intolerance and taking away individuals ’ right to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity , we are proudly standing with our transgender and gender non - confirming New Yorkers , ” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement . Existing city law already permits transgender people to use the bathroom of their choosing . The new ad blitz is only designed to promote the policy .
“ There is no data to retain and no central server to hack . Both are super easy to use and have a lot of fans . ” The new “ anti - terrorism ” legislation was signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislateearlier this month by Putin . H / T Slon
Photograph : Menemsha Films / Everett / Rex Shutterstock The move against the historian comes as the nationalist Law and Justice government , elected in 2015 , comes under European scrutiny for law changes that , critics say , threaten democracy . President Andrzej Duda signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislatea controversial move bringing the attorney general under the control of the justice ministry . Critics say this will put political pressure on the judiciary . Intellectuals who in the past few days have signed two open letters in Gross ’s defence say the Law and Justice government wants to rewrite history , expunging any suggestion of Polish complicity in past horrors .
Could n't have said it better ! " After being widely denounced for his previous silence , Trump now acknowledges the need to disavow Duke . Nonetheless , Trump 's address was a toxic combination of unprovable claims -- " excessive regulation is costing our country as much as $ 2 trillion a year " and ending it will " produce more than $ 20 trillion in job - creating economic activity " -- and outright lies -- " My opponent wants to essentially abolishgovernment.legislate.legislatethe Second Amendment . " The Republican nominee repeated his belief that " NATO is obsolete . " Hours earlier , he told The New York Times he found nothing sacred about America 's decades - old pledge to defend any NATO member whose borders are threatened by Russia .
For a role model , the authors point to Portugal , which decriminalized not only cannabis but also possession of heroin , cocaine and methamphetamine . HIV transmission , hepatitis C and incarcerations all decreased , Beyrer said , and there was about a 15 per cent decline in substance use by young people in Portugal . Syringe restrictions legislatedgovernment.legislate.legislateduring the 1980s war on drugs contributed to Danny Wilson 's HIV infection . ( CBC ) The authors found the biggest factor driving higher rates of infection among drug users was that they were excessively incarcerated and excluded from HIV and hepatitis C prevention , treatment and harm - reduction programs .
The ECMU , however , is not a political party . It says its donors are private individuals not connected to the Regions Party ; because of that , its lobbyists have the option of registering and disclosing their activities to Congress instead — revealing far less information about their activities . The Foreign Agents Registration Act was signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislateby Bill Clinton on December 19 , 1995 . Uranium One , Russia , Podesta and the Clintons The Centre is not the only entity represented by Podesta ’s firm with questionable ties to Russia .
( VATICAN RADIO ) Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislateon July 7th a package of so - called anti - terrorism measures . The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom strongly condemns these measures and says that , under the guise of confronting terrorism , they would grant authorities sweeping powers to curtail civil liberties , including setting broad restrictions on religious practices that would make it very difficult for religious groups to operate . Chair of the U.S. Commission , Jesuit Father Thomas Reese , said : “ Neither these measures nor the currently existing anti - extremism law meet international human rights and religious freedom standards . ”
Sylwia Sawska , serving customers behind a counter piled high with long pork sausages and cheeses , is also worried . " People are so nice here , nicer than in Poland , so I 'm very surprised they voted to leave , " she says . While the East of England votedgovernment.legislate.legislateto leave , Cambridge bucked the trend by voting overwhelmingly to stay . " I was proud of that . It 's a beautiful city - small and friendly . "
You know , as you mentioned , in these speeches , Hillary Clinton talks about the benefits of single payer , the healthcare system used in places like Canada , that they provide better primary care using this system . It ’s much better at holding down costs for both consumers and the government . But at the same time , you know , Hillary Clinton attacked single payer on the campaign trail this year as she was competing with Bernie Sanders , saying it will never , ever happen in the United States , kind of dismissing the idea , really sticking to the Affordable Care Act health reform system enactedgovernment.legislate.legislateby President Obama . So it ’s tough to see where she actually stands on these issues , because , again , she ’s kind of taken every position . AMY GOODMAN : Let me ask you about one of the recently released documents , where Wall Street donors use their influence to complain about Senator Elizabeth Warren ’s influence over the direction of the Democratic Party .
