July 23, 2017


NEWS AND VIEWS


“THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.” THESE PEOPLE WERE PROBABLY COMING FROM MEXICO OR FARTHER, BUT ONE CASE OF CHINESE REFUGEES WAS FOUND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN A CONTAINER SHIP. AS IN THIS TRUCK, THEY WERE PACKED IN LIKE THE PROVERBIAL SARDINES IN A CAN, AND HALF DEAD. I PERSONALLY HOPE I NEVER SEE SUCH A SITUATION OF DESPERATION IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WOULD CAUSE ME TO TRY TO ESCAPE THIS WAY; AND I DON’T EXPECT THAT I WILL. I HAVE MORE TRUST IN THIS COUNTRY THAN THAT.

WHAT “GETS MY GOAT,” IN THESE SITUATIONS IS THAT THE MEN WHO ARE DRIVING THE TRUCKS HAVE NO NOTICEABLE CONSCIENCE, AND OFTEN ESCAPE. THIS STORY DOESN’T SAY WHAT CRIME THE DRIVER WILL BE CHARGED WITH, BUT IT SHOULD BE A VERY SERIOUS ONE RATHER THAN JUST SOME MISDEMEANOR. HE PROBABLY ISN’T THE MASTERMIND, BUT JUST SOME JERK WHO THINKS HE NEEDS MONEY BADLY ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING TO GET IT, BUT EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING SHOULD BE IN PRISON FOR 30 YEARS OR SO, I THINK. A REALLY STIFF PENALTY MIGHT LESSEN THEIR TEMPTATION TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN IT.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-30-injured-found-inside-semi-trailer-walmart/story?id=48799989
'Horrific' human-trafficking incident in Texas not an isolated event, officials say
By MICHAEL EDISON HAYDEN ALEXI FRIEDMAN Jul 23, 2017, 6:22 PM ET

WATCH Texas tractor-trailer incident called 'horrific' case of human smuggling

Eight people were found dead and about 30 others injured inside a brutally hot semitrailer parked in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, in what authorities are calling "a horrific scene."

One of the injured later died, officials said, bringing the death toll to nine in what police described as an apparent "human trafficking crime." Officials had first said two additional people had died, but later corrected the number to one.

Authorities became aware of the truck overnight after a Walmart employee, who had been approached by someone who had been in the truck asking for water, notified police of the interaction, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said this morning at a press conference, alongside other officials from the city.

"We're looking at a human-trafficking crime here," McManus said.

PHOTO: 8 people were found dead, 30 injured in semitrailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio in apparent human-trafficking case. KSAT

Inside the semitrailer, authorities found eight dead bodies, as well as 20 other people who were in "extremely critical condition or very serious condition," and eight others suffering lesser injuries like heat stroke and dehydration, San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood told the press this morning.

There were 38 people found inside the truck in total, McManus said, and Hood added that at least two of them were "school-age" children.

The truck had no working air-conditioning system, and temperatures topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Hood said. McManus added that the truck's passengers lacked access to water.

"They were very hot to the touch," Hood said of the people found inside.

An ICE official said as many as 100 people total could have been in the back of the truck.

U.S. Attorney Richard Durbin Jr. said later Sunday that James Mathew Bradley Jr., 60, of Clearwater, Florida, was in federal custody in San Antonio.

In a statement, Durbin said Bradley is expected to make a court appearance after a criminal complaint is filed Monday. His office wouldn't say whether Bradley was the alleged driver of the truck, according to The Associated Press.

Police had earlier said that the driver of the truck had been arrested and could face federal and state charges, but did not give the driver's name.

PHOTO: 8 people were found dead, 30 injured in semitrailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio in apparent human-trafficking case. KSAT

Meanwhile, surveillance video from the store showed that a number of vehicles entered the parking lot and "picked up lots of folks that were in that trailer that survived the trip," McManus said.

Some of the people who had been in the truck also ran into the woods, he said. The area was searched, and another attempt will be made in the morning, the officials said.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also been called in to help investigate the incident, officials said.

San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood, who stood alongside McManus at the press conference, said firefighters arrived on the scene at 12:26 a.m. local time, and began pulling the people out of the truck. The injured were taken to different hospitals, some by helicopter, he said.

Authorities said they still don't know the origin of the truck, or how long it had been parked at the Walmart, and that the search for such details are part of an active investigation currently underway.

The officials said more details about the victims, including their genders and ages, would be released in a future briefing.

While he called it a "horrific tragedy," the police chief said the discovery "is not an isolated incident. This happens quite frequently ... fortunately there are people who survived, but this happens all the time,” he said.

