts for new hires.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2019\/aug\/26\/ticker-kaiser-face-largest-strike-20-years\/?fbclid=IwAR3SybrNBaqpqBPeMcvUO5LpmUKGYbyigy6HAJmCFnv3R96iB6sXgosvrfM\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2019\/aug\/26\/ticker-kaiser-face-largest-strike-20-years\/?fbclid=IwAR3SybrNBaqpqBPeMcvUO5LpmUKGYbyigy6HAJmCFnv3R96iB6sXgosvrfM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/radicaljournal.com\/_Media\/political02.gif\" alt=\"Image result for I dont want to strike but I will\" width=\"236\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"Lh(1.15) Fz(40px) Fz(36px)--modalMinWidth Mb(14px) Ff($ff-primary) Lts($lspacing-md) Fw($fweight) Fsm($fsmoothing) Fsmw($fsmoothing) Fsmm($fsmoothing) Wow(bw)\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-reactid=\"3\">Chicago Teachers Union rejects contract offer, moves closer to possible strike (No More CTU Sellouts!)<\/h1>\n<p>Chicago Public School teachers are one step closer to a possible strike after the Chicago Teachers Union rejected the city&#8217;s latest contract offer. <strong>Video Linked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/chicago-teachers-union-rejects-contract-215123440.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">news.yahoo.com\/chicago-teachers-union-rejects-contract-215123440.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Little Red Schoolhouse<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17978\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/410\/2019\/08\/AndyTuck1.png\" alt=\"Florida\u2019s New Board Of Education Chairman Is Anti-Evolution, Christian Extremist (Image via The Florida Channel)\" width=\"768\" height=\"392\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"221797999\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"header\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Lincoln High teacher sued for sex talk<\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"sub_header\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Used connections with Nick Cannon &#8220;to get the girls all over him&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sandiegoreader.com\/img\/croppedphotos\/2019\/08\/26\/Lincoln-High-School-mural-CREDIT-Matthew-Suarez_t658.jpg?ff95ca2b4c25d2d6ff3bfb257febf11d604414e5\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On October 15, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/places\/lincoln-high-school\/\">Lincoln High School<\/a> psychologist Freddy Moreno summoned Sara to his office. A teacher wanted him to find out what was traumatizing her \u201cshy, sweet, and respectful\u201d student. After a lengthy conversation Moreno made a breakthrough when Sara said, \u201cI know I\u2019m worth more than to sell myself.\u201d But she wasn\u2019t ready to say more.<\/p>\n<p id=\"h989481-p3\" class=\"permalinkable\">She had become withdrawn at school. Her schoolmate Monet says Sara \u201cdressed really nice\u201d when school started, but a few weeks later \u201cshe started dressing in sweats like she didn\u2019t want anyone to see her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h989481-p4\" class=\"permalinkable\">In class Sara pulled the hood of her sweatshirt down over her face \u2014 burying herself at her desk as she cried. Sara was too afraid and embarrassed to tell anyone what was eating away at her. That evening her boyfriend insisted she speak up after watching her cry for days. What he heard made him scream.<\/p>\n<p>Sara returned to Moreno\u2019s office the next morning and reported that her multimedia teacher, Jason Anthony Crawford, tried to recruit her into prostitution. She says nearly every day since school started he tried convincing her to go with his rich friends to make \u201ceasy money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"h989481-p6\" class=\"permalinkable\">A San Diego Police Department detective was sent to investigate. He focused on less severe allegations that came up and recommended a misdemeanor sexual annoyance of a minor charge, leaving out the pandering and other felony-level crimes Sara described.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2019\/aug\/28\/cover-shark-bait\/?fb_comment_id=fbc_3032919723446414_3033262926745427_3033262926745427\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegoreader.com\/news\/2019\/aug\/28\/cover-shark-bait\/?fb_comment_id=fbc_3032919723446414_3033262926745427_3033262926745427<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/30\/business\/30borrowersdefense1\/merlin_142428249_b50b370a-b6b3-4efd-bc55-d6900423dcf0-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\/08\/30\/business\/30borrowersdefense1\/merlin_142428249_b50b370a-b6b3-4efd-bc55-d6900423dcf0-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/30\/business\/30borrowersdefense1\/merlin_142428249_b50b370a-b6b3-4efd-bc55-d6900423dcf0-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/30\/business\/30borrowersdefense1\/merlin_142428249_b50b370a-b6b3-4efd-bc55-d6900423dcf0-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is revising loan-forgiveness policies that the Obama administration set in motion after a wave of financial failures by for-profit colleges.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-5d126084\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">DeVos Toughens Rules for Student Borrowers Bilked by Colleges<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday significantly tightened Obama-era rules for student borrowers who say their schools defrauded them, imposing a deadline on claims and eliminating a requirement that the department automatically wipe away the loans of some students whose schools closed while they were enrolled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The new rules apply to federal student loans made from July 2020 onward. They will replace a set of policies, completed by the Obama administration in 2016, that Ms. DeVos had delayed carrying out until a court <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/16\/business\/student-loan-debt-relief.html?module=inline\">ordered her to do so<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Under the new rules, borrowers seeking loan forgiveness will have much higher hurdles to clear. They will need to prove that their college made a deceptive statement \u201cwith knowledge of its false, misleading or deceptive nature or with reckless disregard for the truth,\u201d and that they relied on the claim in deciding to enroll or stay at the school. They will also need to show that the deception harmed them financially.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">There is currently no time limit on submitting claims, but Ms. DeVos set a three-year deadline from the date that students graduate or leave their school.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/business\/betsy-devos-student-loan-forgiveness.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/business\/betsy-devos-student-loan-forgiveness.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/31\/nyregion\/31njschools91-print\/merlin_158031762_d220229e-fc42-498f-9dd2-147a8996b831-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/31\/nyregion\/31njschools91-print\/merlin_158031762_d220229e-fc42-498f-9dd2-147a8996b831-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/31\/nyregion\/31njschools91-print\/merlin_158031762_d220229e-fc42-498f-9dd2-147a8996b831-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/31\/nyregion\/31njschools91-print\/merlin_158031762_d220229e-fc42-498f-9dd2-147a8996b831-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"A mural by Michael David Adams and Viktorija Adams in Maplewood, N.J. A plan to integrate the public schools of Maplewood and South Orange has divided the towns.\u00a0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-3f2696c2\" class=\"css-1s4ffep e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">A Suburb Believed in Liberal Ideals. Then Came a New Busing Plan.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-1ifw933 e1wiw3jv0\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A school district confronts its segregated school system.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">This suburb, with its high-performing schools, seems a haven of diversity and progressiveness. Signs that trumpet \u201cStigma-free Town\u201d and \u201cHate Has No Home Here\u201d hang from lampposts and, after a series of fatal police shootings across the country, \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d placards popped up on lawns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">But now a strategy to tackle racial inequity in the school district is challenging the town\u2019s self-image, casting a harsh light on segregation and the stark achievement gaps between black and white students \u2014 and raising pointed questions about race and class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">In the district that serves Maplewood and its neighbor, South Orange, the plan is to eliminate guaranteed seats in neighborhood elementary schools, bus children to other buildings and reduce the grouping of students by test scores, which has resulted in white students filling a disproportionate share of higher-level classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Though children of all backgrounds would be bused, a significant number would likely be white because of school enrollment trends.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/nyregion\/nj-schools-desegregate-race.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/nyregion\/nj-schools-desegregate-race.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/69503598_10157455859991668_5962475154532466688_n.png?_nc_cat=101&amp;_nc_oc=AQmYuXB0yovRSff9moQeKRUpCdMP1qyyXQxi7A1OL03ZoBnSoB45WCGCKR2v0_Ih5p8&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-2.fna&amp;oh=12b819b67d5c3b2a2e0d9a93eeb37a3d&amp;oe=5E0CFE0F\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" aria-busy=\"false\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_yyn6cavpd l_yyn6c7c74 clearfix\">\n<div class=\"clearfix v_yyn6caxfo\">\n<div class=\"clearfix _42ef\">\n<div class=\"k_yyn6caxfj\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"_6a _5u5j\">\n<div class=\"_6a _5u5j _6b\">\n<h5 id=\"js_k\" class=\"_7tae _14f3 _14f5 _5pbw _5vra\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;C&quot;}\"><span class=\"fwn fcg\"><span class=\"fwb fcg\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;k&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EconomicPolicy\/?__tn__=kC-R&amp;eid=ARCTYhaEWOVBSJyx_knlerB6CJK90ZAiBFG301nm9jUrbqCAcbqChx8EpJ2g5cyRpoqfV6XjblnfXT-o&amp;hc_ref=ARSMjkh9FxlDRrzdgHSO0NGTpb5LpZRicscGe3LHT7Ca4N9iuV_e-4mwsGmnBbXurB0&amp;fref=nf&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD5Kxjsn3M63C6wOB5EMyPIQpW_xSWHkNvXxCGv9ECmQ5RyATMp02wGAosR7dWy92QG6N-DPpiwJIrjcIqwDOh837yef91RlL-SHxOZJMc330rzvJXwqiyQQfLh_wO2_9Rc7yfnLulreSWiAiJD-9bY4iXltZ8WB0WZemfK0d5s4-NwyAPWRTUFWHDXWFnSDY9B5JFB8R8rNAlbSAahqNVBw2dCuoeUoFJMx7Rfb5HRlcxHnk8Yea1szx64KY9IQdUmjS8NdeiTb9gxCaGLimZncbpY1lgHN_WeR6yYMb8kqux74hlnTtiV4iqJrjH5xEnPaOWGCA8X97JMmtBH\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=100882346667&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdkC-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCTYhaEWOVBSJyx_knlerB6CJK90ZAiBFG301nm9jUrbqCAcbqChx8EpJ2g5cyRpoqfV6XjblnfXT-o%22%2C%22hc_ref%22%3A%22ARSMjkh9FxlDRrzdgHSO0NGTpb5LpZRicscGe3LHT7Ca4N9iuV_e-4mwsGmnBbXurB0%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22nf%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\" data-hovercard-referer=\"ARSMjkh9FxlDRrzdgHSO0NGTpb5LpZRicscGe3LHT7Ca4N9iuV_e-4mwsGmnBbXurB0\">Economic Policy Institute<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<div id=\"feed_subtitle_100882346667;10157455447896668;;9\" class=\"_5pcp _5lel _2jyu _232_\" data-testid=\"story-subtitle\"><span class=\"o_yyn6cccum\"><span class=\"fsm fwn fcg\"><a class=\"_5pcq\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EconomicPolicy\/photos\/a.10151281228111668\/10157455859981668\/?type=3&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD5Kxjsn3M63C6wOB5EMyPIQpW_xSWHkNvXxCGv9ECmQ5RyATMp02wGAosR7dWy92QG6N-DPpiwJIrjcIqwDOh837yef91RlL-SHxOZJMc330rzvJXwqiyQQfLh_wO2_9Rc7yfnLulreSWiAiJD-9bY4iXltZ8WB0WZemfK0d5s4-NwyAPWRTUFWHDXWFnSDY9B5JFB8R8rNAlbSAahqNVBw2dCuoeUoFJMx7Rfb5HRlcxHnk8Yea1szx64KY9IQdUmjS8NdeiTb9gxCaGLimZncbpY1lgHN_WeR6yYMb8kqux74hlnTtiV4iqJrjH5xEnPaOWGCA8X97JMmtBH&amp;__tn__=-R\" target=\"\" rel=\"theater noopener noreferrer\"><abbr class=\"_5ptz\" title=\"8\/22\/19, 7:26 AM\" data-utime=\"1566484007\" data-shorten=\"1\"><span id=\"js_l\" class=\"timestampContent\">August 22 at 7:26 AM<\/span><\/abbr><\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"_6spk\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> \u00b7 <\/span><i class=\"lock img sp_d9F4b3C5dPh_1_5x sx_8c25fb\"><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"js_m\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>U.S. teachers on average spend $459 of their own money on school supplies. How does your state compare?