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JoAnn Wypijewski: Kavanaugh’s Elite Prep School Privilege and Entitlement Pervades His Political and Legal Career; D. Parvaz: Trump at UN General Assembly Provokes Anger and Laughter; Carolyn Lusch: New Haven Bike Share Program Aims to Attract Riders From All Neighborhoods; Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.

Why are Republicans so set on pushing through a candidate opposed by a coalition of Christian churches, as well as thousands of law professors, as well as anyone concerned with sexual assault? And beyond his “temperament,” what ought we know about Kavanaugh’s record as a judge? Also on the show: “Bezos Unbound” (says Forbes magazine): “He’s Built the Most Innovative and Feared Juggernaut of the 21st Century—And Every Industry Is Now Fair Game.” So that’s…good?

Event speakers, including Naomi Klein, call to drop the debt, eliminate the Jones Act, a transition to renewable energy that leaves no resident behind, a Marshall Plan-type effort to help Puerto Rico recover economically, and for self-determination of the island. In response, a voice in the audience called out, We need independence! Say it!

On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea came together for reunification and an end to an era of martial law imposed by U.S.-backed military dictators. Over the course of ten days, they staged mass protests, battled riot police and soldiers, and were met with brutal repression. Together, they successfully drove the military out Gwangju and governed the city together. Their actions changed the course of Korean history.

As Ahmed points out, consciousness of Black/Palestinian intersectionality is not new. It was already there during the formation of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960. SNCC was punished and starved by Zionist "liberals" for its forthright advocacy on this.

The economic and cultural changes that have occurred in North American society in the past fifty years have resulted in today’s children looking to their peers, instead of their parents, for direction; for a sense of right and wrong; and for values, identity and codes of behavior. This peer orientation works to undermine family cohesion. It interferes with healthy development and fosters a sexualized youth culture in which children lose their individuality and tend to become conformist, desensitized and alienated.

Aida Touman-Sliman is a Palestinian citizen of Israel and current member of the Knesset. To her enormous credit, Aida is a constant thorn in the flesh of the Israeli establishment. She focuses on the details of the recently-passed, Orwellian, "Nation-State" law, which officially establishes apartheid as the law in the ever-expanding “land of Israel.”

We as citizens have allowed this outrage to happen. All who care MUST wake up, pay attention, and go into action, on this AND other vital issues, at the risk of our doom.

"The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is uniting tens of thousands of people across the country to challenge the evils of systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, ecological devastation and the nation’s distorted morality."

Boot cites Trump's whopping lie, now exposed, that he is a "self-made man," and his criminal evasion of millions of dollars of inheritance tax. He also cites Trump's public mockery of Christine Blasey Ford. His article is available at washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/03/the-news-this-week-confirms-it-donald-trump-is-the-worst-person-ever-to-be-president