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У Києві двом скверам присвоять імена героя Небесної сотні Веремія і розвідника ЗСУ Шаповала
У Києві налічується понад дві тисячі вулиць
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By Gromada | 06/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Абітурієнти в Україні сьогодні складають тест ЗНО з біології
У четвер, 10 червня, абітурієнти в Україні складають тест зовнішнього незалежного оцінювання з біології. Як повідомляє Центр оцінювання якості освіти, для проходження тесту з біології зареєструвалися 127 202 людини.
«Створено 8 631 аудиторія у 551 пункті тестування. Тест налічує 50 завдань, на виконання яких відведено 150 хвилин. За правильне виконання всіх завдань можна набрати 82 бали», – йдеться в повідомленні.
Учасників ЗНО допускатимуть до пункту тестування до 10:50.
«Якщо учасник прибуде до пункту тестування після 10:50, його не буде допущено до участі в ЗНО. В запрошенні-перепустці зазначено проміжок часу, у який учасникові/учасниці ЗНО рекомендовано прибути до пункту тестування і пройти процедуру допуску», – повідомили у центрі.
В Україні тестуванням із хімії 21 травня стартувала основна сесія ЗНО 2021 року.
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By Gromada | 06/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Усик сів на колію – «Укрзалізниця» попросила боксера не показувати поганий приклад
Коли і де була зроблена фотографія не повідомляється, сам боксер поки публічно не коментував звернення залізничників
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By Gromada | 06/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Joe Manchin: The West Virginia Senator Blocking Joe Biden’s Agenda
A long-simmering battle within the Democratic Party came to a head this week when Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced he will not support a sweeping package of voting rights reforms because no Republicans are willing to vote for it. At the same time, he repeated his vow to vote to protect a Senate rule, called the filibuster, that allows a minority of the body to prevent pieces of legislation from receiving an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. FILE – Gov. Joe Manchin, left, is sworn into office for a second term at the Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia, Jan. 19, 2009.Manchin worked his way up through state politics beginning in 1982, serving in the state’s House of Delegates and the State Senate, before being elected West Virginia’s secretary of state in 2001, and then governor in 2005. In 2010, he won a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat that opened with the death of Democratic Senator Robert Byrd. Political leanings While the West Virginia he grew up in was heavily Democratic, Manchin is now the sole member of his party in any statewide office, and is its only member in the state congressional delegation. In his most recent election, Manchin prevailed in 2018 with only 49.6% of the vote. By contrast, Donald Trump won West Virginia with 68% of the vote in 2016 and 69% in 2020. That may be, in part, why Manchin is farther toward the political right than other members of his party. But political expediency may not explain everything. A political mentor to Manchin, Byrd was the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, representing West Virginia for 51 years. He was also a dedicated Senate institutionalist who wrote two books about the body, a supporter of the filibuster, and a strong believer in the ability of senators to put party aside and work together for the good of the country. But Byrd’s legacy — and the legacy of the filibuster — is complicated. The founder of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter in West Virginia in the 1940s, Byrd later renounced his connection to the racist organization. However, he also filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and voted against the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court. Byrd’s influence Some of Byrd’s beliefs about the way the Senate can and should operate seem to live on in Manchin, despite dwindling evidence that meaningful cross-party cooperation is possible. “I think he’s a guy who has certain commitments that maybe are a little out of step with the way American politics has emerged over the last decade,” said Richard Brisbin, an emeritus professor in the political science department at West Virginia University. FILE – Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., presides over a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 26, 2007.”I really think, deep in his heart, he thinks people can come together and get along and solve problems,” Brisbin said. “And I just think that’s very