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Голова Мінкульту провів нараду щодо фінансування Центру Довженка – погодився на понад 8 млн грн
Новопризначений міністр культури та інформаційної політики Олександр Ткаченко запевнив, що питання фінансування Центру Довженка тримає на особистому контролі. Про це він написав у фейсбуці за підсумками наради.
«Провели нараду, присвячену фінансуванню Центру Довженка. До діалогу запросили усі сторони: Івана Козленка, як керівника Центру, представників Держкіно, Міністерства фінансів та депутатів профільного комітету. Для відновлення роботи Довженко-центру потрібно 8,6 мільйона гривень. Аргументи Івана Козленка щодо цієї суми – обгрунтовані. З одного боку, сума базується на планах центру за 2019 рік, а з іншого – через кризу пандемії та повну зупинку діяльності його доходи від оренди впали на 15-20%. Для центру та його співробітників постало питання виживання, для української культури – збереження спадщини минулого та захист майбутнього. Ми не можемо бути осторонь», – написав Ткаченко.
Він заявив, що дав розпорядження «щодо підготовки подачі документів до Мінфіну на виділення коштів у повному обсязі».
«Паспорт бюджетної програми вже готується і буде погоджено. Як тільки отримаємо гроші від Мінфіну, перейдемо до визначення поетапної стратегії виходу центру з фінансової кризи», – додав міністр.
5 червня міністр культури та інформаційної політики Олександр Ткаченко в ефірі Радіо Свобода прокоментував ситуацію довкола неплатоспроможності Центру Довженка. Він припустив, що може йтися «не про нестачу фінансування, а про певне нерозуміння із заповненням фінансових паперів і різне бачення того, як вони мали заповнюватися».
28 травня Центр Довженка повідомив про обшуки і про настання стану неплатоспроможності. Директор Центру Іван Козленко уточнив, що обшуки із заявою про банкрутство установи не пов’язані. Пізніше поліція вказала що йдеться про справу щодо привласнення і розтрати майна. Сам Козленко повідомив, що йде у відставку.
Національний центр Олександра Довженка, Довженко-Центр – найбільший кіноархів України, в якому зберігається понад 6000 найменувань художніх, документальних, анімаційних українських і закордонних фільмів та тисячі архівних документів з історії українського кіно.
Заснований у 1994 році на базі найбільшої за часів СРСР української кінокопіювальної фабрики (заснованої в 1948 році).
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Facing Electoral Headwinds, Trump Brings Back his 2016 Team
As anyone who has ever heard him speak knows, President Donald Trump loves to relive 2016. He recycles old attack lines once aimed at Hillary Clinton. He recounts the drama of election night, complete with impersonations of stunned news anchors putting state after state (Pennsylvania! Wisconsin!) in the Republican’s column. FILE – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Oct. 9, 2016.At other times, in private calls from the White House residence, he reminisces about the camaraderie of those days, turning nostalgic as he remembers being surrounded by a rag-tag team of campaign staffers as his private plane flew from one city to another. Now, Trump is getting the band back together again. The president in recent days has signed off on hiring a number of his 2016 veterans for his 2020 campaign, a reenlistment of loyalists that follows the return of other members of his original team to the West Wing. A creature of habit who demands loyalty and trusts few, Trump is trying to recreate the magic of his original team five months before he faces voters again. But 2020 is not 2016. Trump’s advisers are increasingly worried about the state of the campaign as the president faces multiple crises, from the health and economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic to the mass protests that have swept across the nation. “It’s fantastic to have the 2016 group back together, but the facts are the facts. He barely won and he has done nothing at all to grow out his support,” said Sam Nunberg, who advised Trump early in his first campaign. “He can’t win on nostalgia. It’s not the same race. This is not going to be about slogans or themes, it’s going to be about what you did for me and why I should reelect you based on your record,” said Nunberg, an informal adviser who will not be rejoining the campaign. “He can’t just fight the last war. It’s time to adapt or die.” The reinforcements are arriving as Trump comes to terms with the idea that he cannot run the type of campaign he had planned for years — one that looked feasible as recently as January, according to three campaign and White House officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations. FILE – Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Pittsburgh, June 11, 2016.Trump had expected to run on the back of a strong economy before the pandemic crippled it. He had hoped to revive a number of culture war and “deep state” accusations while facing a Democrat from the liberal wing of the party whom he could try to paint as socialist. He wasn’t expecting the more moderate Joe Biden. Though outwardly confident, Trump has privately told advisers he cannot believe polls that show him trailing, and he has angrily snapped at campaign manager Brad Parscale over the state of the race, according to the officials. The campaign, which has far greater infrastructure and staffing than the slipshod operation of four years ago, played down the idea that the return of the 2016 veterans was influenced by the state of the race or reflected a lack of confidence in Parscale. “For over three years now, Brad has been building the biggest and best political campaign in history,” said Tim Murtagh, the campaign’s communications director. “Our latest staff additions are making Team Trump even stronger and solidify Brad’s leadership.” FILE – Jason Miller, a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, speaks to media at Trump Tower, Nov. 16, 2016, in New York.In the past week, the Trump campaign hired Jason Miller, communications director in 2016, to focus on strategy and coordinate between the campaign and the White House. Miller has co-hosted a pro-Trump podcast with the president’s former campaign chief executive, Steve Bannon. Boris Epshteyn, who after 2016 became a commentator for the conservative Sinclair Broadcast network, came back to be a strategic adviser for coalitions. Bill Stepien, a top adviser in 2016, was recently promoted to deputy campaign manager. Justin Clark, another longtime aide, has led the Trump campaign’s legal efforts. “Every president who has successfully run a first go-around looks to add on people who were in that effort to the reelect,” said Miller. “But this is the Starship Enterprise as opposed to a rusted fishing boat we used in the first campaign.” Familiar faces have also returned to the White House. FILE – Former White House communications director Hope Hicks departs after a closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 19, 2019.Hope Hicks was Trump’s original campaign spokeswoman before becoming one of his most trusted West Wing aides. She left the White House in 2018 only to return two years later and was one of the driving forces behind the president’s controversial photo op with a Bible after he walked through Lafayette Square last week to a nearby church once the area was cleared of protesters. Johnny McEntee, who served as Trump’s personal aide before being fired by then-chief of staff John Kelly in 2018, returned in January and has been focusing on staffing the administration with loyalists. While Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s first campaign manager, and David Bossie, a trusted aide, have both remained officially outside the campaign, they have attended several recent strategy sessions and have been spotted on Air Force One and at the president’s golf clubs. Some of Trump’s 2016 team never left. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the president’s daughter and son-in-law, are senior advisers.FILE – White House senior adivser Kellyanne Conway speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, May 29, 2019.Kellyanne Conway, the president’s final 2016 campaign manager, remains a senior White House counselor. Dan Scavino runs the president’s social media presence from inside the West Wing. The president’s two adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, and Eric’s wife, Lara, remain popular campaign surrogates. But a few members of the old gang have not yet returned. That includes Bannon, who remains supportive of Trump after a messy exit from the White House, and Keith Schiller, Trump’s longtime security man. Also not involved are those 2016 veterans who have run into legal trouble, including Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, Roger Stone and Michael Flynn. “He will always default to a group of people he trusts and who will advocate for him until hell freezes over,” said Timothy O’Brien, a Trump biographer who later worked for Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 Democratic presidential campaign. “But there’s a difference between trusting people and being a good judge of ability.” “He tends to hire people who agree with him,” O’Brien said. “He lives in a bubble.”
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By Polityk | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
State Dept. Discouraged Probe of Saudi Arms Sale, Fired US Official Says
A U.S. State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump told lawmakers the department discouraged him from investigating arms sales to Saudi Arabia before he was dismissed last month, according to a transcript released Wednesday.The inspector general, Steve Linick, was fired on May 15, the latest in a series of government watchdogs dismissed by the president. Members of Congress, including some of Trump’s fellow Republicans as well as Democrats, are concerned that the dismissals will prevent adequate oversight of the government.House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Linick’s dismissal might have been illegal.Democrats launched an investigation, including an interview of Linick on June 3 by members and staff of three House and Senate committees.Democrat Suggests Saudi Arms Sales Behind Firing of State Department WatchdogHouse Foreign Affairs panel chairman says Steve Linick was nearing completion of investigation of Secretary of State Pompeo’s fast-tracking of weapons sales to RiyadhIn the congressional interview, Linick said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to sit down for an interview in the investigation of the administration’s decision to declare a “national emergency” to justify $8 billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia despite congressional objections.He also said a department official had argued the probe was outside Linick’s jurisdiction.”I told him that, under the Foreign Service Act of 1980, it was within the IG purview to review how policy is implemented,” Linick said.When he was fired, Linick also was investigating allegations that Pompeo and his wife used a taxpayer-funded employee for personal errands. Linick said in the interview that his office was engaged in more investigations when he was fired, including an audit of the Special Immigrant Visa process.Pompeo has insisted Linick’s dismissal was not retaliation. On Wednesday, Pompeo called Linick a “bad actor.”In a letter sent on Monday and seen by Reuters, a top department official criticized standards in Linick’s office and said he should be investigated for leaking information.
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By Polityk | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
У Києві попрощалися із журналісткою Радіо Свобода Богданою Костюк (фото)
Провести Богдану Костюк в останню путь прийшли численні колеги, політики, волонтери, військовослужбовці і ті, з ким журналістка спілкувалася і співпрацювала упродовж професійної діяльності
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By Gromada | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
В путляндии создают супер-стелс STEALTH! Весь Госдеп смеётся до сих пор!
Последние новости путляндии и мира, экономика, бизнес, культура, технологии, спорт
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By Vyborec | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Налоги холопов россиян будет собирать и воровать кабан алишер усманов
Налоги холопов россиян будет собирать и воровать кабан алишер усманов
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By Vyborec | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Меркель отшила просителя козака: хамство и провал обиженного карлика пукина в Берлине
Путляндские СМИ эту новость подали как крупный успех, но с экстренным визитом козака не связали. Во-первых, проситель козак – спецпорученец лично обиженного карлика пукина, а славить пукина даже на путляндии уже выходит из моды
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By Vyborec | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Возвращение ролдугина. Панамский кошелек обиженного карлика пукина пилит бюджет путляндии
Офшорный друг обиженного карлика пукина виолончелист ролдугин пиарится на федеральных каналах, а о его коррупционных махинациях почти никто не вспоминает
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By Vyborec | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Децентрализация в Украине: зелёный карлик стремится вернуть времена кровавого януковича
Величайший лидер современности видимо решил таки добить все то успешное, что было создано прошлой властью и похоже добирается к реформе местного самоуправления
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Найкращі пропозиції товарів і послуг в Мережі Купуй!
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By Vyborec | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
Компанія Danone відмовилася від співпраці з російським актором Пореченковим, який стріляв на Донбасі
Французька компанія Danone припиняє рекламну кампанію з участю російського актора Михайла Пореченкова, повідомив у твітері посол України у Франції Олег Шамшур.
«Маю для вас добрі новини. Щойно мені зателефонував Генеральний секретар Danone (Франція) Матіас Вішера. Компанія припиняє рекламну кампанію за участі Пореченкова. Швидка і адекватна реакція. А от тепер, коли апетит вже не псують, смачного!», – повідомив Шамшур.
Раніше посольство України у Франції засудило дії представництва французької компанії Danone Russia через рекламний ролик з російським актором Михайлом Пореченковим, що перебуває в розшуку в Україні у справі про «терористичний акт або погрозу його вчинення».
Оприлюднення рекламного ролика з Пореченковим викликало критику на адресу Danone, хоча у роликах компанії актор був помічений ще 2016 року.
В українському представництві компанії заявили, що їм прикро через ситуацію, що склалась, але вони не можуть «впливати на формування рекламної, комерційної та комунікаційної політик інших країн, зокрема і Росії».
