Archives for فبراير 2017

Volkswagen Boss Paul Willis’ Shameless Defense Of Dieselgate

The boss of the UK arm of the world’s biggest car manufacturer was hauled before MPs yesterday to answer for dieselgate.

بواسطة Emma Howard
Volkswagen Group UK Managing Director Paul Willis participates in the launch of UK nationwide consumer campaign, promoting diesel technology, in central London, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

It must be a happy place. To the best of Paul Willis’ knowledge, Volkswagen UK hasn’t done anything wrong. Other than producing vehicles that sneak around regulations designed to limit toxic emissions that have a proven impact on chronic heart and respiratory conditions of course. The boss of the UK arm of the world’s biggest car

Trump Plans To Deport Anyone Crossing Border Illegally To Mexico, Regardless Of Nationality

The idea is part of a raft of immigration proposals signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that are likely to spur international and legal challenges.

بواسطة Marcelo Rochabrun
Immigration Overload Central American Gangs Q&A

(REPORT) --- Buried deep in the Trump Administration's plans to round up undocumented immigrants is a provision certain to enrage Mexico 2014 new authority for federal agents to deport immigrants caught crossing the southern border to Mexico, regardless of where they are from. If present immigration trends continue, that could mean the United

Democrat, & Ex-Dove Alcee Hastings Is Proposing War On Iran

Hastings’s bill has come as a shock to constituents and people who have followed his career as a 13-term Democratic Member of Congress from South Florida.

US Congressman Alcee Hastings speaks at a town hall discussion on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 in Ft. Lauderdale Fl. (Tom DiPace/AP)

(ANALYSIS) --- Rep. Alcee Hastings has sponsored a bill to authorize President Trump to attack Iran. Hastings reintroduced H J Res 10, the “Authorization of Use of Force Against Iran Resolution” on Jan. 3, the first day of the new Congress after President Trump’s election. Hastings’s bill has come as a shock to constituents and people who have

Filmmaker Says MSNBC Blacklisted Him Over Support For Bernie Sanders

“MSNBC is culpable in the election of Donald Trump. They are culpable in giving the nomination to Hillary Clinton. They are culpable in journalistic malpractice, and they owe people an apology. And they’re losing viewers because of it.”

بواسطة Kevin Gosztola
Flimmaker Josh Fox poses for a portrait to promote the film, "How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change", during the Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox says he was “blacklisted” by MSNBC after he became a surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders during his presidential campaign, and actress Susan Sarandon recently stood up to MSNBC producers so he appeared on the network. “I was a regular on MSNBC. I was a regular on

Deadline Looms For Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp

The camp has been the site of numerous and sometimes violent clashes between police and protesters who call themselves “water protectors,” with more than 700 arrests. The camp’s population has dwindled as the pipeline battle has largely moved into the courts.

بواسطة Associated Press
Grandma Redfeather of the Sioux Native American tribe walks in the snow to get water at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP/David Goldman)

WASHINGTON (REPORT) — As dawn breaks over an encampment that was once home to thousands of people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, a few hundred holdouts rise for another day of resistance. They aren't deterred by the threat of flooding, nor by declarations from state and federal authorities that they must leave by Wednesday or face

Huge Crowds Gather In Spain To Demand Conservative Gov. Take In More Refugees

Marchers held a large banner and signs in Catalan with the slogans “Enough Excuses! Take Them In Now!” and “No More Deaths, Open The Borders!” as they made their way through the city center to its Mediterranean coast.

بواسطة Associated Press
Thousands of people march to demand Spain's government to increase its efforts to take in refugees who have fled the war in Syria and other violent conflicts in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Spain has taken in just 1,100 refugees of the over 17,000 it has pledged to accept. Banner reads in Catalan: "Enough Excuses! Take Them In Now!". (AP/Manu Fernandez)

BARCELONA, Spain (REPORT) — At least 160,000 protesters marched Saturday in Barcelona to demand that Spain's conservative-led government increase its efforts to take in refugees from war-torn countries like Syria. Spain has accepted just 1,100 refugees of the over 17,000 it has pledged to take in. Marchers held a large banner and signs in