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Amid Pandemic, Trump Lauds Border Wall
Before addressing a rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump visited a section of border wall in the southwestern U.S. state. Trump tried to credit the new section of wall, which he and several other officials autographed, for stopping both illegal immigration and the coronavirus. Arizona, however, is among several hot spots in the country for the COVID-19 outbreak. Ahead of Trump’s visit, the Arizona Department of Health on Tuesday reported nearly 3,600 new coronavirus cases. Overall, the state has more than 54,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and has recorded more than 1,300 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University research. “Our border has never been more secure,” Trump said. “This is the most powerful and comprehensive border wall structure anywhere in the world.” U.S. President Donald Trump points at the wall as he talks with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott while touring a section of recently constructed U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020.”Using our emergency public health authorities, we prevented a coronavirus catastrophe on the southern border, shutting down human smuggling and swiftly returning the crossers,” Trump said. “Without these public health measures, the southern border would be a global epicenter of the viral transmission.” Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan joined Trump in Yuma on Tuesday to tour a new section of wall along the border with Mexico at San Luis in Yuma County. The U.S. government says 338 kilometers of construction has been done along the border since January 2017, but it appears that only 4.8 kilometers of it is in places where no barriers previously existed. “The new wall is in many places twice as tall as where it was before, and many miles were built where nothing but vehicle barriers existed before, which few people would describe as a fence,” David Bier, immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, told VOA. “Despite the improvements, the new fences are already being breached and climbed, and immigrants are still going around. In fact, in 2019, the government stated the number of people evading detection at the border actually increased.” Roundtable discussionIn Yuma, Trump hosted a roundtable discussion with elected officials and community leaders to discuss border security. Chad Wolf, acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, left, and Mark Morgan, Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection, listen as President Donald Trump speaks in Yuma, Ariz., June 23, 2020.The president was also asked about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program the U.S. Supreme Court prevented Trump from ending last week in a ruling. DACA protects nearly 700,000 people brought to the U.S. as children from deportation and allows them to work. “We’ll work it out with DACA,” Trump said. White House officials said the president plans to resubmit paperwork to end the program. “I think good things are happening with DACA. They resubmit, it will work it out. And the Democrats have been playing with DACA for years, and they haven’t done anything. I’ll get it done.” Trump was asked at the border what he would say to DACA recipients. “Keep your chin up,” he replied. Phoenix speechTrump later flew to Phoenix to deliver a campaign speech at a church to more than 3,000 people, most with the group “Students for Trump.” U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an “Address to Young Americans” at the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, June 23, 2020.The Dream City Church posted a video saying it had installed new “ionization” technology that “kills 99.9 percent of COVID within 10 minutes,” and those attending the event with the president “will be safe and protected.” There is no scientific evidence that such an air-filtering device can prevent transmission between people in close quarters of respiratory particles containing the coronavirus. Both Yuma County and the city of Phoenix have mandated the wearing of masks in public. The event at Dream City Church “was not sanctioned or permitted by the city of Phoenix, as the city does not permit political events. Furthermore, it does not abide by current CDC guidelines during COVID-19,” said Young people applaud as they wait to hear U.S. President Donald Trump deliver an “Address to Young Americans” at the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, June 23, 2020.Everyone attending the event, “particularly any elected official, should set an example to residents by wearing a mask. This includes the president,” said the mayor. Trump has faced criticism for hosting last Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the largest indoor event in the country in months amid the pandemic, especially in a state where the number of coronavirus cases has been surging. About 6,200 of the 19,199 seats in the Bank of Oklahoma Center were filled, according to the Tulsa Fire Department. The Trump reelection campaign claims attendance was about 12,000 people.
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
ЗНО і ДПА: в чому різниця, що здавати обов’язково і як це впливає на атестат
Уже 25 червня в Україні проведуть перше у цьому році зовнішнє незалежне оцінювання (ЗНО) з математики. Водночас обов’язкову державну підсумкову атестацію (ДПА) для одинадцятикласників скасували. Зміни з’являються чи не щодня, і школярам та їх батькам доводиться витрачати чимало часу, аби зорієнтуватися у процесах та організаційних питаннях. Напередодні першого тесту ми пояснюємо особливості проведення ЗНО і ДПА у цьому році
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Украинская боевая машина СТРАЖ для штурма укреплений обиженного карлика пукина !