Служба безпеки України в 2015 році оголосила Пореченкова у розшук.
Російського актора підозрюють у вчиненні злочину, передбаченого частиною 3 статті 258 Кримінального кодексу (терористичний акт або погроза його вчинення).
30 жовтня 2014 року російський актор Михайло Пореченков побував у контрольованому підтримуваними Росією силами Донецьку. На сайтах сепаратистів було поширене відео, на якому Пореченков, одягнутий у каску з написом «Преса», стріляє з кулемета. З ролика не видно, куди цілив цей громадянин Росії, сам він у соцмережах переконував, що «не стріляв у людей». Крім того, Держкіно у 2015 році заборонило показ 69 фільмів із участю російського актора Пореченкова.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Georgia Holds Chaotic Primary Marred by Malfunctions, Long Waits
A disastrous primary election day in the southeastern U.S. state of Georgia Tuesday overshadowed a handful of key races to choose general election candidates for the November general election. The chaos was a combination of a new set of computerized voting machines that either malfunctioned or failed to arrive on time at polling stations, volunteers who did not know how to operate the machines and a lack of provisional ballots led to voters standing in long lines for hours, with the wait extending well into the night. Many voters eventually gave up and left. The coronavirus pandemic also contributed to the chaos, with at least 1.2 million voters casting their ballots by mail instead of standing outside waiting to vote and risking infection. The pandemic also led to a shortage of volunteers, prompting local officials to reduce the number of polling locations. The problems were reported statewide, but were most notable in Fulton County, home of the state capital of Atlanta, and neighboring DeKalb County, both of them Democratic strongholds with a predominantly African-American populace.Voters wait near a polling place attendant in the Georgia’s primary election at Park Tavern on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Atlanta.Investigation
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, whose office oversees Georgia’s statewide elections, said he would launch an investigation into the problems in Fulton and DeKalb, but Democrats, led by Stacy Abrams, a former African American state lawmaker, placed the blame squarely on Raffensperger. Tuesday’s problems were reminiscent of the 2018 gubernatorial race, which Abrams narrowly lost to then-Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp. That election was also marred by numerous problems, including the purging of hundreds of thousands of citizens from voter rolls, many of them African American, fueling charges of voter suppression. Preliminary results Meanwhile, preliminary results show Democrat Jon Ossoff with a sizeable lead over his two opponents in the race for the party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate race. But Ossoff is just short of the 50% threshold needed to avoid an August runoff. Ossoff, who lost his bid for an open congressional seat in 2017, is seeking to take on Republican incumbent David Perdue, a close ally of President Donald Trump. Also holding primary elections Tuesday were Nevada, South Carolina, North Dakota and West Virginia. Many of these states also sent out mail-in ballots to voters who wanted to avoid being infected with COVID-19.
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By Polityk | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
‘Chaos in Georgia’: Is Messy Primary a November Harbinger?
The long-standing wrangle over voting rights and election security came to a head in Georgia, where a messy primary and partisan finger-pointing offered an unsettling preview of a November contest when battleground states could face potentially record turnout.
Many Democrats blamed the Republican secretary of state for hourslong lines, voting machine malfunctions, provisional ballot shortages and absentee ballots failing to arrive in time for Tuesday’s elections. Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign called it “completely unacceptable.” Georgia Republicans deflected responsibility to metro Atlanta’s heavily minority and Democratic-controlled counties, while President Donald Trump’s top campaign attorney decried “the chaos in Georgia.”
It raised the specter of a worst-case November scenario: a decisive state, like Florida and its “hanging chads” and “butterfly ballots” in 2000, remaining in dispute long after polls close.
Meanwhile, Trump, Biden and their supporters could offer competing claims of victory or question the election’s legitimacy, inflaming an already boiling electorate.
Adia Josephson, a 38-year-old black voter in the Brookhaven area just outside Atlanta, waited more than two hours to vote but wasn’t about to let the long lines stop her. Problems with voting machines and long lines must be corrected before the next election, she said. “There’s no room for error,” she said. “There’s a lot to gain and a lot to lose.”
At Trump’s campaign headquarters, senior counsel Justin Clark blamed Georgia’s vote-by-mail push amid the COVID-19 pandemic, alluding to the president’s unfounded claims that absentee voting yields widespread fraud.
“The American people want to know that the results of an election accurately reflect the will of the voters,” Clark said. “The only way to make sure that the American people will have faith in the results is if people who can, show up and vote in person.”
Rachana Desai Martin, a Biden campaign attorney, called the scenes in Georgia a “threat” to democracy. “We only have a few months left until voters around the nation head to the polls again, and efforts should begin immediately to ensure that every Georgian — and every American — is able to safely exercise their right to vote,” she said.
Martin stopped short of assigning blame, but two Georgia Democrats on Biden’s list of potential running mates pointed at Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who led the selection of Georgia’s new voting machine system and invited every active voter to request an absentee ballot.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tweeted at Raffensperger about problems in pockets of metro Atlanta. “Is this happening across the county or just on the south end,” the Democrat asked, referring to an area with a heavily black population.
Stacey Abrams, the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor and an Atlanta resident, tweeted that “Georgians deserve better” and that Raffensperger “owns this disaster.” Abrams established herself as a voting rights advocate after she refused to concede her 2018 race because of voting irregularities when her Republican opponent, now-Gov. Brian Kemp, was secretary of state.
Voting rights groups, including Abrams’ Fair Fight Action, said Georgia’s experiences justify their efforts to combat what they describe as a coordinated GOP push to restrict ballot access. Fair Fight, Priorities USA and American Bridge this week announced a “Voter Suppression Watch” partnership.
“Trump is already trying to extend this culture war by creating fear around vote-by-mail,” said Aneesa McMillan of the Priorities political action committee. She noted the Republican National Committee’s plans to recruit thousands of poll watchers now that the GOP is no longer under a court order banning the practice that Democrats equate to voter intimidation.
“We have to learn our lessons, not just from Georgia, and protect the entire process,” McMillan said.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Raffensperger laid blame elsewhere, noting state law charges counties with on-ground operation of elections.
