Thousands of Central American migrants have vowed to head for the U.S. border early on Saturday morning, rejecting an offer to apply for refugee status in Mexico with the contingency that they stayed in the country's two southernmost states
. 'This plan is only for those who comply with Mexican laws, and it's a first step towards a permanent solution for those who are granted refugee status in Mexico,' Pena Nieto said in a pre-recorded address broadcast on Friday afternoon
To qualify for the scheme he called 'Estas en Tu Casa' ('Make Yourself at Home') migrants had to be in the southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Pena Nieto said
But on Friday, a resilient crowd in Arriaga said 'thank you' before adding that they were still 'heading north! for the border
'Our goal is not to remain in Mexico,' 58-year-old Oscar Sosa said to ABC News. 'Our goal is to make it to the (U
S). We want passage, that's all.' Sosa hailed from San Predo Sula, Honduras. Mexico's government has said that more than 1,700 people in the convoy have registered for asylum, while others have returned home
Estimates on the size of the group vary. . Share this article Share . A banner hanging over a bridge on the migrants' path read: 'Your hearts are brave, don't give up
'. Many people rushed to a nearby river in the afternoon to wash off the sweat of travel and extreme heat
A White House official said on Thursday that 'a wide range of administrative, legal and legislative options' were being considered regarding the migrants
President Trump was considering an executive order that would allow the U.S. to deny asylum seekers' claims if they enter illegally as part of the caravan
U.S. law permits foreigners who are fleeing persecution in their native countries to apply for asylum on U
S. soil. But Trump's executive order would suspend this statue for Central Americans as a matter of 'national security' in response to his claims that the caravan could contain criminals and terrorists
Department of Homeland Security Department Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Thursday that 'everything is on the table' as she addressed the situation
'If they come here illegally with no legitimate reason to stay, they absolutely will be apprehended and removed immediately,' she told Fox News
'They should be seeking refuge in Mexico. To ignore refuge and continue, in some cases, to come to the United States raises questions of what their real motives are
'She said, 'This caravan cannot come to the United States.They will not be allowed in
They will not be allowed to stay.
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Arrest in pipe bombs mailed to prominent Democrats across the U.S. - Duration: 3:15.
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Possible impact of migrant caravan on states, including Nevada - Duration: 2:27.
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News Wrap: U.S. economy posts highest back-to-back gains since 2014 - Duration: 3:41.
JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day's other news: The nation has posted its best back-to-back quarterly
economic growth since 2014.
The U.S. Commerce Department says, between July and September, growth ran at an annual
rate of 3.5 percent.
That followed a second quarter when the rate was better than 4 percent.
This was the last major look at the economy before the midterm elections.
The economy news wasn't enough to stop another sell-off on Wall Street.
Amazon led the way down with a weak earnings report.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 300 points to close at 24688.
It had been down more than 500 points earlier.
The Nasdaq fell 151 points, and the S&P 500 slipped almost 47.
For the week, the Dow lost 3 percent, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 dropped roughly 4 percent.
Turkey moved today to try to extradite Saudi suspects in the death of journalist Jamal
Khashoggi.
The Saudis have admitted that he was murdered at their consulate in Istanbul, and they have
named 18 suspects.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told supporters that the Saudis must
produce the body.
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, Turkish President (through translator): As a result of the meticulous
work carried out by our police, judiciary and intelligence, the incident has been brought
to light to a large degree.
And we can say it's now evident that he is killed, but where is he?
You need to show the body.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Erdogan also said the Saudi chief prosecutor will arrive in Turkey on
Sunday, as the investigation progresses.
Meanwhile, Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, said that she will not accept an invitation
to visit the White House until she thinks the U.S. is serious about solving the crime.
There's word that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit Washington
after the new year.
National Security Adviser John Bolton announced it today in the former Soviet Georgia.
There was no word on whether Putin will accept.
President Trump held a summit with Putin in Finland last July.
He also talked of inviting Putin during the summer, but shelved the idea after heavy criticism.