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a teacher, share photos of your receipts in the comments or tell us what your experience as been. <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/theybroughtreceipts?source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD5Kxjsn3M63C6wOB5EMyPIQpW_xSWHkNvXxCGv9ECmQ5RyATMp02wGAosR7dWy92QG6N-DPpiwJIrjcIqwDOh837yef91RlL-SHxOZJMc330rzvJXwqiyQQfLh_wO2_9Rc7yfnLulreSWiAiJD-9bY4iXltZ8WB0WZemfK0d5s4-NwyAPWRTUFWHDXWFnSDY9B5JFB8R8rNAlbSAahqNVBw2dCuoeUoFJMx7Rfb5HRlcxHnk8Yea1szx64KY9IQdUmjS8NdeiTb9gxCaGLimZncbpY1lgHN_WeR6yYMb8kqux74hlnTtiV4iqJrjH5xEnPaOWGCA8X97JMmtBH&amp;__tn__=%2ANK-R\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">TheyBroughtReceipts<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/redfored?source=feed_text&amp;epa=HASHTAG&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD5Kxjsn3M63C6wOB5EMyPIQpW_xSWHkNvXxCGv9ECmQ5RyATMp02wGAosR7dWy92QG6N-DPpiwJIrjcIqwDOh837yef91RlL-SHxOZJMc330rzvJXwqiyQQfLh_wO2_9Rc7yfnLulreSWiAiJD-9bY4iXltZ8WB0WZemfK0d5s4-NwyAPWRTUFWHDXWFnSDY9B5JFB8R8rNAlbSAahqNVBw2dCuoeUoFJMx7Rfb5HRlcxHnk8Yea1szx64KY9IQdUmjS8NdeiTb9gxCaGLimZncbpY1lgHN_WeR6yYMb8kqux74hlnTtiV4iqJrjH5xEnPaOWGCA8X97JMmtBH&amp;__tn__=%2ANK-R\" data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:104,&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">RedForEd<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/blog\/teachers-are-buying-school-supplies\/?fbclid=IwAR0VoZBv_w7e7UkLTv0wDcbUDbVP7m1pzMFUrx2AFVeUfl_AGy6pPJ9iQJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epi.org%2Fblog%2Fteachers-are-buying-school-supplies%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0VoZBv_w7e7UkLTv0wDcbUDbVP7m1pzMFUrx2AFVeUfl_AGy6pPJ9iQJA&amp;h=AT21O4J-fhHwkwxpgOaE2oZlcRZ37O7XKnr5X_3OCrVQ7_ypskoJ4JHkE_M-oLAy8O2NZz0BS7cTpchC7uGxRQM_o9gZ4dGmaP0cLUC6lkPSLNVgyrgs1FXG3HbZOB2uGJ2be5IDAI2DPS7v9N6XCzdJy8ha9J2c4cYYEYaWwHIc-whlBc0Bk4YhQGet5zONxXAIOLHAzA4pYMDvAfcilKhU8vvTUsnfdYubvGh4oHVVWaA9ubZkwVqRUoEV-nBff1Kk4bcZ9_M_S3ToMI5ozk29VmA8K_axW9V8tESPSjS8xYPzpp8VaHtNn3tn7vPGbkU7tiAZXVkrIsrj_03i1V2UD0V9aIIxVDhC1457_GqcYiX9-LCvZOPPHBnHty6gagQQ2IgPzkFlt1jgL6nTArcgudBRXF2ncg03fjueyE2cLXlQjpVEQjZvhiQu7mbvnQS1iTjRnx8S-45p3JciLDNv-AwOwj83c0xmTReB-wZ_uv9ER0fUu0ZeEhcekN380NP-N9_hzrPDZo8Dtt1HvsT8wsPO1G_AKmLR8gpE6z4VCTELtx0ZcyWlhC2Ryr8g72rfBCwN5PAZ1E77aefyjri-K8ZsYulINmPnebOhMFs6nMrnFm0uxtA\">www.epi.org\/bl\u2026\/teachers-are-buying-school-supplies\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/2e9da43\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1400x788+0+0\/resize\/840x473!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2Ff0%2F14%2F6d25b0d88a02b05ed68ce85a4c47%2Fla-1487775481-g1l7kqcze1-snap-photo\" alt=\"SAT\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">College Board abandoning SAT \u2018adversity score\u2019 after criticism<\/h1>\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-wrapper\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-main-content\">\n<article class=\"ArticlePage-mainContent\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-lead\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body RichTextBody\">\n<p>The company that administers the SAT college admissions test is replacing the so-called adversity score with a tool that will no longer reduce an applicant\u2019s background to a single number, an idea that the College Board\u2019s chief executive now says was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Amid growing scrutiny of the role wealth plays in college admissions, the College Board introduced its Environmental Context Dashboard about two years ago to provide context for a student\u2019s performance on the test and help schools identify those who have done more with less. The version used by about 50 institutions in a pilot program involved a formula that combined school and neighborhood factors like advanced course offerings and the crime rate to produce a single number.<\/p>\n<p>But critics called it an overreach for the College Board to score adversity the way it does academics.<\/p>\n<p>David Coleman, College Board\u2019s chief executive, said in an interview with The Associated Press that some also wrongly worried the tool would alter the SAT results.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2019-08-27\/college-board-sat-adversity-score\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2019-08-27\/college-board-sat-adversity-score<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">San Diego universities worry about growth, money, violence as fall classes begin<\/h1>\n<p>UC San Diego is dealing with\u00a0 worries; the campus recently began using Shot Spotter, a network of sensors that listens for gunshots. San Diego State University is trying to figure out how to get more students to watch a video that teaches them how to deal with active shooters.<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of fall classes, the specter of gun violence is adding to the list of difficult, expensive problems faced by San Diego County\u2019s five major universities, who will collectively enroll almost 100,000 students.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>At the top of that list is money.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SDSU needs hundreds of millions of dollars for a satellite campus.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-08-24\/san-diego-universities-concerned-about-crowding-costs-and-safety-as-fall-semester-begins\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-08-24\/san-diego-universities-concerned-about-crowding-costs-and-safety-as-fall-semester-begins<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><u>The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114468\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/Air_assaulting_Lwar_Kowndalan.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/Air_assaulting_Lwar_Kowndalan.jpg 510w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/Air_assaulting_Lwar_Kowndalan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/Air_assaulting_Lwar_Kowndalan-768x511.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114468\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/08\/26\/the-fourth-afghan-war-is-about-to-escalate\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Fourth Afghan War is About to Escalate<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"post_author_intro\">by<\/span> <span class=\"post_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/author\/robert-fisk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robert Fisk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Afghans are supposed to be celebrating\u00a0this week\u2019s blood-soaked hundredth anniversary of their \u201cindependence\u201d from Britain, signed off in the sweltering Raj military city of Rawalpindi in 1919, their most powerful militia is negotiating further \u201cindependence\u201d from the Americans in an air-conditioned conference hall in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>A hundred years ago, \u201cPindi\u201d was the British army\u2019s capital in northwestern India. Today, it\u2019s a dingy appendix to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. A century ago, Qatar\u00a0was run by the Al-Thani family under British \u201cprotection\u201d after 40 years of sleepy Ottoman rule and the present-day capital of Doha was a\u00a0tired\u00a0pearl-fishers\u2019 town. Today the Al-Thani family is still in charge\u00a0of what is now a gleaming oil and gas metropolis; and Qatar, with investments in Sainsbury\u2019s, Heathrow airport and West End hotels (the list goes on to the crack of doom)\u00a0probably owns more of London than the Queen. So much for the British Empire.<\/p>\n<p>In 1919, the Brits were at a disadvantage: they wanted to cling on to the management of <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Afghanistan\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9074581-\/topic\/Afghanistan\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Afghanistan<\/a>\u2019s \u201cexternal affairs\u201d\u00a0\u2013 which meant they wanted to keep the new Bolshevik power from marching southeast across the Afghan plains to arrive at the borders of the Raj.<\/p>\n<p>An Afghan army had invaded India \u2013 not exactly a 9\/11, but the Brits had to re-establish control of the frontier. They had a problem: their own soldiers, many of them veterans of the trenches in Europe, were demanding to be demobilised and sent home after years of war.\u00a0 .<em><strong>..ever since Isis migrated from Iraq and <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Syria\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9074581-\/topic\/Syria\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Syria<\/a> to Afghanistan (it was they, of course, who suicide bombed the Shia wedding in Kabul last weekend), the so-called Islamic State has become Washington\u2019s target-of-choice in Afghanistan. And the Taliban, believe it or not, are America\u2019s new best friend.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/08\/26\/the-fourth-afghan-war-is-about-to-escalate\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/08\/26\/the-fourth-afghan-war-is-about-to-escalate\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114510 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/f35C1-800x533-510x340.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/f35C1-800x533.jpg 510w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/f35C1-800x533-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2019\/08\/f35C1-800x533-768x512.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114510\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/08\/30\/the-great-cost-and-myth-of-u-s-defense-spending\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Great Cost and Myth of U.S. Defense Spending<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>U.S. defense spending is out of control, severely undermining our ability to tackle climate change, infrastructure needs, health care, and other national challenges.\u00a0 The mainstream media, particularly the\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>, contribute to the problem of defense spending by understating the cost of defense.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists and pundits regularly refer to U.S. defense spending as greater than the next seven or eight countries.\u00a0 Nonsense!\u00a0 U.S. defense spending when correctly tabulated exceeds the defense spending of the rest of the global community.\u00a0 Current defense spending is greater than $1 trillion and the bipartisan support for U.S defense spending assures continued increases.\u00a0 Many of the largest spenders on defense, moreover, are our treaty allies.<\/p>\n<p>Most estimates of U.S. defense spending cite only the budget figures for the Pentagon, which points toward $750 billion.\u00a0 However, much of the spending of many agencies, particularly in the intelligence community (more than $70 billion), is devoted to support of the military.\u00a0 The same can be said for the Department of Homeland Security (also around $70 billion) as well as the Department of Energy ($30 billion), which devotes huge sums to nuclear forces.\u00a0 The Veterans Administration (nearly $200 billion), moreover, must be considered part and parcel of U.S. defense spending.\u00a0 At the same time, the Trump administration is cutting the spending of U.S. cabinet agencies to support defense spending, excluding not only the Department of Defense, but the Department of Homeland Security and the Veterans Administration.<\/p>\n<p>When these departments and agencies are taken into account, U.S. defense spending greatly exceeds $1 trillion&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/08\/30\/the-great-cost-and-myth-of-u-s-defense-spending\/?fbclid=IwAR33SMoMoUme6eof0Wyqzg4Cmahx2YbvCbC7zHcAaDBZaoujguUMl4H2V9s\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/08\/30\/the-great-cost-and-myth-of-u-s-defense-spending\/?fbclid=IwAR33SMoMoUme6eof0Wyqzg4Cmahx2YbvCbC7zHcAaDBZaoujguUMl4H2V9s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2019\/08\/27\/ap_19213636087974-d854e0aebcb88bb8db6ee23849eb636f38136d4d-s800-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Key Role Pakistan Is Playing In U.S.