Presidents vs Press, then and now by Kurtis Lee

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Presidents vs Press, then and now
Writer: Kurtis Lee
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1. Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln were two U.S. Presidents who had problems with the press.
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4. Timothy Naftali is a professor of history at New York University and former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
5. Thomas Jefferson said in 1807, “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper.  Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.”
6. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, in as much as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
7. U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew faced criminal charges, was fined $10,000 for tax evasion, and received three years of probation.
8. Senior Advisor Stephen K. Bannon has labeled the press the “opposition party.”
9. The approval rating of U.S. President Trump is 40% according to the Gallup poll.
10. Ronald Reagan said, “The press can take care of itself quite nicely, and a president should be able to take care of himself as well.”
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Detained "Dreamer" awaits hearing by Los Angeles Times

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Detained “Dreamer” awaits hearing
Writer: Los Angeles Times
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1. Daniel Ramirez Medina is in custody.
2. Daniel Ramirez Medina’s case is being fought in Seattle, Washington.
3. Daniel Ramirez Medina is 23 years old.
4. The attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina are saying federal agents lied about statements Ramirez made in custody and inaccurately described a tattoo on his forearm as a gang tattoo.
5. Daniel Ramirez Medina was raised in California.
6. Daniel Ramirez Medina was taken into custody on February 10, 2017.
7. Daniel Ramirez Medina is being detained in a Federal Detention Facility in Tacoma, Washington.
8. Dreamers are people trying to immigrate to the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA).
9. President Obama created DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program) in 2012.
10. For a person to qualify for DACA they need the following: 1) pass background and crime-record checks  2) pay a fee  3) apply for renewal every two years
11. Jeffrey Robins is assistant director in the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation.
12. Federal officials say Daniel Ramirez Medina hung out with the Sureños, a street gang in California.
13. Federal officials say Daniel Ramirez Medina hangs out with Paisas, a street gang in Washington State.
14. There are 750,000 people in the Dreamers Program.
15. 1,500 people have been deported from the Dreamers Program.
16. True, people in the DACA program are known as Dreamers.
17. U.S. President Trump said, “DACA is a very, very difficult subject, because you have these incredible kids.”
18. U.S. President Trump promised to end the Dreamers Program.
19. Ramirez was arrested in his shared apartment.
20. Theodore J. Boutrous is the name of one of Ramirez’s attorneys.
21. Mark Rosenbaum is lead co-counsel for Ramirez.
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About 680 Cubans have been returned by Associated Press

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: About 680 Cubans have been returned
Writer: Associated Press
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1. 680 Cubans have been returned to Cuba since President Obama ended the immigration policy that allowed any Cuban who made it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident.
2. The Cuban government felt the policy drained the country of professionals and encouraged people to do dangerous voyages.
3. Washington’s ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy ended on January 12th, 2017.
4. U.S., Mexico and the Bahamas are the countries that have deported Cubans back to Cuba.
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One Job's Journey by Kate Linthicum

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: One Job’s Journey
Writer: Kate Linthicum
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1. Chris Wade lives in Warren, Ohio.
2. Chris Wade is 47 years old.
3. Delphi Automotive is a parts manufacturer.
4. Berta Alicia Lopez lives in Juarez, Mexico.
5. Berta Alicia Lopez is 54 years old.
6. After Delphi Automotive left Ohio, they went to China and Mexico.
7. Berta Alicia Lopez assembles cables and electronics at the Delphi Automotive plant in Juarez, Mexico.
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11. The North American Free Trade Agreement eliminated most tariffs.
12. The North American Free Trade Agreement began in 1994.
13. The cause for the Rust Belt replacing middle class factory positions with lower-paying service industry jobs are changes in technology and competition with China.
14. There were 17 million manufacturing jobs in the United States in 2000.
15. There were 11 million manufacturing jobs in the United States in 2010.
16. Gordon Hanson is an economist and trade expert at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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18. President Trump is proposing a 20% tax on imports from Mexico.
19. 80% of Mexico’s export goes to the United States.
20. President Enrique Peña Nieto said that further trade talks will include immigration and security.
21. Packard Electric was the old name of Delphi Automotive in 1890.
22. In 1890 Delphi Automotive was making lightbulbs.
23. In 1932 Delphi Automotive became part of General Motors.
24. Berta Alicia Lopez grew up in Bermejillo, a dusty  town in the state of Durango.
25. Berta Alicia Lopez was in the 5th grade when she was pulled out of school.
26. Mexican farmers couldn’t compete with giant U.S. agribusinesses.
27. Answers will vary
28. Maquiladoras are factories in Mexico.
29. Delphi Automotive filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
30. 21 of 29 American plants are planned to be closed by Delphi Automotive.
31. Delphi Automotive has workers in 20 cities.
32. Delphi Automotive has a 70,000 workforce.
33. Robert Miller is the CEO for Delphi Automotive.
34. Ford decided not to build a new $1.6 billion factory in Mexico.
35. Jose Massaro, Delphi’s CEO, said that all the people who voted for Trump in Michigan and Ohio would be out of work if President Trump were to close the border with Mexico.
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Why we need Measure H by Los Angeles Times Newspaper