India warned today that air quality in New Delhi has plummeted to the worst possible
category.
Officials said dangerous particulates in the air are more than six times what is considered
safe.
It is caused in part by seasonal burning by farmers.
And conditions are expected to worsen, as huge fireworks displays send more smoke into
the air during a major Hindu festival.
And back in this country, the ashes of Matthew Shepard have been interred in Washington 20
years after the gay college student was beaten, tied up and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming.
His killing became a watershed event in the movement for gay rights.
Today, 2,000 filled Washington National Cathedral for a service of remembrance.
His father said his son now has -- quote -- "a home safe from haters."
The two assailants are serving life in prison.
Still to come on the "NewsHour": we catch up with the migrant caravan moving north through
Mexico to the United States; a West Virginia Democrat running in the mold of President
Trump?; Mark Shields and David Brooks break down political divisions in America; and our
fall films series showcases an intimate look at Alzheimer's.
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Mattis agrees with Trump and agrees to send troops to US-Mexico border - Daily News - Duration: 7:47.
The Pentagon on Friday approved a request for additional troops at the southern border, likely to total several hundred to help the U
S. Border Patrol as President Donald Trump seeks to transform fears about immigration and a caravan of Central American migrants into electoral gains in the midterms
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis signed off on a request for help from the Department of Homeland Security and authorized the military staff to work out details such as the size, composition and estimated cost of the deployments, according to a U
S. official.Mattis, who is traveling in the Middle East, is expected to approve the actual deployments after all the details are ironed out, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss planning that has not yet been completed or publicly announced
The action comes as Trump has spent recent days calling attention to the caravan of Central Americans slowly making their way by foot into southern Mexico, but still more than 1,000 miles from U
S. soil. Trump, who made fear about immigrants a major theme of his 2016 election campaign, has been eager to make it a top issue heading into the Nov
6 midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress. The president and senior White House officials have long believed the issue is key to turning out his supporters
The additional troops, possibly numbering 800 or more, would provide logistical and other support to the Border Patrol, said the official
This likely would include military engineers, aviators and perhaps military police to assist with security
No combat forces are to be deployed, but because some troops may be armed for self-defense, Pentagon lawyers were working out rules governing the use of force before final deployment decisions are made, the official said
It's not unusual for the National Guard to help with border security. Although active duty troops are sometimes called on for domestic emergencies like hurricanes or floods, they rarely deploy to the southern border
Fears of militarizing the border were fanned by a May 1997 incident in which a Marine on a counter-narcotics mission shot to death an 18-year-old who was herding goats in Redford, Texas
In the current situation, active duty troops will not be on armed security missions
The additional members of the military would assist the Border Patrol by providing things such as vehicles, tents and equipment
There already are about 2,000 National Guard troops there under a previous Pentagon arrangement
Trump has used the caravan to bolster his election-season warnings that the U.S
is being infiltrated by illegal immigrants 'pouring across the border,' whom he has painted with a sinister brush
He has claimed without any apparent basis in fact that 'Middle Easterners' were among the shirking group
At rallies and on Twitter, Trump has tried to portray the Democrats as pro-illegal immigration, even claiming, with no evidence, that Democrats had organized and paid for the caravan
He tweeted Thursday that, 'Democrat inspired laws make it tough for us to stop people at the border' and said he was using the military to respond to what he called a 'National Emergency
'The migrants in the sprawling caravan - once estimated by the United Nations to number more than 7,000 - are hoping to make it to the United States
Most are Hondurans, seeking to escape the poverty and violence that plagues the region
The caravan swelled dramatically soon after crossing the Mexican border on Oct. 19, but sickness, fear and police harassment have whittled down its numbers
Since entering Mexico at its southernmost tip, the group has advanced roughly 95 miles
Trump tweeted a direct message to the migrants Thursday, urging them to return home
'To those in the Caravan, turnaround,' he wrote. 'We are not letting people into the United States illegally
Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!'The migrants have largely been disconnected from news reports about them while on the road
When asked about Trump's tweets critical of the caravan and his vows to keep them out, they have generally responded that he should stop attacking them and said they would keep trying to reach the United States
Trump earlier this year ordered the deployment of National Guard members to the U
S.-Mexico border to respond to a spike in illegal border crossings. But those members remain under the control of the governors of the states where they're positioned, and their activities are limited to supportive roles, such as providing surveillance
The addition of 800 or more active duty troops, if approved, as expected, by Mattis, is in response to a request from the Department of Homeland Security, which manages the Border Patrol, a U
S. official said. DHS asked for help in various forms. It was not immediately clear why active duty forces were chosen, since National Guard troops can perform the same functions
Earlier this year Mattis authorized Pentagon funding for up to 4,000 National Guard troops on the border and thus far only a little over 2,000 have been used
Federal law prohibits the use of active duty service members for law enforcement inside the U
S. unless specifically authorized by Congress.Trump had tweeted Monday that he'd alerted Border Patrol and the military that the caravan was 'a National Emergy,' but the Pentagon said then that they'd received no new orders to provide troops for border security
But Trump told a rally crowd in Wisconsin on Wednesday that moves were underway.'Wait'll you see what happens over the next couple of weeks
You're going to see a very secure border. You just watch,' he told the crowd. 'And the military is ready
They're all set.'
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U.S. urges all UN member states to fully enforce sanctions on North Korea - Duration: 0:44.
The United States is urging all UN member states to fully comply with sanctions on North
Korea.
In a statement Friday, the U.S. State Department welcomed a UN committee's decision to ban
port entry to three vessels suspected of engaging in illicit activities with the North.
However, it said member states should immediately end all sales of refined petroleum to North
Korea until the regime abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
Meanwhile, according to Radio Free Asia on Saturday, the EU has followed the UN and included
more ships on its sanctions list for banned ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum
on behalf of the regime.
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U.S. urges all UN member states to fully enforce sanctions on North Korea - Duration: 0:46.
The United States is urging all UN member states to fully comply with sanctions on North
Korea.
In a statement Friday, the U.S. State Department welcomed a UN committee's decision to ban
port entry to three vessels suspected of engaging in illicit activities with the North.
However, it said member states should immediately end all sales of refined petroleum to North
Korea until the regime abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
Meanwhile, according to Radio Free Asia on Saturday, the EU has followed the UN and included
more ships on its sanctions list for banned ship-to-ship transfers of refined petroleum
on behalf of the regime.
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US Warships Send Message to Chinese Navy - Duration: 10:04.
On this episode of China Uncensored,
Chinese warships love the US Navy.
That's why they're getting so close, right?
You can't spell re-education
without education!
And tasers.
And finally, the latest way China's elite
are showing off their wealth.
This is China Uncensored.
Hi, welcome to China Uncensored.
I'm your host Chris Chappell.
The United States Navy sent a message to China this week.
Two US warships sailed through the Strait of Taiwan.
According to defense officials speaking to CNN,
they were shadowed by multiple Chinese warships.
I'm not sure how many multiple means.
The US Navy said it was a routine drill,
but the real message was clear.
The US Navy was demonstrating that
the Taiwan Strait is international waters.
It's just like the Navy does with
its freedom of navigation operations
in the South China Sea.
The Chinese Communist Party considers Taiwan a province
and has vowed to retake it by force if necessary.
So needless to say, the Communist Party
was not happy about the US actions.
"The Taiwan issue concerns
China's sovereignty and territorial integrity,
and is the most important,
most sensitive issue in China-U.S. relations."
It's an even more important issue than the trade war?
Wow.
The US Navy did the same thing back in July.
But lately, China has become more aggressive
in dealing with US freedom of navigation operations.
Earlier in October,
the US and Chinese navies played a game of chicken
in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
"The pictures tell the story.
A dangerously close encounter between a US navy ship
and Chinese warship in the South China Sea.
