| No Images? Click here  Friday, July 19OMAR GETS HERO’S WELCOME Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), arriving home after a whirlwind week dueling with the president over a series of racist attacks, was met by cheering supporters in Minnesota on Thursday evening. “We have your back,” one shouted. [HuffPost]TRUMP LIES TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM CHANT A day after President Donald Trump’s supporters broke out in a racist “send her back” chant, he claimed he was “not happy with it.” Asked why he didn’t attempt to stop the chant, Trump responded: “I think I did. I started speaking very quickly.” [HuffPost]WHICH SIDE ARE HOUSE DEMS ON? Omar has offended Jewish members of the Democratic caucus with comments about Israel that were insensitive, but not a national crisis. Spotting the split in the House, Trump attacked Omar. Yet Democrats continued to argue over her remarks and those of other freshmen, rather than call out Trump’s explicitly racist rhetoric. [HuffPost]A FASCIST TRUMP RALLY IN GREENVILLE When the president attacked Rep. Omar at his North Carolina rally Wednesday, thousands of predominantly white people chanted “Send her back!” To scholars of fascism — who have been ringing the alarm bells around Trump since 2015 — that Greenville rally felt like an escalation. The U.S. just made another leap toward outright fascism. [HuffPost]2ND ROUND OF 2020 DEM DEBATES LINEUP ANNOUNCED CNN unveiled the lineups for the second round of Democratic primary debates, scheduled to take place on July 30 and July 31 in Detroit. The first night’s big hitters include Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, the second night’s Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. [HuffPost]NUNS ARRESTED WHILE PROTESTING KIDS’ DETENTION Seventy Catholic activists, including nuns and priests, were arrested in Washington protesting the government’s treatment of undocumented immigrant children. [HuffPost]
  TRUMP CLAIMS U.S. WARSHIP DOWNED IRANIAN DRONE Trump told reporters Thursday that a U.S. warship has downed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz. The incident is a further escalation of tensions that have resulted in Trump approving ― and then canceling ― airstrikes against Iran last month. [HuffPost]UNHEALTHY AIR DAYS IN U.S. CITIES RISE The number of unhealthy air days in major cities across the United States has risen sharply over the last two years, even as emissions of key pollutants continue to slip, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency. [Reuters]LAWMAKER: OWNING SLAVES DOESN’T MAKE YOU RACIST New Hampshire state Rep. Werner Horn (R) doesn’t think American slavery was racist, a position he posted on Facebook and reiterated to HuffPost. “Human beings have been owning other human beings since the dawn of time. It’s never been about race,” Horn said. [HuffPost]THE INSIDIOUS RETURN OF RACE SCIENCE The defeat of the Nazis helped discredit race science, which had fueled the belief that some human beings are inherently inferior. Scientists came together after World War II to condemn the ideology that had led to the Holocaust. But it never really disappeared. [HuffPost]CONGO EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED GLOBAL EMERGENCY The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced after the virus spread this week to a city of 2 million people. [AP]LAWMAKERS CALL FOR A$AP ROCKY’S RELEASE Four lawmakers have joined the list of celebrities, hip-hop artists and fans calling for the release of A$AP Rocky, an American rapper who has been held in Swedish prison since July 2 for his alleged involvement in a street fight in Stockholm. [HuffPost]
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