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Hard choices: Hillary Clinton admits role in Honduran coup aftermath (Aljazeera)
In a recent op-ed in The Washington Post, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a review of Henry Kissinger’s latest book, “World Order,” to lay out her vision for “sustaining America’s leadership in the world.” In the midst of numerous global crises, she called for return to a foreign policy with purpose, strategy and pragmatism. She also highlighted some of these policy choices in her memoir “Hard Choices” and how they contributed to the challenges that Barack Obama’s administration now faces.
The chapter on Latin America, particularly the section on Honduras, a major source of the child migrants currently pouring into the United States, has gone largely unnoticed. In letters to Clinton and her successor, John Kerry, more than 100 members of Congress have repeatedly warned about the deteriorating security situation in Honduras, especially since the 2009 military coup that ousted the country’s democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. As Honduran scholar Dana Frank points out in Foreign Affairs, the U.S.-backed post-coup government “rewarded coup loyalists with top ministries,” opening the door for further “violence and anarchy.” [Read More]
Trump, the Blue-Collar President (Amazon)
Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci tells the inside story of how Donald J. Trump, a billionaire living on Fifth Avenue, identified the struggle of blue-collar Americans, and won the Presidency.
TRUMP, THE BLUE-COLLAR PRESIDENT is the comeback story for America and Americans. Both Wall Street and Main Street are now thriving and will continue to do so under our current president and his economic policies. Scaramucci shares his insights and stories from his long-term relationship with President Trump. [Read More]
New data released by the U.S. Department of Education shows black and Hispanic students in Montgomery County schools are, on average, more than three grade levels behind white students academically, and more than twice as likely to be disciplined as white students.Recently released data from the 2015-2016 school year compiled by ProPublica shows black students are 5.2 times more likely to be suspended than white students, while Hispanic students are 2.6 times as likely to be suspended.
Hispanic and black students are both, on average, three grade levels behind their white peers when it comes to academic performance.
In the 2015-2016 school year, 46 percent of Montgomery County Public Schools’ out-of-school suspensions were charged to black students and 31 percent were given to Hispanic students. White students accounted for 12 percent of out-of-school suspensions, with the remainder incurred by Asian students or students of two or more races. [Read More]
Obama: ‘Unlike Some,’ I State Facts, ‘I Don’t Believe In Just Making Stuff Up’ (Breitbart)
Monday in Nevada, former President Barack Obama took an apparent jab at his successor President Donald Trump.
Obama said. “Here’s the good news, Nevada. Right now we have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics. Right now we can tip the balance of power to you, the American people. Because ultimately there is only one real check on abuses of power. There is only one real check on bad policy, and that is you and your vote. [Read More]
Homeland Security officials said Tuesday that among the thousands of migrants heading for the United States border are some “gang members” and people with “significant criminal histories.”
Department spokesperson Tyler Houlton said on Twitter that the caravan, 7,000 migrants strong by some estimates, includes citizens not only of Central American countries, but also of the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and “elsewhere.”
“.@DHSgov can confirm that there are individuals within the caravan who are gang members or have significant criminal histories,” another tweet read. He did not offer more specifics. [Read More]