difficult in the kind of political climate we have in the United States at present. And I don’t think that there are many politicians, highly visible politicians in national politics, who are in his camp, particularly among the Republicans, but also to some degree among at least half the members of his own party.” ‘No’ vote on ending filibuster In a Senate with 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans, Democrats’ advantage derives from the ability of Vice President Kamala Harris to break ties in a party-line vote. However, the filibuster requires 60 votes to end debate on a bill. This means that with a few exceptions, Democrats need to persuade 10 Republicans to side with them in order to get any legislation passed. Republican leaders in the Senate have essentially promised to use the filibuster to block everything Democrats and Biden want to do. “One hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new administration,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said last week. Continued Republican obstruction has led to increasingly loud calls from Democrats to eliminate the filibuster, which they could do with a majority vote amending the body’s rules that would be immune to the filibuster. Manchin has consistently poured cold water on his fellow party members’ hopes that he will side with them on a rule change. By pairing a renewed commitment to saving the filibuster with the announcement that he would not vote for the Democrats’ package of voting rights legislation, Manchin sparked an especially sharp reaction from many on the left. “Joe Manchin is doing everything in his power to stop democracy and to stop our work for the people, the work that the people sent us here to do,” Congressman Jamaal Bowman said in a CNN interview on Monday. Early support for bill The voting rights legislation that Manchin will not support is particularly important to Democrats in light of the multiple state-level laws being passed by Republican-dominated legislatures that will make it more difficult to vote, and in some cases, give legislators the authority to overrule local elections officials and potentially overturn the results of an election. FILE – Voters line up outside a polling place in Charleston, W.Va., Oct. 21, 2020, the first day of early in-person voting in the state for the November 3 election.What is particularly galling to Manchin’s Democratic colleagues is that his objections to the voting rights bill have nothing to do with its contents. In fact, he co-sponsored substantially identical legislation in 2019. His objection is that the bill will not receive any Republican support in Congress, and that passing it along party lines, as he wrote, “will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy.” Detractors point out that in 2019 when Manchin supported the bill, it also had no Republican co-sponsors and would likely have received no Republican votes on the Senate floor. A unique position While critics of Manchin on the Democratic side claim he is standing in the way of Congress making progress in the current session, not everyone agrees. Some expect that bipartisan cooperation isn’t only possible but likely — just not on the issues the Democratic left is most passionate about. “Senator Manchin is a Democrat, who represents West Virginia, which is a state trending more Republican,” said Michael Thorning, associate director of governance at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington. “Perhaps he is uniquely representative of the situation that we see in Congress, where you have an evenly divided Senate, and a House that is very, very tight.” He added, “The last election did not produce a result that suggested one party had a very strong mandate. So, you take a senator like Joe Manchin, someone who has fairly moderate policy positions that match up with the voters of his state — he’s going to want to steer the federal policy debates toward that.” Thorning said that far from dooming the Senate to a session with no progress, Manchin’s stance on the filibuster may allow senators the political space they need to compromise on other issues, including an infrastructure bill and criminal justice reform. “Those would be big accomplishments, ones that could not be achieved in recent years,” Thorning said.
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By Polityk | 06/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
US Attorney General Warns Ransomware ‘Getting Worse and Worse’
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland warned Wednesday that ransom-motivated cyberattacks are “getting worse and worse,” echoing other top Biden administration officials who have sounded the alarm about the problem in recent weeks.