-Taliban Talks<\/h1>\n<p>A bomb parked under the preacher&#8217;s pulpit in a mosque likely had a high-profile target: a brother of the Taliban leader. It was seen by the Taliban as a warning to stop their talks with the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/16\/world\/asia\/pakistan-taliban-mosque-bomb.html\">The bombing<\/a>, on Aug. 16, was in Pakistan \u2014 on the outskirts of the garrison town of Quetta, near the Afghan border. And its location spotlighted something else: the powerful and uneasy place of Pakistan in these negotiations. Quetta is widely understood to be the base of Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have long contended that Pakistan has held some sway over the Taliban by offering them shelter, if not outright support.<\/p>\n<p>Now the country is facilitating negotiations between Washington and the Taliban that will likely see a withdrawal of most foreign troops, in return for the insurgents&#8217; promise they won&#8217;t let Afghanistan be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/b3596a69b59540b29f8b907fc4696e6a\">a launchpad for future global terrorist attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban officials have said they are close to finalizing an agreement. That is echoed by U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, who tweeted before a ninth round of talks ended last weekend that his team would &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/US4AfghanPeace\/status\/1163925466698452993\">try and close on remaining issues.&#8221;<\/a> After this agreement, the Afghan government and Taliban will have their own talks \u2014 something the Taliban have yet to agree to, because they see the government as illegitimate.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/30\/754409450\/the-key-role-pakistan-is-playing-in-u-s-taliban-talks\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/30\/754409450\/the-key-role-pakistan-is-playing-in-u-s-taliban-talks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"maxed responsive-img aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2a02e760e347db94e0882f187a3a4252f3edd414\/0_19_4500_2699\/master\/4500.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4b36ddaaf8a51479823b9ef202b687f1\" alt=\"In their announcement, M\u00e1rquez and Santrich said they would be forming a \u2018new guerrilla\u2019 to continue in arms against the government.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"content__headline \" style=\"text-align: center;\">Former Farc commanders say they are returning to war despite 2016 peace deal (pick up the gun&#8211;don&#8217;t put it down&#8230;)<\/h1>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\n<p>Two former commanders of the demobilised Colombian rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Farc, have announced a that they are returning to war, nearly three years after <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2017\/jun\/27\/colombia-farc-weapons-war-government\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a peace deal which sought to end<\/a> South America\u2019s longest guerrilla conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The two men, known by their aliases, Iv\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez and Jes\u00fas Santrich, released a video to YouTube early on Thursday morning in which they lambasted president Iv\u00e1n Duque and his government for not keeping its end of the deal, negotiated over four years of talks in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed in military fatigues and flanked by armed fighters, M\u00e1rquez said: \u201cThis is the continuation of the rebel fight in answer to the betrayal of the state of the Havana peace accords. We were never beaten or defeated ideologically, so the struggle continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 deal sought to formally end <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/jun\/23\/colombia-timeline-farc-civil-war-peace\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">52 years of <\/a><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/jun\/23\/colombia-timeline-farc-civil-war-peace\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">war <\/a>that killed over 260,000 people and forced 7 million from their homes, in a bitter conflict between left-wing rebels, government forces and state-aligned paramilitaries.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1rquez led the Farc\u2019s negotiating team, assisted in part by Santrich \u2013 who is currently wanted by US authorities for trafficking cocaine.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/aug\/29\/ex-farc-rebels-announce-offensive-despite-peace-deal-colombia-video\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/aug\/29\/ex-farc-rebels-announce-offensive-despite-peace-deal-colombia-video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><u>The International Economic War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.newyorker.com\/photos\/5d5efed31dae160008e9edbe\/master\/w_727,c_limit\/190902_r34850.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader__hed___GPB7e\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Rich Can\u2019t Get Richer Forever, Can They?<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleHeader__dek___2rbDs\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Inequality comes in waves. The question is when this one will break.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, at the age of twenty-five, was sent by France\u2019s Ministry of Justice to study the American penal system. He spent ten months in the United States, dutifully visiting prisons and meeting hundreds of people, including President Andrew Jackson and his predecessor, John Quincy Adams. On his return to France, he wrote a book about his observations, \u201c<a class=\"ArticleBody__link___1FS03\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0226805360\/?tag=thneyo0f-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-amzn-asin=\"0226805360\">Democracy in America<\/a>,\u201d the first volume of which was published in 1835. Many of the observations have weathered well (he noted, for instance, how American individualism coexisted with conformism). Others have not. For example, Tocqueville, who was the youngest son of a count, was deeply impressed by how equal the economic conditions in the United States were.<\/p>\n<p>It was, at the time, an accurate assessment. The United States was the world\u2019s most egalitarian society. Wages in the young nation were higher than in Europe, and land in the West was abundant and cheap. There were rich people, but they weren\u2019t super-rich, like European aristocrats. According to \u201c<a class=\"ArticleBody__link___1FS03\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0691170495\/?tag=thneyo0f-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-amzn-asin=\"0691170495\">Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700<\/a>,\u201d by the economic historians Peter\u00a0H. Lindert and Jeffrey\u00a0G. Williamson, the share of national income going to the richest one per cent of the population was more than twenty per cent in Britain but below ten per cent in America. The prevailing ideology of the country favored equality (though, to be sure, only for whites); Americans were proud that there was a relatively small gap between rich and poor. \u201cCan any condition of society be more desirable than this?\u201d Thomas Jefferson bragged to a friend.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Today, the top one per cent in this country gets about twenty per cent of the income, similar to the distribution found across the Atlantic in Tocqueville\u2019s day. How did the United States go from being the most egalitarian country in the West to being one of the most unequal?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/09\/02\/the-rich-cant-get-richer-forever-can-they\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/09\/02\/the-rich-cant-get-richer-forever-can-they<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/U87dbQ4R1Mk\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for inequality economy\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fs-headline speakable-headline font-base\" style=\"text-align: center;\">America&#8217;s Real Economy: It Isn&#8217;t Booming<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-paragraph\">Ostensibly, for the past ten years, our economy has been recovering from the 2008 collapse. During the past few years, our comeback seems to have gained momentum. All the official indicators say we\u2019re back in boom times, with a bull market, low unemployment and steady job growth. But there is an alternative set of data that depicts a different America, where the overlooked majority struggles from month to month.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Nation<\/em> recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/united-states-national-security-problem-not-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/united-states-national-security-problem-not-think\/\">published<\/a> a stunning overview of the working poor and underpaid. One of the most powerful data points in the piece described how empty the decline in unemployment actually is: having a job doesn\u2019t exempt anyone from poverty anymore. About 12% of Americans (43 million) are considered poor, and yet they are employed. They earn an individual income below $12,140 per year, and slightly more than that for a family of two. If you include housing and medical expenses in the calculation, it raises the percentage of Americans living in poverty to 14%. That\u2019s 45 million people.<\/p>\n<p>At that level of income, there\u2019s almost no way to pay for food and shelter in any sizeable American city. That means people now can both be employed <em>and<\/em> homeless. Rajon Menon writes, for <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/united-states-national-security-problem-not-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/united-states-national-security-problem-not-think\/\">The Nation<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In\u00a0America\u2019s\u00a0big cities, chiefly because of a widening gap between rent and wages, thousands of working poor remain\u00a0homeless, sleeping in shelters, on the streets, or in their vehicles, sometimes along with their families.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fewer and fewer people have savings to weather time between jobs or an emergency expense. A third of the U.S. population has no savings and another third has saved less than $1,000. Two-thirds of American households, by this measure, are desperately scrambling to make ends meet from check to check. Nearly half the American population earns too little to live on comfortably:<\/p>\n<p>One-third of all workers earn less than $12 an hour and 42% earn less than $15. That\u2019s $24,960 and $31,200 a year. Imagine raising a family on such incomes, figuring in the cost of food, rent, childcare, car payments (since a car is often a necessity simply to get to a job in a country with inadequate public transportation), and medical costs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/petergeorgescu\/2018\/08\/22\/americas-real-economy-it-isnt-booming\/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_term=Valerie%2F&#038;fbclid=IwAR17T3Eg2Avj2qKSYRc-l_qBB8sMimMtPu8JaMXGgv9QY8iDRSwObY0AABI#50fc775a60b7\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.forbes.com\/sites\/petergeorgescu\/2018\/08\/22\/americas-real-economy-it-isnt-booming\/?utm_source=FACEBOOK&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_term=Valerie%2F&#038;fbclid=IwAR17T3Eg2Avj2qKSYRc-l_qBB8sMimMtPu8JaMXGgv9QY8iDRSwObY0AABI#50fc775a60b7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1h6w7uo e1t57l6r0\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/14\/world\/xxhartlepool3\/merlin_158866272_34d549c3-f39d-4dae-9cca-e3e2a71f50cf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/14\/world\/xxhartlepool3\/merlin_158866272_34d549c3-f39d-4dae-9cca-e3e2a71f50cf-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/14\/world\/xxhartlepool3\/merlin_158866272_34d549c3-f39d-4dae-9cca-e3e2a71f50cf-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/14\/world\/xxhartlepool3\/merlin_158866272_34d549c3-f39d-4dae-9cca-e3e2a71f50cf-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"A night of bingo, drinking and dancing at the Ye Olde Durham Social Club. Budget cuts have eaten away at funding for social programs.