ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

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November 9, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

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For excerpts and links to full stories, click “read more” and scroll down.

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Trump’s victory assures a conservative majority on the Supreme Court (Los Angeles Times)

Donald Trump’s presidential victory preserves the Supreme Court’s narrow conservative majority by clearing the way for the new president to choose a jurist next year to fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Clinton, Obama pledge unity behind Trump presidency (Washington Post)

Republican Donald Trump put aside the celebrations and focused on Wednesday on his 73-day transition to the White House as rival Hillary Clinton promised to bury the bitterness of their long presidential race and work to unify a divided country.

Bernie Sanders offers warning to Trump post-election (New York Daily News)

… “Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics and the establishment media,” Sanders said. “To the degree that Mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this country, I and other progressives are prepared to work with him.” Yet, Sanders continued, “To the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him.”

Trump will soon have names, addresses of those here illegally. Will he use them?  (Sacramento Bee)

Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, notes that the information about the beneficiaries of the children’s program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA, will soon be in the hands of the Trump administration…Melendez said in an interview that she began receiving private messages late Tuesday and early Wednesday from immigrants asking if they should leave the country. People talked of packing their bags and rumors of immigration raids.

What it will take for President Trump to deport millions and build the wall (Washington Post)

If Donald Trump sticks to the immigration pledges that helped drive his presidential election victory, he will begin a clampdown on illegal immigration that would be unprecedented in American history and would require an exorbitantly expensive — and logistically difficult — operation to remove millions from the country while fortifying the border.

Donald Trump’s election is making this stock soar(Fortune)

Of the 1000 largest U.S. companies, the biggest winner of the election was Corrections Corporation of America CXW 43.13%, one of the nation’s largest operators of private prisons. Corrections Corp. stock soared more than 49% by the early afternoon, while another private-prison stock GEO Group GEO 21.27% surged more than 21%...The prison stocks weren’t simply reacting to Trump’s win, but Clinton’s loss. In her campaign for the White House, Clinton had taken aim at for-profit prison corporations, pledging not just safety reforms, but to put them out of business altogether.

Thousands take to streets to protest Trump win (CNN)

They chanted anti-Donald Trump slogans. They flooded city streets. They gathered near the White House, disheartened and dismayed. "Not my president, not today," many across the nation yelled.

Breaking:  It’s happening—these cops left Standing Rock and are refusing to return (Indigenous Americans)

Widespread outrage over both the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and violent police crackdowns rages on. That outrage is spreading even to police agencies now returning from deployment to the reservation. Two departments have already refused to return, citing personal and public objections. As if that wasn’t enough, an army of sympathizers is re-purposing social media to combat police efforts in Standing Rock.

By the Numbers (Reason)

According to the official data released in July, between 2009 and 2015 America has engaged in 473 drone strikes in countries where it is not currently involved in direct military activity. This includes Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, and Libya, but it excludes countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. In those strikes, American officials say we've killed between 2,372 and 2,581 "combatants" and between 64 and 116 "non-combatants" (that is, civilians)._VhpwzQg2GY

Maine's solution to toxic politics is as easy as 1, 2, 3 (Christian Science Monitor)

Maine voters will consider an initiative that would allow them to rank their favorite candidates in future elections. It's seen as a way to force politicians out of their partisan comfort zones. But there could be unintended consequences. 

Arizona 'jihadist' gets eight years in prison for terror bomb plot (Reuters)

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona teenager who the FBI has said professed to be an "American jihadist" was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime on probation, for plotting to bomb a state motor vehicle office.

UVA administrator awarded $3 million over Rolling Stone assault story (Christian Science Monitor)

The jury concluded that the magazine, its publisher, and a reporter were responsible for defamation, with actual malice, of a former associate dean in a discredited article about campus rape.

Out of Options, This School Got Uber to Pick Up Its Students (NPR)

Miles from public transportation, many students at this community college didn't have a way to get to class. That is, until the school decided to partner with the ride-hailing company, Uber.

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Is A Shifting Political Climate Slowing Global Trade? (NPR)

For decades, global trade has been transforming the world's economy. But the days of explosive trade growth may be at an end. Analysts say fewer new trade agreements may be a factor in the slowdown.

Iraqi military: Mass grave with 100 decapitated bodies found south of Mosul (USA Today)

The mass grave was discovered by Iraqi forces in the School of Agriculture on the outskirts of Hammam al-Alil, a town recaptured from the Islamic State on Monday, Iraq's Joint Military Command said, according to CNN.

In Pakistan, Illegal Kidney Trade Flourishes as Victims Await Justice (NPR)

Sophisticated criminals prey on the poor, luring them with false promises of lucrative jobs before depriving them of their organs. The "kidney mafias" benefit from powerful political connections.

Missing 'nuke' found? Underwater find could unlock a cold war mystery.  (CS Monitor)

A man diving for sea cucumbers off the Canadian coast may have found a missing nuclear weapon that was lost during the cold war. 

Islamic State abducts more than 200 near Mosul, retreats with thousands: U.N. (Reuters)

Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold of Mosul and also forced 1,500 families to retreat with them from Hammam al Alil town, the United Nations human rights organization said on Tuesday.

The Nightmarish Conditions for Drug Suspects in Philippine Jails (NPR)

Some 730,000 suspected narcotics users and dealers have turned themselves in or been arrested since the president announced his war on drugs. They've overwhelmed the country's jails.

German military investigates 60 potential Islamists in Bundeswehr (Reuters)

Reuters — The German government plans to carry out security investigations of all military recruits beginning in July 2017 after its military counter-espionage service (MAD) identified 20 Islamists in the Bundeswehr

Iran commands 25,000 Shi'ite fighters in Syria: Israeli official (Reuters)

Iran now commands a force of around 25,000 Shi'ite Muslim militants in Syria, mostly made up of recruits from Afghanistan and Pakistan, the former head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency has told a visiting Swiss delegation.

Italy Becomes a Leading Destination for Migrants, Matching Greece (NPR)

Italy received almost 160,000 arrivals this year and the nation says it can't manage the flow. Meanwhile, it's creating a DNA database to help ID migrants who've perished on the way.

China Steps in to Bar 2 Newly Elected Hong Kong Legislators from Office (NPR)

When the two young lawmakers took their oaths of office last month, they inserted a derogatory term for China. Now Beijing says they can't retake the oath, which means they can't serve their terms. Thousands protested and were pepper sprayed, you can see a video here.


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