2024-02-27: News Headlines

albawaba (2024-02-27). Dr. Phil's border and pandemic school views spark outrage on 'The View'. albawaba.com Dr. Phil McGraw, the popular TV psychologist and host of Dr. Phil Primetime, sparked a heated debate with the co-hosts of The View on Monda, when he shared his controversial views on the border crisis and the pandemic school closures.McGraw claimed that he had interviewed the head of the border guards at the Southern border, who told him that many of the children coming into the U.S. with phone numbers and addresses written on their arms were being sent into prostitution rings or sweat shops. He said that this was happening with the knowledge and funding of the U.S. government, which he called "unconscionable".JU…

greenleft.org.au (2024-02-27). Border paranoia breaks out in Fortress Australia. greenleft.org.au

Todd Miller (2024-02-27). The Bipartisan Border Consensus Moves Right: an Interview With Adam Johnson. counterpunch.org

teleSUR (2024-02-26). Uganda: High Alert Amid Worsening Tensions in Eastern DR Congo. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Ugandan military said it is on high alert and closely following the unstable situation in the eastern part of neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). | RELATED: | The entire borderline is under surveillance following intense fighting between DRC troops and M23 rebels, Maj. Bilal Katamba, spokesperson of the Mountain Division of the Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF), told Xinhua over the pho…

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-02-27). When The Slaughter Stops In Gaza. caitlinjohnstone.com.au When the slaughter stops in Gaza | I will get to those cobwebs, promise, | and water that monstera, | and clean out that goo in the fridge. | When the slaughter stops in Gaza | I will youtube how to grow strawberries, | and whether dinosaurs ever had feathers, | and what's the deal with hibachis‚Ää—‚Ää | is it something to do with fondue? | When the slaughter stops in Gaza | I will brush my hair out finally, | and call…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-02-27). Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon: Israeli artillery shells the outskirts of Yaron border town and the western entrance of Al-Wazzani village. english.almanar.com.lb

Reuters (2024-02-27). Biden and Trump to visit US-Mexico border on same day. scmp.com US President Joe Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas on Thursday. On the same day, former president Trump will visit Eagle Pass in Texas, a Trump aide said.

teleSUR, SH (2024-02-27). Reportan el asesinato de un líder social colombiano en Putumayo. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a las cifras de Indepaz, con el asesinato de Abelardo Quintero Duque, Colombia suma 25 lideres sociales asesinados en el 2024.

Abul Rizvi (2024-02-27). Universities Accord seeks to reform education and immigration policy. independentaustralia.net

latintimes (2024-02-27). 'Demolish Immigration': Think Tank Warns Second Trump Term Would 'Drive Levels to Unprecedented Lows'. latintimes.com The Niskanen Center analyzed the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, saying it's the policy playbook for an eventual Trump victory, and warned of its extent…

Editor (2024-02-27). When Migrant Children Disappear, Many Cases Remain Unsolved. scheerpost.com

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-02-27). Former Honduran President On Trial; US, Canada Are Complicit In His Crimes. popularresistance.org The former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH), is currently being tried in New York City for narco-trafficking during his presidency. Activists from the United States and Canada have launched a new campaign to raise awareness of both the US and Canadian governments' complicity in the crimes committed by the JOH administration. Clearing the FOG speaks with Karen Spring, co-coordinator of HondurasNow.org, which is hosting the campaign, about the US-backed coup in Honduras in 2009, the damage done by subsequent administrations that has driven migration of Hondurans north, the efforts of the current…

Eric Alterman (2024-02-27). Joe Biden and the Gaza war. indybay.org This Netanyahu, supported by the extremists in his cabinet and among his followers, disavows the US President at every opportunity. Recently, there have been repeated signs that he is not at all opposed to the idea of a "second Nakba" – a forced emigration of the Gaza population to Egypt and elsewhere. "Hamas must be destroyed, Gaza must be demilitarized."

latintimes (2024-02-27). How the Influx of Migrants is Impacting the Budgets of some of the Largest Cities in the U.S. latintimes.com

teleSUR (2024-02-27). Mexico Urges US To Regularize Migrants' Legal Status. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena highlighted the importance of Mexican migrant workers to the U.S. economy, and again urged Washington to regularize their legal status. | RELATED: | Mexicans working in the U.S. contribute over US$324 billion annually to the nation's economy in such essential sectors as agriculture, services and construction, Barcena said, adding that "the regularization of Mexicans is not unprecedented.

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