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-62881e81\" class=\"css-1fpuahd e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Shortchanged: Why British Life Expectancy Is Falling<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-1npvhc5 e1wiw3jv0\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For the first time in modern history, Britons are living shorter lives, with poor lifestyles, depression and budget cuts the leading causes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">HARTLEPOOL, England \u2014 Britons are no longer living longer than before. Just ask Callum Hills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">His father died of a heart attack last year at age 52. Mr. Hills had found him stricken on the floor in the middle of the night, and today is still haunted by his memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cI keep having dreams, and he\u2019s in them,\u201d said Mr. Hills, a thoughtful and articulate 23-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">While attention is riveted on the Brexit turmoil in Westminster, with dire forecasts of possible chaos, food shortages and recession, a dispiriting trend is already visible in struggling towns and cities across the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">For the first time in modern history, Britain\u2019s gains in life expectancy have stalled \u2014 at 79.2 years for men and 82.9 years for women for the years 2015 to 2017. That is better than the United States, but Britain is slipping down the ranks in Western Europe.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/world\/europe\/uk-life-expectancy.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/world\/europe\/uk-life-expectancy.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bankster-yz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24061\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bankster-yz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bankster-yz.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bankster-yz-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Bankster-yz-500x366.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fs-headline speakable-headline font-base\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Why Has The U.S. CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratio Increased So Much?<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-paragraph\">MarketWatch recently published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/ceos-are-paid-278-times-more-than-the-average-us-worker-2019-08-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/ceos-are-paid-278-times-more-than-the-average-us-worker-2019-08-15\">a piece<\/a> about the soaring U.S. CEO-to-worker pay ratio, which hit 278-to-1 in 2018 (up from just 58-to-1 in 1989 and 20-to-1 in 1965) &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nice work if you can get it.<\/p>\n<p>CEO pay has increased 1,008% between 1978 and 2018, while typical worker pay has edged up 12%.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to analysis from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, providing new data on the depth of income inequality.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, CEOs in the country\u2019s top 350 businesses were paid $17.2 million on average. Employees working in those industries \u2014 ranging from retail to technology and manufacturing \u2014 typically earned $64,500, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, there\u2019s a 278-to-1 pay ratio between workers and CEOs. In 1989, the compensation ratio was 58-to-1 and in 1965, it was 20-to-1.<\/p>\n<p>Stock awards and cashed-in stock options averaged $7.5 million of CEO pay in 2017 and 2018, the study added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-teads\" class=\"ad with-hero \">Incorporating stock in pay arrangements is one way to incentivize CEO, and rising salaries illustrate the market for talent in the C-suite, some observers say. (and then the author goes nuts)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jessecolombo\/2019\/08\/31\/why-has-the-u-s-ceo-to-worker-pay-ratio-increased-so-much\/#1018a14a455e\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.forbes.com\/sites\/jessecolombo\/2019\/08\/31\/why-has-the-u-s-ceo-to-worker-pay-ratio-increased-so-much\/#1018a14a455e<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Op-Ed:\u00a0The perils of our $1-trillion deficit<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/fb19682\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2000x1272+0+0\/resize\/840x534!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2Ffa%2Fb5%2F88be657be535a88dfd2abf9541dd%2Fla-1552321779-n9sb5m50mw-snap-image\" alt=\"2020 Federal Budget \" width=\"840\" height=\"534\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Wednesday, the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office updated its estimates for the federal budget deficit. CBO now estimates deficits <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2019-08-21\/us-budget-deficit-cbo-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in excess of $1 trillion for next year<\/a>, and every year thereafter for the next decade. Twenty-one cents of every dollar the federal government spends is borrowed, and that will remain true for the next 10 years (the outer boundary of the CBO estimate).<\/p>\n<p>These annual deficits add to the total debt the federal government owes. As a nation, we owe $22 trillion today, of which $6 trillion is owed to federal trust funds, like Social Security. At the end of the next decade, we\u2019ll have added another $12 trillion. The debt owed to the public is now <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2019-08\/55551-CBO-outlook-update_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">79% of our nation\u2019s annual gross domestic product.<\/a> In 10 years, CBO estimates, it will hit 95%, the highest percentage of GDP it has been since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Why does the national debt matter? For one thing, it is increasingly owed to China. Of the $16-trillion federal government debt not owed to the federal trust funds, China owns $1.2 trillion. China could crash the U.S. economy if it chose to dump all $1.2 trillion of U.S. bonds on the market at one time.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government will need to find another buyer for the bonds that China is currently purchasing. Without such a large buyer, bond prices will have to fall \u2014 and that means the U.S. would have to pay higher interest on its bonds, causing higher interest rates throughout our economy.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2019-08-23\/trillion-dollar-budget-deficit-national-debt-republicans-democrats\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2019-08-23\/trillion-dollar-budget-deficit-national-debt-republicans-democrats<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71T-3ZhX6WL._SX425_.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for going out of business\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"module-position-SD7iCLmpwQw\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket asset-nav-bar-module story-asset-nav-bar-module\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"module-position-SD7iCLnIcHI\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module\">\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Kmart, Sears closing additional stores by the end of the year.<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">More Kmart and Sears stores will close by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/08\/06\/sears-and-kmart-store-closings-2019-26-stores-close-october\/1940039001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">after announcing 26 Sears and Kmart locations would close in October<\/a>, nearly 100 additional stores are facing a similar fate in December or sooner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">While company officials\u00a0did not release an official list of the locations closing, news\u00a0outlets across the nation reported this week about some of the closings and lists were posted on sites including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelayoff.com\/t\/10M10o4F?page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">www.thelayoff.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;After careful review, we have made the difficult decision to close the Kmart stores in Wayne, Trenton, Wall and Somers Point,&#8221; TransformCo. said in a statement sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/business\/main-street\/whats-going-there\/2019\/08\/30\/kmart-nj-closing-wall-wayne-trenton-somers-point\/2166937001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">Asbury Park Press,<\/a> part of the USA TODAY Network, about four New Jersey closures. &#8220;We encourage customers to continue shopping on <a href=\"http:\/\/Kmart.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">Kmart.com<\/a> for all their product needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Liquidation sales are expected to begin in mid-September.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/08\/31\/kmart-sears-store-closings-more-locations-shutter-end-2019\/2168435001\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/08\/31\/kmart-sears-store-closings-more-locations-shutter-end-2019\/2168435001\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">San Onofre owners, contractor and regulators face new lawsuit over fuel storage plan<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b102e6f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/352x294+0+0\/resize\/840x702!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2F3f%2F98%2Fabab42dd4a78aebd7e7d723aacc0%2Fsongs-new-isfsi-photo-from-southern-california-edison.JPG\" alt=\"San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station new ISFSI storage system\" width=\"840\" height=\"702\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>An advocacy group is asking a federal judge to halt the on-site transfer of spent nuclear fuel at San Onofre until a full hearing on the project can be convened.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court by the nonprofit Public Watchdogs, seeks a temporary restraining order under the legal theories that the storage plan is a public nuisance and violates strict product liability rules. The lawsuit also says the fuel storage canisters are defective, a claim that plant officials have denied.<\/p>\n<p>Public Watchdogs has hired a legal heavy hitter to plead its case \u2014 former U.S. Attorney Charles La Bella.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefendants are risking the lives of millions of California residents and the prospect of irreparable harm to the environment,\u201d the complaint states. \u201cThe resulting harm to California residents is not speculative. Defendants have already committed grievous errors in their management and handling of spent nuclear waste.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/watchdog\/story\/2019-08-30\/san-onofre-owners-contractor-and-regulators-hit-with-new-lawsuit-over-fuel-storage-plan\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/watchdog\/story\/2019-08-30\/san-onofre-owners-contractor-and-regulators-hit-with-new-lawsuit-over-fuel-storage-plan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Emergence of Fascism as a Popular Mass Movement and <\/u><\/strong><strong><u>The War on Reason<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/spy-eye-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24062\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/spy-eye-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/spy-eye-1.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/spy-eye-1-111x150.jpg 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"Post-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-reactid=\"166\">The U.S. Border Patrol and an Israeli Military Contractor Are Putting a Native American Reservation Under \u201cPersistent Surveillance\u201d<\/h1>\n<div class=\"Post-body\" data-reactid=\"184\">\n<div class=\"Post-content-block-outer\" data-reactid=\"191\">\n<div class=\"GridContainer Post-scroll-container\" data-reactid=\"192\">\n<div class=\"GridRow\" data-reactid=\"193\">\n<div class=\"Post-content-block\" data-reactid=\"194\">\n<div class=\"Post-content-block-inner\" data-reactid=\"195\">\n<div class=\"PostContent\" data-reactid=\"198\">\n<div data-reactid=\"199\">\n<p><u>\u00a0\u00a0 On the southwestern end<\/u> of the Tohono O\u2019odham Nation\u2019s reservation, roughly 1 mile from a barbed-wire barricade marking Arizona\u2019s border with the Mexican state of Sonora, Ofelia Rivas leads me to the base of a hill overlooking her home. A U.S. Border Patrol truck is parked roughly 200 yards upslope. A small black mast mounted with cameras and sensors is positioned on a trailer hitched to the truck. For Rivas, the Border Patrol\u2019s monitoring of the reservation has been a grim aspect of everyday life. And that surveillance is about to become far more intrusive.