“It’s really specifically in one or two counties, in Fulton and DeKalb counties, that had these issues today,” Raffensperger said. “It has nothing to do with what we’re doing in the rest of Georgia.”
Raffensperger, minimizing problems that were documented in other counties, promised investigations of Fulton’s and DeKalb’s handling of the primary. The Republican speaker of Georgia’s state legislature, meanwhile, called for an investigation of the entire primary process, singling out Fulton County as “particularly” troubling.
That kind of back-and-forth, with white Republicans and black Democrats from big cities trading barbs over voting issues, isn’t new. And it’s one that could easily repeat in November in battleground states where Democrats and minorities figure prominently in the most populous cities and counties: Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), Florida; Wayne County (Detroit), Michigan; Charlotte, North Carolina; Philadelphia; Milwaukee.
Fulton County, which includes most of Atlanta, has a history of slow vote tabulation. Its local elections chief, Richard Barron, called Tuesday a “learning experience” while alluding to the state’s role in the primary process.
The finger-pointing goes beyond details of the law. Raffensperger correctly noted that county officials train poll workers, including on the use of the new voting machines. But Raffensperger is the state’s chief elections official who decides how many machines to send to each county, and his office provides training curriculum for local officials.
On absentee ballots, the Republican secretary of state pushed unprecedented no-fault absentee access, paying to send an application to every Georgian on the active voter rolls. But, as Barron noted, neither the secretary of state nor the legislature provided additional money for local officials to hire staff to process the influx, which dwarfed the typical primary.
History suggests that both local and state officials, whether in Georgia or elsewhere, could find themselves in the national crosshairs if their election tallies leave the presidency in flux.
“I know that in these hyperpartisan times, half the people will be happy, and the other half will be sad,” Raffensperger said. “But we want to make sure that 100% of people know … the election was done fairly and we got the accurate count.”
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By Polityk | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
BLM Protests Increase Pressure on Biden to Pick African American VP
The Black Lives Matter protests that have erupted in the U.S. following the death of an African American man after being in police custody have increased pressure on Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, to pick a black running mate. While Biden has already promised to name a woman as his vice-presidential nominee, VOA’s Brian Padden reports, the changing political landscape has raised the prospects for some female African American leaders that had not been considered top contenders.Produced by: Brian Badden
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By Polityk | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Я би не опинилася на війні, у мене були інші плани – 24-річна військова (відео)
Ірина Бобик – військова на позиціях поблизу Луганського на Донбасі. Їй 24 роки, вона перебуває на позиціях і виконує солдатську роботу. Ірина закінчила Львівський університет за фахом філологія, була волонтером, а минулого року підписала контракт і склала присягу на вірність Україні.
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By Gromada | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Long Lines Snarl Voting in Georgia’s Primary Election Amid Pandemic
Long lines snaked around polling places Tuesday, and some voters faced hourlong waits as Georgia held its twice-delayed primary election amid a shortage of poll workers and social-distancing precautions caused by the coronavirus. Widespread problems included trouble with Georgia’s new touchscreen voting system in races for president, U.S. Senate and dozens of other contests. Some voters said they joined the lines after requesting mail-in ballots that never arrived. One state lawmaker from Atlanta said there was a “complete meltdown” in Georgia’s largest county. Even before the trouble began, Georgia’s chief election officer warned that results may be slow to come in as poll closures and virus restrictions complicate in-person voting and counties work to process a huge increase in ballots received by mail. “I always vote in primaries, but the political times that we’re having right now, or the moment that we’re having, is scary,” Layla Cantlebary, 39, said as she waited to vote in Roswell, Georgia, outside Atlanta. “With all the civil unrest, it just underscores the importance of coming out and voting for somebody who you feel is going to lead the country to a better place than we are in currently.” The long lines were evident shortly after voting began at multiple polling places, including the elementary school where Cantlebary and about 60 people waited. Cantlebary said she arrived about 15 minutes before her polling place opened at 7 a.m. and waited more than an hour. The self-described liberal said she had planned to vote by mail but her absentee ballot never arrived. In Atlanta, a line of voters wrapped around the block. Several sat on the sidewalk as they waited. Most wore masks. State Rep. William Boddie said he visited two polling locations that had long lines in his district. He said lawmakers from other parts of Georgia told him of similar problems. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said voters in line at one of Atlanta’s largest precincts reported all the machines were down. She encouraged voters to stay in line and said poll workers should offer voters a provisional ballot if machines are not working. People wait in line to vote in Georgia’s primary election outside Park Tavern, June 9, 2020, in Atlanta.”If you are in line, PLEASE do not allow your vote to be suppressed,” the mayor said on Twitter. Among the key races Tuesday was a contested Democratic primary for the nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue. Democrats included former congressional candidate Jon Ossoff, former Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and former lieutenant governor candidate Sarah Riggs Amico. Perdue, a close Trump ally, is seeking a second term in November as Republicans look to hold the White House and a Senate majority. He drew no GOP primary opposition. The race has proved to be anything but predictable, with the candidates forced to do most campaigning online because of the coronavirus. In recent days, the contest was shaped by widespread protests and civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Criticism of the Trump administration’s response on both fronts has added fuel to Democrats’ ambitions of winning in Georgia, where Republicans dominate statewide elections but Democrats are making gains. If no candidate receives more than 50% of votes, the top two finishers will advance to an August 11 runoff. Other Democrats in the race include former ACLU of Georgia head Maya Dillard Smith, Air Force veteran James Knox and Marckeith DeJesus. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Monday predicted long lines. He also said his office won’t begin to release results until the last precinct has closed. He predicted the winners may not be known for days. “To get a good concept of where we are with the election — who won, who lost, or who’s in the runoff, things like that — I would think that could take upward of a couple days in some of these really tightly contested elections,” Raffensperger said. Voters will also select party nominees for U.S. House races and for state House and Senate. Other state and local races are on the ballot as well. More than 1.2 million Georgians have already voted early, Raffensperger said Monday. A majority of those ballots were cast absentee by mail after the Republican elections chief sent absentee ballot applications to 6.9 million active registered voters, hoping to ease pressure on in-person poll operations. Georgia postponed the primary twice because of the pandemic. The state’s March 24 presidential primary was first moved to May 19, when voters were set to choose party nominees for other 2020 races. As coronavirus infections and deaths mounted, election day was pushed back again to Tuesday.