Украинская боевая машина СТРАЖ для штурма укреплений обиженного карлика пукина !
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Кризис обиженного карлика пукина: настоящих буйных мало – вот и нету вожаков
Складывается впечатление, что обиженного карлика пукина держат где-то долго взаперти, потом выпускают для какого-то интервью или пресс-конференции, где он наговорит очередной бред о собирании земель или о том, почему он должен царствовать вечно, а потом пытаются предать высказанному бреду адекватности
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Банда толстозадого авакова обманула власти США. Коррупция Нацполиции Украины
Ждем ответа от Госдепа США о коррупционерах авакова!
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Українське питання у скандальній книзі Болтона про Трампа Карти відкрито!
Українське питання у скандальній книзі Болтона про Трампа Карти відкрито!
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By Vyborec | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Voters Head to Polls in 3 US States on Tuesday
Voters headed to the polls in three U.S. states Tuesday, deciding a too-close-to-call Senate Democratic primary contest in the southern state of Kentucky for a spot to face Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November, and a contentious Democratic primary challenge to longtime Congressman Eliot Engel in New York. In the Kentucky race, polls indicate a tight race between former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who narrowly lost a 2018 bid for a seat in the House of Representatives, and Charles Booker, a 35-year-old state lawmaker. To combat the fears about the spread of the coronavirus, the state’s biggest city, Louisville, with 600,000 residents, had only one polling place open — at the state fairgrounds. But dozens of voting stations were available at the site, and lines of voters seemed to be moving quickly at midday. Poll workers wearing face shields assist a voter as he checks in to cast his vote in the Kentucky primary at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., June 23, 2020.In a bipartisan agreement between a Republican election official and Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, all registered Kentucky voters had the option to vote by mail, and many did. More than 883,000 ballots were requested, and more than 452,000 were sent in by Monday afternoon. McGrath was the early favorite and raised $41 million in campaign funds, while earning the endorsement of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. But Booker, who raised less than $4 million, has closed the gap, receiving his own endorsements from key newspapers in the state, as well as national progressive figures, including senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Booker, an African American, has struck a chord with voters angered at police treatment of Black Americans. While national attention has focused on the May 25 death of George Floyd while in police custody, which has sparked continuing coast-to-coast protests, the focus in Kentucky has been on the March police shooting death of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician. Taylor was killed by Louisville police executing a no-knock search warrant for drugs at her apartment. But police had the wrong address, and no drugs were found. On the campaign trail, Booker has worn a T-shirt saying, “No More No Knocks.” At one stop, he told voters, “I’m traveling Kentucky talking about structural racism, and I’m seeing folks, even 99% white, putting their fists in the air because they know that we can’t let this moment pass.” Tuesday’s winner faces a tough contest against 78-year-old McConnell, a fixture in Kentucky and the Washington power structure. McConnell has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s legislative proposals and his appointment of conservative judges. Moreover, the president is popular in Kentucky, which he won by about 30 percentage points in 2016. In New YorkIn Tuesday’s other key race, 73-year-old Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is also facing a late challenge from Jamaal Bowman, a 44-year-old middle school principal who has never run for office.Congressman Eliot Engel addresses media after casting votes in primary elections, in the Riverdale section of New York, June 23, 2020.Much like Booker, Bowman, an African American, is advancing more leftist policies, hoping to unseat Engel, who has been in Congress for 16 terms. Engel has the endorsements of key Washington figures, including Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 election to Trump. But New York progressives have lined up behind Bowman, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who herself won an upset primary election victory against an entrenched New York congressman in 2018. Democratic congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman, right, bumps elbows with a voter outside a voting site in Ardsley, N.Y., June 23, 2020.In a normally solid Republican congressional district in western New York state, Democrat Nate McMurray and Republican Chris Jacobs are vying to finish the last of the two-year term vacated when Republican Chris Collins resigned after pleading guilty to federal insider stock trading charges. No matter who wins, McMurray and Jacobs are likely to face each other again in November for a full two-year House term. Other racesThere also are party primaries for six congressional seats in Kentucky and another 26 House primaries in New York besides the Engel-Bowman race. In the mid-Atlantic state of Virginia, there are seven party primaries for House seats, along with a Republican party primary for the Senate nomination to face two-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Warner in the November election. The three Republicans vying to face Warner are civics teacher Alissa Baldwin, Army intelligence officer Thomas Speciale, and Daniel Gade, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who lost his right leg in a 2004 firefight in Iraq and is currently a professor at American University in Washington.