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle is parked where U.S. Customs and Border Protection will soon construct a 160-foot surveillance tower capable of continuously monitoring every person and vehicle within a radius of up to 7.5 miles. The tower will be outfitted with high-definition cameras with night vision, thermal sensors, and ground-sweeping radar, all of which will feed real-time data to Border Patrol agents at a central operating station in Ajo, Arizona. The system will store an archive with the ability to rewind and track individuals\u2019 movements across time \u2014 an ability known as \u201cwide-area persistent surveillance.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/08\/25\/border-patrol-israel-elbit-surveillance\/?utm_source=The+Intercept+Newsletter&#038;utm_campaign=fff5e3ea7b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_08_31&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_e00a5122d3-fff5e3ea7b-128828597\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">theintercept.com\/2019\/08\/25\/border-patrol-israel-elbit-surveillance\/?utm_source=The+Intercept+Newsletter&#038;utm_campaign=fff5e3ea7b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_08_31&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_e00a5122d3-fff5e3ea7b-128828597<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/29\/fashion\/29THERPY2\/merlin_159793713_44bb1e91-cd62-4151-9e1f-5e7e965de6bd-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\/08\/29\/fashion\/29THERPY2\/merlin_159793713_44bb1e91-cd62-4151-9e1f-5e7e965de6bd-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/29\/fashion\/29THERPY2\/merlin_159793713_44bb1e91-cd62-4151-9e1f-5e7e965de6bd-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/29\/fashion\/29THERPY2\/merlin_159793713_44bb1e91-cd62-4151-9e1f-5e7e965de6bd-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-6280c0ed\" class=\"css-fnr6md e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Barbarism Rises: Now Therapists Have to Figure Out Astrology, Tarot and Psychedelics<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-1ifw933 e1wiw3jv0\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Patients are confronting psychotherapists with a fresh pile of really useful challenges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Jonathan Kaplan, a clinical psychologist in New York, recently noticed that more and more of his clients are referring to <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/14\/style\/mercury-retrograde-facts.html?module=inline\">Mercury being in retrograde<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cI\u2019m not familiar with cosmic cycles,\u201d he said. (Instead, his specialty is cognitive behavioral therapy.) \u201cNor do I try to be, but I want to understand what that means to a person and how that influences their understanding of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Now he, like many other therapists, is learning something new, to better communicate with patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Alternative treatments, rituals and metaphysical organizing principles loom large in popular culture. <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/15\/style\/astrology-apps-venture-capital.html?module=inline\">Astrology<\/a> and <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/small-business-network\/2018\/jan\/18\/crystals-potions-and-tarot-cards-the-mystical-rise-of-new-age-businesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tarot cards<\/a> have permeated apps and social media. <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/03\/style\/self-care\/sound-baths.html?module=inline\">Sound baths<\/a> and other forms of \u201cenergy medicine\u201d appear not only in \u201chealing centers,\u201d but also in hospitals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cA lot of things in psychology were once considered edgy and alternative,\u201d said Charlynn Ruan, a clinical psychologist and the founder of Thrive Psychology Group in California, who said she is learning about different alternative treatments and approaches. \u201cI\u2019m not teaching it, but I\u2019m not saying you can\u2019t bring this into the room. That would be disempowering and arrogant.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/28\/style\/therapy-psychology-astrology-tarot-ayahuasca.html?action=click&#038;module=Editors%20Picks&#038;pgtype=Homepage\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/28\/style\/therapy-psychology-astrology-tarot-ayahuasca.html?action=click&#038;module=Editors%20Picks&#038;pgtype=Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/nwf3dBCKhQukL6bcc8jnBWYcH2k=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7QQVHJV2DII6TM5UFO3J5DCOHE.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/UVwZBs5xiRWcf9DHcm_uYWyEOtI=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7QQVHJV2DII6TM5UFO3J5DCOHE.jpg 480w,https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/nwf3dBCKhQukL6bcc8jnBWYcH2k=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7QQVHJV2DII6TM5UFO3J5DCOHE.jpg 1484w\" data-hi-res-src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/resizer\/nwf3dBCKhQukL6bcc8jnBWYcH2k=\/1484x0\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7QQVHJV2DII6TM5UFO3J5DCOHE.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-pb-field=\"custom.topperDisplayName\">A history of anti-Hispanic bigotry in the United States<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-elm-loc=\"1\">Never before have things seemed so hard for Hispanics. The signals are stark and dire: A drowned father, <a id=\"U1420859949127QHD\" title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2019\/06\/26\/father-daughter-who-drowned-border-dove-into-river-desperation\/\">cradling<\/a> a dead daughter. A lone mother, defending herself against an armed Border Patrol agent, with a terrified toddler at her side. A diatribe hectoring whites to purge the country of a rising brown tide. A Walmart in El Paso, strewn with the dead. Caravans of the hopeful willing to suffer indignities, splinter their families, cower in cages, risk life itself for a distant dream. And looming over it all: a president who shrugs when a voice in the crowd shouts , \u201c <a id=\"U1420859949127GT\" title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/08\/05\/when-rally-goer-suggested-shooting-immigrants-may-trump-made-joke\/\">Shoot them!<\/a> \u201d and who tells Hispanics with roots in this country to go back to the cesspools where they belong. The ground seems to have shifted in this land of the huddled masses.<\/p>\n<p data-elm-loc=\"2\">It has not. These are long-held resentments. For centuries they have been fed by ignorance, racism and a stubborn\u00a0unwillingness to understand a population whose ancestors were here by the millions \u2014 long before the first pilgrim set foot on Plymouth Rock.<\/p>\n<p data-elm-loc=\"3\">Now and then, the animus bubbles up. But bigotry against Hispanics has been an American constant since the Founding Fathers. Not 10 years after drafting the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson smugly <a title=\"www.let.rug.nl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.let.rug.nl\/usa\/presidents\/thomas-jefferson\/letters-of-thomas-jefferson\/jefl42.php\">suggested<\/a> that these United States might want to snatch Latin America \u201cpiece by piece.\u201d John Adams held that a revolution in South America \u201cwould be agreeable,\u201d but he <a title=\"books.google.com\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=MZ0vDwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT122&amp;lpg=PT122&amp;dq=john+adams+A+People+more+ignorant,+more+bigoted,+more+superstitious,+more+implicitly+credulous,+more+blindly+devoted&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=RPeu9SMNh0&amp;sig=ACfU3U1he1T3NrPPO9gAiMkyYq9Q3mjIww&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjZ3NTrovTjAhUPD60KHVviAKoQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=john%20adams%20A%20People%20more%20ignorant%2C%20more%20bigoted%2C%20more%20superstitious%2C%20more%20implicitly%20credulous%2C%20more%20blindly%20devoted&amp;f=false\">wanted<\/a> little to do with \u201ca people more ignorant, more bigoted, more superstitious, more implicitly credulous in the sanctity of royalty, more blindly devoted to their priests .\u2009.\u2009. than any people in Europe, even in Spain\u201d \u2014 managing to demonize a religion and dismiss a whole human order in one tweet-able and peevish rhetorical flourish.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/a-history-of-anti-hispanic-bigotry-in-the-united-states\/2019\/08\/09\/5ceaacba-b9f2-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/a-history-of-anti-hispanic-bigotry-in-the-united-states\/2019\/08\/09\/5ceaacba-b9f2-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Solidarity for Never<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sellout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sellout.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sellout.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sellout-150x131.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"Page-body ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-bsp-plugin=\"Module40212\">Deadline today for RICO\/UAW unions to submit strike vote amid contract negotiations, FBI investigations<\/h1>\n<p>A critical vote is facing local United Auto Worker unions across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Members have been holding a strike authorization vote. And today is the deadline for unions to turn over their tallies.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the pressure of contract negotiations are government investigations into bribery allegations among UAW presidents across the country, including Canton Township.<\/p>\n<div class=\"left-column\">\n<div class=\"Page-body ArticlePage-lead\" data-bsp-plugin=\"Module40212\">\n<div class=\"Wheel\" data-bsp-plugin=\"Module87881\">\n<div class=\"ItemSliderOverflow\">\n<div class=\"ScrippsWheelItemSlider\">\n<div class=\"ScrippsWheelItemThumb WheelItem-wheelItems active\">\n<div class=\"PlaylistItem WheelItemVideo\" data-video-title=\"Deadline today for UAW unions to submit strike vote amid contract negotiations\" data-m3u8=\"https:\/\/content.uplynk.com\/4fd84736c27e483393a172bb08c35b38.m3u8\" data-mp4=\"https:\/\/x-default-stgec.uplynk.com\/ausw\/slices\/4fd\/be88c4e651db4a7dbe102614d7272948\/4fd84736c27e483393a172bb08c35b38\/4fd84736c27e483393a172bb08c35b38_g.mp4\" data-video-keywords=\"\" data-fname=\"\" data-disable-ads=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-copyright=\"\" data-verizon-id=\"4fd84736c27e483393a172bb08c35b38\" data-disable-autoplay=\"\" data-disable-continuous-play=\"\">\n<div class=\"WheelItemVideo-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/x-default-stgec.uplynk.com\/ausw\/slices\/4fd\/be88c4e651db4a7dbe102614d7272948\/4fd84736c27e483393a172bb08c35b38\/poster_cac91cc53d10457580c503b5266ef546.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ScrippsWheelItemThumb WheelItem-wheelItems\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/9b6a6c1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/640x360+0+60\/resize\/1280x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.wxyz.com%2F%2Fphoto%2F2011%2F09%2F22%2FUAW_20110922054547_640_480.JPG\" alt=\"Fiat Chrysler picked as UAW negotiation target\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Page-body ArticlePage-articleBody\" data-bsp-plugin=\"Module40212\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p>Investigators executed a <span class=\"Enhancement\"> <span class=\"Enhancement-item\"><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/fbi-irs-raiding-uaw-presidents-home-in-canton-township\">search warrant at the home of local UAW President Gary Jones<\/a><\/span> <\/span> , as part of a nation wide investigation, looking into potential bribery and other corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were at gary jones\u2019 house in canton for for about six hours. They did take items from the home in evidence boxes.<\/p>\n<p>UAW presidents in California, Wisconsin, Missouri and Northern Michigan also had their homes searched.