влада, вибори, народ
Шкарлет назвав причину падіння якості освіти в Україні
Від березня 2020 року у зв’язку з пов’язаними з пандемією карантинними обмеженнями значна частина навчального процесу в українських школах була переведена в режим онлайн
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By Gromada | 12/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Шкарлет розповів, скільки шкіл в Україні не мають доступу до інтернету
За словами міністра освіти і науки, найбільше таких шкіл на Закарпатті
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By Gromada | 12/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
US Attorney General Vows to Combat Efforts to Curb Voting Rights
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland warned Friday that the Justice Department would vigorously oppose state efforts to impose new curbs on voting rights for many Americans, particularly Blacks and other minorities.“We’re scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb access, and where we see violations, we will not hesitate to act,” Garland said in a speech at the Justice Department in which he announced his agency would double its voting rights enforcement staff over the next 30 days.“We’re also scrutinizing current laws and practices in order to determine whether they discriminate against Black voters and other voters of color,” Garland said, adding that of particular concern is research showing that nonwhite voters wait “substantially longer” than their white counterparts to cast their ballots.U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about voting rights at the Justice Department in Washington, June 11, 2021.Garland blasted recent Republican audits of repeatedly counted and certified votes cast in the November 2020 election, saying they jeopardize the integrity of the voting process and undermine public confidence in elections.The Justice Department recently sent a letter to a top Republican lawmaker in Arizona expressing concern about the legality of a post-election audit in the state’s largest county, Garland said. In response, Republicans put on hold plans to canvass voters as part of the audit.The attorney general also expressed concern about a “dramatic increase in violent threats” against election administrators and workers, vowing that the Justice Department would investigate and prosecute any violations of federal law.Republican election officials and members of their families in Georgia, for example, have been targeted with threatening messages from supporters of former President Donald Trump months after Trump lost the state and the election.“Such threats undermine our electoral process and violate a myriad of federal laws,” Garland said.Garland’s speech signals the degree to which the Justice Department under President Joe Biden has elevated the importance of civil rights and voting rights after Trump for years denounced the election system as fraudulent and insisted the only way he could lose the election was if he were cheated out of it.Garland told lawmakers this week that the department’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 included the largest increase ever in funds for civil rights efforts: $177.2 million over the 2021 spending level, according to DOJ figures.The speech came as Republican legislators across the country have introduced hundreds of bills this year that critics say make it harder for many voters to cast ballots — especially minority voters and the elderly — and could adversely impact the Democrats’ prospects for retaining control of the House and Senate in 2022.Many of these provisions — designed to restrict voting by mail, early voting and other innovations that resulted in record turnouts during the coronavirus pandemic — were pushed by Republican lawmakers who echo Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen through widespread fraud.As of late May, lawmakers have introduced at least 389 restrictive bills in 48 states in the 2021 legislative sessions, with 14 states passing 22 new laws this year, according to the left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.Activists rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of arguments in a key voting rights case involving a challenge to Ohio’s policy of purging infrequent voters from voter registration rolls, in Washington, Jan. 10, 2018.With 61 bills making their way through state legislatures, the FILE – This Jan. 3, 2019 file photo shows Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a swearing-in ceremony of Congressional Black Caucus members of the 116th Congress in Washington.That provision required states with a history of discrimination against African Americans to get preapproval from the Justice Department or the federal court in Washington before changing their voting procedures. But the Supreme Court struck down the provision in 2013, leading to what Garland called a “dramatic rise in legislative efforts” that make it harder for millions of Americans to vote.Garland, a former federal judge whose 2016 nomination to the Supreme Court was blocked by Senate Republicans, said the 2013 high court decision eliminated “the department’s most effective tool to protect voting rights over the past half century.”He urged Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, saying it would give the department the tools it needs to enforce voting rights laws.The bill, named after Representative John Lewis, the late civil rights icon, would establish new criteria for determining which states must get approval from the Justice Department before changing their voting laws.But the legislation, like the For the People Act, remains stalled in the evenly split Senate, with only one Republican so far supporting the measure. To pass, the bill requires the support of at least 10 Republicans to end a filibuster.Last week, Biden, marking the 100th anniversary of a race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called on Congress to pass the voting rights measures, saying the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would provide “new legal tools to combat the new assault on the right to vote.”But this week Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell came out against the John Lewis bill, all but quashing hopes of its immediate passage.“There’s no threat to the Voting Rights Act. It’s against the law to discriminate in voting on the basis of race already, and so I think it’s unnecessary,” McConnell said Tuesday.
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By Polityk | 12/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Department of Justice Probes Secret Seizure of House Democrats’ Data
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Inspector General says it is beginning a review of the department’s use of subpoenas to obtain communication records of U.S. lawmakers and members of the media.House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2020.The review comes after Democratic Representatives Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell were informed that the Justice Department had taken their metadata from Apple in 2018 as part of a crackdown on leaks linked to the Russia probe and other national security issues, according to The Associated Press. The news agency attributed the information to three sources with knowledge of the seizures.“The review will examine the department’s compliance with applicable DOJ policies and procedures, and whether any such uses, or the investigations, were based upon improper considerations,” said DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz, in a Friday statement.“If circumstances warrant, the OIG will consider other issues that may arise during the review. The review will not substitute the OIG’s judgment for the legal and investigative judgments made in the matters under OIG review.”FILE – Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., pauses to speak with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 16, 2018.Senate Democratic leaders insisted Friday that the two attorneys general who served in the Trump administration testify about the covert seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018.In a statement, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr “must testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.” The Senate leaders described the seizures as “a gross abuse of power and an assault on the separation of powers.”The Democratic senators threatened to issue subpoenas if Sessions and Barr refused to testify.Swalwell and Schiff, the current chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, were members of the committee at the time of the seizures. The actions by the Trump-era Justice Department indicate that the executive branch was using its investigative prosecutorial powers to spy on the legislative branch, the AP said.
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By Polityk | 12/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
У прокуратурі розповіли, навіщо співробітниця інституту біотехнологій забрала додому штами вірусів
У зв’язку із викраденням цих флаконів, за офіційними даними, завдано збитків на 111 тисяч гривень
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By Gromada | 11/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
АРК передала до суду матеріали справи щодо Поклонської, Аксьонова та Константинова
Колишнім кримським чиновникам інкримінують дії, вчинені для насильницької зміни чи повалення конституційного ладу
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By Gromada | 11/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Oregon State Legislature Removes Republican Lawmaker for Helping Protesters Breach Capitol
The legislature in the western U.S. state of Oregon Thursday voted 59-1 to remove a Republican lawmaker from office for his role in allowing right-wing protesters to breach the capitol during a demonstration against COVID-19 lockdowns in December.On the floor of the state House of Representatives late Thursday, Republicans voted with the majority Democrats to remove Representative Mike Nearman, with the unapologetic Nearman the only dissenting vote. He is the first legislator expelled from office in the state’s 162-year history.A special bipartisan committee appointed by Democratic House Speaker Tina Kotek to consider the expulsion had also voted earlier in the day for Nearman’s removal and sent the measure the full House for consideration. Oregon State Police investigating the breach of the state capitol identified Nearman from a security video in which he can be seen leaving the capitol through a locked door near where protesters had gathered, allowing them to enter. The capitol was among the public buildings closed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Calls for Nearman’s resignation – many from his own party – began about a week ago after a second video surfaced showing Nearman advising potential protesters on how to get into the capitol and giving them his phone number. In comments to Oregon media after the vote, Speaker Kotek said expelling Nearman “was the only reasonable path forward.” She said, “The facts are clear that Mr. Nearman unapologetically coordinated and planned a breach of the Oregon State Capitol. His actions were blatant and deliberate, and he has shown no remorse for jeopardizing the safety of every person in the capitol that day.”Nearman, who argued he was only letting the public into a public building that should not have been closed, also faces two misdemeanor criminal charges and has said he will seek a trial by jury.
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By Polityk | 11/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Свідок у справі Стерненка: ані я, ані «швидка» не надавали допомогу пораненому нападнику
«Одна лікарка підійшла до Кузнецова, подивилась і сказала щось на кшталт: «З цим все», розповів свідок Мамалиженко
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By Gromada | 11/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