“We have to do everything we possibly can here,” Garland told lawmakers. “This is a very, very serious threat.” The attorney general’s warning during a Senate hearing on the Justice Department’s fiscal 2022 budget request followed a pair of high-profile ransomware attacks over the past month that have rattled the U.S. national security and law enforcement establishment and sparked calls for beefed-up cyber defenses. In a ransomware attack, hackers lock a company’s or organization’s data, offering keys to unlock the files in exchange for a large sum of money. FILE – Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company, in Charlotte, N.C., May 12, 2021.Last month, cybercriminals believed to be based in Russia hacked the computer networks of Colonial Pipeline, America’s largest fuel pipeline operator, disrupting supplies along the East Coast and touching off panic-buying. Colonial later said it paid $4.4 million to retrieve access to its network. On Monday, the Justice Department revealed it had seized most of the ransom. Last week, ransomware criminals struck JBS USA, the U.S. arm of the world’s largest processor of fresh beef and pork based in Brazil. JBS refused to pay a ransom and was forced to shut down its processing facilities in the United States. FILE – A JBS meatpacking plant is seen in Plainwell, Michigan, June 2, 2021.The White House has said the criminal gangs behind both attacks — known as DarkSide and REvil — are likely based in Russia, but officials have not alleged any ties to the Russian government. The Justice Department identified DarkSide as the hacking group that was targeted by law enforcement officials for retaliation and ransom recovery. The ransomware attacks are likely to hang over the June 16 meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers on Monday that Biden will make clear to Putin that “states cannot be in the business of harboring those who are engaged in these kinds of attacks.” Once seen as a financial crime, ransomware has emerged as a growing national security threat in just the last couple of years, as cybercriminals have turned to attacking local governments, schools, hospitals and other critical service providers, and demanding millions of dollars in ransom. According to a May 12 report by Check Point Research, ransomware attacks more than doubled this year compared with the beginning of 2020, with health care and utilities the most commonly targeted sectors. “You can imagine what could happen if we had multiple attacks at the same time on even more fundamental infrastructure. So, I’m very worried about it, and so is the administration,” Garland said. “And that’s why we’ve asked for such a large increase in our cyber budget.” The Justice Department’s nearly $36 billion budget includes about $1.1 billion for cybersecurity. If approved by Congress, that would constitute the largest increase in cybersecurity resources for the department in more than a decade, according to Garland. In April, before the attack on Colonial, the Justice Department set up an internal task force dedicated to developing strategies to combat ransomware. Its first major operation was recapturing most of the millions of dollars paid in ransom by Colonial to DarkSide hackers, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced. Garland called the recovery a “significant success,” but he said it is not enough. “This has to be a constant, just a constant focus,” he said, adding that he has discussed the issue with his counterparts from major U.S. allies.
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By Polityk | 06/10/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Вулицю в Ірпені можуть назвати на честь одіозного ексректора Мельника – влада пояснила, чому
Пропозиція надійшла від громади, мешканці Ірпіня вирішуватимуть, чи дати вулиці ім’я Мельника – міськрада
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By Gromada | 06/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Вісім українських вишів потрапили до рейтингу QS World University Rankings
При складанні рейтингу використовували, зокрема, такі критерії, як академічна репутація, репутація у роботодавців, співвідношення викладачів та студентів, співвідношення місцевих та іноземних студентів, цитованість
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By Gromada | 06/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Для внутрішньо переміщених осіб спрощено процедуру реєстрації авто і отримання посвідчення водія – МВС
За даними Мінсоцполітики, в Україні 1 469 676 офіційно зареєстрованих внутрішньо переміщених осіб
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By Gromada | 06/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В Україні через грозу і вітер знеструмлені 60 населених пунктів – ДСНС
Пориви вітру, дощ та гроза спричинили проблеми з електрикою в 5 областях
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By Gromada | 06/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Senate Passes Bill to Boost US Tech Industry, Counter Rivals
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that aims to boost U.S. semiconductor production and the development of artificial intelligence and other technology in the face of growing international competition, most notably from China. The 68-32 vote for the bill demonstrates how confronting China economically is an issue that unites both parties in Congress. That’s a rarity in an era of division as pressure grows on Democrats to change Senate rules to push past Republican opposition and gridlock. The centerpiece of the bill is a $50 billion emergency allotment to the Commerce Department to stand up semiconductor development and manufacturing through research and incentive programs previously authorized by Congress. The bill’s overall cost would increase spending by about $250 billion with most of the spending occurring in the first five years. Supporters described it as the biggest investment in scientific research that the country has seen in decades. It comes as the nation’s share of semiconductor manufacturing globally has steadily eroded from 37% in 1990 to about 12% now, and as a chip shortage has exposed vulnerabilities in the U.S. supply chain. FILE – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2021.”The premise is simple — if we want American workers and American companies to keep leading the world, the federal government must invest in science, basic research and innovation, just as we did decades after the Second World War,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.”Whoever wins the race to the technologies of the future is going to be the global economic leader, with profound consequences for foreign policy and national security, as well,” he added. FILE – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 25, 2021.