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/uaw-unions-nationwide-voting-today-on-whether-to-strike-amid-contract-negotiations\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.wxyz.com\/news\/uaw-unions-nationwide-voting-today-on-whether-to-strike-amid-contract-negotiations<\/a><\/p>\n<article class=\"asset story clearfix\">\n<section id=\"module-position-SDfFRYRZjsM\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket asset-nav-bar-module story-asset-nav-bar-module\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/28\/PDTN\/5d283130-ba7e-4282-be54-e13eea48846a-dtncent01-76cjtypahh2alo3p6or_original.jpg?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"UAW President Gary Jones raises his fist in acknowledgment while being introduced before a ceremonial handshake to mark the beginning of negotiations between the United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in July. Jones' home in Canton Township was raided by federal agents Wednesday.\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/28\/PDTN\/5d283130-ba7e-4282-be54-e13eea48846a-dtncent01-76cjtypahh2alo3p6or_original.jpg\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/28\/PDTN\/5d283130-ba7e-4282-be54-e13eea48846a-dtncent01-76cjtypahh2alo3p6or_original.jpg?width=500&amp;height=333\" \/><\/section>\n<section id=\"module-position-SDfFRYRHOAY\" class=\"storytopbar-bucket story-headline-module story-story-headline-module\">\n<div id=\"module-position-SDfFRZsjQKk\" class=\"story-asset image-asset\">\n<aside class=\"wide single-photo\">\n<p class=\"p-text\">UAW President Gary Jones raises his fist in acknowledgment while being introduced before a ceremonial handshake to mark the beginning of negotiations between the United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in July. Jones&#8217; home in Canton Township was raided by federal agents Wednesday.\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">(Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/detroit-city\/2019\/08\/28\/fbi-raids-president-jones-house-bribery-probe-explodes-into-view\/2139985001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-track-label=\"inline|intext|n\/a\">T<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Raids raise possibility of federal racketeering case against UAW<\/h1>\n<p>FBI raided the home of UAW President Gary Jones and five other homes or offices of former UAW officials\u00a0around the country\u00a0Wednesday, signaling the federal government\u00a0could now be targeting Jones in\u00a0a years-long investigation\u00a0into bribes, kickbacks and attempts by auto executives to influence labor negotiations with the UAW.\u00a0Jones has not been charged with a crime. The home of former UAW president Dennis Williams\u00a0was included in the Wednesday raids.<\/p>\n<p>Kristin Dziczek, vice president of industry, labor and economics at Ann Arbor&#8217;s Center for Automotive Research, noted a racketeering case would have to involve current sitting officers of an organization. Dziczek and other experts noted that government oversight requires proof of much deeper corruption of an organization than has been shown at the UAW to date.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2019\/08\/29\/raids-raise-possibility-federal-racketeering-case-against-uaw\/2143405001\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2019\/08\/29\/raids-raise-possibility-federal-racketeering-case-against-uaw\/2143405001\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/UAW-sellouts-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/UAW-sellouts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/UAW-sellouts-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/UAW-sellouts-1-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>FBI raids two UAW presidents&#8217; homes as part of nationwide sweep in corruption probe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents raided the home of UAW President Gary Jones in metro Detroit early Wednesday as part of a nationwide sweep of sites tied to the autoworker union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Agents also raided the California home of Dennis Williams, who preceded Jones as UAW chief;\u00a0the union\u2019s northern Michigan conference center; a UAW regional office in Missouri, where Jones was based\u00a0previously;\u00a0and\u00a0the home of Williams aide Amy Loasching in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The multiagency raids were a major step as federal officials ramped up their\u00a0corruption investigation of the autoworkers union \u2014 which is in the midst of contract negotiations with Detroit automakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">As many as a dozen agents collected evidence from Jones&#8217; home on Wildrose Drive in Canton, Special Agent Mara Schneider said from the site. The search lasted six hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;One neighbor, 47-year-old J. Kevin Telepo, became so intrigued that\u00a0he grabbed his Swarovski binoculars, sat in his dining room and zoomed in on Jones\u2019 garage.\u00a0That&#8217;s where he saw FBI agents combing through all sorts of stuff: cash, a golf bag\u00a0and what appeared to be a safe, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Telepo said he saw the agents counting &#8220;wads&#8221; of cash. He texted his wife and neighbors about the raid.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2019\/08\/28\/uaw-president-gary-jones-fbi-raid\/2140270001\/?fbclid=IwAR220s3sc-SuweEvf-BNSQAuFYQAxA0vLsy9Og7d0ki3-5_88ziOrV5sdLg\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.freep.com\/story\/money\/cars\/2019\/08\/28\/uaw-president-gary-jones-fbi-raid\/2140270001\/?fbclid=IwAR220s3sc-SuweEvf-BNSQAuFYQAxA0vLsy9Og7d0ki3-5_88ziOrV5sdLg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb\" title=\"Gary Jones - UAW\" src=\"https:\/\/laborunionreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Gary-Jones-UAW-e1529945326740.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Amid Scandal, UAW Executives Just Got A 30% Salary Increase<\/h1>\n<h3>Bad Optics: At the UAW\u2019s convention earlier this month, amid the union\u2019s biggest scandal in its history, UAW delegates authorized 31% salary increases for the union\u2019s top leadership.<\/h3>\n<p>With government prosecutors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2018\/06\/12\/feds-label-fiat-chrysler-uaw-co-conspirators\/695076002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">labeling the United Auto Workers as \u201cco-conspirators\u201d<\/a> with Fiat-Chrysler in \u201ca widening corruption scandal,\u201d the UAW may be facing the possibility of the federal government coming in to oversee the union\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, the UAW faces possible criminal fines and potential federal government oversight of its finances,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=17077781-f49f-462b-a362-8d28456f7cba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writes<\/a> Allen Kinzer, a labor attorney with Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease LLP.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, with all of the turmoil currently surrounding the UAW, at its Detroit convention earlier this month, delegates approved one of the largest salary increases for its leadership in its history.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/article\/20180618\/OEM01\/180619763\/uaw-leadership-contract-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Automotive News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Another notable shift to emerge from the union convention was delegates\u2019 approval of <strong>31 percent pay increases for the union\u2019s leadership<\/strong>. The salaries of the president, secretary-treasurer, vice presidents and members of the international executive board will now be calculated based on pay for international representatives \u2014 which was increased 6 percent to $111,476.15.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/laborunionreport.com\/2018\/06\/25\/amid-scandal-uaw-executives-just-get-a-30-salary-increase\/?fbclid=IwAR2O3vV_4e5z34q2niPcaidNj5i4rPPre-3DQsS3ga4beDUhuQkR2gnHNts\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">laborunionreport.com\/2018\/06\/25\/amid-scandal-uaw-executives-just-get-a-30-salary-increase\/?fbclid=IwAR2O3vV_4e5z34q2niPcaidNj5i4rPPre-3DQsS3ga4beDUhuQkR2gnHNts<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/media.ford.com\/content\/fordmedia\/fna\/us\/en\/news\/2019\/07\/15\/uaw-and-ford-executives-shake-hands-today-at-ford-world-headquar\/jcr:content\/image.img.881.495.jpg\/1563221717747.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for gary jones bill ford shake hands\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader_headline\">Federal corruption probe hits home for UAW boss, contract talks under &#8216;storm cloud&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p>The FBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the home of United Auto Workers President Gary Jones, a union retreat and multiple other locations as part of a corruption probe into illegal payments to union officials, posing fresh problems for the union at a pivotal time.<\/p>\n<p>News of the FBI action came as the UAW, a once powerful force in the organized labor movement, holds sensitive contract talks with Detroit automakers General Motors Co (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_GM.N_0\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/GM.N\">GM.N<\/a><\/span>), Ford Motor Co (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_F.N_1\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/F.N\">F.N<\/a><\/span>) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_FCHA.MI_2\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/FCHA.MI\">FCHA.MI<\/a><\/span>) (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_FCAU.N_3\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/FCAU.N\">FCAU.N<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>The current four-year contract expires on Sept 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis round of contract negotiations was always going to be very difficult, even without the shadow of a federal investigation hanging over the union,\u201d said Kristin Dziczek, vice president of industry, labor and economics at the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Center for Automotive Research (CAR). \u201cThat shadow has just become a giant storm cloud.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-autos-corruption-labor\/growing-federal-corruption-probe-hits-home-for-uaw-president-idUSKCN1VI229\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.reuters.com\/article\/us-autos-corruption-labor\/growing-federal-corruption-probe-hits-home-for-uaw-president-idUSKCN1VI229<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11507\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eiaonline.com\/intercepts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ctascabby.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 85vw, 544px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.eiaonline.com\/intercepts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ctascabby.png 544w, http:\/\/www.eiaonline.com\/intercepts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ctascabby-223x300.png 223w\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"731\" \/><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Scabby the Rat Appears at CTA Headquarters<\/h1>\n<p>The California Teachers Association has had a rough few months. The union dealt with <a href=\"http:\/\/laschoolreport.com\/antonucci-california-teachers-association-elected-a-new-president-then-it-ousted-its-powerful-executive-director-coincidence\/\">a divisive election, the ouster of its executive director<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/laschoolreport.com\/antonucci-19000-state-university-faculty-members-withdraw-from-california-teachers-association\/\">loss of a 19,000-member higher education local<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the union\u2019s own employees added insult to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Upset over CTA management practices regarding the filling of vacant positions, the CTA staff union formed an informational picket line outside of union headquarters in Burlingame. And they brought a friend.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eiaonline.com\/intercepts\/2019\/08\/26\/scabby-the-rat-appears-at-cta-headquarters\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Intercepts+%28Intercepts%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.eiaonline.com\/intercepts\/2019\/08\/26\/scabby-the-rat-appears-at-cta-headquarters\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Intercepts+%28Intercepts%29<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><u>Spy versus Spy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.newyorker.com\/photos\/5d60095413d15c00081d0be3\/master\/w_727,c_limit\/190902_r34855_rd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader__hed___GPB7e\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Are Spies More Trouble Than They\u2019re Worth?