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By Polityk | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Five US States Holding Political Party Primaries on Tuesday
Voters in five U.S. states went to the polls Tuesday for political party primary elections, but the balloting in the southern state of Georgia was slow, with voters reporting long lines and officials saying there were problems with voting machines not working.In the state’s largest city, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms urged voters to be patient, saying the long lines and voting machine issues were widespread.”This seems to be happening throughout Atlanta and perhaps throughout the county,” Lance Bottoms wrote on Twitter. “If you are in line, PLEASE do not allow your vote to be suppressed. PLEASE stay in line.”A person stretches as voters wait in a line in Georgia’s primary election at Park Tavern in Atlanta, June 9, 2020.Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, had warned ahead of the election of the possibility of long lines because of the continuing recommendations in many parts of the U.S. that people in public places maintain a two-meter distance from each other to curb the spread of the coronavirus.Jon Ossoff, a 33-year-old chief executive of an investigative TV production company, leads a large field of Georgia Democrats seeking the party’s nomination to oppose incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue, a close ally of President Donald Trump, in the November election.Ossoff faces six other Democrats in the party primary but needs 50% of the vote to avoid an Aug. 11 runoff election. Perdue has no Republican challengers in his bid for a second six-year term in the Senate.Elections also are being held in Nevada, South Carolina, North Dakota and West Virginia.The spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. has pushed state election officials to institute new measures to allow absentee voting by mail, even as Trump has contended, without evidence, that mail-in voting will lead to widespread voting fraud.On Tuesday, Nevada is staging an all-mail election, while North Dakota, Georgia and West Virginia sent applications for absentee ballots to voters to allow them to vote by mail if they desire.
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By Polityk | 06/10/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Поїзд із залізничного вокзалу в аеропорт «Бориспіль» запрацює з 15 червня – УЗ
Поїзд Kyiv Boryspil Express від Центрального залізничного вокзалу у Києві до міжнародного аеропорту «Бориспіль» запрацює з 15 червня, повідомив у фейсбуці виконувач обов’язків керівника «Укрзалізниці» Іван Юрик.
«Щодо експресу в Міжнародний аеропорт Бориспіль – на першому етапі ми частково відновлюємо його курсування з 15 червня, а зі збільшенням кількості авіарейсів будемо збільшувати і кількість рейсів експресу на добу», – повідомив Юрик.
За його словами, поїзд до «Борисполя» з 15 червня робитиме зупинку на залізничній станцій «Видубичі».
«Ми створили там обіцяний транспортний хаб. Поєднали в єдиний логістичний ланцюг одразу декілька видів транспорту: залізничний, автобусний, авіатранспорт і метрополітен. Така синхронізація дозволить киянам та гостям столиці максимально комфортно подорожувати», – додав Юрик.
З 1 червня «Укрзалізниця» частково відновила курсування поїздів в Україні, зупинене через карантин.
З 5 червня відновилися деякі внутрішні авіаперевезення.
Раніше уряд повідомив, що міжнародне авіасполучення з 15 червня відкриють з тими державами, які відкрили аеропорти для рейсів з України.
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By Gromada | 06/09/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
У кількох підрозділах у 2 областях встановлять систему цілодобового контролю за поліцейськими – МВС
У рамках пілотного проєкту для запобігання насильницьким діям стосовно громадян в 11-ти підрозділах поліції в Кіровоградській та Дніпропетровській областях буде встановлена система цілодобового контролю за діями посадових осіб, повідомила пресслужба МВС.
«Система «Custody Records» вже ефективно впроваджена у чотирьох ізоляторах тимчасового тримання: у Сарнах, Кропивницькому, Херсоні та Дніпрі. Найближчим часом МВС планує розширити функціонування системи не тільки на ІТТ, а на всі підрозділи поліції», – повідомив начальник Управління дотримання прав людини Нацполіції Руслан Горяченко.
За його словами, пілотний проєкт буде діяти в 10 підрозділах Кіровоградської області та в одному відділі поліції Дніпропетровської області.
«Коли громадянин потрапляє до ІТТ, перший, хто його зустрічає – інспектор з дотримання прав людини. Він пояснює, що затриманий знаходиться у безпеці і кожен його рух записується на камеру. В окремій кімнаті під відео, та аудіозапис інспектор про водить з ним перше інтерв’ю. Поліцейський має робити позначки в системі і, якщо буде якась скарга, приймає її та віддає відповідному органу – ДВБ або ДБР. Протягом всього знаходження в ІТТ система також аналізує, чи не потрібна медична допомога затриманому. Тобто «Custody Records» автоматизує роботу поліцейського та унеможливлює людський фактор, як причину незаконного насилля», – пояснили в МВС.
Раніше у Міністерстві внутрішніх справ анонсували запровадження системи забезпечення прав затриманих, так званої Сustody Records, в усіх підрозділах поліції, що в режимі 24/7 фіксуватиме дії стосовно затриманих осіб під час їхнього перебування в поліції. Одним із приводів впровадження такої системи стало поліцейське свавілля в Кагарлику.
В Офісі Генпрокурора стверджують, що за 5 місяців нинішнього року за фактами неналежного поводження під час досудового розслідування прокурори повідомили про підозру 56 особам, із них 10 – за фактами катувань.