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the bill was incomplete because it did not incorporate more Republican-sponsored amendments. He nonetheless supported it. “Needless to say, final passage of this legislation cannot be the Senate’s final word on our competition with China,” he said. “It certainly won’t be mine.” President Joe Biden applauded the bill’s passage in a statement Tuesday evening, saying, “As other countries continue to invest in their own research and development, we cannot risk falling behind. America must maintain its position as the most innovative and productive nation on Earth.” Senators slogged through days of debates and amendments leading up to Tuesday’s final vote. Schumer’s office said 18 Republican amendments will have received votes as part of passage of the bill. It also said the Senate this year has already held as many roll-call votes on amendments than it did in the last Congress when the Senate was under Republican control. While the bill enjoys bipartisan support, a core group of Republican senators has reservations about its costs. One of the bill’s provisions would create a new directorate focused on artificial intelligence and quantum science with the National Science Foundation. The bill would authorize up to $29 billion over five years for the new branch within the foundation, with an additional $52 billion for its programs. Senator Rand Paul said Congress should be cutting the foundation’s budget, not increasing it. He called the agency “the king of wasteful spending.” The agency finances about a quarter of all federally supported research conducted by America’s colleges and universities. “The bill is nothing more than a big government response that will make our country weaker, not stronger,” Paul said. FILE – Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 5, 2020.But Senator Maria Cantwell noted that a greater federal investment in the physical sciences had been called for during the administration of President George W. Bush to ensure U.S. economic competitiveness. “At the time, I’m pretty sure we thought we were in a track meet where our competitor was, oh, I don’t know, maybe half a lap behind us. I’m pretty sure now as the decade has moved on, we’re looking over our shoulder and realizing that the competition is gaining,” said Cantwell, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The lead Republican on the committee also weighed in to support the bill. “This is an opportunity for the United States to strike a blow on behalf of answering the unfair competition that we are seeing from communist China,” Senator Roger Wicker said. Senators have tried to strike a balance when calling attention to China’s growing influence. They want to avoid fanning divisive anti-Asian rhetoric when hate crimes against Asian Americans have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic. Other measures spell out national security concerns and target money-laundering schemes or cyberattacks by entities on behalf of the Chinese government. There are also “Buy America” provisions for infrastructure projects in the U.S. Senators added provisions that reflect shifting attitudes toward China’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak. One would prevent federal money for the Wuhan Institute of Virology as fresh investigations proceed into the origins of the virus and possible connections to the lab’s research. The city registered some of the first coronavirus cases. It’s unclear whether the measure will find support in the Democratic-led House, where the Science Committee is expected to soon consider that chamber’s version. Congressman Ro Khanna, who has been working with Schumer for two years on legislation that’s included in the bill, called it the biggest investment in science and technology since the Apollo space flight program a half century ago. “I’m quite certain we will get a really good product on the president’s desk,” Schumer said. Biden said he looked forward to working with the House on the legislation, “and I look forward to signing it into law as soon as possible.”
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By Polityk | 06/09/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Російський футбольний союз звернувся в УЄФА з приводу форми збірної України
Водночас Європейський футбольний союз вже раніше заявив, що форма збірної України з футболу відповідає його вимогам
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By Gromada | 06/08/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Вийшов трейлер першого фільму Netflix, знятого в Україні
Фільм «Останній найманець» знімали минулого року у Києві та Парижі
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By Gromada | 06/08/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Свідоцтво про народження відтепер можна отримати поштою – Мінцифри
У Мінцифри заявили і про послугу «єМалятко» для жителів окупованих територій
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By Gromada | 06/08/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Зеленський хоче посадити за три роки мільярд дерев. Це майже по 1 мільйону щодня, незважаючи на пору року
Для досягнення цієї мети необхідно висаджувати пересічно трохи більш ніж 913 тисяч 242 дерева щодня протягом цих трьох років, безперервно
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By Gromada | 06/07/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
СБУ підозрює експрацівника Адміністрації президента у держзраді
Суд вже відправив його під цілодобовий домашній арешт
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By Gromada | 06/07/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Key Democratic Senator Voices Opposition to Voting Law Reforms
A key U.S. centrist Democratic lawmaker, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, adamantly voiced his opposition Sunday to sweeping nationalization of voting laws favored by President Joe Biden and other Democrats.Manchin, perhaps the most conservative Democrat in the 100-member U.S. Senate, said in an opinion article in a home-state newspaper, the Charleston Gazette-Mail, and in a “Fox News Sunday” television interview that he will continue to oppose the voting reforms because they are too partisan and have not drawn any Republican congressional support.In the television interview, Manchin described the measure as “the wrong piece of legislation. It will continue to divide us.”The national voting rights measure would overturn voting restrictions approved by at least 14 Republican-controlled state legislatures that would curb some expanded voting access that was deployed in the 2020 presidential election, such as extended voting hours, drive-through voting at central locations and the widespread use of mail-in balloting.In his Charleston newspaper essay, Manchin argued that “congressional action on federal voting rights legislation must be the result of both Democrats and Republicans coming together to find a pathway forward or we risk further dividing and destroying the republic we swore to protect and defend as elected officials.”“The truth, I would argue, is that voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions continue to deepen,” he said.The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has already approved the legislation. Congressional Democrats overwhelmingly support it, with Republicans equally opposed.FILE – Voting rights activists gather during a protest against Texas legislators who are advancing a slew of new voting restrictions, in Austin, Texas, May 8, 2021.Democrats have said the federal legislation is necessary, especially to ensure the voting rights of minorities, while accusing Republicans of trying to limit such voting because Blacks overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. Republicans say the new laws are needed to protect election security although there was no evidence of any substantial irregularities in the November 2020 election. Manchin’s opposition imperils its passage in the politically divided Senate. Democrats, voting as a 50-member bloc, have been able to push through some legislation on 51-50 votes, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has pledged to bring the voting rights legislation to a Senate floor vote in two weeks, but Republicans are likely to filibuster against it, forcing a 60-vote supermajority for passage. That would require Democrats to gain at least 11 Republican votes to support the legislation if Manchin maintains his opposition.Some progressive Democrats have called for ending Senate filibusters to ease passage of legislation by simple majority votes, but Manchin, and some other Democrats, are opposed, saying the legislative tactic has benefited them when Republicans have controlled the Senate.State passage of new voting restrictions has its roots in the November election, with some Republican state lawmakers voicing support for former President Donald Trump’s continuing baseless claims that the election was rigged and that he was cheated out of another four-year term in the White House.The federal legislation Manchin opposes would set minimum standards for early voting that was widespread before the official Election Day on November 3 and mail-in voting that could override some of the state Republican voting laws.Manchin has voiced support for these proposals but has not clarified where he stands on other provisions, such as requiring that congressional geographic redistricting every 10 years be done by nonpartisan commissions and establishing public financing for congressional campaigns.Manchin said he favors limited voting rights reform, requiring the federal government to sign off on state election law changes, but his stance so far has only drawn support from one Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
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By Polityk | 06/07/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Зеленський підписав закон, який забороняє поширення пластикових пакетів
Верховна Рада ухвалила закон «Про обмеження обігу пластикових пакетів на території України» 1 червня
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By Gromada | 06/07/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Чорновол повідомила, що судді в її справі взяли самовідвід
Учасниця Революції гідності припустила, що судді взяли самовідвід через її політизованість
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By Gromada | 06/07/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Key US Senator Voices His Opposition to Voting Law Reforms
A key U.S. centrist Democratic lawmaker, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, adamantly voiced his opposition Sunday to sweeping nationalization of voting laws favored by President Joe Biden and other Democrats.Manchin, perhaps the most conservative Democrat in the 100-member U.S. Senate, said in an opinion article in a home-state newspaper, the Charleston Gazette-Mail, and in a “Fox News Sunday” television interview that he will continue to oppose the voting reforms because they are too partisan and have not drawn any Republican congressional support.In the television interview, Manchin described the measure as “the wrong piece of legislation. It will continue to divide us.”The national voting rights measure would overturn voting restrictions approved by at least 14 Republican-controlled state legislatures that would curb some expanded voting access that was deployed in the 2020 presidential election, such as extended voting hours, drive-through voting at central locations and the widespread use of mail-in balloting.In his Charleston newspaper essay, Manchin argued that “congressional action on federal voting rights legislation must be the result of both Democrats and Republicans coming together to find a pathway forward or we risk further dividing and destroying the republic we swore to protect and defend as elected officials.”“The truth, I would argue, is that voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions continue to deepen,” he said.The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has already approved the Congressional Democrats overwhelmingly support it, with Republicans equally opposed.FILE – Voting rights activists gather during a protest against Texas legislators who are advancing a slew of new voting restrictions, in Austin, Texas, May 8, 2021.Democrats have said the federal legislation is necessary, especially to ensure the voting rights of minorities, while accusing Republicans of trying to limit such voting because Blacks overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. Republicans say the new laws are needed to protect election security although there was no evidence of any substantial irregularities in the November 2020 election. Manchin’s opposition imperils its passage in the politically divided Senate. Democrats, voting as a 50-member bloc, have been able to push through some legislation on 51-50 votes, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has pledged to bring the voting rights legislation to a Senate floor vote in two weeks, but Republicans are likely to filibuster against it, forcing a 60-vote supermajority for passage. That would require Democrats to gain at least 11 Republican votes to support the legislation if Manchin maintains his opposition.Some progressive Democrats have called for ending Senate filibusters to ease passage of legislation by simple majority votes, but Manchin, and some other Democrats, are opposed, saying the legislative tactic has benefited them when Republicans have controlled the Senate.State passage of new voting restrictions has its roots in the November election, with some Republican state lawmakers voicing support for former President Donald Trump’s continuing baseless claims that the election was rigged and that he was cheated out of another four-year term in the White House.The federal legislation Manchin opposes would set minimum standards for early voting that was widespread before the official Election Day on November 3 and mail-in voting that could override some of the state Republican voting laws.Manchin has voiced support for these proposals but has not clarified where he stands on other provisions, such as requiring that congressional geographic redistricting every 10 years be done by nonpartisan commissions and establishing public financing for congressional campaigns.Manchin said he favors limited voting rights reform, requiring the federal government to sign off on state election law changes, but his stance so far has only drawn support from one Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
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By Polityk | 06/07/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Рятувальники попереджають про грози в Україні на початку тижня
Укргідрометцентр оцінює погодні умови в понеділок як «потенційно небезпечні»
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By Gromada | 06/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Ситуація в ООС: з початку доби – один обстріл, військовий підірвався на вибуховому пристрої
Військового госпіталізували, його стан – середньої тяжкості
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By Gromada | 06/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Trump to GOP: Support Candidates Who ‘Stand for Our Values’
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republicans to support those candidates who share his values in next year’s midterm elections as he launched a new phase of his post-presidency.Trump teased the prospect of presidential bid of his own in 2024 but vowed first to be an active presence on the campaign trail for his allies in next year’s fight for control of Congress.”The survival of America depends on our ability to elect Republicans at every level starting with the midterms next year,” Trump said.Trump delivered his latest comments in a speech to hundreds of Republican officials and activists gathered for the North Carolina GOP convention, the opening appearance in what is expected to be a new phase of rallies and public events.Democratic National Committee spokesman Ammar Moussa took a shot at Trump in a statement released ahead of his speech.”More than 400,000 dead Americans, millions of jobs lost and recklessly dangerous rhetoric is apparently not enough for Republicans to break with a loser president who cost them the White House, Senate and House,” Moussa said.Other appearances consideredThe former Republican president, who has been out of office for more than four months and banned from his preferred social media accounts, hopes to use events like the North Carolina gathering to elevate his voice ahead of another potential presidential run.His advisers are considering appearances in Ohio, Florida, Alabama and Georgia to help bolster midterm candidates and energize voters.In contrast to the mega rallies that filled sports arenas when Trump was president, he spoke to several hundred North Carolina Republicans seated at dinner tables inside the Greenville convention center Saturday night. Tens of thousands more followed along on internet streams.Invited to the stage briefly during his remarks, Trump daughter-in-law and North Carolina native Lara Trump announced she would not run for the Senate, citing family obligations.”I am saying no for now, not no forever,” she said.Minutes later, Trump announced his endorsement of loyalist Representative Ted Budd in the crowded Republican primary in the state’s 13th District, adding a slap at former Governor Pat McCrory, who has been critical of Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election.”You can’t pick people who have already lost two races and do not stand for our values,” Trump said.Trump devoted much of his remarks to railing against President Joe Biden, who he said was leading “the most radical left-wing administration in history.”While Trump has had to work harder to make his voice heard since leaving office, he remains a commanding force in the Republican Party.A recent Quinnipiac University national poll found that 66% of Republicans would like to see him run for reelection, though the same number of Americans overall said they would prefer he didn’t.