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Trump Says He’ll Issue Executive Order to Protect Monuments
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’ll issue an executive order to protect monuments that are coming under new scrutiny as America wrestles with racism during the unrest sparked by the police killing of George Floyd.Trump has been clear that he opposes the removal of monuments of leaders of the Confederacy or other distasteful aspects of American history.Commenting as he departed the White House for a trip to Arizona, Trump said, “I will have an executive order very shortly, and all it’s really going to do is reinforce what’s already there, but in a more uniform way.”Police Halt Attempt to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue Near White House Police carrying shields confronted protesters with batons, pepper spray and pepper bullets At a time of nationwide protests over racial injustice and inequality, Trump has aligned himself squarely on the side of those who argue that the pendulum has swung too far in the direction of eliminating reminders of hated aspects of American history.Trump had tweeted late Monday that those who tried to topple a statue of President Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House faced 10 years in prison under the Veterans Memorial Preservation Act. “Beware,” he tweeted. Jackson is one of Trump’s favorite presidents.The federal statute Trump cites subjects anyone who willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any structure, plaque, statue or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the United States to fines, up to 10 years imprisonment or both.
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By Polityk | 06/24/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Мандзій: МОН не переводить школи на обов’язкову дистанційну освіту
Формат роботи шкіл у новому навчальному році, який розпочнеться 1 вересня, залежатиме виключно від епідеміологічної ситуації, заявила т.в.о. міністра освіти і науки Любомира Мандзій.
Як повідомляє пресслужба МОН, вона наголосила, що Міносвіти не переводить школи на обов’язкову дистанційну форму навчання.
«Рішення про те, чи безпечно буде учням повертатись за парти 1 вересня, ухвалюватимуть Комісія ТЕБ і НС та головний державний санітарний лікар на основі епідеміологічної ситуації й не раніше ніж у серпні, ближче до старту навчального року. – сказала Мандзій. – Наразі МОН готується до нового навчального року. Зокрема, спільно з головним санлікарем ми готуємо вимоги для роботи шкіл в умовах пандемії – щодо правил дезінфекції, підготовки приміщень, перебування учнів у школі тощо».
За повідомленням, у МОН також систематизують досвід освітнього процесу з використанням дистанційних технологій під час карантину в березні-травні 2020 року і оновлюють законодавство, щоб учням, вчителям і директорам було зрозуміло, як працювати під час карантину і в умовах пандемії.
Зокрема, кажуть у міністерстві, це стосується Положення про дистанційну форму здобуття загальної середньої освіти, проєкт якого запропоновано для громадського обговорення. Документ має на меті врегулювати особливості дистанційного навчання саме в закладах загальної середньої освіти, зокрема на основі досвіду, отриманого під час дистанційного навчання на карантині наприкінці 2019/2020 навчального року, додали у МОН.
«Положення про дистанційне навчання затверджено ще 2013 року. І вимушений перехід на дистанційний формат під час пандемії COVID-19 показав нам слабкі місця у шкільній освіті. Тому зараз ми працюємо над тим, щоб дистанційна освіта відповідала реальним потребам і можливостям учнів і педагогів. Це стосується організації освітнього процесу, розвитку вчителів і, найголовніше, технічних можливостей учнів і педагогів», – сказала Любомира Мандзій.
Пропозиції до проєкту Положення про дистанційну форму здобуття загальної середньої освіти можна подати до 21 липня 2020 року.
У середині березня в школах розпочався карантин через загрозу COVID-19. Навчальний рік учні завершували дистанційно.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
1 City, 1 Voting Pace: Kentucky Braces for Lines in Primary
With only one polling place designated Tuesday for Louisville, a city of 600,000 people, voters who didn’t cast mail-in ballots or show up early could face long lines in Kentucky’s primary, the latest to unfold as the pandemic triggers unprecedented election disruptions across the country.
The outcome of a competitive Democratic U.S. Senate primary could hang in the balance if Election Day turnout is hampered in Louisville — the hometown of Charles Booker, who’s mounted a strong late challenge against presumed front-runner Amy McGrath.
“If Charles Booker barely loses, I think the integrity of that election is in question,” Republican state Rep. Jason Nemes said Monday.
