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Politics: President Barack Obama Newsletter for 2020-11-29 ( 9 items )  
'Building Bridges - How Los Angeles County Came Together to Support Children & Youth Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation' Report Issued (10)
OAKLAND, California, Nov. 27 - The National Center for Youth Law and Los Angeles County jointly issued the following report entitled "Building Bridges - How Los Angeles County Came Together to Support Children and Youth Impacted by Commercial Sexual Exploitation". Here are the excerpts: LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S STORY Los Angeles County, one of the nation's most populous counties in the country, is also the site for large numbers of children and youth being victimized through commercial sexual expl more ST

Democratic Party of Georgia: Loeffler Firm's 'Offshore Tax Dodge' Included 'Notorious' Ugland House Tax Shelter (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 23 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release on Nov. 21: A new Salon report today reveals new details in unelected "political mega-donor" Senator Kelly Loeffler's dealings at the financial management company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) - the company her husband founded and she remains invested in - that created an infamous Cayman Islands "offshore tax dodge." A new filing shows that in the "months after the Great Recession brought the globa more PR

DNC: Trump's Lawsuits Are Being Tossed Out of Courtrooms by Judges Across Country (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Donald Trump's "elite strike force" legal team and their allies lose one case after another -- over 35 at last count -- they're not just losing, their baseless claims are being laughed out of court as one judge after another shreds Trump and his allies' debunked arguments. From a conservative judge in Pennsylvania dismissing a Trump lawsuit as having "no merit" and being "without evidence" to a Michi more PR

Libertarian Party: Barrett Reloaded? A New Third Circuit Decision Could Prove Perfect Base for a Second Amendment Blowout (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The Libertarian Party issued the following news release: The Third Circuit has issued an opinion that has received little attention over the right to bear arms, but it should. The decision in Folajtar v. The Attorney General of the United States may be one of the most perfectly tailored case for major Supreme Court decision. Indeed, the only thing lacking from the 2-1 decision is a mailing label directly to Justice Amy Coney Barrett. In ruling that a non-violent tax convi more PR

LULAC Praises Choice for Secretary of Homeland Security (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The League of United Latin American Citizens issued the following news release: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on Tuesday issued the following statement in support of President-Elect Biden's pick to lead the nation's third largest government agency. Domingo Garcia - LULAC National President "There are enormous tasks to confront and we are confident that Secretary Mayorkas will be prepared to undertake them successfully. One of them is working with  more PR

Nanyang Technological University: One in Three Who are Aware of Deepfakes Say They Have Inadvertently Shared Them on Social Media (10)
SINGAPORE, Nov. 24 (TNSRes) -- Nanyang Technological University issued the following news release: A Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) study has found that some Singaporeans have reported that, despite being aware of the existence of 'deepfakes' in general, they believe they have circulated deepfake content on social media which they later found out was a hoax. Deepfakes, a portmanteau of 'deep learning' and 'fake', are ultrarealistic fake videos made with artificial  more PR

President Barack Obama Surprises Chicago Public Schools High School Students With Free Access to 'A Promised Land' (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 24 -- Chicago Public Schools issued the following news release: This afternoon, Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Janice K. Jackson joined President Barack Obama as he surprised CPS high school students in a virtual assembly to announce that all CPS high school students have received free access to digital copies of A Promised Land, President Obama's riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making during his time in office. All CPS high school students were invit more PR

Project on Government Oversight: We Need Answers on Michele Flournoy's Clients (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Project on Government Oversight issued the following news release: If President-elect Joe Biden nominates Michele Flournoy as secretary of defense, as several news reports have indicated, the Senate must learn more about her past work before confirming her. Flournoy must release the identities of her clients at her strategic consulting firm, WestExec Advisors, and detail the programs she worked on both at WestExec and at the Boston Consulting Group. Her employment at more PR

University of New Hampshire Professors Receive Prestigious Honors For Earth Science Research (10)
DURHAM, New Hampshire, Nov. 25 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: Three faculty members at the University of New Hampshire are being recognized for their body of work and have been chosen as this year's fellows for two internationally respected science organizations. William McDowell, environmental science professor, and Larry Mayer, director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, have both been named 2020 fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). more PR