<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleHeader__dek___2rbDs\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The history of espionage is a lesson in paradox: the better your intelligence, the dumber your conduct; the more you know, the less you anticipate.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&#8230;Richard Sorge, a Russian spy in Germany\u2019s Embassy in Japan, gained detailed knowledge about the approaching German invasion of Russia in 1941, and passed it on. Stalin not only ignored information about the coming invasion but threatened anyone who took it seriously, since he knew that his ally Hitler wouldn\u2019t betray him. The delayed reaction cost hundreds of thousands of lives, perhaps millions, and very nearly handed Hitler victory. The invasion was launched, and Stalin soon retreated to his dacha in shock. When a delegation of apparatchiks came to see him, he took it for granted that they were coming to depose him, since that\u2019s what he would have done in their place, and was startled when they begged him to step forward and lead, being themselves dependent on the cult of the great leader.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/09\/02\/are-spies-more-trouble-than-theyre-worth\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/09\/02\/are-spies-more-trouble-than-theyre-worth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Magical Mystery Tour<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Trump-chosen-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Trump-chosen-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Trump-chosen-2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Trump-chosen-2-150x102.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Best and Worst Things in the History of the World<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/69443142_10218837349182270_4392181698901573632_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&amp;_nc_eui2=AeFZlja7t4VvahseYv9bwO23cR3j2xqxCCMvxXDprgMjl5qT9QFF-iqqugSapKPfTtZROV1VnVWT4HBA590_h93JJm5XfRK9z8F7ZLuaSQQ3aA&amp;_nc_oc=AQlDbsLdobJTEQV-11e45nIx2RyW-f6WbGRcB42CBzGuE9rJ28V2M1_uqsSERvh56ac&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-2.fna&amp;oh=de9a06294221ac9ccb299bbd9b76efdc&amp;oe=5DCBCF66\" alt=\"Image may contain: 1 person\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-8i9d0s e13ogyst0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/span><span class=\"css-vuqh7u e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit<\/span>Joe Schildhorn\/Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/29\/nyregion\/29NYTODAY\/merlin_157723443_f7254e06-73ac-4f9e-b79c-b65faa34cda3-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\/08\/29\/nyregion\/29NYTODAY\/merlin_157723443_f7254e06-73ac-4f9e-b79c-b65faa34cda3-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/29\/nyregion\/29NYTODAY\/merlin_157723443_f7254e06-73ac-4f9e-b79c-b65faa34cda3-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/29\/nyregion\/29NYTODAY\/merlin_157723443_f7254e06-73ac-4f9e-b79c-b65faa34cda3-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-4ab27444\" class=\"css-fnr6md e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Depraved Ruling Class Files: Jeffrey Epstein: The Women Accused of Finding Girls for Him<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Haley Robson said she was wearing only a thong when she first gave Jeffrey Epstein a massage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Ms. Robson, then 16, had been approached by an acquaintance who asked if she was interested in getting paid to massage Mr. Epstein, a billionaire, in his Florida mansion, according to her statements in a 2009 deposition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">She later visited his home, in Palm Beach, about a dozen times \u2014 but as a recruiter of other teenagers, according to the deposition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Now, after <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/10\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-suicide.html?module=inline\">Mr. Epstein\u2019s suicide<\/a> in a Manhattan jail cell this month, the federal authorities are looking into more than a half-dozen employees, girlfriends and associates of Mr. Epstein, who prosecutors say helped lure girls and organize his encounters with them, a person briefed on the inquiry told The Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Ms. Robson, 33, is one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The inquiry is garnering urgency as others who say they were abused by Mr. Epstein <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/27\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-hearing-victims.html?module=inline\">have asked prosecutors to investigate<\/a> the women who were close to him. These women recruited and threatened them, the accusers allege.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-women.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/30\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-women.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"css-8i9d0s e13ogyst0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Sarah Kellen, left, and Ghislaine Maxwell, have been accused in lawsuits of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit teenage girls and young women for sex.<\/span><span class=\"emkp2hg2 css-1nwzsjy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit<\/span><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">Credit<\/span>Patrick McMullan, via Getty Images<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/30\/nyregion\/30epstein-conspirators4\/merlin_159233679_13132e2d-f76a-428f-93a3-93d0348c3e45-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\/08\/30\/nyregion\/30epstein-conspirators4\/merlin_159233679_13132e2d-f76a-428f-93a3-93d0348c3e45-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/30\/nyregion\/30epstein-conspirators4\/merlin_159233679_13132e2d-f76a-428f-93a3-93d0348c3e45-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 683w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/30\/nyregion\/30epstein-conspirators4\/merlin_159233679_13132e2d-f76a-428f-93a3-93d0348c3e45-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1366w\" alt=\"Sarah Kellen, left, and Ghislaine Maxwell, have been accused in lawsuits of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit teenage girls and young women for sex.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-5d8d33cf\" class=\"css-1s4ffep e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">How a Ring of Women Allegedly Recruited Girls for Jeffrey Epstein <\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-1ifw933 e1wiw3jv0\">It\u2019s not just Ghislaine Maxwell. A circle of Mr. Epstein\u2019s girlfriends, employees and other associates faces scrutiny in the sex-trafficking scandal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Haley Robson was a 16-year-old South Florida high school student when an acquaintance from school approached her at a local pool with an intriguing offer: Did she want to make extra money giving massages to a billionaire in Palm Beach?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">She agreed. When Jeffrey Epstein tried to grope her while she was giving him a massage, wearing nothing but a thong, she brushed his hand away, Ms. Robson said in a 2009 deposition for a civil case. But she continued to visit Mr. Epstein\u2019s mansion dozens more times, in a lucrative new role: a recruiter of other teenage girls from her school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cI didn\u2019t have to convince them,\u201d she said in the deposition. \u201cI proposed to them. They took it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">After <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/17\/nyregion\/epstein-suicide-death.html?module=inline\">Mr. Epstein\u2019s suicide in a Manhattan jail cell<\/a> in early August, federal authorities have refocused their investigation on the more than half-dozen employees, girlfriends and associates whom prosecutors say he relied on to feed his insatiable appetite for girls, according to two people with knowledge of the inquiry. Ms. Robson, now 33, is among them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">A review by The New York Times of lawsuits, unsealed court records and depositions, along with new interviews, offers disturbing allegations about how this small cadre of women helped Mr. Epstein lure girls into his orbit and managed the logistics of his encounters with them.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/29\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/29\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prince Andrew needs to \u2018comes clean about it\u2019 says Epstein accuser\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Qu7iMpvquQ?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<h1 class=\"content__headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Prince Andrew needs to \u2018comes clean about it\u2019 says Epstein accuser \u2013 video<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lawyers representing several women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein have urged the UK&#8217;s Prince Andrew to come forward and answer questions, following claims of sexual misconduct against the British royal. Prince Andrew has strongly denied the allegations. Virginia Giuffre said she was a 15-year-old working at US President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago club when she was recruited to perform sex acts on Epstein. Giuffre has separately claimed that she had sex with a list of other prominent men, including Prince Andrew. &#8216;He knows exactly what he&#8217;s done and I hope he comes clean about it,&#8217; Giuffre said of Prince Andrew.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global\/video\/2019\/aug\/28\/prince-andrew-needs-to-comes-clean-about-it-says-epstein-accuser-video\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.theguardian.com\/global\/video\/2019\/aug\/28\/prince-andrew-needs-to-comes-clean-about-it-says-epstein-accuser-video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exploring the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OhN7yqZNG4g?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<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader_headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">FBI studies two broken cameras outside cell where Epstein died: source<\/h1>\n<p>Two cameras that malfunctioned outside the jail cell where financier Jeffrey Epstein died as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges have been sent to an FBI crime lab for examination, a law enforcement source told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein\u2019s lawyers Reid Weingarten and Martin Weinberg told U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan on Tuesday they had doubts about the New York City chief medical examiner\u2019s conclusion that their client killed himself.<\/p>\n<p>The two cameras were within view of the Manhattan jail cell where he was found dead on Aug. 10. A source earlier told Reuters two jail guards failed to follow a procedure overnight to make separate checks on all prisoners every 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>He had been taken off suicide watch prior to his death.<\/p>\n<p>The cameras were sent to Quantico, Virginia, site of a major FBI crime lab where agents and forensic scientists analyze evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post reported on Monday that at least one camera in the hallway outside Epstein\u2019s cell had footage that was unusable. The newspaper said there was other usable footage captured in the area.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-cameras-idUSKCN1VI2LC?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&#038;utm_content=5d6716cd7ebf6f00017acf4c&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;fbclid=IwAR1WNbMfTcLEkdfgNhY_yrQhE5L0llkKpKRfGlIqneplaN3mXuX_QQINkCA\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.reuters.com\/article\/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-cameras-idUSKCN1VI2LC?