A Billionaire-Backed Democrat is Facing Off Against a Democratic Socialist in Berkeley. And It’s Getting Rough. The Intercept

Oct 312018
 

The battles within the Democratic Party have played out in high-profile races this year, largely featuring well-heeled establishment figures with years of elected experience challenged by left-wing outsiders running with the support of a national grassroots movement. Amidst this fight, there has been a strenuous effort from party centrists to drain the question of any ideological content. Party leaders are not pushing any particular agenda, goes the argument, but are merely pragmatists maximizing the chances…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://theintercept.com/2018/10/30/buffy-wicks-jovanka-beckles-billionaire-backed-democrat-facing-off-against-democratic-socialist-in-berkeley/

 2018-10-31  Comments Off on A Billionaire-Backed Democrat is Facing Off Against a Democratic Socialist in Berkeley. And It’s Getting Rough. The Intercept

No Mr. President, You Can’t Change the Constitution by Executive Order American Civil Liberties Union

Oct 312018
 

The 14th Amendment’s citizenship guarantee is one of the bedrocks of America. President Trump said this week that he is preparing an executive order to try to take away the citizenship guarantee in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says that people born in the United States are United States citizens. On Tuesday, Sen. Lindsey Graham announced that he would introduce legislation with the same aim. But the president cannot repeal part of the Constitution by…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/road-citizenship/no-mr-president-you-cant-change-constitution-executive-order

 2018-10-31  Comments Off on No Mr. President, You Can’t Change the Constitution by Executive Order American Civil Liberties Union

Kepler Closes Eyes After a Decade of Discovery Hackaday

Oct 312018
 

Since its launch in March 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope has provided us with an incredible amount of data about exoplanets within our galaxy, proving these worlds are more varied and numerous than we could ever have imagined. Before its launch we simply didn’t know how common planets such as ours were, but today we know the Milky Way contains billions of them. Some of these worlds are so hot they have seas of molten…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://hackaday.com/2018/10/30/kepler-closes-eyes-after-a-decade-of-discovery/

 2018-10-31  Comments Off on Kepler Closes Eyes After a Decade of Discovery Hackaday