Liberty Counsel , which will also be sponsoring a booth in the summit ’s exhibit hall , backed Texas in the Lawrence case and defended a homosexuality ban in Malawi . Radical anti - LGBT activist Matt Barber said on a Liberty Counsel radio program he co - hosts that the U.S. should adopt a ban on “ homosexual activist propaganda ” similar to Russia ’s . Fischer , the former AFA spokesman , also advocated enactinggovernment.legislate.legislatea similar law in the U.S. Many Religious Right leaders have rallied behind Trump because he has promised to give them their ideal Supreme Court justices and lower court judges . Very recent history shows that these groups are n’t just interested in using the courts to reverse marriage equality — which would be harmful enough on its own — but also to severely roll back years of hard - won legal protections for LGBT people .
It ’s what we ’ve lost , it ’s what we need back . Telling political opponents to sit down and shut up ca n’t always be the first recourse of our politicians . Kaine might just be the bipartisan bridge that allows Clinton to enactgovernment.legislate.legislatereal change . If Kaine markets himself this way successfully , he may become an asset to millennial outreach instead of the vanilla placeholder he is now . Caraway is a radio host and Biomedical Sciences Senior at the University of North Florida , from Jacksonville , Florida .
They respected his populist appeal and believed it could serve their own ends . ( Hugenberg , writes Turner , “ recognized that [ the Nazis ] were far more successful than his party in mobilizing mass support and hoped to harness their movement to destroy the republic and establish a rightist authoritarian regime . ” ) Their myopic concern with specifics of their policy agenda overcame their general sense of unease . ( One right - wing landowner was “ hopeful of relief measures by a Hitler cabinet for the depressed agriculture of the east , ” and thus concluded “ the army and the forces of conservatism would suffice to prevent a one - party Nazi dictatorship . ” ) Think of the supply - siders supporting Trump in the hope he can enactgovernment.legislate.legislatemajor tax cuts , or the social conservatives enthused about his list of potential judges , and you ’ll have a picture of the thought process . There is one more parallel between the events of 1933 and the events of 2016 : Most of the complicit parties ( the main exception being the scheming Franz von Papen ) did not fully apprehend the extent of their actions until it was too late . In Germany , Hitler ’s ascent required complicated intrigue , the upshot of which was that conservatives believed they had parliamentary leverage that would restrain Hitler .
Provide full protection for workplace rights , including the right to a safe workplace and the right to organize a union without fear of firing or reprisal by passing the Employee Free Choice Act . Ensure equal pay for equal work , ending discrimination based on race , gender , or generation . Enactgovernment.legislate.legislatepaid sick leave and family leave , strong overtime protections . Take action against wage theft . Oppose two - tier wage systems ( e.g. , for young people and individuals with disabilities ) .
Ahmed says she supports Trump despite his call to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country . She said Trump ’s proposal is nothing more than election - year rhetoric that has no chance of ever becoming law . “ Something like that could never be enactedgovernment.legislate.legislateso I can ignore it , ” Ahmed said . “ He ’s toned down his rhetoric lately and I ’m focused more on the positive messages he has about the economy and balancing the budget and improving U.S. standing in the world . Ahmed requested a meeting with Trump late last year , but said the campaign indicated that was too politically fraught a proposition in the midst of a heated Republican primary .
In a speech in January 2010 , Clinton warned Beijing it risked isolating itself it it did n't sign on . Those UN sanctions were ultimately adopted in June 2010 , and President Barack Obama declared them the toughest ever enacted on Tehran . But that assessment was soon outstripped by unilateral sanctions enacted by the U.S. Congress , which went beyond the U.N. punishment , and that Obama ultimately signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislate. Top Iranian officials have admitted that sanctions relief included in the Iran deal drove them to begin talks , backing up Clinton 's claim that her push to enact sanctions brought Tehran to the nuclear negotiations . But while Clinton 's role in pushing foreign countries to adopt the tough UN sanctions is clear , it 's also evident U.S. lawmakers pushed for tough sanctions as well -- indeed , tougher sanctions than Clinton was lobbying for abroad .
