ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

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September 27, 2019 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

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Trump Attacks Whistle-Blower’s Sources and Alludes to Punishment for Spies (New York Times)

President Trump told staff members at the United States Mission to the United Nations on Thursday that he wants to know who provided information to a whistle-blower about his phone call with the president of Ukraine, saying that whoever did so was “close to a spy” and that “in the old days” spies were dealt with differently.

Harris: Trump 'sounds like a criminal' with comments about whistleblower (The Hill)

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Thursday that President Trump "sounds like a criminal" after he blasted a whistleblower and others who raised concerns about his interactions with a foreign government, suggesting they committed treason. "He sounds like a criminal. 'Who snitched? Who gave up the goods? Let's find out who gave up the goods on us and make sure there's a consequence and it's serious and let that be a lesson to everybody else,'" Harris said during an interview on MSNBC's "Hardball."

'Gleefully Defiant' Trump Is Ready to Fight Impeachment, but Will His Playbook Fail Him? (Newsweek)

The president is the "ultimate counterpuncher" with a long, litigious history. But even if impeachment falters, will Trump Exhaustion Syndrome bring him down?

U.S. to send additional troops to Saudi Arabia after attacks on oil facilities (Washington Post)

President Trump has approved the deployment of additional U.S. troops and air defense assets to Saudi Arabia in a muted military response to last week’s attack on Saudi oil facilities.

House approves marijuana banking bill in historic vote (Marijuana Moment)

The House of Representatives passed a standalone marijuana reform bill for the first time in history on Wednesday. The chamber advanced the legislation—which would protect banks that service the cannabis industry from being penalized by federal regulators—in a vote of 321-103. All but one Democrat voted in favor of the bill. Republicans were virtually split, with 91 voting for the legislation and 102 opposing it.

North America Has Lost More Than 1 in 4 Birds in Last 50 Years, New Study Says (Audobon)

For the first time, researchers have estimated the volume of total avian loss in the Western Hemisphere—and it’s not just threatened species that are declining. Many backyard favorites are also losing ground.

Elizabeth Warren leads Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders (USA Today)

Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. .. “This is the first major shakeup” in what had been a fairly steady race, said J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., which conducted the poll. “It’s the first time we’ve had someone other than Joe Biden at the top of the leader board.”  

 Walmart to stop selling electronic cigarettes at its stores (Associated Press)

Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam’s Clubs following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping.

Revealed: Trump’s Wildlife Service pick has ties to anti-animal protection groups (Guardian)

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Fish and Wildlife Service has links to powerful agricultural interests opposed to protections for endangered species she would oversee, the Guardian has learned. Aurelia Skipwith, who is already a top official at the interior department, formerly worked at the agrochemical giant Monsanto.

FBI’s Sweeping Investigation into Politicians, Bribes, and Cannabis (Candid Chronicle)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced that they are seeking tips on public corruption related to the cannabis industry. In the short audio clip released in the form of a podcast, FBI Public Affairs Specialist Mollie Halpern states, “States require licenses to grow and sell the drug—opening the possibility for public officials to become susceptible to bribes in exchange for those licenses.”

U.S. Orders Duke and U.N.C. to Recast Tone in Mideast Studies (New York Times)

The Education Department has ordered Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to remake the Middle East studies program run jointly by the two schools after concluding that it was offering students a biased curriculum that, among other complaints, did not present enough “positive” imagery of Judaism and Christianity in the region.

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Global climate strikes: Protests begin around the world (Los Angeles Times)

From to Paris to Peshawar, Washington state to Washington, D.C., hundreds of thousands of young people led protests Friday demanding action on climate change as a United Nations summit approaches Monday.

Greta Thunberg had one question at the U.N. climate summit: ‘How dare you?’ (Washington Post)

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg had one question for the global leaders assembled at the United Nations: “How dare you?” Days after telling U.S. lawmakers “listen to the scientists,” she made the same demand on an international scale. Thunberg chastised leaders for praising young activists like herself while failing to deliver on drastic actions needed to avert the worst effects of climate change, and she warned that if the world continued with business as usual, her generation would face an insurmountable catastrophe.

Netanyahu’s Amazing Reversal: Election Loser to Presumptive Premier   (New York Times)

A week after an election appeared to jeopardize his career, Prime Minister Neanyahu is tapped to assemble a government. Israelis are wondering how it happened.

Canada's Trudeau pushes on with campaign after severe blow from blackface photos (Reuters)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will forge ahead with his re-election campaign on Monday after blackface photos of him emerged and shifted voter support toward his Conservative rivals.

 

 

 


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