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By Polityk | 06/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Infrastructure Bill Would Upgrade Aging US Waterways System
It’s a routine sight on the Illinois River: towboats slowly pushing barges carrying everything from salt and petroleum to corn and soybeans.”This is the backbone of our economy,” said Tom Heinold, chief of the operations division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District. “Here in the upper Midwest, we feed the world from right here.”Heinold oversees Corps of Engineers facilities along the Illinois River, including the Starved Rock Lock and Dam near Utica. The National Waterways Foundation says the statewide system moves more than 83 million tons of freight annually, worth more than $13 billion to the U.S. economy.Using barges to transport goods on rivers is not only efficient but also environmentally friendly, reducing the need to use petroleum-guzzling trucks, Heinold said.”We can take 1,000 tractor-trailer trucks’ worth of commodities and put them on a single 15-ton barge tow,” he told VOA. “If it’s big, bulk, it’s more efficient to go on the rivers. So we see the benefits of that, that cost savings over roads and rails.”Showing their ageBut the locks, which rise and fall to allow barges to navigate a consistent depth of the river, were built nearly a century ago and are showing their age.”It is literally, in places, crumbling,” Heinold said while peering from a balcony overlooking the lock and dam. “You can see the concrete right in front of you, deteriorating. On the vertical walls, you can see the corner armor rusting. Some of it is bent.””They were built with a 50-year design life,” explained Rodney Weinzierl, a farmer in central Illinois, where the waterways are key to getting crops to foreign buyers. Weinzierl serves as executive director of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, which advocates for improving the country’s inland waterway system.”Exports are very important to Illinois and the U.S., and infrastructure is what keeps us competitive with foreign competition,” Weinzierl said. But since most taxpayers rarely engage with this part of the country’s infrastructure, he said, the waterways often get overlooked.”The public just never really sees it,” he told VOA. “It’s much lower on the list of awareness of infrastructure that’s really helped make our nation what it is today.”FILE – These are the Emsworth Locks and Dam on the Ohio River at Emsworth, Pa., April 9, 2021. They are 70 years old and in need of repair.Weinzierl says it’s crucial to improve the locks and dams so they don’t become unusable, which would impact the flow of grains and other goods — as well as the prices of those goods.But for Heinold to be able to keep things running, the system “needs some help to be reliable and safe,” he told VOA.’Long-term investments’Both President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion infrastructure plan and a Republican counterproposal would invest in the country’s inland waterways and ports.Previous funding allowed Heinold to oversee upgrades to the Starved Rock Lock and Dam in 2020, which closed the river to all traffic for several months. Heinold says more work is needed throughout the system, and Weinzierl understands it isn’t cheap.”Each one of these projects are several hundred million dollars,” Weinzierl explained, and he hopes enough money is allocated to perform upgrades to at least two locks along the Illinois River in the greatest need of repair.”These are long-term investments,” Weinzierl said. “The [U.S.] House [of Representatives] last year actually passed out of committee a bill to put more money in the river system, which is the first that happened in several decades. So we felt good that if there was going to be an infrastructure package that rivers were going to be a part, and we’re pleased to see that it was a part.”Heinold says he already has a list of what he would do with an infusion of funding.”It’s not that we have it spent before it gets here, but we know exactly what our capabilities are and where the funding needs to go,” he said.Biden’s infrastructure plan would dedicate $17 billion to improve waterways, ports and airports. A Senate Republican counteroffer also proposes spending billions to upgrade waterways. Efforts to advance legislation both parties can support continues in Washington.
