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Unions
Key Brexit proponent Johnson rejects customs union with EU
FOX Business - Associated Press
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says Britain must not agree to a permanent customs union with the European Union, amid speculation that the government is about to propose such an arrangement to
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Civil Liberties
Officers who allegedly forced man to lick public urinal indicted on civil rights offenses
NBC News - Janelle Griffith
An attorney representing the officers told NBC News that they are not guilty and are confident a jury of their peers will acquit them. Two police officers in Honolulu, Hawaii, who allegedly forced a homeless
TheBlaze
Conservative View
Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just violate the Constitution with her latest action against a reporter?
TheBlaze - Chris Enloe
The implications of one federal judge's ruling last year are vast Did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) violate the First Amendment with action she took against a reporter Friday? What happened? Friday,
Reuters
Poland
Polish teachers strike over pay after talks with government fail
Reuters - by Agnieszka Barteczko and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk
WARSAW (Reuters) - Teachers across Poland held a strike on Monday after the government and unions failed to agree on proposed wage increases, the leader of the biggest teachers’ union ZNP said. Talks three
Cayman Islands
The Second Amendment does not apply to other countries
dailykos.com - Mark E Andersen
Carol Ann McNeill-Skorupan, who is a certified public accountant and the former chair of the Dane County (Wisconsin) Republican Party, recently took …
Conservative View
Pelosi Is Hijacking the Civil Rights Movement to Force LGBT Ideology on Kids
dailysignal.com - Autumn Leva
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Those aren’t just hollow words. Those words birthed a nation unlike any …
Unions
'Mega-strike' looms as primary, secondary teachers consider joining forces
newshub.co.nz - www.newshub.co.nz
Further strike action's on the cards as primary school teachers and principals overwhelmingly rejected the Government's latest collective agreement …
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Opinion
The Supreme Court said an inmate must risk extreme pain — because he didn’t fully plan his backup execution
The Washington Post - By Editorial Board
Declaring that the Constitution “does not guarantee a prisoner a painless death,” a five-justice Supreme Court majority ruled last Monday that Russell Bucklew, a Missouri death-row inmate, can be executed
Guns
Democrats Expand the Number & Types of Prohibited Possessors, to Limit 2nd Amendment
ammoland.com - Dean Weingarten
Opinion Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- -The Democrats in the House of Representatives expanded the number of classes of people prohibited from exercising …
Quartz
Algorithms
We need a new Bill of Rights to protect us from algorithms, Wharton professor says (MarketWatch)
Quartz
MarketWatchApr 5, 2019 More transparency and regulation may be needed in an increasingly automated world, says Kartik Hosanagar, author of the new book “A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence.”
Second Amendment
How America’s Gun Culture Cultivates Civic Virtue
fee.org
“It is through the enjoyment of a dangerous freedom that Americans learn the art of reducing freedom’s perils.” —Alexis de Tocqueville Many people are …
Brexit
At Brexit impasse, it now looks like Theresa May will offer Labour a kind of customs union to secure a deal
inews.co.uk - Nigel Morris
In brief She said Brexit could be lost if she did not give ground • There might also be a guarantee to keep the deal in place if she steps down Theresa …
Women's News
2 in 3 Afghan Men Think Women Have Too Many Rights: Report
globalcitizen.org - The Burka8 / Flickr
LONDON, Jan 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Afghan men strongly oppose giving women more freedom — 2 in 3 think they have too much already — and …
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Trump Administration
Trump admin says it may take 2 years to identify 47,000 separated migrant children
Axios - Orion Rummler
The Trump administration said in a court filing that it could take 2 years for federal officials to identify the thousands of migrant children that …
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Queer Eye
Lesbian ‘hero’ couldn’t afford KU. ‘Queer Eye’ fans raise enough to send her back
miamiherald.com - By Kaitlyn Alanis
