Congress Uses Las Vegas Massacre to Push Abortion Ban

[t]   Tuesday, October 10, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash From a Concert in Las Vegas to a Funeral in Yemen, We Must Stop Mass Murder [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   White House Rolls Out Immigration Bill Demands but Top Democrats Object [Read the Article at Roll Call](   Jimmy Carter Offers to Talk Peace With North Korea's Kim, Says Academic [Read the Article at the Guardian](   Is the Nobel Committee Finally Abiding by Nobel's Will? [Read the Article at BuzzFlash](   Will Congress Do Something About Missing, Murdered Native Women? 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For Trump, coal holds the key to voters in the regions thought to have thrust him into the White House. The administration's love affair with the coal industry is not about "energy independence"; it's about base politics and re-election in 2020. [Read the Article]( [Charlottesville Victim of Neo-Nazi Beating Charged With Assault]( Greg Palast, Truthout: African-American school teacher DeAndre Harris, victim of a beating by neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been charged with assaulting the white supremacists who beat him with boards, iron rods and brass knuckles. Several of Harris's attackers remain on the run -- and local and federal officials show little interest in going after them. Yet the Charlottesville Police Department issued a warrant to arrest Harris yesterday, accusing him of taking a swing at a neo-Nazi who tried to stab his friend. 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If anyone truly wanted to help the troops, loosening the corporate grip on the Pentagon budget would be an excellent place to start. [Read the Article]( [New Yorkers Call for Indigenous Peoples' Day and Removal of Columbus Statue]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: More than 50 US cities celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day Monday in place of the federal holiday honoring Christopher Columbus. In New York City, protesters rallied at a 115-year-old statue of Christopher Columbus near Central Park, calling for its removal and for the city to make the second Monday of each October Indigenous Peoples' Day. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [Who's Really in Charge of the Voting Fraud Commission?]( Jessica Huseman, ProPublica: The Department of Justice released data showing the authors, recipients, timing and subject lines of a group of emails sent to and from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. 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It's a plan to destroy unions, cut public services and attack voting rights, while protecting corporations and the rich from backlash. [Read the Interview]( [This Week's Progressive Pick: October: The Story of the Russian Revolution]( One hundred years ago, the Russian Revolution changed the world. Now award-winning author China Miéville tells the story of not one but two revolutions that took place in 1917 and the extraordinary uprisings and repression, heroism and folly, triumph and tragedy surrounding them. [Get the Book With a Donation to Truthout]( [Want to strengthen Truthout and help us plan for the future? Click here to become a monthly sustainer.]( [The Newspaper Guild] Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy](