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The past week's political events that help shape American  politics.

Políticos de la semHiroshimaana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recarga

"There are two sides of history in this struggle here today.  One says to protect the right to vote, one says destroy.  One says racial justice, gender equality, one says no.  One says law and order, one says be fair....We want to better America and stand up," says Rev. Jesse Jackson

In Minneapolis, the Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light planned a rally for noon Tuesday, stating faith leaders and residents were "outraged" by Hennepin County Sheriff's Department personnel to North Dakota for "the hyper-militarized repression of peaceful demonstrations" opposing the $3.8 billion pipeline.

In 1962, Hayden joined dozens of other students at a Students for a Democratic Society convention in Port Huron, Mich. As primary author of the group’s Port Huron Statement, he gave voice to a youth disaffection that foreshadowed the explosive power of the antiwar and civil rights protests of the years ahead.“We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit,” the manifesto began.In 1960, he hitchhiked to California to cover the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, where John F. Kennedy was nominated for president.LA Times

The Cubs won their first pennant since 1945, setting off a massive party that is somewhere between still going on and still being recovered from. But the city moves forward, staggering maybe, haggard definitely, ready for the World Series. The last time the Cubs won one of those was 1908. By now, you’re aware of that like you’re aware of your first and last name.

The Cleveland haven’t won a World Series since 1948, a drought Cubs fans refer to as “child’s play.’’ Cleveland has known its share of sorrow, just a smaller share.Chicaog Sun Times

GO CUBS !

The Monday Morning Quarterback is a person who passes judgement on and criticizes something after the event (the Oxford Dictionary).

We take a look at the Sunday talk shows and much more WBRNRadio Boston. bostonred.org

El lunes por la mañana El mariscal de campo es una persona que juzga y critica algo después del evento (el Diccionario Oxford).

Echamos un vistazo a los programas dominicales y mucho más. bostonred.org

 

In Memorial of Jerry Pippin 1939-2015

The past week's political events that help shape American  politics.

Políticos de la semHiroshimaana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recarga

Donald Trump on Wednesday would not commit to accepting the outcome of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election if he loses, challenging a cornerstone of American democracy and sending shockwaves across the political spectrum.Trump's refusal, which his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton called "horrifying," was the standout remark of the their third and final debate and ratcheted up claims he has made for weeks that the election was rigged against him.

If the nation is in such horrible shape — if “our jobs are being sucked away” and “our country is dying,” as Trump says — why has Nevada’s unemployment rate dropped from more than 14 percent in 2010 to 6.3 percent today? Why has visitorship climbed from 36.3 million annually in 2009 to 42.3 million last year? Las Vegas Sun

he Ecuadorean foreign ministry said WikiLeaks' decision to publish documents could have an impact on the US presidential election.It said the release was entirely the responsibility of the organisation, and Ecuador did not want to interfere in the electoral process."In that respect, Ecuador, exercising its sovereign right, has temporarily restricted access to part of its communications systems in its UK Embassy," the statement said.BBC

cuador concedió asilo político a Julian Assange en 2012 sobre la base de sus legítimos temores de persecución política, debido a sus actividades periodísticas como editor de WikiLeaks.

Durante las últimas semanas, WikiLeaks ha publicado una gran cantidad de documentos que tienen un impacto sobre la campaña electoral en Estados Unidos. La decisión de hacer pública dicha información es exclusiva responsabilidad de la organización Wikileaks.El Gobierno del Ecuador respeta el principio de no intervención en los asuntos de otros países, no se inmiscuye en procesos electorales en curso ni apoya a un candidato en especial.En ese sentido, Ecuador, en ejercicio de su derecho soberano, ha restringido temporalmente el acceso a parte de su sistema de comunicaciones en su Embajada en el Reino Unido.Esta restricción temporal no impide que la organización WikiLeaks lleve a cabo sus actividades periodísticas.