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Seven organizations the far right is targeting for diversity efforts post-affirmative action

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 4 days ago - 18:36

Conservatives are taking legal action against public and private organizations that aim to aid women and people of color

Last year’s supreme court decision to ban affirmative action in college and university admissions was a watershed moment for far-right conservative activists and groups, who have used the momentum to target not only public institutions, but also private organizations that aim to aid women and people of color.

Many of the targeted groups are being sued by complainants who allege that they have been discriminated against because they do not fit diversity requirements. In some cases, the would-be applicants are engaging in presumptive suing – alleging the organizations have engaged in discriminatory behavior without even applying.

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Second man charged with stealing Dorothy’s Wizard of Oz ruby slippers

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 19 March - 00:48

Jerry Hal Saliterman, 76, of Minnesota allegedly threatened to release a sex tape of a woman if she told anyone about the caper

Nearly five months after an ailing man with a history of theft admitted to stealing the shining shoes worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, a second person has been charged in the caper, according to the Associated Press.

Jerry Hal Saliterman, 76, of Crystal, Minnesota, was charged with theft of a major artwork and witness tampering. He did not enter a plea when he first appeared on Friday in a US district court in St Paul, Minnesota. He was released on his own recognizance after the hearing.

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Biden and Trump see easy wins but Super Tuesday also reveals growing obstacles

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 6 March - 13:00

Many Democrats angry with Biden over support for Israel voted ‘uncommitted’ while Trump’s rival Nikki Haley continued to draw sizable support

Joe Biden and Donald Trump swept to victory in states across the US on Super Tuesday , easily winning presidential primary elections from Maine to California as they all but solidified an unprecedented rematch in November.

But the biggest night of the primary season exposed glaring weaknesses in both candidates’ electoral coalitions.

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Haley wins surprise Vermont victory as Biden and Trump dominate Super Tuesday

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 6 March - 06:15

Neither Biden nor Trump have secured the nomination of their respective parties, but both are likely to do so within the next two weeks

Joe Biden and Donald Trump largely cruised to easy victories on Super Tuesday. In early results, Biden and Trump captured wins in their respective primaries in California, Virginia, North Carolina, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado and Minnesota. Biden also won the Democratic caucus in Iowa and Vermont, but lost American Samoa, while Nikki Haley won the Republican primary in Vermont – her second victory of 2024.

The United States has not witnessed a primary campaign season with so little competitive tension since political primaries began to dominate the nomination process in the 1970s. Neither the current president nor the former president secured the nomination of their respective parties, but both are likely to do so within the next two weeks.

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Super Tuesday live: Donald Trump likely to win primaries as 16 US states vote

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 5 March - 11:02 · 1 minute

Former president looks all but certain of Republican presidential nomination as Nikki Haley faces last chance to make an impact on the race

Donald Trump has continued his domination of the race to be the Republican nominee for president with an expected victory in Monday’s North Dakota Republican caucuses.

As his campaign headed into Super Tuesday the former president will most likely stretch his lead over Nikki Haley by all 29 of North Dakota’s delegates. If he wins at least 60% of the vote he gets all of the delegates. If his vote is less than 60%, then the delegates will be split proportional to the respective votes for Trump and Haley.

I think we’re going to send a message that is going to be a kick-off to tomorrow, which is president Donald Trump is going to close this out, this is going to be the end of the trail, and we’re going to say we have a nominee, and let’s go after it, and beat Joe Biden in the fall.

Yesterday North Dakota held its Republican presidential caucuses and Donald Trump is expected to win convincingly according to the AP. However, turnout was low.

Joe Biden has announced a “strike force” to crack down on “unfair and illegal” prices. The new panel will target businesses “when they try to rip off Americans”, the Biden administration said .

The US supreme court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado’s primary ballot last year .

People incarcerated in state-run facilities in Texas and Florida are the most exposed to dangerous heat conditions being exacerbated by the climate crisis.

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How Gaza activists in Minnesota are continuing the wave of ‘uncommitted’ votes: ‘no more empty claims’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 4 March - 11:00

Inspired by Michigan, Minnesota organizers are urging people to vote ‘uncommitted’ to protest Biden’s support of Israel

Dozens of families turned up to a Minneapolis park on Sunday to hear why they should cast an “uncommitted” protest vote in Tuesday’s presidential primary and how that could affect the Israel-Gaza war.

Kids played on the playground or made signs to support Palestine while their caregivers listened as organizers shared an “easy action”: show up at your local polling place on Tuesday, ask for a Democratic ballot and check the box that says “uncommitted”.

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Ilhan Omar faces Democratic primary challenge from ex-Minneapolis official

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 12 November - 22:11

Don Samuels says he will once again run after being narrowly defeated by the twice-elected congresswoman in 2022

Ilhan Omar got a prominent Democratic primary challenger Sunday when former Minneapolis city council member Don Samuels announced he’ll try once again to unseat the representative after coming close in 2022.

Omar, a charter member of “the squad” of progressive House Democrats, won re-election twice despite making comments in her first term that were widely criticized for invoking antisemitic tropes and suggesting Jewish Americans have divided loyalties. But Omar – a Somali American and Muslim – has come under renewed fire for condemning the Israeli government’s war in Gaza.

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Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.

news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes · Saturday, 7 October, 2023 - 09:18

The Nobles of Iowa moved to blue Minnesota. The Huckinses of Oregon moved to red Missouri. Their separate journeys, five weeks apart, illustrate the fracturing of America.

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Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 - 19:30 · 1 minute

Battery being removed from an iPhone 14 Pro Max

Enlarge (credit: iFixit )

California, the home to many of tech's biggest companies and the nation's most populous state, is pushing ahead with a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics and appliances. After unanimous votes in the state Assembly and Senate, the bill passed yesterday is expected to move through a concurrence vote and be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.

"Since Right to Repair can pass here, expect it to be on its way to a backyard near you," said iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens in a statement . iFixit, a seller of repair parts and tools and advocate for right-to-repair laws, based in San Luis Obispo, California, was joined in its support for the California repair law by another California company with a history of opposing repair laws: Apple. The consumer tech giant's letter urging passage of the bill was surprising, to say the least, though Apple said that the bill's stipulations for "individual users' safety" and "product manufacturers' intellectual property" were satisfactory.

California's bill goes further than right-to-repair laws in other states. Rather than limiting its demand that companies provide parts, tools, repair manuals, and necessary software for devices that are still actively sold, California requires that vendors provide those items for products sold after July 1, 2021, starting in July 2024. Products costing $50 to $99.99 must be accompanied by those items for three years, and items $100 and more necessitate seven years. The bill also provides for stronger enforcement mechanisms, allowing for municipalities to bring superior court cases rather than contact the state attorney general.

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