The primary’s winner will go against Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who isn’t expected to see a serious GOP primary challenge, in November.
The state’s Republican secretary of state, Michael Adams, said he’s “cautiously optimistic” long lines won’t force people to wait hours before voting in Louisville, where the only in-person Election Day voting place is at the state fairgrounds.
Early voting opened statewide two weeks ago. That, along with strong demand for absentee ballots, could spare people from long waits, Adams said Monday.
Nemes sued to get more in-person voting locations in the state’s most populous counties. A federal judge denied the request days before the election.
The surge of absentee ballots could cause waits of another sort Tuesday, as some counties have said they won’t release vote totals before June 30.
Kentucky turned to widespread mail-in absentee voting in an agreement between the Democratic governor and Adams in response to the coronavirus outbreak. But many voters not requesting absentee ballots will head to the polls Tuesday.
Many states pushed their elections back to manage an onslaught of poll worker cancellations and consolidation of polling places. They also sought time to push more voters to cast absentee ballots.
New York also has a primary Tuesday and has consolidated some polling sites. Erie County — home to the state’s second-largest city, Buffalo — will see 40% fewer polling sites.
State board of elections spokesman John Conklin said he hopes the consolidation plan will have “minimal” impact on voter turnout and access.
State election workers were trying to get 1.8 million absentee ballots to New Yorkers. County boards of elections have scrambled to process 11 times as many ballot applications as they did for the 2016 primaries without extra state funding, Conklin said.
In Kentucky, despite waves of mail-in voting, some braced for long lines and frustration.
“There will be a number of people who want to vote tomorrow but will be discouraged from voting because it’s much too difficult,” Nemes said.
That’s of particular concern for Booker, who’s Black and counting on a high turnout in Louisville. He said his campaign would “keep a watchful eye” and stands ready to mount a legal challenge if needed.
“There should not have only been one location,” Booker said. “That will just naturally disenfranchise folks.”
McGrath tried to join the suit demanding more than one in-person voting location on Election Day in Louisville and other population centers, but a federal judge denied her campaign’s motion to intervene. McGrath also pushed to extend the deadline for requesting an absentee ballot.
For voters unable to get absentee ballots, “you are forced to now stand in line in the one polling location in the middle of a pandemic,” McGrath said. “If you’re 82 years old, are you going to do that?”
In Lexington, the state’s second-largest city with 323,000 people, the voting location is at the University of Kentucky’s football stadium.
Richard Beliles, Common Cause Kentucky board chairman, said offering “so few polling places for the primary is irresponsible and unacceptable, and sadly it was avoidable.”
Georgia delayed its primary twice to give election officials more time to prepare, sending absentee ballot applications to every active registered voter in the state. That wasn’t enough. When Georgia held its primary June 9, metro Atlanta voters waited up to 10 hours. As in Milwaukee and Philadelphia, many of the lines were concentrated in minority communities, sparking objections from voting rights advocates.
Even in Nevada, where absentee ballots were sent to every registered voter for the June 9 primary, large-scale consolidation caused problems. The last voter in Las Vegas to cast a ballot did so at 3 a.m., eight hours after polls were supposed to close.
In Kentucky, Adams said: “There are going to be lines — 30, 45 minutes, maybe an hour, maybe longer.” He added: “We don’t think anyone will be disenfranchised.”
At the fairgrounds in Louisville, after being directed into the large hall, voters will wait in line spaces about 6 feet (1.83 meters) apart by chalk markings on the floor, before heading to cast their votes. Hand sanitizing stations are available when exiting the voting area.
Jefferson County, which includes Louisville, sent out 218,404 absentee ballots to voters who requested them by the June 15 deadline, according to the county clerk’s office. As a comparison, about 125,000 people voted in the 2016 U.S. Senate primary in Jefferson County.
The county also allowed early in-person voting beginning June 15 at the state fairgrounds. Last week nearly 7,500 people walked in and voted early between Monday and Friday, county clerk spokesman Nore Ghibaudy said. Voters have also been allowed to vote early in-person at the county’s election center near downtown since June 8.
More than 883,000 absentee ballots were requested statewide, with slightly more than half filled out and sent in, Gov. Andy Beshear said. More than 88,000 Kentuckians voted in-person early, he said
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By Polityk | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Как путляндия обиженного карлика захватывала украинскую границу?
