2020-07-22: News Headlines

Maria Espinoza (2020-07-22). You're a Doc, You've Got This, but Your Face Shield's Foggy. thenation.com You're a Doc, You've Got This, but Your Face Shield's Foggy…

Staff (2020-07-22). Headlines for July 22, 2020. democracynow.org As U.S. Records 1,000 More COVID-19 Deaths, Trump Admits "It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better", California Surpasses New York in Total Coronavirus Cases, COVID-19 Death Toll at San Quentin State Prison Reaches 12, HRW: 14 Egyptians Have Died of COVID-19 in Overcrowded Prison, Brazilian COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 80,000; Bolivian Police Recover 400 Bodies, Israel Authorities Demolish Coronavirus Testing Center in West Bank, U.S. Military Infection Rates Soar, Raising Concerns for Areas Near Overseas Bases, Trump Moves to Exclude Counting Undocumented People in Drawing Congressional Districts, Massachusetts…

_____ (2020-07-21). Bolivia At The Gates Of An Electoral And Political-Military Coup D'état. popularresistance.org Once the coup d'état was consummated in November, a series of devices were put in place in Bolivia aimed at legitimizing a coup president who came to power in an unconstitutional manner and anointed by the military, who were, together with the police, not the architects but the legitimizers of the coup. | A coup d'état that could have been consummated by a bad decision of the direction of the process of change, which made the third person in the chain of succession, the President of the Senate, Adriana Salvatierra (MAS-IPSP), resign once Evo and Alvaro were out of the country and on their way to Mexico, leaving a…

commondreams (2020-07-21). Trump's Memorandum Targeting Undocumented Immigrants in the 2020 Census is Totalitarian and Unconstitutional. commondreams.org ______________________________…

_____ (2020-07-21). Activists Camp At State House For Giving Undocumented Immigrants Driver's Licenses. popularresistance.org Two groups urging state legislators to include a provision that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses have been encamped outside the State House gates since Friday morning, according to organizers. | "This will put pressure so all the legislators can hear us and pass this bill," said Rolando Oliva, an organizer with Cosecha Massachusetts, in Spanish through a translator as he stood outside the State House late Sunday afternoon. "We have been trying to pass this for 15 years now." | The encampment Sunday afternoon included about 10 tents where activists have been sleeping during the night…

sputniknews (2020-07-21). Trump Signs Executive Order to Exclude Illegal Immigrants From US Census. sputniknews.com The US president has argued that counting undocumented immigrants in the apportionment process could result in the allocation of two or three more congressional seats in certain US states.

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2020-07-21). 'Flagrantly Unconstitutional': Trump Issues Order to Block Undocumented Immigrants From Being Counted in Census. commondreams.org "This is another attempt by Trump to use scaremongering against immigrants and rig the system," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/2020_census_trump_0.jpg

Jeremy Nichols (2020-07-20). Don't be Fooled: New Mexico Proposal Would Open Door for Toxic Frack Waste Dumping. globalresearch.ca We've highlighted before how Sadly,

Eds. (2020-07-20). Essential—and expendable—Mexican labor. mronline.org Lear Corporation—one of the world's largest auto parts manufacturers—rose to position 148 on Fortune magazine's famous list of the 500 largest firms in 2018. It operates with roughly 148,000 workers spread across 261 locations.

RT (2020-07-19). Food goes woke: Trader Joe's bends knee after petition demands removal of its 'racist' food brands. rt.com Internet users have expressed bewilderment and amusement over a petition denouncing "racist" Trader Joe brands. The company has already admitted wrongdoing and claims it is in the process of discontinuing its "harmful" packaging. | The Change.org petition calls on the popular grocery chain in the US to remove the labels used for some of its ethnic food, claiming that the "racist" practice "perpetuates harmful stereotypes." | The internet complaint listed "Trader Ming's," which is used to brand the chain's Chinese food, and "Trader José," the label used for Mexican foods, as examples of this purportedly…