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&#038;utm_content=5d6716cd7ebf6f00017acf4c&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;fbclid=IwAR1WNbMfTcLEkdfgNhY_yrQhE5L0llkKpKRfGlIqneplaN3mXuX_QQINkCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5d24f6c53fbe830009356917\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump.jpg\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5d24f6c53fbe830009356917\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5d24f6c53fbe830009356917\/master\/w_1280%2Cc_limit\/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5d24f6c53fbe830009356917\/master\/w_1024%2Cc_limit\/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5d24f6c53fbe830009356917\/master\/w_768%2Cc_limit\/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5d24f6c53fbe830009356917\/master\/w_640%2Cc_limit\/jeffrey-epstein-and-donald-trump.jpg 640w\" alt=\"Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump at MaraLago in 1997.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"content-header__row content-header__hed\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cHe Said Not to Tell Anyone\u201d: How Trump Kept Tabs on Jeffrey Epstein<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mamamia.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10063650\/jeffrey-epstein-victims-f.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for Virginia Roberts Giuffre,\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the months before he ran for president, Donald Trump was in conversation with <em>National Enquirer<\/em> owner David Pecker about his old acquaintance, Jeffrey Epstein, and how his sexual abuse scandal might affect the Clintons. \u201cTrump said that Pecker had told him that the pictures of Clinton that Epstein had from his island were worse,\u201d recalls a former Trump Organization employee.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most revealing commentary <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> has offered on <strong>Jeffrey Epstein,<\/strong> the disgraced financier who pleaded not guilty this week to sex trafficking and conspiracy, occurred in late February 2015, onstage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump, then flirting with a presidential run, was fielding softballs from Fox News host <strong>Sean Hannity<\/strong> when a lightning round of questions turned to a favorite topic: <strong>Bill Clinton.<\/strong> \u201cNice guy, Trump said. \u201cGot a lot of problems coming up, in my opinion, with the famous island with Jeffrey Epstein,\u201d he added, seemingly veering off topic. \u201cLot of problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Epstein was then very much top of mind for Trump, who had his own history with the registered sex offender. Over the previous several weeks, the <em>National Enquirer<\/em> had published a string of stories about Epstein, including a \u201cworld exclusive\u201d interview with one of his accusers, <strong>Virginia Roberts Giuffre,<\/strong> who said in court documents that Epstein <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/07\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/07\/nyregion\/jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking.html&quot;}\">forced her<\/a> to have sex with him at his Upper East Side home.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/how-trump-kept-tabs-on-jeffrey-epstein\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/how-trump-kept-tabs-on-jeffrey-epstein<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/019b929\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/1000x529+0+0\/resize\/840x444!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2F4f%2Fab%2F486eb3cc4060876fd6b8e6408f0a%2Fgloria-allred.jpeg\" alt=\"Epstein accusers\" width=\"840\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2018Coward&#8217;: Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court<\/h1>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body RichTextBody\">\n<p>One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger Tuesday, lashing out at him as a coward and a manipulator, after a judge gave them the day in court they were denied when he killed himself behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe robbed me of my dreams, of my chance to pursue a career I adored,\u201d said Jennifer Araoz, who has accused Epstein of raping her in his New York mansion when she was a 15-year-old aspiring actress.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing was convened by U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, who presided over the case after federal prosecutors had Epstein arrested last month.<\/p>\n<p>The question before the judge was whether to throw out the indictment because of the defendant\u2019s death, a usually pro forma step undertaken without a hearing. But the judge offered Epstein\u2019s accusers an extraordinary opportunity to speak in court&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who has said she was a 15-year-old working at President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago club when she was recruited to perform sex acts on Epstein, told the court: \u201cMy hopes were quickly dashed and my dreams were stolen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Ransome, who said Epstein pressured her into sex when she was in her early 20s, encouraged federal prosecutors in their effort to go after those who helped the financier in his pursuit of victims, saying, \u201cFinish what you started. &#8230; We are survivors, and the pursuit of justice should not abate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those under scrutiny: Epstein\u2019s girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, who has been accused of recruiting young women for his sexual pleasure and taking part in the abuse. She has denied any wrongdoing.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/nation-world\/story\/2019-08-27\/coward-epstein-accusers-pour-out-their-anger-in-court\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/nation-world\/story\/2019-08-27\/coward-epstein-accusers-pour-out-their-anger-in-court<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100005007858638\/videos\/1368637286646520\/?t=40\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/100005007858638\/videos\/1368637286646520\/?t=40<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The LocoMotion Little Eva FULL SONG ReEdit JAR-ReMix STEREO HiQ Hybrid JARichardsFilm 720p\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IY-63KHQSdc?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RebelHQ\/videos\/454945345092722\/?t=68\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/RebelHQ\/videos\/454945345092722\/?t=68<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snowball (TM) - Another One Bites The Dust\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cJOZp2ZftCw?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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Water level changes cause concern\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pcu89gJ8-To?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><strong><u>So Long<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/4d7452ef611b318dc6282956e0733982d5529e5f\/c=0-155-1867-2644\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/11\/29\/TennGroup\/Memphis\/636475705160408247-sanitation-strikers-leach.JPG?width=180&amp;height=240&amp;fit=crop\" alt=\"Baxter Leach, who died Tuesday at age 79, was active in the historic 1968 Memphis sanitation strike. &quot;I made 70-something dollars every three weeks,&quot; remembered of his early as a sanitation worker. Leach at the time also picked cotton and worked as a mechanic to help make ends meet.\" width=\"180\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/media\/2017\/11\/29\/TennGroup\/Memphis\/636475705160408247-sanitation-strikers-leach.JPG\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/b2e9b23cd767d8a10443c055f0220c24d0200e88\/r=266x400\/local\/-\/media\/2017\/11\/29\/TennGroup\/Memphis\/636475705160408247-sanitation-strikers-leach.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">One of the last original striking sanitation workers of 1968, Baxter Leach, has died<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Baxter Leach, 79, one of the surviving sanitation workers who participated in the 1968 sanitation workers strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, died Tuesday morning, family members said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Leach retired from the city of Memphis in 2005, after 43 years of service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">In 1968, Leach was instrumental in signing up sanitation workers to the AFSCME-backed union\u00a0as they protested already inhumane working conditions that worsened under Mayor Henry Loeb&#8217;s administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">The strike and assassination marked a pivotal moment for the civil rights struggle in America.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/26\/obituaries\/25rittenbergobit1\/merlin_67925840_d1d44d04-234a-4b2d-a49d-34a418228b0c-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\/08\/26\/obituaries\/25rittenbergobit1\/merlin_67925840_d1d44d04-234a-4b2d-a49d-34a418228b0c-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/26\/obituaries\/25rittenbergobit1\/merlin_67925840_d1d44d04-234a-4b2d-a49d-34a418228b0c-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/08\/26\/obituaries\/25rittenbergobit1\/merlin_67925840_d1d44d04-234a-4b2d-a49d-34a418228b0c-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Sidney Rittenberg with Mao Zedong during a gathering of Communist Party leaders. Mr. Rittenberg was a dedicated aide to Mao as a party propagandist, but ran afoul of Mao&amp;rsquo;s suspicions, offended Mao&amp;rsquo;s wife and spent 16 years in prison.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-476242ae\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Sidney Rittenberg, Idealistic American Aide to Mao Who Evolved to Counsel Capitalists, Dies at 98<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">In a saga of Kafkaesque twists, Mr. Rittenberg was a dedicated aide to Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai as a party propagandist known across China by his Mandarin name, Li Dunbai \u2014 the mysterious foreigner in Mao\u2019s government. But he ran afoul of Mao\u2019s suspicions, offended Mao\u2019s wife and spent 16 years in prison, falsely accused of espionage and counterrevolutionary plotting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">In the United States after his release, he used his extensive knowledge and contacts in China to build his own capitalist empire, advising corporate leaders, including Bill Gates of Microsoft and the computer magnate Michael S. Dell, on how to cash in on China\u2019s vast growing economy. Still welcome in China, he took entrepreneurs on guided tours, introducing them to the country\u2019s movers and shakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cHis compelling tale can perhaps best be understood as a story, writ small, of modern-day China itself,\u201d the author Gary Rivlin <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"Article.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/12\/05\/business\/yourmoney\/a-long-march-from-maoism-to-microsoft.html?module=inline\">wrote in The New York Times<\/a> in 2004. \u201cHis metamorphosis from isolated expatriate to high-priced global go-between mirrors the country\u2019s own shift \u2014 from a closed-door Communist state to a freewheeling moneymaking society, with a new class\u00a0 of entrepreneurs who dream the same dreams that dance in the heads of people in places like Silicon Valley.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/24\/world\/sidney-rittenberg-dead.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/24\/world\/sidney-rittenberg-dead.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"James Leavelle, detective handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 99\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cCWkykc098?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Say Fight Back! Day of defiance: Hong Kong protesters launch rally and &#8216;go shopping&#8217; as police roll out water cannons Tensions high\u00a0after anti-government activists Joshua Wong and Andy Chan among those arrested, while a\u00a0police officer was stabbed Mass protest organisers originally planned to hold rally and march on Hong Kong Island to coincide with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24010"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24064,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24010\/revisions\/24064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}