Огонь со стороны путляндии и потери Украины. Летом 2014-го украинская армия попыталась взять под контроль украино-российскую границу на Донбассе. Как проходила операция? Чего не хватило для успеха? Какую роль сыграли обстрелы с территории путляндии Украины?
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Медалі придурка януковича і боротьба проти Майдану: хто в замах у харківської генпрокуратурної шльондри
Двоє заступників так званої генпрокурорки венедіктової мають нагороди від кривавого януковича. За що їх нагородили? І чому придурок янукович не нагородив третього заступника, який, очевидно, брав участь у боротьбі проти Революції Гідності? Дивіться у розслідуванні
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Обиженный карлик пукин признался, зачем затеял «обнуление» своих сроков
Пока граждан массово призывают добровольно-принудительным способом посетить предстоящее обнуление, а оппозиция разделилась на два лагеря, обиженный карлик пукин уже дал интервью, где рассказал, зачем нужно его обнулить и что разумеется возможно будет вновь баллотироваться. Ну кто бы сомневался, хотя из новостей тут выдал придурок и гебист кирилл, который всех поздравил с вторжение нацисткой Германии в СССР. Действительно, большой праздник
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Путляндія починає нову фазу гібридної війни проти України руками опзж. А СБУ нічого не бачить!
Окупанти ображеного карлика пукіна продовжують вести проти нас війну та переходять до нової фази. Вже скоро в наших містах проросійські колабоарнти та тітушки будуть намагатись розв’язати силовий сценарій агресії зразка весни 2014 року. І ми маємо бути готові захищати нашу країну.
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Обиженный карлик пукин поджал хвост и дал стрекача, оправдываясь: «это не имеет военного решения»
Когда наступает перелом ситуации, крайне неприятный для москвы, начинаются громкие крики о том, что только путем переговоров можно что-то там решить
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Опитування: 46% українців вдома спілкуються українською мовою, 26% – російською
Ще 27,3% – однаково часто і українською, і російською
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By Gromada | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Понад половина українців вважає заборону російських телеканалів і соцмереж помилкою – опитування
Понад половина українців вважає заборону російських телеканалів, фільмів та соціальних мереж помилкою, йдеться в дослідженні Центру «Соціальний моніторинг».
50,3% українців вважають, що заборона російських телеканалів в Україні є помилкою і призводить лише до обмеження прав громадян (протилежної думки – 40,5%).
54,5% вважають помилковою заборону окремих артистів і деяких російських фільмів (протилежної думки – 35,4%).
52,2% вважають помилковою заборону російських соцмереж (протилежної думки – 36,8%).
Опитування проводили 10-19 червня. У ньому взяли участь 3 037 респондентів. Стандартне відхилення – 1,1-1,9%.
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By Gromada | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Kentucky, New York, Virginia Hold Primary Elections
Elections are set for three U.S. states Tuesday, including a Senate Democratic primary contest in the mid-south state of Kentucky for a spot to face Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November and a tough Democratic primary challenge longtime Congressman Eliot Engel is facing in New York.In the Kentucky race, polls indicate a tight race between former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who narrowly lost a 2018 bid for a seat in the House of Representatives, and Charles Booker, a 35-year-old state lawmaker.McGrath was the early favorite in the race and raised $41 million in campaign funds while earning the endorsements of key Democratic figures such as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. But Booker, who raised less than $4 million, has closed the gap, getting his own endorsements from key newspapers in the state as well as national progressive figures including Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 16, 2020.Tuesday’s winner faces a tough contest against the 78-year-old McConnell, a fixture in Kentucky and the Washington power structure. McConnell has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s legislative proposals and his appointment of conservative judges. Moreover, the president is popular in Kentucky, which he won by about 30 percentage points in 2016. New York In Tuesday’s other key race, the 73-year-old Engel, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is also facing a late challenge from Jamaal Bowman, a 44-year-old middle school principal who had never run for office before. Much like Booker in Kentucky, Bowman is advancing more leftist policies than Engel, hoping to unseat the 16-term congressman. Engel has the endorsements of key Washington figures, including Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 election to Trump. FILE – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., walks