Thomas Homan, acting Director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), weighed in on the incident, calling it a "horrific crime."

"By any standard, the horrific crime uncovered last night ranks as a stark reminder of why human smuggling networks must be pursued, caught and punished," Homan said in a statement. "These networks have repeatedly shown a reckless disregard for those they smuggle."

Durbin described what emergency workers found as "a horrific scene."

"All were victims of ruthless human smugglers indifferent to the well-being of their fragile cargo," Durbin said. "The South Texas heat is punishing this time of year. These people were helpless in the hands of their transporters. Imagine their suffering, trapped in a stifling trailer in 100-plus degree heat."

ABC News' Amanda Maile and Matt Foster contributed to this report.



WHAT? ALTERNATE FACTS, FAKE NEWS, “I BELIEVED I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.” THAT’S A LOT LIKE “I FEARED FOR MY LIFE.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343378-conway-trump-doesnt-think-hes-lying
Conway: Trump doesn't think he's lying on voter fraud, wiretap claims
BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 07/23/17 02:39 PM EDT

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that President Trump doesn’t believe he’s lying about various controversial statements he's made without backing them up with evidence.

Conway got into a heated exchange with CNN host Brian Stelter on “Reliable Sources” on Sunday over CNN’s coverage of Trump, with Stelter saying the network was covering the scandals coming out of the White House.

Conway demanded Stelter say what scandals had come out of the administration. Stelter responded by pointing to Trump's claims that former President Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower and that millions of illegally cast votes cost him the popular vote — both ideas that the president presented without backing up with evidence.

“The scandals are about the president’s lies,” Stelter said. “About voter fraud, about wire-tapping, his repeated lies about those issues. That’s the scandal.”


“He doesn’t think he’s lying about those issues, and you know it. He has gone forth and he talked about surveillance,” Conway said before Stelter cut her off.
“A lot of husbands don’t think they’re lying when they cheat on their spouse and then say they’re not. It doesn’t mean they’re not lying,” Stelter said.

The pair clashed repeatedly over CNN’s coverage of the White House during Conway's appearance. Trump has frequently attacked the network as “fake news” and shared on twitter a doctored video of himself physically attacking a person with the CNN logo over their face last month.

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SELF-PARDON -- A TACIT ADMISSION OF GUILT? THIS LAWYER’S COMMENTS DESCRIBE POTENTIALLY A BROAD PERMISSION IN THE LAW, OR OPPORTUNITY AT ANY RATE, FOR A PRESIDENT AND HIS ASSOCIATES TO COMMIT ANY CRIME THAT THEY MAY CHOOSE TO AND FACE NO PENALTY? THIS CAN’T BE A GOOD THING. SLAUGHTER SOME DISSIDENTS, PERHAPS?

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-judiciary/343269-trump-clemency-and-the-self-pardon-possibility
President Trump, consider the risks of pardoning yourself
BY JEFFREY CROUCH, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR - 07/23/17 03:00 PM EDT

The media is abuzz with speculation about President Trump’s clemency powers after the story broke that his lawyers are mulling options for himself and his family.

The president himself on Saturday seemed to confirm the report, asserting that he has "complete power" to pardon relatives, aides and possibly himself.

How does the clemency power work? Who could he pardon? Can he pardon himself? Should he?

The fact is, Trump can pardon any federal crime, ranging from moon-shining to treason. He may grant clemency as soon as an offense is committed: no need to wait for the offender to be sentenced, tried, or even charged with a crime. Overall, the courts have protected a broad, wide-ranging clemency power for the chief executive. Still, he may not pardon a future federal crime, excuse a state offense, or exercise clemency “in cases of impeachment,” as noted in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution.

The remedy for an unpopular clemency decision comes from Congress. Members can hold hearings, subpoena documents, call witnesses, and otherwise raise the profile of the clemency decision.

They can also delay funding for presidential priorities, drag their feet on his policy priorities, and refuse to confirm presidential nominees. In more extreme cases, they can pursue impeaching the president, or even try to amend the Constitution.

How likely it is Congress will take these actions, with Republicans in control, is another matter completely.

Who could he pardon?

It’s clear that President Trump could pardon anyone caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation – today, if he wanted to do so. He could grant as many or as few pardons as he wished, would not have to specify the crimes they are being pardoned for, and could make the language of the pardon as broad or as narrow as he wanted. Whether the political context would support any of these moves is unclear, but there’s little question that Trump has the legal power to act.

