Thursday, September 27, 2018

Top U.S. & World Headlines — September 27, 2018

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Trump urges world to reject globalism in UN speech that draws mocking laughter - the guardian

President says: 'We embrace the doctrine of patriotism' Laughter breaks out when Trump boasts of achievements Donald Trump urged other nations to reject globalism and embrace patriotism at a speech to the United Nations that was interrupted by derisive laughter from other world leaders. .....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/trump-united-nations-general-assembly-speech-globalism-america

The Trump team’s 24 hours of ridiculous and contradictory arguments - The Washington Post: Analysis

In defending Trump's United Nations speech and Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, reason is out the window -- even more than usual. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/26/trump-teams-hours-ridiculous-contradictory-arguments/

'Shocking' sexual abuse of children by German clergy detailed in report - the guardian

A "shocking" report into the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in Germany is "probably only the tip of the iceberg", the country's justice minister has said. The German Catholic church presented the results of an investigation into decades of sexual abuse of children on Tuesday afternoon. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/report-details-sexual-abuse-german-catholic-church

Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon says US healthcare system is 'morally wrong' - the guardian

Former UN secretary general accuses the 'powerful' health interests in the US of blocking universal healthcare Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has denounced the United States' healthcare system as politically and morally wrong, and urged American leaders to enact publicly-financed healthcare as a "human right". ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/ex-un-chief-ban-kioon-says-us-healthcare-system-is-morally-wrong

The World Unites In Laughing At Trump - YouTube

The opening line of Trump's speech at the United Nations got a big laugh. Problem is, it wasn't intended to.....

Trump admin has, yet again, lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant kids, reports says - Daily Kos

The Trump administration, yet again, can't account for nearly 1,500 unaccompanied migrant children, or kids who came to the U.S. by themselves, that were released from Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody and then placed with U.S. sponsors this year, the New York Times reports.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1796927

Jon Burge and Chicago's legacy of police torture - Chicago Tribune

Jon Burge joined the Chicago Police Department in 1970, serving in various investigative posts and as commander from 1986 until his firing in 1993. He was convicted in 2010 of lying about the torture of suspects. Special prosecutors had alleged Burge and his so-called midnight crew of rogue detectives led the torture of criminal suspects for two decades, coercing dozens of confessions....


Bible Verses Your Pastor Doesn't Talk About.. Welcome To Church! - YouTube

Welcome to church!! Where we discuss those pesky bible verses you never hear on Sundays.....

This small town, devastated by floods, welcomed Syrian immigrants. They’re now paying it back. - The Washington Post

Syrians raised money to help Ellicott City, Md. "We wanted this to be a payback from Syrian Americans to a generous America." .....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/this-small-town-devastated-by-floods-welcomed-syrian-immigrants-theyre-now-paying-it-back/2018/09/22/5914d12e-be94-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html

'Killing a generation': one million more children at risk from famine in Yemen - the guardian:

Save the Children warns of 'starvation on an unprecedented scale' as conflict disrupts food supplies ....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/19/yemen-famine-million-more-children-at-risk-

Why Do We Portray Atheists As Broken Believers? – Washington Square News

September means the return of school, football and twangy Green Day singles. It’s also the month when television networks dish out new shows hoping to make a connection with audiences for the long run. One of the fall’s newcomers is CBS’s dramedy “God Friended Me,” the premise of which is exactly what the title suggests. An aggressively atheistic podcaster named Miles (Brandon Micheal Hall) accepts a friend request on Facebook from the big guy upstairs.....
https://www.nyunews.com/2018/09/18/09-19-ops-desruisseaux

Forget wedding cakes. ADF now wants to keep transgender women out of homeless shelters. – ThinkProgress

An Anchorage women's shelter believes admitting trans women is "dangerous and against common sense."...
https://thinkprogress.org/alliance-defending-freedom-homeless-shelters-should-be-allowed-to-refuse-transgender-women-1e946170070a/


Rubio gets mad at John Kerry for talking to Iran, forgets he signed Republicans' 2015 letter to Iran - ThinkProgress.org

Former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, has come under scrutiny from conservatives for his relationship with Iran. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/john-kerry-marco-rubio-iran-tom-cotton-mike-pompeo-fara-logan-act-922f1571b061/

How Rod Rosenstein Is Defusing Trump’s #Spygate Conspiracy - Vanity Fair

The Justice Department has been quietly countering the president's narrative with strategic transparency. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/how-rod-rosenstein-defused-trumps-spygate-crisis

The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia Story So Far - The New York Times

For two years, Americans have tried to absorb the details of the 2016 attack — hacked emails, social media fraud, suspected spies — and President Trump's claims that it's all a hoax. The Times explores what we know and what it means. ....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/20/us/politics/russia-interference-election-trump-clinton.html








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