The Daily Moth 11-5-19
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At least nine American family members killed in Mexico
In northwest Mexico near the U.S. border, three mothers and their young children were killed when they were fired upon as they traveled in a group of three vehicles on a road to go to a wedding. At least nine died. This happened on Monday.
They were dual U.S.-Mexican citizens and members of a religious community called La Mora in the Mexican state of Sonora. The three mothers were headed eastwards towards Chihuahua when suspected drug cartel gunmen fired on their vehicles, causing one of them to explode in flames.
The dead included at least five children, the youngest being twin 8-month-old babies.
A family member said at least seven children survived the attack after they escaped and hid by the roadside to wait for rescue. A helicopter picked them up and transported them to a hospital.
President Trump tweeted that the families got “caught between two vicious drug cartels, who were shooting at each other.” He offered the U.S.’s help to “clean out those monsters” and said it was time for Mexico to go to war with drug cartels.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador thanked Trump for his offer of help, but said it is Mexico’s responsibility.
The family’s religious beliefs are similar to, but not affiliated with, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A LDS-Church spokesperson told CNN that “these [people] were members of a polygamist sect and not members of the [LDS Church].
News reports say the shooting could have been based on a mistaken identity of conflicting groups in the area.
Mexico is now seeing a spate of violence from organized crime. Last month, fourteen police officers died in an ambush in a Mexican state and then a few days later there was a violent shootout in Sinaloa that forced the Mexican government to release one of El Chapo’s sons.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/11/05/mormon-family-killed-by-mexican-drug-cartel/4162955002/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/world/americas/mormons-mexico-attack.html
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/05/americas/mormons-attacked-us-mexico-border/index.html
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1191708902041227264
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/mormon-attack-us-mexico-border/
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Trump administration moves forward in withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement.
There is now a one-year waiting period before the withdrawal is complete.
President Trump announced that he wanted to withdraw in the summer of 2017.
The U.S. entered in the agreement under the Obama administration in 2016 that brought in almost 200 countries with goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The U.S. is now the only country to withdraw from it. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said they are withdrawing because of “unfair economic burdens” and that the U.S. is already reducing all types of emissions.
A former U.S. official in the State Department who helped to develop the Paris Agreement, Andrew Light, said the “United States is not cooperating with the rest of the world on dealing with climate change.”
NPR quoted a group of scientists who said U.S. carbon emissions rose last year.
The U.S. can decide to rejoin the Paris Agreement in the future if the Trump administration or a different administration decides to do so.
The U.S. and China by far are the top two CO2 emitters in the world.
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/773474657/u-s-formally-begins-to-leave-the-paris-climate-agreement
https://www.state.gov/on-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-the-paris-agreement/
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Suspected white supremacist terrorist arrested; Roger Stone trial begins; Nats player surprises with MAGA hat
Here are three top news briefs.
The first — a Colorado man, Richard Holzer, was arrested by the FBI after he allegedly bought inert bombs from undercover agents in a sting operation. The FBI said he admitted to planning to blow up a synagogue in Pueblo.
The FBI said he is a white supremacist and that he posted threatening messages against Jewish people and Hispanic people. Federal prosecutors said they are looking at this case as domestic terrorism.
The second news — Roger Stone, who is a political strategist and an one-time campaign adviser to Donald Trump, showed up in federal court in Washington, D.C. for his criminal trial. He was indicted by former special counsel Robert Mueller in January on charges of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice. He pleaded not guilty to all seven counts.
ABC News reported that jury selection is today, while opening statements will happen tomorrow. The trial is expected to last about two weeks.
Mueller said Stone was a go-between the Trump campaign and Wikileaks and lied to Congress about his communications with Wikileaks. Stone has denied all of the charges. If he is convicted on all counts, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
The third news brief — the Washington Nationals went to the White House on Monday to be honored for their World Series title. Catcher Kurt Suzuki, who is an American and was born in Hawaii, surprised the audience and President Trump when he put on a red MAGA hat. Trump embraced him from behind.
Seven out of 25 players on the Nationals team did not attend the ceremony. Pitcher Sean Doolittle said last week that he wouldn’t attend because of Trump’s rhetoric and policies.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50292540
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/criminal-trial-longtime-trump-confidant-roger-stone-expected/story?id=66738224&cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/11/04/washington-nationals-white-house-visit/
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The Daily Moth to cover 2019 Winter Deaflympics
I’m announcing that “The Daily Moth” will be sending a team includes myself and three other people to northern Italy next month to cover the 2019 Winter Deaflympics. We are working in a partnership with USADSF and we will provide daily recaps of U.S. athletes’ performances and top international performers.
The opening ceremony will be on December 12. The games will continue until December 21. The sports are curling, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, snowboard, ice hockey, and chess. This is the first time chess is a part of the Deaflympics.
The U.S. will send around 50 athletes that will play in teams for all six sports.
The games will take place in three different locations — Chiavenna, Madesimo, and Santa Caterina di Valfurva. Chiavenna is about 120 kilometers north of Milan and is close to the Switzerland border.
There is a nice website dedicated to the Winter Deaflympics at www.2019deaflympics.com.
The USADSF recently released a 108-page bulletin with many updates on USADSF — it is available to read online and the link is in the transcript.
The Daily Moth will be offering advertising spots that we’ll display in between our daily updates from Italy. If you and your organization are interested in buying ad spots, please email us at business@dailymoth.com.
We’ll be providing more updates leading up to the Winter Deaflympics.
Deaflympics Website: http://www.2019deaflympics.com/
USADSF Bulletin: https://usdeafsports.org/bulletin/bulletin-fall2019/
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That is all for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light!
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