Can he pardon himself?

Most tantalizing, could Trump pardon himself? Few presidents have actually considered a self-pardon, and none has actually tried. If Trump is the first to go through with it, he should know that legal scholars are divided on the question.

On one hand, it is clear that the sparse constitutional language on clemency says nothing about a self-pardon, and the courts have never directly confronted the question. To legal scholars Robert Nida and Rebecca L. Spiro, writing in 1999, the president should be able to self-pardon, largely because the Constitution does not say he is forbidden from doing so.

On the other hand, law professor Brian C. Kalt argued in 1996 that a self-pardon is not allowed by the Constitution. He writes, “a presidential self-pardon … would only be plunder to take home after a career-ending disgrace ...” and that the president’s self-pardon would continue to benefit him even after leaving office, and even if he is impeached. Moreover, a self-pardon would be inconsistent with our separation of powers system.

Both sides offer compelling arguments. However, I lean in the direction of Nida and Spiro. The courts have usually given the president a lot of leeway on clemency questions. It’s likely that a self-pardon would end up in front of the Supreme Court. From there, they could find a self-pardon appropriate or not. In fact, it’s entirely possible that they could rule that a self-pardon is permissible, and point out that the remedy for abuse of clemency is what the framers of the Constitution intended for any abuse of power: impeachment.

Should he?

Whether or not Trump could pardon himself is a different question from whether he should, of course. Considerations related to impeachment play a role here, too, even if it may seem a remote possibility while the House of Representatives and the Senate remain under Republican control.

In 1915, the Supreme Court decided in Burdick v. United States that a pardon “carries an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it.” If President Trump indeed granted himself a self-pardon, it could be seen as a confession that he needed one. Though the pardon would wipe away his legal problems, he would be creating new political complications. The standard for impeachment, “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors” is not criminal, it’s political, so an acknowledgment of guilt made via a self-pardon could actually become a starting point for impeachment.

Thus, while legally speaking, President Trump has a green light to pardon others, he should carefully consider whether a self-pardon, for all of its obvious benefits, is really worth the risk.

Jeffrey Crouch is assistant professor of American government at American University and author of the book The Presidential Pardon Power. He is the reviews and book editor for AU's Congress & the Presidency journal.

The views expressed by contributors are their own and are not the views of The Hill.

TAGS JEFFREY CROUCH PARDON ROBERT MUELLER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEGAL JUDICIARY CLEMENCY RICHARD NIXON BILL CLINTON



THERE IS MORE HERE ON THE SUBJECT OF PARDONS. THE SUBJECT OF PARDON HASN’T BEEN DISCUSSED BY TRUMP, SCARAMUCCI SAYS, FOCUSING ON THE LEAK RATHER THAN THE POSSIBLE CRIME. THE NEWS MEDIA CERTAINLY PICKED IT UP FROM SOMEWHERE, THOUGH.

BY THE COMMENT THAT THE SITUATION IS “GOING TO BE A VERY BINARY THING,” SCARAMUCCI APPARENTLY MEANS, ACCORDING TO THE GOOGLE DEFINITION OF THE WORD BINARY – WHICH I’VE NEVER SEEN USED AT ALL EXCEPT IN A SCIENTIFIC SITUATION SUCH AS “BINARY CRYSTALS” -- THAT LEAKING AND GETTING FIRED ARE GOING TO BE INEVITABLY LINKED. CLEVER USE OF WORDS, AND IT SOUNDS MUCH MORE GENTEEL THAN “THIS ISN’T A THREAT, IT’S A PROMISE!!”

ON THE MATTER OF HIS PRIOR POLITICAL DONATIONS TO DEMOCRATS (PRESUMABLY AMONG OTHERS), HE SAID THAT HE WANTS TO “SUBORDINATE MY POLITICAL VIEWS” TO THOSE OF THE PRESIDENT. THAT’S SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE SOLDIER, BUT PERSONALLY I WOULD NEVER KNOWINGLY WORK FOR SOMEONE WHOSE VIEWS WERE DANGEROUS, OR WHO DEMANDED 100% “LOYALTY” OF THAT KIND. I DON’T GIVE ANYBODY THAT MUCH LOYALTY, EVEN WHEN I LOVE THEM.

AS FOR HIS DELETION OF EARLIER TWEETS AGAINST TRUMP, HE STATED THAT HE WAS MAKING “AN EFFORT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT.” IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT’S BEING MORE OPAQUE THAN TRANSPARENT, BY COVERING UP THE TRUTH. I HAVE NEVER WORKED IN A GOVERNMENT SETTING, AND FROM WHAT I SEE OF IT HERE, I WOULDN’T WANT TO. I ESPECIALLY WOULDN’T WANT TO DO IT IN A SITUATION IN WHICH I MIGHT SPEND TIME IN PRISON FOR IT.

