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"The United States government does not have the least moral authority to criticize Cuba or anyone else in the area of ​​human rights. We reject the repeated manipulation of this issue for political purposes," Bruno Rodriguez

We’re headed for a separation of powers showdown between Congress and the president that will ultimately end up in the Supreme Court.

November 11 was proclaimed Armistice Day after World War I. But during the Korean War, the Congress rebranded it “Veterans Day” and turned the meaning on its head.

As a country, the US has moved from being a reluctant, late entrant into World War 1 to being the premier merchant of death in weapons sales and premier militarist nation, engaged in a perpetual state of war waged from an empire of military bases.

“At no point in history,” the report notes, “has a greater share of veterans been denied basic services intended to care and compensate for service-related injuries. (See https://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/2016/03/30/Underserved/)

Yesterday elected Bolivian President Evo Morales, the only indigenous president ever in Latin America, resigned under duress due to a coup d’état orchestrated by right-wing opposition and the Organization of American States, and supported by the US.

Will the US and the Organization of American States once again be able to overturn election results?

A hundred years ago, the Palmer Raids imperilled thousands of immigrants. Then a wily official got in the way.

A GOP incumbent governor won’t admit defeat. Elsewhere, new voting systems underperform.

The biggest city in the US is joining a voting reform movement.