A political boost for the president, but questions abound.
“Comma Press, a not-for-profit publisher that worked with Abu Saif, said that the beating on Monday night had almost killed him. ‘He was hospitalised with a broken leg, broken arm, fractured skull, and lacerations to his face and upper body. Most notably, the assailants broke his fingers in right arm – a recognised punishment for writers,’ Ra Page, founder of Comma Press, said in an email. …after Abu Saif’s recent criticism of their crackdown.
-- The rapid rise of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who campaigned on a promise to “make Brazil great” and who has spent his career offending marginalized groups, continues to spark comparisons to Trump.in a profile that posted this morning: “A former Army captain, Bolsonaro served seven undistinguished terms in the Chamber of Deputies, Brazil’s highest legislative body, representing four different political parties.
: “Sanders, 77, who acknowledges he does not like to talk about himself, shared memories of crying when he was a boy as he read about the Holocaust. … [He] bemoaned hate crimes, the rise of authoritarianism and demagogues picking on minorities. … Sanders followed the visit with a rally in Los Angeles. … A Los Angeles Fire Department official estimated the downtown rally crowd Saturday at about 12,000.
After Trump demanded that GM reconsider its decision to close a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, Barra held a news conference to announce an electric car was going to be built in Michigan, bringing 400 jobs with it. But the company has not budged on the closure of its Lordstown plant.“Bring back @JudgeJeanine Pirro,” Trump tweeted after Pirro was suspended over comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar .
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