HE THEN DENIES THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS TALKING ABOUT “PARDONS” AT ALL, THOUGH HE REFERS TO “A TWO MINUTE CONVERSATION IN THE OVAL OFFICE.” WHAT TWO MINUTE CONVERSATION, I WONDER?

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scaramucci-on-white-house-leakers-theyre-going-to-get-fired/
By EMILY TILLETT CBS NEWS July 23, 2017, 12:49 PM
Scaramucci on WH leakers: "They're going to get fired"

New White House hire Anthony Scaramucci has a message for anyone leaking information from the White House: don't leak or you'll be fired.

"Tomorrow I'm going to have a staff meeting. And it's going to be a very binary thing. I'm not going to make any prejudgments about anybody on that staff. If they want to stay on the staff, they're going to stop leaking," Scaramucci, the incoming White House communications director, said Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation."

"If you're going to keep leaking, I'm going to fire everybody. It's just very binary," he said.

He also called people who are "standing around" the president and leaking information "un-American."

Transcript: Anthony Scaramucci on "Face the Nation"

Scaramucci said he is going to work on changing the White House "culture" to help prevent further leaks, calling them "unprofessional and harmful." He also addressed one of President Trump's recent tweets that mentioned leaking.

"While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us," Mr. Trump tweeted on Saturday.

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"I think the gist of that leak basically or that tweet I should say is that he's not going to pardon anybody. He doesn't need to pardon anybody," Scaramucci said Sunday. "And it's just really about the leaking that is actually injurious to the government, felonious to the government."

He added, "There's no need for him to pardon anybody. But he just doesn't like the fact that he has a two-minute conversation in the Oval Office or in his study and that people are running out and leaking that."

Mr. Trump's tweet followed his outside lawyer's denial to CBS News that his legal team was exploring issuing pardons, despite reports to the contrary.

Jay Sekulow, a Trump legal team member, told CBS News chief White House correspondent Major Garrett that pardons were not being discussed and are not on the table.

Scaramucci, who made his first public appearance as the new White House communications director on Friday, said that in his new role, he is going to operate "a strategy that is going to knock the socks off of people."

When pressed on past financial and political support of Democrats, Scaramucci defended his history, saying, "I don't like attacking people personally. I like debating policy."

"I think it is nonsensical and more Washington nonsense that we have to take this political purity ideological test. So if I said I was for something and now I'm against something, that makes me a hypocrite. I don't believe in that. I think it's stupid. And I want to subordinate my political views to the views of the president and his agenda," said Scaramucci.

Scaramucci made the comments a day after he tweeted that he would be deleting a series of past comments on social media that seemingly contradicted the administration's viewpoints -- an action he claimed was an effort to be more transparent.



2020? VERY LIKELY, BUT NOT CERTAIN. I DOUBT THAT BERNIE SANDERS IS ABLE TO STOP FOLLOWING POLITICS AND PARTICIPATING. HE’S TOTALLY HOOKED ON IT. BESIDES, HE KNOWS THERE ARE MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOTERS WHO WANT ANOTHER CHANCE FOR HIM, FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR THEMSELVES. CAN HE STILL DO IT THEN? MAYBE NOT, BUT FOR A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN, HE’S IN GREAT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CONDITION. I HAVE HOPE.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/07/23/bernie-sanders-considering-a-2020-run/23043759/
Is Bernie Sanders considering a 2020 run? 'Yes, is the answer'
MARIA MERCEDES GALUPPO
Jul 23rd 2017 10:55AM

Bernie Sanders might be considering running for president again.

When one of Sanders' associates was asked if the 75-year-old had begun to think about another run, the associate said, "Yes, is the answer."

SEE ALSO: Senator McCain's daughter says she went for a hike with father


Even though Sanders hasn't publicly said he has plans to run again, his actions might be confirming just that.

Sanders visited Iowa, a state he narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primary, and has plans to visit again to promote his new book "Bernie Sanders: Guide to Political Revolution."

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He's also held campaign-style rallies in West Virginia, Kentucky and even toured across Republican-heavy states.

Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said Bernie Sanders is "keeping the door open" for a second White House run. The Vermont Senator is an independent, but if he does decide to run, one former campaign advisor believes he will run as a Democrat.