through the Hall of Columns at the Capitol.But New York progressives have lined up behind Bowman, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who herself won an upset primary election victory against an entrenched New York congressman in 2018. In a normally solid Republican congressional district in western New York state, Democrat Nate McMurray and Republican Chris Jacobs are vying to finish the last half year of the two-year term vacated when Republican Chris Collins resigned as he pleaded guilty to federal insider stock trading charges. No matter who wins, McMurray and Jacobs are likely to face each other again in November for a full two-year House term. There also are party primaries for six congressional seats in Kentucky and another 26 House primaries in New York besides the Engel-Bowman race. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.Virginia
In the mid-Atlantic state of Virginia, there are seven party primaries for House seats, along with a Republican party primary for the Senate nomination to face two-term incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Warner in the November election. The three Republicans vying to face Warner are civics teacher Alissa Baldwin, Army intelligence officer Thomas Speciale and Daniel Gade, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who lost his right leg in a 2004 firefight in Iraq and now is a professor at American University in Washington.President Donald Trump exits Air Force One as he arrives at Tulsa International Airport on his way to his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 20, 2020Trump heads to Arizona
Trump is heading Tuesday to the southwestern state of Arizona where he is scheduled to inspect the under-construction border wall in Yuma, one of the nation’s hot spots for COVID-19. He is then scheduled to deliver a campaign speech to more than 3,000 people, most with the group “Students for Trump,” at a church in Phoenix.Arizona has seen its number of coronavirus cases double in the past two weeks. Both Yuma County and the city of Phoenix have mandated the wearing of face masks in public.Trump’s reelection campaign faced criticism for holding a rally Saturday in the state of Oklahoma, another where the number of coronavirus cases has been surging.The political rally attracted far fewer supporters than the campaign had anticipated, filling only 6,200 out of the 19,199 seats in the Bank of Oklahoma Center, according to the Tulsa Fire Department.The Trump campaign had claimed it had received more than a million requests for tickets.
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By Polityk | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Підтоплення, повалені дерева, перебої з електрикою – ДСНС про наслідки негоди в кількох областях
У Держслужбі з надзвичайних ситуацій повідомили, що негода останніх двох діб спричинила перебої в життєдіяльності кількох областей України.
«Внаслідок ускладнення погодних умов (дощ, пориви вітру) через спрацювання системи захисту ліній електропередач знеструмлено 209 населених пунктів у 7 областях (Житомирська, Київська, Чернігівська, Івано-Франківська, Черкаська, Чернівецька, Кіровоградська – ред.)», – повідомили у ДСНС.
Також, за даними рятувальників, в Івано-Франківській, Чернівецькій, Кіровоградській, Вінницькій, Полтавській, Львівській, Одеській та Рівненській областях внаслідок негоди сталося падіння 26 дерев, 4 зсуви ґрунту, підтоплено 174 житлових будинки, а також підвальні приміщення, подвір’я, присадибні ділянки, частково – вулиці і дороги.
«Зруйновано два пішохідні містки. Стався порив дамби №5 на річці Черемош (протяжністю 10 метрів) та сталося підмиття підпірної стіни бетонного берегоукріплення автодороги регіонального значення Р-62 «Чернівці-Верховина» (протяжністю 50 метрів, проїзд забезпечено). Жертв та постраждалих немає», – уточнили рятувальники.
Раніше сьогодні у ДСНС попередили про грозу в Україні 23 червня. За даними Укргідрометцентру, грозу очікують практично у всіх областях України, крім Кіровоградської та Херсонської областей і анексованого Росією Криму.
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By Gromada | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У ЗСУ за добу 13 нових випадків COVID-19 – командування
У Збройних силах України за минулу добу лабораторно підтверджено 13 COVID-19, повідомляє пресслужба командування Медичних сил ЗСУ.
«Станом на 10:00 23 червня в Збройних силах України хворіють 154 людини на гостру респіраторну хворобу COVID-19, спричинену коронавірусом SARS-CoV-2. Загалом за час пандемії одужали 266 осіб, летальних випадків – 5», – йдеться в повідомленні.
Повідомляється, що стан здоров’я пацієнтів, у яких минулої доби виявлено хворобу, задовільний, вони отримують необхідне лікування.
На лікуванні вдома також перебувають 10 осіб, на ізоляції – 415 осіб, додали в командуванні Медичних сил ЗСУ.
В Україні станом на ранок вівторка виявлено 833 нових випадки інфікування коронавірусом за добу. Загалом в Україні зафіксували 38 074 хворих, померли 1 035 людей, одужали – 16 956.
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By Gromada | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Federal Prosecutor Who Led Cohen Probe Now Atop NY Office
A federal prosecutor who held a key role in the case against President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney worked Monday to restore calm to the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, following the abrupt ouster of her predecessor.Audrey Strauss, the newly appointed acting U.S. attorney, sent an email to the staff Saturday night within hours of the announcement by U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman that he would leave his position and would be replaced by her. FILE – Audrey Strauss, a federal prosecutor who held a key role in the case against President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, is the newly appointed acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.The 72-year-old Strauss, a Democrat, will be only the second woman to lead one of the nation’s most premiere districts, home to famous mob trials, terrorism cases and now, probes involving the president’s allies. Her allies say she is a thoughtful, careful lawyer with decades of experience both as a prosecutor and defense attorney. The extraordinary departure of Berman, a Trump donor who won over critics with his investigations, started with Attorney General William Barr’s abrupt announcement Friday that Berman was stepping down as U.S. attorney after 2.5 years on the job. A defiant Berman announced he was staying in the post he’d been appointed to by judges, but then eventually said he’d leave, noting his confidence in Strauss.Several individuals who read Strauss’ email to staff said it was encouraging and reassuring and reflected her measured personality, insisting the work by prosecutors would remain free from outside influence. The office’s storied independence has stretched to the White House and the lawn outside it, where conversations at a congressional picnic touched off an insider trading prosecution of former Rep. Chris Collins, the first member of Congress to endorse Trump. Strauss helped lead the charge against Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, showing that prosecutors believed the president encouraged the campaign finance fraud that resulted in payouts to silence two women about alleged affairs with Trump before he was president. Cohen eventually pleaded guilty. The latest probe to touch nerves in Washington resulted in the arrest of two associates of Rudolph Giuliani and an investigation of the former New York City mayor and his dealings on Trump’s behalf in the Ukraine.Trump has signaled plans to nominate the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to the job, and Barr had announced another lawyer would take over in the interim, rankling Berman. In announcing he’d step down late Saturday, Berman noted he was influenced by Barr’s later decision to “respect the normal operation of law” and let Strauss take over instead.He then paid tribute to Strauss, whom he installed as his senior counsel from February 2018 to March 2019 and then as deputy U.S. attorney, the second highest position in the office. Berman and Strauss have known each other for decades, having worked together in the late 1980s on the independent counsel’s probe of the Iran-contra scandal.”I could leave the District in no better hands than Audrey’s. She is the smartest, most principled, and effective lawyer with whom I have ever had the privilege of working,” Berman wrote.Strauss is well regarded in legal circles for decades of work as a prosecutor and defense attorney. The Columbia Law School graduate spent about seven years in the prosecutor’s office in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, where she met Jed S. Rakoff, now a judge in Manhattan federal court.”In the now more than 45 years I have known Audrey, she has never once shaded the truth, made a hasty decision, or deviated from the facts,” Rakoff said Monday. “I don’t think this is because of any particular influence or pressure or handicap she has had to overcome. It lies very deep in her character and always has.”The only woman to lead the Manhattan prosecutor’s office before her was Mary Jo White, who was U.S. attorney from early 1993 until 2002. White said Strauss will be “a very strong leader” in part because she is highly respected within and outside the office.Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Danya Perry said Strauss “is viewed as a trailblazer and a pioneer.” She said Strauss joined the office when women were rarely hired. When Perry arrived in 2002, about a third of the newly hired prosecutors were women.It speaks volumes that Berman agreed to step down in part after receiving assurances that Strauss would take over in the interim, said Bruce Green, a former federal prosecutor who directs the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics at the Fordham University School of Law. “Everyone has known her for decades and she has a proven track record,” Green said. “While this was a black eye for the attorney general, it’s really a victory for the prosecutorial independence of the Southern District of New York.”
