Anti-Caplitalist Meetup 31 July 2016 purge those free radicals
Submitted by annieli on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 5:07pma cross-post from Pen-L listserv
Submitted by annieli on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 4:50pmHillary & Donald: Which is the "lesser" evil? -- Joel Myers
Portland Area C99 Meetup for August.
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 4:13pmMentioned this in the Open Thread, but I don't think anybody read it, so... 
Meetup. It's post convention, last one was a blast and we need a nice place to vent. Lucky Lab was a blast last time, and it's nice and convenient for me, so I'm nominating it as the location once again.
The Shining City on The Hill vs. Reality
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 3:42pmPresident Obama is being praised for referencing Ronald Reagan's 'shining city on the hill' speech at the convention.
Last week Obama said this.
UPDATE: (Things are getting ugly folks) Melania Trump Like You've Never Seen Her Before
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 2:44pmThe digging has started for real. Neither side should have any by the time November rolls around. I'd post a pic but I don't know how well that would go over.
Asylum
Submitted by Robyn on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 2:15pmA somewhat recent report was released in May, entitled Human Rights Conditions of Transgender Women in Mexico. It is a joint publication of the Transgender Law Center and Cornell University Law School LGBT Clinic.
This report's purpose is to assess the country conditions in Mexico so that immigration judges and asylum officers can be fully informed about the issues facing transgender asylum applicants. This report examines whether recent legal reforms in Mexico have improved conditions for transgender women. It finds that transgender women in Mexico still face pervasive discrimination, hatred, violence, police abuse, rape, torture, and vicious murder. These problems have actually worsened since same-sex marriage became available in the country in 2010. The report also suggests ways to improve the information about county conditions available to U.S. immigration judges and asylum officers so they can better adjudicate the asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture claims of Mexican transgender women.
News Dump Sunday: Rise of the Taliban Edition
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 12:15pmDid Hillary/Dem Establishment Have Plants Inside Sanders Campaign? DNC Thought So
Submitted by Steven D on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 11:15amBallotpedia.org
Submitted by mhagle on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 11:02am
The other day I wrote a short essay about creating a progressive voting guide. It would be cool if it was for every candidate for public office everywhere. However, I am going to start with only the candidates who will be on my ballot here in Navarro County, Texas. Maybe that is all I will have time for.
My Answer To The Conundrum
Submitted by Phoebe Loosinhouse on Sun, 07/31/2016 - 6:42amThe 2016 Presidential Race in the United States has devolved into this - Voting America asking in the race between Trump vs Clinton: Who presents the smaller probability of igniting national and/or global chaos? Who am I least afraid of? Who presents the best chance of survival and making it to a course correction in 2020? Who is the least corrupt? Who is influenced by foreign governments less? Who has fewer corporate bribes in their till? Who alienates me the least?