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By Gromada | 06/09/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Georgia Democrats Face Off in Senate Primary After Delay
The Democratic candidates vying to take on Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia in November face off in a primary election Tuesday after weeks of delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But the state’s chief election officer has warned that voters could face long lines and results may be slow to be reported, as poll closures and virus restrictions complicate in-person voting and counties work to process a huge increase in paper ballots received by mail. Top Democrats in the Senate primary include former congressional candidate Jon Ossoff, former Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and former candidate for lieutenant governor Sarah Riggs Amico. Perdue, a close ally of President Donald Trump, is seeking a second term in November as Republicans look to hold the White House and Senate majority. He drew no GOP primary opposition. The race has proven to be anything but predictable, with election day postponed and campaigns forced almost entirely online because of the coronavirus and the final days seeing widespread protests and civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Criticism of the Trump administration’s response on both fronts has added fuel to Democrats’ ambitions of winning in Georgia, where Republicans still dominate statewide elections, but Democrats are increasingly making gains. If no candidate receives more than 50% of votes, the top two finishers will advance to an Aug. 11 primary runoff. Other Democrats in the race include former ACLU of Georgia head Maya Dillard Smith, Air Force veteran James Knox and another hopeful, Marckeith DeJesus.Courtney Parker votes on a new voting machine, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, in Dallas, Ga.Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday that voters should expect to face longer lines. He also said his office won’t begin to release partial results until “the last precinct has closed” and predicted that the winners may not be known for days thereafter. “To get a good concept of where we are with the election — who won, who lost, or who’s in the runoff, things like that — I would think that could take upward of a couple days in some of these really tightly contested elections,” Raffensperger said. Voters will also select party nominees for U.S. House races and for state House and Senate. Other state and local races are on the ballot as well. Ossoff entered the Senate race in September with the endorsement of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, as well as some built-in name recognition from his highly publicized 2017 special election loss to Republican Karen Handel for an Atlanta-area U.S. House seat. The young media executive has led in fundraising and has made fighting inequality and corruption a core part of his message. Tomlinson, who was the first woman elected mayor of Columbus in 2010, has racked up a slate of endorsements of her own, including civil rights leader and former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. She touts her experience in office, saying she’s “the only one in this race who has ever won an election and governed,” and says that experience can help her cut through dysfunction in Washington. Amico previously served as an executive in her family’s car-hauling company. Best known for her 2018 run for lieutenant governor, which she lost to Republican Geoff Duncan, she often discusses the experience of helping to steer the company through bankruptcy, noting that executives fought to preserve jobs. Amico’s campaign has locked down the endorsement of several labor unions with a strongly pro-union pitch. More than 1.2 million Georgians have already voted early, Raffensperger said Monday. A majority of those ballots were cast absentee by mail after the Republican elections chief sent absentee ballot applications to 6.9 million active registered voters, hoping to ease pressure on in-person poll operations. Georgia postponed primary elections twice because of the pandemic. The state’s March 24 presidential primaries were first moved to May 19, when voters were set to choose party nominees for other 2020 races. As coronavirus infections and deaths mounted, election day was pushed back again to Tuesday.
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By Polityk | 06/09/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Київ стрибнув на 44 сходинки в рейтингу найдорожчих міст для емігрантів – Mercer
Київ за рік стрибнув на 44 сходинки в рейтингу найдорожчих міст для емігрантів, йдеться в дослідженні компанії Mercer.
Українська столиця ділить 106-ту сходинку разом з Гамбургом (Німеччина) та Лісабоном (Португалія).
Лідирує в рейтингу Гонконг (спеціальний адміністративний район Китаю). За ним ідуть Ашгабат (Туркменістан), Токіо (Японія), Цюріх (Швейцарія) та Сінгапур (Сінгапур).
Компанія Mercer під час складання рейтингу враховувала коливання курсу валют, інфляцію та ціни на житло.
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By Gromada | 06/09/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Спека і переважно без опадів – синоптики розповіли про погоду 9 червня
В Українському гідрометцентрі повідомили, що 9 червня у західних областях мінлива хмарність, місцями короткочасні дощі з грозами (вночі невеликі), на решті території малохмарно та без опадів.
Згідно з повідломленням, вітер очікується південно-східний, 5-10 м/с, на заході подекуди пориви 15-18 м/с. Температура вночі 14-19, вдень 28-33, у західних регіонах – температура вночі 11-16, вдень 22-27.
Про те, що у більшості областей 9 червня переважатиме суха ясна погода пише у фейсбуці також синоптик Наталка Діденко. За її словами, у вівторок у Києві все ж можливий дощ, гроза.
«У Києві 9 червня буде сухо та спекотно, близько +30 градусів. Ввечері є ймовірність локального грозового дощу. Надалі у столиці втримається така ж гаряча погода. Весь тиждень обіцяє бути сухим, найближчі дощі, окрім завтрашнього пізньовечірнього, очікуються 14-15 червня», – повідомила синоптик.
Також, за даними Укргідрометцентру, 9 червня на річках басейну Прип’яті очікується продовження підйому рівнів води на 0,1-0,5 метра, місцями можливий вихід води на заплаву.
За кліматичною характеристикою червня від Укргідрометцентру, середня місячна температура повітря у перший місяць літа в Україні складає 16-21 тепла, в гірських районах 9-15 тепла. Абсолютний максимум температури повітря становить +32+39. Синоптики кажуть, що у червні збільшується у порівнянні з травнем грозова діяльність, спостерігаються град, шквали, сильні дощі та зливи.
