Aさんの おぼえた日記 - 2017年2月26日(日)

QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"This is America, right? You’re supposed to work for what you get."
NANCY GODINEZ, an unemployed former custodian who could lose her Medicaid-provided health insurance if Arkansas requires recipients to work.
TODA

Sunday, February 26, 2017

（０）EDITORIAL
The Immigration Facts Trump Doesn’t Like
Oust millions of people from the economy and just watch the G.D.P. drop.

（１）Immigration Agents Discover New Freedom to Deport Under Trump
The president’s plan to arrest and deport vast numbers of undocumented immigrants will be carried out by agents who say they feel unshackled.

（２）For Commerce Pick Wilbur Ross, ‘Inherently Bad’ Deals Paid Off
Mr. Ross, who amassed a fortune with help from trade deals like Nafta, has vowed to tear up those deals if confirmed as commerce secretary.

（３）Trump Ruled the Tabloid Media. Washington Is a Different Story.
Donald J. Trump was no stranger back in the day to the art of news management. But even that did not seem to prepare him for the capital press corps.

（４）For Marketers, TV Sets Are an Invaluable Pair of Eyes
Several companies, eager to help brands more efficiently spend advertising money, use devices to track viewing habits in surprisingly granular detail.

（５）The Adults a Medicaid Work Requirement Would Leave Behind
Republican governors want to reverse what they consider an incentive not to work, but critics say putting employment before health care is backward.

（６）U.S. Wary of Its New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval Base
With tensions between the rivals increasing, American strategists worry that operations at the Pentagon’s Camp Lemonnier will be observed once China completes its military port.

（７）The Bucolic Life of a Cambodian Grandmother Accused of Mass Killings
Im Chaem, 74, who lives in a snug house surrounded by fruit trees, was accused of overseeing the slaughter of tens of thousands as a Khmer Rouge official. Her case was dismissed.

（８）A Rising Black Leader Who Pulled Off His Own Fake Obituary
Grady O’Cummings III was one of the first African-Americans to seek the presidency, and when The New York Times published his obituary, that wasn’t the end of the story.
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2807, The Importance of the Rights to Assemble and Petition
The right to petition was a fundamental building block of the early United States.
Where did the American colonists get the idea for the right to petition?
a. it was a part of English common law
b. the Founders advocated for it
c. the Native Americans used it in their political system
d. the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen mentioned it
Outstanding! Choice a is correct.