Asking malapportioned lawmakers to decide whether to continue malapportionment is a bit like polling billionaires on whether their fortunes should be taxed . Indeed , Thomas ’ opinion seems to suggest that billionaires should have an outsized voice in the nation ’s political disputes . The justice criticizes the one person / one vote doctrine because he believes that it is “ driven by the belief that there is a single , correct answer to the question of how much voting strength an individual citizen should have . ” Such an assertion , Thomas claims , “ overlook[s ] that , to control factions that would legislategovernment.legislate.legislateagainst the common good , individual voting strength must sometimes yield to counter majoritarian checks . ” As a sign of what sort of factions Thomas finds needing of control , and which “ counter majoritarian checks ” he deems necessary , Thomas offers a theory of the Constitution that closely resembles a theory a libertarian group funded by the billionaire Koch brothers tried to teach to school children . “ Of particular concern for the Framers was the majority of people violating the property rights of the minority , ” Thomas writes .
Lukashenko endorsed a legislative ban on unemployment last fall , proposing to bring back the Soviet - era term of “ social parasitism , ” and pledging to design measures to punish people who “ intentionally do n't work , ” according to media reports . Right to labor The Soviet Union made “ parasitism ” a criminal offense before the law was abolishedgovernment.legislate.legislatein the 1990s amid the political and economic liberalization undertaken by Mikhail Gorbachev . The law mostly targeted people working in private enterprises that were illegal under the Soviet regime , as well as prostitutes and political dissidents , such as Nobel Prize - winning poet Joseph Brodsky , who went on trial for “ social parasitism ” ( “ tuneyadstvo ” ) in the 1960s before being forced to emigrate . The “ right to labor ” was enshrined in the Soviet Union 's constitution as a basic right of its citizens .
He will , of course , make it clear that Clinton is the friend of the earth on the great battle against climate change , while Trump stands on the wrong side of that great issue of our age . Gore is a longtime champion of civil liberties and civil rights and will add his voice to progressives making it clear that Clinton would name a Supreme Court that will defend these core values and overturn the heinous Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision that let loose the corrupting power of campaign money . Gore , whom I predict will campaign in Florida , among other states , is the most ideal person in the world to warn those who deplore Trump but are tempted to vote for Stein or Johnson that a vote for these two candidates could elect Trump , as votesgovernment.legislate.legislatefor Green nominee Ralph Nader in 2000 almost certainly elected President George W. Bush , leading to all of the problems that followed . Gore has huge moral power and credibility on this subject . He has already given interviews that discreetly made this case ; now he is poised for a high - profile campaigning intervention .
Despite the fact that millions of ordinary Muslims live unobjectionable , ordinary lives in North America and Europe , their faith gets them implicated in the terror scares and anti - immigration hysteria of the moment . Simply being Muslim , in the eyes of some Western leaders , conjures up a set of politics and intentions , in almost all cases negative . On Wednesday , French Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined the fray , lending his support to a host of mayors who have enactedgovernment.legislate.legislatelocal bans on the " burkini , " a type of Islamic swimwear . The garment , he said , was " not compatible with the values of France and the republic . " He went on to explain why : " It is the expression of a political project , a counter - society , based notably on the enslavement of women . "
( That provision was later eliminated and replaced with a simple , annual cap of 290,000 immigrants . ) Critically , the bill exempted from these caps all immigrants with immediate family members in the United States . Support and opposition to the bill fell along the same lines as civil rights legislation that LBJ signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislatein 1964 : Southern Democrats and Midwestern conservative Republicans tended to oppose it strenuously , while Northern Democrats and moderate Republicans embraced it . In signing the law , Johnson affirmed that the national origins standard violated “ the basic principle of American democracy — the principle that values and rewards each man on the basis of his merit as a man . ” While the bill ’s champions , including LBJ and Celler , were committed to ethnic and racial pluralism , they anticipated that most of its beneficiaries would hail from Europe .
“ They had an obvious desire to ball up the appropriations process and put us in a CR / omnibus situation , ” he said , referring to the continuing resolution Congress passed on Wednesday to keep the government funded through Dec. 9 . Congress will return for a lame - duck session after the election to figure out how to keep the government open . None of the regular appropriations bills funding government for fiscal 2017 had been signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislatewhen McConnell spoke to reporters . Obama signed the first one , a measure funding military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs , at 2:40 p.m. Thursday . McConnell expressed hope that some of them might be packaged into multiple " mini - buses " in the lame - duck session to avoid having to pass a massive , year - end omnibus spending bill , as has become regular practice in recent years .
