| Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election Amid Mounting Protests
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 Alex Wong/Getty Puerto Rico's embattled governor, Ricardo Rosselló, announced Sunday that he will not seek reelection in 2020 and will step down as the president of the New Progressive Party, but will carry out the remainder of his term. The move comes as Rosselló is facing public outrage over private online chat messages leaked on July 13. The 889 pages of obscenity-laced messages show the governor and his top aides—all male—allegedly making homophobic, misogynistic, and sexist comments against opponents and critics, as well as mocking victims of Hurricane Maria. "In spite of everything, I recognize that apologizing isn't enough, that only my work will help restore confidence ..." Rosselló said in a resignation video posted to Facebook. "Facing that scenario, I announce to you that I will not seek re-election next year." He added that he is looking forward to facing the impeachment process, whose initial stages have already begun. Read more at The Daily Beast. Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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| Democrats Need to Reset the Trump Investigation After Mueller Testifies
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 Alex Wong/Getty Robert Mueller will finally be testifying before Congress about his report, and the portrait it paints of a president systematically disregarding the law. In the months since the report's release, Democrats have not effectively used the levers available to them to investigate President Trump or brought the full scope of his wrongdoing to the attention of the nation. The House needs to reset its investigation after Mueller testifies, taking a page from prior congressional responses to presidential wrongdoing. Most of the blame for stymieing Congress's investigative efforts properly resides with Trump and his administration, primarily Attorney General William Barr, who baldly lied about Mueller's findings and then joined with the White House in defying congressional efforts to obtain access to evidence and witnesses. Yet it should hardly have come as a surprise to legislators that a president with contempt for the Constitution would defy oversight by a Democratic Congress. And while ...
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| The Dutch Solution, Redemption, Fly Like An Eagle
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 How Dutch stormwater management could mitigate damage from hurricanes; then, meet a convicted felon who became a Georgetown law professor; and, how an Oklahoma woman learned to fly like an eagle in Mongolia
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| Olympic robots offer 'virtual' attendance, help out on field
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| TOKYO - A cart-like robot scuttles across the field to bring back javelins and discuses. A towering screen-on-wheels is designed for "virtual" attendance. The post Olympic robots offer 'virtual' attendance, help out on field appeared first on Inquirer Sports.
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Olympic robots offer 'virtual' attendance, help out on field
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