your ad hereBy Gromada | 06/09/2020 | Повідомлення, Суспільство
Trump Slumping in Approval Polls and Against Biden
U.S. political polls are increasingly showing that Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s performance in office, and that he is trailing in his bid for another four-year term in the White House against former Vice President Joe Biden. In the latest poll Monday, CNN said voters it surveyed last week disapproved of Trump’s handling of the presidency by a 57%-38% margin, and losing to Biden by a 55%-41% edge five months ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3. Trump derided the CNN poll in a tweet, contending the poll was “as fake as their reporting.” Trump said he had the “same numbers, and worse, against Crooked Hillary,” his derisive moniker for Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state he defeated for the presidency in 2016. CNN Polls are as Fake as their Reporting. Same numbers, and worse, against Crooked Hillary. The Dems would destroy America!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2020Trump often touts his high standing among Republican voters, but Democrats are equally opposed to his presidency, polling shows. Meanwhile, the CNN poll showed 52% of independent voters say they favor Biden for the presidency versus 41% for Trump. Trump’s low approval rating comes as voters assess his handling of the coronavirus pandemic over the past three months and more immediately, the nationwide protests in the past two weeks against the death of a black man, George Floyd, held in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CNN said Trump’s approval rating had fallen seven points in the past month and was now the worst he had recorded since January 2019. The news network said Trump’s 38% approval rating was similar to two former U.S. presidents — Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George H.W. Bush in 1992 — when they both lost bids for second terms. The CNN poll said the effect of the protests against Floyd’s death on the American electorate is significant, with voters saying race relations in the U.S. are now as important a campaign issue as the economy and health care. Those polled said they think Biden would handle race relations in the U.S. better than Trump by a 63%-31% margin. Black voters favored Biden’s handling of race relations by an overwhelming 91%-4% edge. Biden also outdistanced Trump in handling the coronavirus pandemic, 55% to 41%, while voters favored Trump in overseeing the economy by 51% to 46%. National polls in the U.S. have consistently shown Biden ahead of Trump, all 40 of them in May and another nine so far in June. The Real Clear Politics website aggregation of polls has Biden ahead 49.9% to 42.1%. Its collection of recent polls shows voters disapproving of Trump’s presidency 54.2% to 42.8%.
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By Polityk | 06/09/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Biden Says He Favors Police Reforms, Not Defunding
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden supports the “urgent need for reform” of police agencies in the country, but not their defunding, Biden’s campaign said Monday. Biden, running in the November national election against President Donald Trump, “does not believe that police should be defunded,” campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. Rather, he said, Biden “hears and shares the deep grief and frustration of those calling out for change.” Trump, a Republican, claimed Sunday on Twitter that his Democratic challenger and “Radical Left Democrats want to ‘DEFUND THE POLICE’” while he wants “great and well paid LAW ENFORCEMENT. I want LAW & ORDER!” Sleepy Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats want to “DEFUND THE POLICE”. I want great and well paid LAW ENFORCEMENT. I want LAW & ORDER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2020Some civil rights activists are advocating the defunding of police agencies in the aftermath of the death two weeks ago of a black man, George Floyd, while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Minneapolis City Council has voted to defund the police department there, while the mayors of the country’s two biggest cities, New York and Los Angeles, say they plan to divert millions of dollars in funding from their police departments to community programs to improve the lives of impoverished people. The campaign spokesman said Biden believes funding is necessary to improve policing, including “community policing programs that improve relationships between officers and residents. “This funding would also go towards diversifying police departments so that they resemble the communities in which they serve,” Bates said. “We also need additional funding for body-worn cameras.” The Biden campaign last year released a criminal justice plan calling for a $300 million investment in what it called a COPS program (Community Oriented Policing Services). Biden has also called for Congress to ban police from using chokeholds to restrain criminal suspects, one provision of an overhaul of policing practices proposed Monday by congressional Democrats. Trump’s reelection campaign held a conference call with reporters Monday in which it contended that Biden, by not speaking out on defunding police agencies, implicitly endorsed the policy. “Where has Joe Biden been?” Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said shortly before the Biden campaign released its statement. “By his silence, he is endorsing chaos and anarchy and lawlessness.”
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By Polityk | 06/08/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Democrats Look to Counter GOP Vote-By-Mail Fraud Claims
Democrats are mounting a new effort to push back against a well-funded Republican campaign that seeks to undermine public confidence in mail-in-voting, which President Donald Trump has said, without offering proof, will lead to election fraud.
Fair Fight, an organization led by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, has joined forces with Priorities USA, the largest Democratic outside group, and American Bridge, the party’s opposition research clearinghouse, to form a new effort called Voter Suppression Watch.
The aim is to not only counter Republicans in the courts but in public relations, too, while playing offense by providing opposition research that often forms the grist of critical news stories.
“The 2020 election is the most pivotal election that I can think of, and we have known for a while that there would be efforts made to suppress the vote,” Abrams said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press. “We need to not only have a concerted effort to push back, but we need to raise awareness, too.”
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, a partisan fight over ballot access was playing out in a handful of state courts. But now that the virus has raised fears that in-person voting could be a threat to the elderly, those in poor health and people of color, whom statistics show have disproportionately borne the brunt of its effects, efforts to expand voting by mail have faced stiff opposition from Trump and his allies.
They argue, without offering evidence, that it will lead to increased voter fraud, even as they have encouraged Republicans to cast ballots by mail in a number of recent elections. Trump casts his own ballots by mail.
Democrats say the Republican opposition to mail voting is also a smokescreen being used to push for broader voting limitations.
“While everyone is focusing on the vote-by-mail argument, the architecture of their work is incredibly broad,” Abrams said. “One of our missions will be to raise the resources necessary to push back against their efforts across the country.”
Over more than a decade, Republicans have enacted laws at the state level that Democrats argue makes it harder for members of their base to vote. These include voter ID laws, efforts to limit polling locations in urban areas and rules that limit early voting. Republicans have argued that their efforts are aimed at limiting widespread voter fraud, though there’s little evidence to back those claims up.
Bolstered by a federal court ruling, for the first time in decades, the GOP will also be allowed to conduct poll monitoring on election day in November.
Historically, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud through mail-in voting. But some social media users have pushed grandiose theories casting doubt on the method. Trump has encouraged the skepticism, saying during a televised briefing that “a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting.” Last month, he tweeted: “Don’t allow RIGGED ELECTIONS!”
Democrats and voting rights groups contend they simply want to protect the voting rights of all citizens, and they note that repeated studies have found no widespread fraud and no partisan benefit to expanded voting.
“We want to build a strong coalition to make sure that what’s happening on the Republican side doesn’t go unanswered,” said Aneesa McMillan, the director of strategic communications and voting rights at Priorities USA.
Thus far, the new Democratic coalition has not raised additional funds for the effort, though that could change. Abrams, who is among those being considered for Joe Biden’s running mate, said she aims to raise millions for the cause.