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By Polityk | 06/06/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
Кличко розповів, коли побудують метро на Виноградар і на Троєщину
Щодо Виноградаря, з 1300 метрів під землею вже понад 900 метрів прокладено. На Троєщину ж метро неможливо побудувати без мосту
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By Gromada | 06/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Представники ЛГБТ-спільноти протестували в Києві проти нападів на них
Вони вимагали, зокрема, якнайшвидшого ухвалення законопроєкту № 5488 «Про внесення змін до КУпАП і КК щодо боротьби з проявами дискримінації»
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By Gromada | 06/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
JPMorgan Freezes Donations to Republicans who Contested 2020 Election
JPMorgan Chase & Co will resume making political donations to U.S. lawmakers but will not give to Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s election victory, according to an internal memo Friday seen by Reuters.The country’s largest lender was among many corporations that paused political giving following the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot when supporters of former president Donald Trump tried to stop Congress from certifying the election.Just hours later, 147 Republicans, the vast majority of them in the House of Representatives, voted to overturn the Electoral College results which Trump falsely claimed were tainted by fraud.Following a review, JPMorgan will this month resume giving through its Political Action Committee (PAC) but will continue its freeze on donations to a “handful” of the 147 lawmakers whom it had previously supported, the bank said.The pause will last through the 2021-22 election cycle, which includes November’s midterm elections, after which JPMorgan will review whether to resume contributions to the lawmakers concerned on an individual basis, it said.”This was a unique and historic moment when we believe the country needed our elected officials to put aside strongly held differences and demonstrate unity,” the bank wrote of the Jan. 6 vote to certify Biden’s win.Also on Friday, Citigroup said it was resuming PAC contributions but did not specify how it would treat the lawmakers who tried to block Biden taking office.Citigroup said it would evaluate whether to give to all lawmakers case-by-case based on a new set of criteria which includes “character and integrity” and “a commitment to bipartisanship and democratic institutions.”JPMorgan noted that its PAC is an important tool for engaging in the political process in the United States. PACs are political committees organized for the purpose of raising cash to support or in some cases oppose election candidates.”Democracy, by its nature, requires active participation, compromise, and engaging with people with opposing views. That is why government and business must work together,” JPMorgan wrote.As part of its revamped spending strategy, the bank will also expand donations beyond lawmakers who oversee financial matters to those active on issues the bank considers “moral and economic imperatives for our country,” such as addressing the racial wealth gap, education and criminal justice reform.Spending slowly resumesSince the initial January backlash, corporations have been grappling with how to resume PAC spending, seen by lobbyists as important for gaining access to policymakers, without alienating other stakeholders, including their employees who fund the PACs.Other big financial companies that paused donations have slowly resumed spending.Morgan Stanley’s PAC resumed donations to some lawmakers in February, while the American Bankers Association PAC, one of the biggest in the country, started giving again in March, federal records show.While JPMorgan did not name lawmakers in its memo, the bank’s new policy risks alienating Republicans with sway over banking policy, some of whom are already angered by its active stance on issues like climate change and racial equity.Of the 147 lawmakers, JPMorgan gave $10,000 each to House finance committee members Blaine Luetkemeyer and Lee Zeldin, and House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, among others, during the 2019-20 election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP). Representatives for the lawmakers did not respond to requests for comment.All told, JPMorgan’s PAC gave nearly $1 million to federal candidates and committees backing candidates during the 2019-20 election cycle, according to CRP.Of the $600,300 it gave to federal candidates, nearly 60% went to Republicans and the rest to Democrats, according to the CRP data, a mix that is likely to swing further to the left as the bank supports a broader range of social and economic issues.Commercial banks overall have ramped up political spending in recent years, dishing out $14.6 million to federal candidates in the 2020 cycle, the second highest amount since 1990, the data shows.Following the 2008 financial crisis, that mix favored Republicans but in recent years banks have increased spending on Democrats as they look to rebuild bipartisan support in Congress.
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By Polityk | 06/05/2021 | Повідомлення, Політика