So close, the US navy says,
just 45 yards,
or 41 meters apart."
To give the Chinese side the benefit of the doubt,
those warships are also made in China,
so maybe the steering just broke.
Meanwhile, Taiwan intelligence officials say
the Chinese Communist Party has been interfering
in their elections.
Which is one thing they have in common
with the Trump administration.
But I mean, if Taiwan really is just
a province of the People's Republic of China,
as the Communist Party claims,
then really,
aren't Chinese authorities just interfering
with their own democratic elections?
See?
There is democracy in China.
Case closed.
Now over to China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region,
where more than a million ethnic Uighurs
are happily enjoying the totally voluntary,
vocational training centers that are absolutely in no way
political re-education camps.
The editor of my favorite Chinese state run media,
the Global Times,
even snuck onto Twitter,
which is banned in China,
to show us some of the fun,
which is definitely not staged.
Obviously there's a lot that goes into making
one of these vocational training centers a success.
So a reporter for the AFP
had a look at police requisition forms
to see just what was needed
to make the magic happen.
Turns out, it's a lot of tear gas, tasers,
stun guns and spiked clubs.
And also police batons, electric cattle prods,
handcuffs, and pepper spray.
Wow, sounds like my elementary school.
You know, suddenly that ping-pong game
looks a lot less fun.
And in a sign that Malaysia is moving
further away from Chinese Communist Party's influence,
the government released 11 ethnic Uighurs to Turkey,
instead of giving them to China.
The 11 people were part of a group of 200 Uighurs
that escaped China,
but were caught and detained in Thailand in 2014.
The Thai government sent most of them back to China.
To which the rest of the world was like,
ooohhh, not cool Thailand.
But these 11 broke out of Thai prison and snuck into Malaysia.
The Malaysian government decided to
release the Uighurs to Turkey,
instead of to China.
And it follows just a few months after Malaysia
canceled two major Chinese backed projects.
So needless to say,
China-Malaysian relations are not getting a high score.
Of course, no one in China is going to be getting
a high score for a while.
Because the government has pressed pause
on approving any new video games.
This "pause" started in March
and is expected to go on until 2019.
China is the biggest video game market in the world—
mostly cell phone games.
And the March shutdown has cost gaming companies
about 1.4 billion dollars.
Video games in China are regulated by
the State Administration of Press and Publication,
which itself is under the Propaganda Department.
So the video game ban is
a real shame for the Propaganda Department.
Since video games can be such great propaganda.
But maybe the Propaganda Department just wanted kids
to spend less time on propaganda videos
and more time on good old fashioned propaganda posters.
Yes, children, enjoy those space crystals.
With your space dog.
Speaking of creepy,
according to China's State Council,
the head of China's liaison office to Macau
was very depressed,
and also just leapt to his death.
The political environment in China is a bit tense right now.
Top officials often find themselves being purged
in Chinese leader Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign.
And sometimes they kill themselves.
Not that that's necessarily what happened here.
Sometimes people simply...slip and fall.
Like that politically well connected Chinese businessman
who accidentally fell to his death
while on a trip with his family this summer.
Speaking of falling, there's a new viral trend in China
called falling stars, or flaunt your wealth.
It's a chance for China's nouveau riche to show off
just how much better they are than you.
They pretend to fall out of their luxury sports cars,
and all their luxury goods fall from their pockets
into perfectly placed positions for the camera.
It became so popular,
the Chinese Communist Party decided to get involved as well!
By making government employees do the same,
but to show off how hard they work.
State-run People's Daily even collected them all
and praised the government employees
for "flaunting their wealth" with what really matters.
"These pictures may seem posed,
but they show that the young generation
dare to express themselves...
they flaunt their love and commitment for work.
If everyone is hardworking at the work at hand,
it will be the biggest wealth for the society."
Why if only all government employees felt that way,
then maybe fewer of them would be getting depressed
and falling from buildings.
So what do you think?
Leave your comments below.
And now is the moment you've all been waiting for!