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Why we need Measure H
Writer: Los Angeles Times Newspaper
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1. Homeless people need permanent housing to rebuild their lives.
2. Measure H will provide an array of services to homeless people.
3. Measure H will raise about $355 million annually.
4. True, funds from the measure can be spent only on homelessness services.
5. Measure H will last 10 years.
6. Proposition HHH will supply more housing for the homeless.
7. True, if housing is the hardware, services are the software that make it run.
8. If Measure H passes, it can bring 45,000 people out of being homeless.
9. LA County will need $450 million annually to accomplish its goal.
10. There are about 47,000 people homeless in Los Angeles County.

Don't worry about the "deep state" by Doyle McManus

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Don't worry about the "deep state"
Writer: Doyle McManus
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1. "Deep State" is the term borrowed from countries like Turkey and Egypt, where networks of military officers and intelligence operatives control much of the government.
2. President Trump said the "illegal leaks" from the FBI and other intelligence agencies forced him to fire Flynn.
3. President Donald Trump said, "the real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by 'intelligence' like candy."
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5. Members of the Egyptian armed forces and intelligence agencies overthrew the Egyptian President in 2013.
6. True, in other countries, the deep state has veto power over major decisions.
7. True, in other countries, the deep state often run large parts of the economy.
8. True, in other countries, the deep state has at least enough government contracts to make their families rich.
9. True, in other countries, deep state is rarely held accountable for their actions.
10. True, in other countries, the deep state acts with impunity.
11. U.S. Intelligence agencies are restrained by law.
12. The FBI is investigating the illegal leak that got Flynn fired.
13. Trump is facing "pushback" from intelligence agencies and civilian bureaucracies.

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Torture always trickles down by Darius Rejali

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Torture always trickles down
Writer: Darius Rejali
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1. The support for torture has increased support in the U.S. since 2001.
2. 56% of Americans opposed and 39% of Americans supported torture under the George W. Bush presidency.
3. 58% of Americans considered torture justifiable according to a Pew Research Center Survey.
4. People are driven more by social cues, superstition, resentment and indecision in deciding if torture works.
5. People don't consider or think of philosophy, morality or rational outcomes to see if torture works.
6. True, if a president condones torture, those who favor him will support torture.
7. True, if a president does not condone torture, those who favor him will not.
8. "Black Sites" are facilities run by the CIA after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
9. The Wickersham Report was a documented assessment of organized police violence in 1931.
10. The story in the Guardian Newspaper was about a police-run black site in Chicago, Illinois.
11. The name of the Black Site in Chicago was called "Homan Square."
12. U.S. soldiers were introduced to waterboarding in the Philippine-American War.
13. In 1930 waterboarding became common practice nationwide.
14. Jon Burge was the Chicago Police Detective that used torture he learned in Vietnam when he served as military policeman.
15. Richard Zuley is the name of the other police officer, who used torture techniques he learned in Guantanamo as a Navy reserve lieutenant.
16. The Black Site Effect are two things: 1) Governments that kidnapped terror suspects for the CIA or hosted black sites subsequently had worse human rights records.  2) Collaboration with the Black Site program signaled to local police and soldiers that they may work outside the rules.
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