“ It is in no sense business as usual ” between Britain and Russia , she said , adding that Cameron would discuss the matter with Putin “ at the next available opportunity . ” [ Full report : Russian President Vladimir Putin implicated in fatal poisoning of former KGB operative ] That cautious stance is likely to disappoint Litvinenko ’s wife , who called Thursday for Britain to expel Russian intelligence officials and enactgovernment.legislate.legislatenew sanctions in response to the killing of her husband . Speaking before the government ’s response became public , Marina Litvinenko said her husband ’s dying belief had been vindicated . “ I am , of course , very pleased that the words my husband spoke on his deathbed — when he accused Mr. Putin of his murder — have been proved true , ” she told reporters outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London .
Which is why it ’s time for responsible political observers to say what has been commonly understood among those who have followed Stein for years : Friends do n’t let friends vote for Jill Stein . To be clear , this post is not meant as a criticism of Stein ’s supporters . In my experience , many of these well - meaning individuals imagine they are voting for a bold , progressive changemaker who wo n’t pander to special interests and who will demonstrate the knowledge and political courage to enactgovernment.legislate.legislatereal reform . Even if Stein wo n’t win , these idealists believe that they are voting their conscience by backing the candidate who best represents their values . The only problem is , upon closer inspection , Jill Stein bears no resemblance to such a candidate .
“ That ’s why a lot of moderate Republicans in Indiana are not all that thrilled with his reelection . ” Earlier this year , a former top fundraiser for Pence , Bill Oesterle , left his position as CEO of Angie ’s List to launch a group aimed at securing changes to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and stopping Pence from winning reelection . Other Republicans , believing Pence buckled under pressure , are furious that he backtracked by calling for changes to the bill that he had signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislateonly days earlier . Penny Nance , president and CEO of Concerned Women for America , a conservative Christian women 's group , said the jury is still out on whether the episode would “ dampen enthusiasm ” for Pence among social conservatives . “ Social conservatives have known him for a long time , and unlike Donald Trump he ’s a known quantity , ” Nance said .
In the Senate we worked together on efforts to clean up Lake Champlain and to help Vermont ’s and New York ’s family farmers . She was at the center of securing help for New York ’s 9/11 first responders . We worked together in enacting the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act , which was the first bill signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislateby President Obama . I was chairman of the State Department ’s budget committee when she was Secretary of State , and I worked closely with her — week to week , and sometimes day to day — on a wide , wide range of issues and challenges , from human rights to global health . We traveled together to Haiti as we worked to help that country recover from the devastation of the earthquake .
The Democrats , even when they had two Democratic houses of Congress , what did they do ? They bailed out Wall Street . You know , they enactedgovernment.legislate.legislateall of the above , which has been basically " drill , baby , drill " on steroids . Hillary Clinton ’s finger on the button is as dangerous as — certainly as dangerous as Donald Trump . And it ’s Barack Obama himself who initiated the new nuclear arms race , spending a trillion dollars .
This is perhaps why she is hitting hard and fast in a desperate attempt to paint Bernie Sanders as inept , unintelligent , and unqualified to be President . On the contrary , Sanders warned Congress of the dangers of the Iraq War , which Hillary Clinton supported . Bill Clinton signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislatethe repeal of the Glass - Steagall Act , while Hillary Clinton praised the move . Bernie Sanders warned Congress against repealing it , and his warnings came to fruition in 2008 with the economic collapse . Most recently , Sanders ’ warnings against the Panama Free Trade Agreement solidify his record of being right when it matters , and that is what qualifies him to be President of the United States .
More for Pros here : http://politico.pro/2aSbt37 . NO MUSIC STREAMING WITHOUT TAXATION — Pennsylvania has become the latest state to tax online music streaming and download services like Spotify , instituting a 6 percent online sales tax earlier this month . The state opted to impose the tax to cover budget gaps , following in the footsteps of Connecticut and Washington , which have enactedgovernment.legislate.legislatesimilar levies . As Billboard highlights , such taxes could prompt legal questions around whether music streaming constitutes a digital good . DROPBOX JOINS FAIR CHANCE BUSINESS PLEDGE — Dropbox is now on board with other tech giants in signing on Tuesday to the White House ’s Fair Chance Business Pledge , becoming part of a new wave of businesses that are committed to offering individuals with a criminal record an equal shot at job opportunities .
With the U.S. public completely sold on the hopelessness of third - party bids , at least by non - multi - billionaires , what is Stein 's plan for actually becoming president ? " First of all , " she says , " there are 43 million young people and not - so - young people who are trapped in debt , in student debt . My campaign is the only campaign that will be on the ballot that will abolishgovernment.legislate.legislatestudent debt . We did it for the bankers who plunged us into this economic crisis that persists in spite of what they say . And they did that by way of their waste , fraud , and abuse .