When I answer questions from a member of
the China Uncensored 50 cent army—
the fans who make this show possible
by contributing through the crowd funding website Patreon.
Daphne asks,
"Why do you think other countries have largely
turned a blind eye to China's mischiefs?
Haven't they learned from the Nazi's that this kind of attitude
will lead to more problems down the road?"
Good questions.
It's actually interesting to look at what happened
when the Nazis first first took power in Germany, in 1933.
There were mixed reactions from other countries.
For example, these pictures are from...New Jersey.
And many Western companies were initially
pretty okay with the Nazis as well.
I mean, we can engage the Nazis so much better
if we're involved in the German market
and all the money there, right?
But there were also people early on
who saw some of the not-so-great stuff
happening in Germany,
thanks to newspapers.
And tens of thousands of Americans
did protest the Nazis,
boycott German-made goods,
and sign petitions asking the US president
to speak out against the persecution of the Jews.
But President Roosevelt didn't say anything,
partly because the US didn't want to
interfere in a foreign country.
Also, Germany owed US banks billions of dollars
and the US government was afraid Hitler
would just cancel his debts.
Remember, this is also during the Great Depression,
so America's own domestic problems seemed more pressing
than what was happening in Europe.
And unfortunately, these are many of the same reasons
why other countries are not speaking up about
the Chinese Communist Party now:
Countries are facing political influence from China,
or they don't want to get involved in
what's happening in another country,
or they have their own domestic issues to deal with,
and there's definitely and especially money involved.
Now I'm not saying the Chinese regime today is like the Nazis.
I mean, it's not like they're rounding people up
based on their ethnicity
and putting them into camps.
And then producing propaganda videos
showing how great life is in those camps.
OK, fine.
But there's so much money to be made in China!
Like by helping the Chinese regime
build its internet monitoring and censorship infrastructure.
The same kind of stuff being used right now in Xinjiang.
But Daphne, as you pointed out,
history has shown that ignoring authoritarian regimes
can lead to bigger problems down the road.
And with the Chinese Communist Party's
growing attempts to influence other countries,
people are starting to see that.
That's why we need to stay aware of
what the Chinese Communist Party is doing,
and to share that with others,
so countries can't keep turning a blind eye.
And if you'd me to answer your question,
join up in the China Uncensored 50-army.
We have a very low mortality rate.
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So head over to Pateron.com/chinauncensored to learn more.
Thanks for watching this episode of China Uncensored.
Once again I'm your host Chris Chappell,
see you next time.
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John Bolton Gets Us One Step Closer To Nuclear War With Russia - Duration: 4:12.
Donald Trump's national security advisor John Bolton has never met a country that he does
not want the US to go to war with.
You know, at first when this guy came into this administration earlier this year, was
Iran.
And it has been Iran for a long time.
And, you know, let's sell some weapons to Saudi Arabia to help them bomb some folks
over in Yemen.
It's worked out pretty well for this administration.
But now, Bolton has his eyes on a bigger target.
Bolton seemingly wants to go to a war nuclear war with Russia.
And the reason I saw that is because right now John Bolton is trying to pull the United
States out of our nuclear treaties with Russia.
Now, these nuclear treaties were put in place in the mid 1980s as the Cold War was winding
down.
This was one of things that helped it wind down.
Was that neither the United States nor Russia would create these long range nuclear weapons
capable of reaching one another from where we are.
According to John Bolton, Russia's been violating that and they've got these medium range missiles
now that if put in the right place could absolutely reach the United States.
So, because of that we need to tear up these treaties, tear up these agreements, so that
the United States can also start building these missiles.
That's what this is about.
This is John Bolton doing the bidding of defense contractors because they want to be building
new missiles and new weapons to sell to the United States.
But we can't do it if we have those pesky little treaties in place.
Now, there seems to be a little bit of disagreement in the state department and to whether or
not Russia has actually even violated these treaties.
But Russia has made it clear that they want to extend the treaties.
That they want to stay a part of it.
