@daveagar.bsky.social
47• yrs as a journalist (retired) in Toronto Can. Love politics, legal, crime, environment and a myriad of other topics. Liberal by nature but not stuck in that lane.
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UPDATE: At Indiana University in Bloomington on Saturday, state police removed the tents of a Gaza solidarity encampment and more than 20 protesters were arrested, Indiana Public Media reported.
Pro-Palestinian campus protesters face looming deadlines and risk of arrest
Hundreds of students have been arrested for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in recent days. And some schools, like Columbia and GW, have given them deadlines to dismantle their encampments.
www.npr.org
April 27, 2024 at 7:17 PM
UPDATE: At Indiana University in Bloomington on Saturday, state police removed the tents of a Gaza solidarity encampment and more than 20 protesters were arrested, Indiana Public Media reported.
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The Biden administration announced expansive new protections on Friday for gay and transgender medical patients, prohibiting federally funded health providers and insurers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Biden Administration Restores Health Protections for Gay and Transgender People
The Health and Human Services Department finalized a rule prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, reversing a Trump-era policy.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
The Biden administration announced expansive new protections on Friday for gay and transgender medical patients, prohibiting federally funded health providers and insurers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Wael al-Dahdouh, the Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief whose wife, 15-year-old son, 7-year-old daughter and 1½-year-old grandson were killed during an Israeli attack in October, has lost another of his children in an Israeli airstrike, Al Jazeera Arabic reported Sunday.
Al Jazeera says Israeli strike killed another child of Gaza bureau chief
Wael al-Dahdouh’s son Hamza al-Dahdouh was killed west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, alongside another journalist, Al Jazeera said.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Wael al-Dahdouh, the Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief whose wife, 15-year-old son, 7-year-old daughter and 1½-year-old grandson were killed during an Israeli attack in October, has lost another of his children in an Israeli airstrike, Al Jazeera Arabic reported Sunday.
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I think one of those things (how he's handling arms dealing to Israel) is an opinion young people have and another (Joe Biden is senile) is just an objective lie. The former is "how are we spending American tax dollars on foreign policy?" and the other is an ad hominem attack on an old guy.
December 11, 2023 at 6:30 PM
I think one of those things (how he's handling arms dealing to Israel) is an opinion young people have and another (Joe Biden is senile) is just an objective lie. The former is "how are we spending American tax dollars on foreign policy?" and the other is an ad hominem attack on an old guy.
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Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to quickly consider former president Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution for alleged election obstruction in 2020 — an aggressive legal move designed to keep Trump’s trial on track for early next year.
U.S. prosecutors ask Supreme Court to quickly take up Trump immunity claims
Justice Department seeks to avoid pre-trial delays by asking Supreme Court to quickly consider Donald Trump’s claims of immunity in D.C. election-obstruction case.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2023 at 6:50 PM
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday asked the Supreme Court to quickly consider former president Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution for alleged election obstruction in 2020 — an aggressive legal move designed to keep Trump’s trial on track for early next year.
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The prophecy is fulfilled
December 6, 2023 at 2:25 PM
The prophecy is fulfilled
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President Biden’s clean energy push is bringing solar panel plants on line at breakneck speed. But the industry now worries that it could be too much and too fast, with shutdowns and canceled construction plans in key 2024 states like Georgia.
Could Biden’s Clean Energy Push Be a Victim of Its Success?
Thanks to the president’s signature legislation, solar energy manufacturing is booming in Georgia, a key state in the 2024 election. But the industry now worries that it could be too much and too fa...
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2023 at 9:08 PM
President Biden’s clean energy push is bringing solar panel plants on line at breakneck speed. But the industry now worries that it could be too much and too fast, with shutdowns and canceled construction plans in key 2024 states like Georgia.
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The link between poor housing and health is driving a wave of building renovations.
But those improvements aren’t going where they’re needed most, housing experts say
But those improvements aren’t going where they’re needed most, housing experts say
The Other Housing Crisis: Too Many Sick, Aging Homes
An aging US housing stock poses health risks to residents as much-needed repairs fall behind and the effects of climate change take a toll.
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2023 at 9:43 PM
The link between poor housing and health is driving a wave of building renovations.
But those improvements aren’t going where they’re needed most, housing experts say
But those improvements aren’t going where they’re needed most, housing experts say
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Breaking News: Eleven Israeli hostages — all women and children, including 3-year-old twins — were freed in a fourth release under a cease-fire deal with Hamas. They were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the attack on Oct. 7.
Here’s What We Know About the Hostages Released on Monday
The group comprises women and children only, all of them taken from Nir Oz during Hamas’s attack on Oct. 7.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Breaking News: Eleven Israeli hostages — all women and children, including 3-year-old twins — were freed in a fourth release under a cease-fire deal with Hamas. They were taken from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the attack on Oct. 7.
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Three college students of Palestinian descent were shot by a white man near the University of Vermont on Saturday, the police said. The authorities in Burlington are investigating the shooting as a possible hate crime, the city’s mayor said.
Shooting of 3 Palestinian Men in Vermont Investigated as Possible Hate Crime
The three college students were on their way to dinner on Saturday night. The police have yet to identify a suspect.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Three college students of Palestinian descent were shot by a white man near the University of Vermont on Saturday, the police said. The authorities in Burlington are investigating the shooting as a possible hate crime, the city’s mayor said.