“I don’t think there’s a path for Trump getting reelected without voter suppression tactics,” said David Brock, a prolific fundraiser who is one of the founders of American Bridge. “While there’s an improbable path for Trump to get an Electoral College victory, donors should be paying attention and giving to the overall effort.”
His group has already unearthed evidence that Trump and his allies aim to limit ballot access.
A recording the group provided to the AP in December revealed a Trump adviser told Republicans in Wisconsin, a crucial battleground state, that the GOP was counting on voter suppression tactics to provide an edge on Election Day.
“Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes in places,” Justin Clark, a senior political adviser and senior counsel to Trump’s reelection campaign, told Wisconsin Republicans at a November 2019 event. “Let’s start playing offense a little bit. That’s what you’re going to see in 2020. It’s going to be a much bigger program, a much more aggressive program, a much better-funded program.”
Democrats say Trump’s claims of voter fraud have morphed what was once a quiet focus of the party into a broader culture war issue.
“You can immediately see it is political,” said McMillan. “The bad thing about Donald Trump is that he says the first thing that comes to his mind; the good thing about Donald Trump is that he says the first thing that comes to mind.”
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By Polityk | 06/08/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Democratic Party Lawmakers Push for Major US Police Reforms
Congressional Democrats called for the biggest overhaul of the country’s policing laws in decades Monday, setting up a new clash with President Donald Trump, who is demanding tough law enforcement. “The world is witnessing the birth of a new movement in our country,” Rep. Karen Bass, one of the co-sponsors of the legislation, told reporters, “People marching to demand not just change but transformative change that ends police brutality, that ends racial profiling and ends the process of denying Americans the right to have the ability to sue when they have been injured by an officer.” In the wake of the death two weeks ago of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man held in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Democrats in both the House and Senate are aiming to broaden police accountability, track “problematic” officers through a “national police misconduct registry” and end the practice of transferring military equipment to police departments across the nation. Democrats have scheduled hearings beginning Wednesday in the House of Representatives and hope to pass what they are calling the “Justice in Policing Act of 2020” by the end of this month. To become law, the bill would also have to be passed in the Republican-controlled Senate, where a hearing on policing is scheduled for next week. Past congressional attempts at police reform and gun control legislation have failed, however, and the extent to which Republicans might join in the effort to approve policing reforms is unclear. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, leader of the minority House Republicans, says he believes the two parties “can find common ground.” But Republicans often take their cue on legislation from Trump, who said on Twitter Sunday, “I want great and well paid LAW ENFORCEMENT. I want LAW & ORDER!” Sleepy Joe Biden and the Radical Left Democrats want to “DEFUND THE POLICE”. I want great and well paid LAW ENFORCEMENT. I want LAW & ORDER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) Items left by protesters to memorialize George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody, are seen at the scene of his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 4, 2020.Already, some local governments have banned police from using the type of restraint tactic that led to Floyd’s death. He was held down while handcuffed on a Minneapolis city street by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes even as Floyd repeatedly said he could not breathe. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder in the case, while three police colleagues who did not intervene to assist Floyd have been charged with aiding and abetting the killing.Demonstrators lie on the pavement facing the White House during a rally north of Lafayette Square to protest police brutality and racism, in Washington, June 7, 2020.Anger over Floyd’s death and police brutality against minorities have led to two weeks of demonstrations in the U.S. and around the world, some of them erupting into violent clashes between protesters and police. In in recent days, the protests have mostly been peaceful. The coast-to-coast protests have been some of the most widespread in the United States since the extended demonstrations against American involvement in the Vietnam War in the 1960s. “When the people are marching in the streets it’s because they’re fully aware of the history of this issue in America and they have had enough,” Senator Kamala Harris, a leading contender to be presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s pick to be vice president, said Thursday. Democratic leaders called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring the legislation up for a vote on the Senate floor by the end of July. But Harris noted a measure making lynching a Federal crime failed in that chamber just last week. The Democrats’ legislative proposal seeks to make it easier to hold police officers accountable for their actions. It would change the legal doctrine of “qualified immunity,” which often shields officers from civil lawsuits brought by people who believe they have been wronged by police actions. In another provision, victims would need only to show that police “recklessly” deprived them of their civil rights, easing the current statute requiring them to prove that police action was “willful.” In the aftermath of Floyd’s death, some activists have gone substantially further than the proposed legislation, with calls to “defund the police.” Some activists say the goal is not to dismantle police forces entirely, but to redirect some funding from police departments to other providers of social, educational, housing and community services. FILE – Minneapolis police officers stand in a line facing protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd, outside the 3rd Police Precinct in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 27, 2020.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi once again declined to directly answer if she supported defunding the police. Instead, Pelosi said House Democrats had several proposals in the works that would address some of the social issues protesters say should be funded instead of the money that now goes to local police departments. The Minneapolis city council says it is planning to eliminate its municipal police force, while the mayors in the two biggest U.S. cities — New York and Los Angeles — say they will cut police funding in favor of more community programs in impoverished neighborhoods. Trump disparaged the idea in a tweet Monday, saying, “LAW & ORDER, NOT DEFUND AND ABOLISH THE POLICE. The Radical Left Democrats have gone Crazy!”LAW & ORDER, NOT DEFUND AND ABOLISH THE POLICE. The Radical Left Democrats have gone Crazy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2020Acting Homeland Security chief Chad Wolf, on the “Fox News Sunday” show, called the defunding idea “absurd.” “It makes no sense to me,” Wolf said. “It’s a political statement.”
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By Polityk | 06/08/2020 | Повідомлення, Політика
Холопы обиженного карлика пукина готовы к массовым протестам
Эксперты и опросы сходятся во мнении, что в путляндии растет число недовольных граждан и возможны массовые протесты в связи с падением уровня жизни. Странно, неужели предстоящий парад, а так же голосование не изменили их позицию? Ведь идти на участки теперь призывают и комуняки, как всегда, обиженный карлик пукин бросил все силы
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By Vyborec | 06/08/2020 | Повідомлення, Увага