But John Bolton, according to those in the White House, has been stonewalling any talks
between the United States and Russia and instead thinks we just need to pull out so we can
start production on our own long to medium range nuclear missiles.
That's not gonna end well for anyone on this planet.
You know, if Russia is violating this, then yeah, we need to sit down, have some conversations,
and figure out what the hell is going on.
But without any hard evidence, without the state department stepping in because Bolton
has shut them out of the conversations, without them saying, "Yes, they did this.
We need to think about sanctions, we need to think about something."
But they haven't said that.
They haven't done that.
And Bolton's not letting them figure out what actually happened.
My guess is because Bolton, just like how he sold us the Iraq War, has absolutely no
evidence to back up his claims.
He just wants us to sell more missiles, build more missiles, buy more missiles so that we're
always ready for the allusive foe on the horizon that John Bolton apparently is the only one
who can see.
Yeah know, I'd be really interested to know what happened to this man in his younger life
that made him so afraid of every other country on the planet.
But I'm willing to bet he's got some pretty nasty skeletons kicking around in his noggin
there.
Things that maybe a very skilled psychiatrist or even a team of mental health experts, they
might be able to get to the bottom of it.
Unfortunately, we'll never have the chance to do that.
But right now, what John Bolton is doing, and he's actually doing it against the wishes
of the White House itself by the way, is trying to ramp us up and prepare us for nuclear war.
Perhaps with Russia, perhaps with someone else.
But when you combine that with the instability and the eagerness to drop a nuke on another
country embodied within Donald Trump.
Again, that spells disaster for every living thing on this planet.
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US open border policy will lead to an economic recession: 'Angel dad' - Duration: 3:57.
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U.S. Justice Department confirms arrest of suspect in connection with mail bombs - Duration: 2:00.
We have arrested Cesar Seyoc in connection with this investigation.
As our investigation is still ongoing, I may not be able to answer questions
about his background or about his motive.
What I can say is that this was a nationwide investigation
of enormous scope and of the greatest importance.
We can confirm that 13 IEDs were sent to various individuals across the country,
each device consisted of roughly six inches of PVC pipe, a small clock, a battery,
some wiring and what is known as energetic material, which is essentially potential
explosives and material that give off heat and energy through a reaction
to heat, shock or friction.
Though we're still analyzing the devices in our laboratory,
these are not hoax devices.
I want to focus for a moment on the amazing work of our folks at the FBI lab.
Based on their initial analysis,
they uncovered a latent fingerprint from one of the envelopes containing an IED
that had been sent to congresswoman Maxine Waters.
We have confirmed this fingerprint is that of Casar Sayoc.
There is also a possible DNA connection
between samples collected from pieces of two different IEDs mailed in separate envelopes
and a sample previously collected from Seyoc in connection
with an earlier arrest down in Florida.
Today's arrest doesn't mean we're all out of the woods,
there may be other packages in transit now.
We need the help of everyone out there, every citizen, everyone in law enforcement,
everyone we've got to help with this investigation in the days to come.
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New Mexico's U.S. Senate candidates spar in final televised debate - Duration: 2:37.
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Sen. Casey, Rep. Barletta U.S. Senate Debate (Pt. 1) - Duration: 30:44.
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The Midterms Minute bombs sap Republican momentum, Trump moans US news - Duration: 2:32.
The Midterms Minute bombs sap Republican momentum, Trump moans US news
In today's politics news: Trump puts 'bomb' in quotation marks; Gillum targeted by racist robocall; booster ad for McCaskill
In today's politics news: Trump puts 'bomb' in quotation marks; Gillum targeted by racist robocall; booster ad for McCaskill
Good evening, I'm Tom McCarthy with the latest from Washington and beyond. If you're not already receiving the midterms minute by email, sign up.
On Friday morning, Donald Trump tweeted, 'Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this "Bomb" stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows - news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!'
It's not clear what the president meant by putting the word "bomb" in quotation marks. Explosive devices were sent this week to at least 13 critics of the president including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Some conservative commentators had suggested the attacks were a leftist plot having to do with the midterms.