She does not believe the situation is improving . A Battle of Values Mizulina ’s bill comes on the heels of a recent amendment to the Criminal Code , introduced by the Supreme Court and signed into lawgovernment.legislate.legislateby president Vladimir Putin . According to the amendment — one of the rare progressive legislative moves in fighting domestic violence — battery of family members was put on an equal footing with hooliganism and hate assaults as a criminal offense to be investigated and prosecuted by the state . It came into force in early July .
Hillary , who opposed many of her husband ’s actions on trade , welfare and tax cuts , is planning to raise business investment tax rates , oppose all free trade agreements , and continue Mr. Obama ’s failed spending stimulus policies . Mr. Trump , who no doubt would sign the tax cut reform bill Republicans would send to his desk next year , still intends to raise U.S. trade tariffs on all imports , sending consumer prices through the roof , hurting our economy and sparking a no - win trade war . But if , as expected , the GOP keeps control of Congress in November , there is no way that any of Hillary ’s tax - hikes would be enactedgovernment.legislate.legislate. Tax cuts , of course , would be dead on arrival in the Oval Office . It will be four years of political paralysis .
In addition , he contributed to their social mobility by raising the minimum wage by more than 20 percent . Clinton also pushed to expand reproductive rights , maternity leave and equal pay for women , despite the hypocrisy and sexism inherent in his affair with his intern . Although Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 , he also enactedgovernment.legislate.legislate“ do n’t ask , do n’t tell , ” a critical ( if problematic ) step toward integrating gay service members into the military . In an important 2002 study , Ruy Teixeira and John Judis predicted an “ Emerging Democratic Majority ” that would result from the political realignment of minorities and working women , who began to coalesce around the party in the 1972 elections and gradually helped Democrats compensate for the defection of white working - class voters . For them , this shift constituted “ George McGovern ’s Revenge . ” But it was also proof of just how powerful and pervasive the revolutionary sensibilities of the New Left proved to be .
Instead of deterrence by punishment , the US should implement a policy of deterrence by denial . The goal is to deny adversaries the outcomes they seek -- in this case , by rendering cyber election hacks insignificant to our democratic process . The strategy starts by building better defenses , including legislatinggovernment.legislate.legislateminimum cyber security standards for party , PAC , and campaign - related websites for presidential elections . That would include paper audit trails in every state , starting with large battlegrounds , so that our election process can be resilient even if attacked . Building resilience also requires changing minds , not just systems .
But until we change the system those are always going to be , honestly , the exception , not the rule . ” As an example of how she might leave her mark on Washington , Teachout points to ex - Rep . Henry Waxman , the California Democrat who used his hearings and oversight powers to highlight corporate and governmental malfeasance . Teachout joked that she is a “ journalism groupie , ” but she very earnestly believes there is a similarity between good reporting and good legislatinggovernment.legislate.legislate. Some of her previous work falls under the umbrella of investigative advocacy — she spent time in Bosnia researching a Russian oligarch for the International Center for Investigative Journalism , and she later served as the national director of the Sunlight Foundation , which tracks the worlds of campaign finance and lobbying . Her other hope is that aspects of her agenda , such as rural broadband access and agriculture reforms , might create cross - partisan alliances .
He may have some new people putting new words in his mouth … but we know where he stands . He would form a deportation force to round up millions of immigrants and kick them out of the country . He ’d abolishgovernment.legislate.legislatethe bedrock constitutional principle that says if you ’re born in the United States , you ’re an American citizen . He says that children born in America to undocumented parents are , quote , " anchor babies " and should be deported . Millions of them .
" London has been a crossroads for the world 's money for centuries , " he explained . " When the British empire collapsed , London swapped being the governor of the imperial engine to being an offshore island and allowing money to come with no questions asked , " he added . With public pressure mounting , Murphy said Britain had the power to legislategovernment.legislate.legislatedirectly on its overseas territories , but the lobbying power of the financial sector and worries about upsetting the jewel in Britain 's economic crown were holding back efforts . " The City of London seems to believe that without these conduits , then it would not have the competitive edge that it needs , " he said . " The financial institutions have become like wild animals , " added Shaxson .