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By Polityk | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Trump Claims About Election Rigging Stump Some State Officials, Lawmakers
Claims by President Donald Trump that the use of mail-in ballots for November’s presidential election will result in “the most rigged election” in U.S. history is puzzling organizations representing state election officials, as well as key lawmakers. Trump made the claims in a series of tweets Monday, alleging the use of mail-in ballots in several states, some being printed in foreign countries, “WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!” RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., talks to reporters on Jan. 28, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington.“Not only has Senate intel seen no evidence of this, but the committee has recommended, on a bipartisan basis, the use of paper ballots because they are, in fact, less susceptible to interference by hostile foreign countries like Russia than traditional electronic voting systems,” Sen. Mark Warner, the committee’s vice chair, told VOA. A number of government agencies responsible for overseeing elements of U.S. election security — including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) — referred questions about mail-in ballots and election rigging to the White House. VOA questions to the White House about the president’s claims have gone unanswered. But late Monday, Trump repeated the allegations in an interview with Scripps Television. VIDEO: I asked President Trump to cite specific evidence as to why mail-in ballots are fraudulent. I told him I covered politics for 5 years in Colorado (an all mail-in ballot state) and never heard @SenCoryGardner complain once. #copolitics@DenverChannel@KOAApic.twitter.com/AebXDaDf4f— Joe St. George (@JoeStGeorge) June 22, 2020″There are thousands of cases all over. Thousands. I don’t like the system,” Trump said when asked for examples. “With mail-in ballots, people can forge them. Foreign countries can print them,” he added. “We’re trying to stop it.” This is not the first time Trump has criticized the use of mail-in ballots. He first criticized voting by mail in a tweet in April, warning of voter fraud. The United States cannot have all Mail In Ballots. It will be the greatest Rigged Election in history. People grab them from mailboxes, print thousands of forgeries and “force” people to sign. Also, forge names. Some absentee OK, when necessary. Trying to use Covid for this Scam!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2020And in a tweet on May 24, Trump called voting-by-mail a scam that would help rig the election. The United States cannot have all Mail In Ballots. It will be the greatest Rigged Election in history. People grab them from mailboxes, print thousands of forgeries and “force” people to sign. Also, forge names. Some absentee OK, when necessary. Trying to use Covid for this Scam!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2020But his latest critique follows a new round of warnings from Attorney General William Barr, who told Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that the use of mail-in ballots, “absolutely opens the floodgates to fraud.” “Right now, a foreign country could print up tens of thousands of counterfeit ballots, and (it would) be very hard for us to detect which was the right and which was the wrong ballot,” Barr said. “It can upset and undercut the confidence in the integrity of our elections. If anything, we should tighten them up right now.” Most U.S. states already offer some form of mail-in voting, so-called “absentee” ballots, but due to concern about the coronavirus pandemic, a number of states have moved to expand the use of mail-in ballots for the November election. Officials with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is promising to help states using mail-in ballots in November with security, with one official calling a series of primaries held earlier this month that relied heavily on mail-in voting, “good practice.” “So, if states do elect to go the ‘go-by-mail’ route, we’re going to provide security services” per the senior @CISAgov official “I don’t have an option … I’ve got to be there to provide a security solution for them if they need it” 5/6— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) June 2, 2020Still, despite concerns raised by White House officials and the attorney general about foreign countries trying to manipulate mail-in ballots, most U.S. security and intelligence officials say the bigger concern is how countries such as Russia and China are using influence operations to sway voters. “Foreign actors continue to try to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions,” a statement from the departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security and Justice, with the FBI, the National Security Agency and other federal entities, warned ahead of primary elections this past March. “They spread false information and propaganda about political processes and candidates on social media in hopes to cause confusion and create doubt in our system.” Intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency remain on alert. “NSA continues to expand our insights about foreign adversaries in an attempt to determine their plans and intentions towards our elections,” the NSA said in a statement Monday. “This whole of government approach improves the security of our election infrastructure and disrupts foreign influence efforts against the American public.” White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman contributed to this report.
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By Polityk | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
В окупированном Донецке работает магазин известной фирмы из Чехии
В окупированном Донецке обнаружен магазин чешской фирмы. В нем дают интервью чешские боевики о войне на Донбассе. В Чехии не скрывают работу своей торговой точки на неподконтрольной Украине территории!!!
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Лукашенко избавляется от российских денег. Бацька теряет власть
Лукашенко приказал выводить деньги из российских банков
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
В смердящем бункере обиженного карлика пукина началась паника
В смердящем бункере обиженного карлика пукина началась паника
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Гнилая селёдка на службе путинской журналжистики
Методы боевой пропаганды – основные инструменты путляндской журналжистики
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By Vyborec | 06/23/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