What does this mean? Within an hour of Trump's tweet, the first reports emerged that a suspect – an enthusiastic Trump supporter according to his social media – had been arrested in Florida. In an appearance at the White House shortly afterward, the president praised law enforcement, saying, "These terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country." Trump did not muse further on the implications for the political horserace of the incident.
Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, who is African American, has been targeted by a racist robocall, the second time it's happened in his contest against Congressman Ron DeSantis. ABC News reported that "the voice on the newest robocall voice impersonates Gillum in an exaggerated accent and refers to the Democratic candidate as a 'negro' and a 'monkey'."
Say what? "Well, hello there. I is the negro Andrew Gillum and I'll be askin' you to make me governor of this here state of Florida," the voice says.
Why this matters In a moment widely interpreted as racist dog-whistling in August, DeSantis warned voters not to "monkey this up." Gillum jumped on that line in a recent debate between the candidates, saying "the racists believe he's a racist." FiveThirtyEight's forecast has the race as "likely Democrat."
An Epic-MRA statewide poll commissioned by the Detroit Free Press in Michigan found broad support for three ballot initiatives that would ease restrictions on marijuana, counter gerrymandering and make voter registration automatic when applying for a driver's license of state-issued ID. The marijuana legalization initiative had 57%-41% support, according to the poll; the anti-gerrymandering proposal had 59%-29% support and automatic voter registration had 68%-26% support.
Why this matters If voters indeed vote yes on proposal 2, which would set up an independent commission to draw redistricting maps in Michigan, the state's gerrymander could unravel, with possible implications for the balance of power in Congress.
A fairer playing field In the last three election cycles, Michigan has sent nine Republicans and five Democrats to the House of Representatives, despite a roughly equivalent number of votes being cast for each party statewide.
It's a booster ad for Missouri senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, paid for by a political action committee called Patients for Affordable Drugs Action. The group is running ads in nine states this election cycle around one issue: the need for lower drug prices. But as Democratic Representative Anna Eshoo in California has discovered, the group is not merely on the side of Democrats. Eshoo and others perceived of coziness with big pharma have been the targets of attack ads by the groups.
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Todd Hido is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today. His work is characterized by a dreamy, moody aesthetic that is also highly cinematic
Hido is probably best known for his books featuring the American suburbs: "House Hunting," "Outskirts" and "Roaming
" Hido's newest book, "Bright Black World" (Nazraeli Press), continues with the aesthetic described above, but this time he takes us on a dark, mysterious trip through the Northern European landscape and even as far as the North Sea of Japan
The book is his first significant attempt at doing work outside the United States
According to a statement by Nazraeli Press, Hido's foray into environments outside the United States was inspired by Nordic mythology, with particular emphasis on the idea of "Fimbulwinter," which translates to "endless winter
" The statement goes on to describe the work in the book, saying that "many of Hido's new images allude to and provide form for this notion of an apocalyptic, never-ending winter
" Indeed, thumbing through the pages of "Bright Black World" does feel like taking a journey through a never-ending desolate, although lyrical, winter
In the foreword to the book, Alexander Nemerov's poetic description of what the book contains sets readers up for the journey
The end sends advanced warning. Molten suns and empty roads, barren hillsides like swelling oceans, windows like blocks of ice — we learn the signs
But to warn us, the end must let another speak for it. This is the artist, who throws his colors into the inferno, stoking the fire
Without him, the end would not know itself — could not reckon its score of starveling trees and shrunken shores
. . Back on the leveled ground of this book, the reader examines the pictures in private devotion, running her fingers on empty fields
If only imps and other charlatans of the margins were responsible for this withdrawal of all sense
But they too have left the scene, the fornicating troubadours and friars with their casks of ale, the pimply summoners and proud cocks who pass the time
Only the artist remains, a superintendent of the state, a night watchman fumbling for his keys, unwilling to leave
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