A “strong, black lesbian woman” is ready to go back to college after her “Queer Eye” fans raised enough to pay off her student loans. Jess Guilbeaux, …
The Telegraph
Solicitor General
Brexit latest news: Theresa May set to offer Labour a customs union, Solicitor General indicates
The Telegraph - By Harry Yorke
Theresa May is set to offer Labour a customs in order to salvage the Government’s Brexit deal, Robert Buckland, the Solicitor General, has indicated. With the Prime Minister’s negotiating team set to cross-party
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Spice Girls
Interview emerges of Spice Girl Mel B denying lesbian fling with Geri Horner
mirror.co.uk - Sam Elliott
The group's UK tour has been overshadowed by Mel's claims that they slept together in the 90s Mel B and Geri Horner's supposed fling has returned to …
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Civil Liberties
Hawaii Cops Charged With Forcing Homeless Man to Lick Urinal
The Daily Beast
Two Hawaii cops were charged Friday with civil rights violations for allegedly forcing a homeless man to lick a urinal, Hawaii News Now reports. The …
Unions
Rumblings from union over planned job cuts at SA Express
businesslive.co.za - Bekezela Phakathi
The struggling state-owned airline is planning to downsize its staff and it is not yet clear how many jobs are at stake 07 April 2019 - 16:32 Bekezela …
Unions
Mass redundancies at BHP as 700 jobs set to go
yahoo.com - Lucy Dean
Up to 200 workers at BHP’s Perth office could be facing redundancy as the mining giant moves to reduce red tape. More than 700 jobs from BHP’s …
Salon
Unions
Illinois manufacturing workers locked out and fired for one-hour strike
Salon - Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
(Getty Images) x April 7, 2019 1:29PM (UTC) This article originally appeared in In These Times. As the sun was still rising last Friday morning, employees from Headly Manufacturing outside of Chicago in
The Washington Postadded this to Opinions
Opinion
Full steam ahead on the Maryland Hospital Patient’s Bill of Rights
The Washington Post - By Letters to the Editor
For the past four years, the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) has actively opposed or attempted to gut proposed legislation in the Maryland General Assembly to provide consumer protection hospital
Rodrigo Duterte
Palace: Duterte revolutionary war comment only meant for enemies of the state
cnnphilippines.com
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 8) — Malacañang on Monday clarified said that President Rodrigo Duterte's threat to declare a revolutionary war …
Second Amendment
On Meet the Press, Buttigieg says all the right things, Romney all the wrong things
dailykos.com - Alonso del Arte
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend, Indiana) was on NBC’s Meet the Press this morning. The Chuckle Todd’s first priority was, predictably, to get the …
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Opinion
The New York Union That Says Ni
The Wall Street Journal. - Robert J. Bellafiore
First, Monty Python’s Knights Who Say Ni demanded that King Arthur bring them a shrubbery (one that looks nice and not too expensive). That was strange, but before letting Arthur by, the knights insisted
The Inquisitr added this to News
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders Comes Out In Support Of Allowing Felons To Vote From Behind Bars
The Inquisitr - Nathan Francis
Bernie Sanders is taking the Democratic Party’s support of expanding voting rights to a new level, saying this week that he would support giving all …
FBI
FBI Investigates Fires At Historically Black Churches In Louisiana
newsy.com - LeeAnne Lowry
Three black churches burned in the same Louisiana parish over a span of just 10 days. Now the FBI is getting involved. The FBI is looking into a …
ACLU
House to consider Marsy's Law Monday; ACLU opposes legislation
abc27.com - Priscilla Liguori
Video HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - The national campaign for Marsy's Law has made its way to Pennsylvania. Victim advocates are trying to push it along in …
U.S. Department of Justice
DOJ Wants Two Years To Identify Children Trump Kidnapped
politicususa.com - Leo Vidal
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking for two years to identify several thousand migrant children who were stolen from their parents …
Madison
Satya Rhodes-Conway has been elected as the first lesbian mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
gaytimes.co.uk - www.gaytimes.co.uk
She referenced Harvey Milk in her acceptance speech. Satya Rhodes-Conway has been elected as Madison’s first-ever lesbian mayor, and its second-ever …