Some recent polls suggest Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden would be favorites in a 2020 race against President Trump.

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One associate said, "The last thing he's going to do is step aside and let Joe Biden take it."

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HPV VACCINES – TAKE ALL YOUR KIDS TO GET THEIR SHOTS BY THE TIME THEY ARE 11 OR SO YEARS OLD. EARLY SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS DO HAPPEN. THIS IS A VIRUS THAT, UNTIL THE LAST TWENTY YEARS OR SO, I HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANY INFORMATION ON IT. HPV STANDS FOR HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS, AND CAUSES MINIMALLY TROUBLESOME CONDITIONS MOSTLY, BUT ALSO HALF A DOZEN KINDS OF CANCER ATTACKING THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES, AND IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. I DON’T SEE A MENTION OF THIS IN THE TWO ARTICLES, BUT THERE ARE TWO OR THREE FORMS OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY THAT TO ME SIMPLY SHOULDN’T BE DONE AT ALL. THAT’S HALF THE PROBLEM HERE.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hpv-vaccination-cancer-prevention-dr-tara-narula/
CBS NEWS July 23, 2017, 9:02 AM
HPV vaccine: Why aren't children getting it?

Cancer is a subject of enormous complexity. And imagine this: a vaccine that can actually prevent cancer … if only people would take it. Here's Dr. Tara Narula:

One in four Americans -- about 80 million of us -- are infected with the human papillomavirus, or HPV.

It's the most common sexually transmitted infection, although most people don't develop symptoms or health problems. But around 30,000 cases of HPV-associated cancers occur in the United States every year.

HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer in women, and the cause of many vulvar, vaginal, throat, tongue, tonsilar, anal and penile cancers.

The good news is there's a vaccine for HPV which can prevent the majority of these cancers. It's recommended for all kids ages 11 or 12 years, before they're exposed to the virus, which is when it works best.

Here's the bad news: only 63% of girls and 50% of boys are getting the vaccine. It's the most underutilized immunization for children.

For cancer doctors, this is a public health crisis. So who is responsible?

The problem lies in part with pediatricians and other providers who haven't been aggressive enough in talking to parents about it. Studies show that a forceful endorsement from a physician is the most important factor in whether children get the vaccine.

But parents are also a big factor here. Many choose to skip the vaccine rather than acknowledge their child will eventually be sexually active. A recent TV ad portrays adults diagnosed with cancer asking their parents: "Who knew that there was something that could have helped protect me from HPV when I was 11 or 12, way before I would even be exposed to it? Did you know? Mom? Dad?"

Merck - HPV.com by miOttawa on YouTube

For others, there's concern about the safety of the vaccine. But dozens of studies confirm it's safe.

Finally, consider this: Canada, Australia, the U.K., even Rwanda have HPV vaccination rates nearly DOUBLE ours.

The CDC has been trying to get the message across: the HPV vaccine prevents cancer. It saves lives.

We need to do better at protecting our children from cancers they never need to get.


For more on HPV:

HPV Facts (CDC)
Why is HPV vaccine important? (CDC)
HPV vaccine works even better than expected, study finds (09/29/16)
HPV vaccine is having a big impact, study shows (02/22/16)
CDC: Preteens only need 2 doses of HPV vaccine, not 3 (CBS News, 10/20/16)
HPV vaccine may cut cancer risk in men, too (05/18/17)
Fewer children getting HPV shot than other vaccines ("CBS Evening News," 07/30/15)

For more info:
Tara Narula, M.D. (CBS News)
Follow @drtaranarula on Twitter and Facebook


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hpv-vaccine-may-cut-cancer-risk-in-men-too/
AP May 18, 2017, 10:53 AM
HPV vaccine may cut cancer risk in men, too

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The HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer in women also might lower the risk in young men of oral infections that can cause mouth and throat cancers, a new study finds.

These cancers are rising fast, especially in men, and research suggests that HPV, the human papillomavirus, is spreading through oral sex. The actor Michael Douglas brought attention to this risk several years ago when he blamed his cancer on it.

This is the first study of whether the vaccine might prevent oral HPV infections in young men, and the results suggest it can. No men who had received at least one dose were later found to have infections of HPV strains linked to cancer, but more than 2 percent of unvaccinated men had them.

"There may be additional benefits to vaccinating your son or daughter" besides the problems the vaccine already is known to prevent, said Dr. Maura Gillison of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Results were released Wednesday by the American Society of Clinical Oncology ahead of presentation at its annual meeting next month.

HPV is very common -- most sexually active people have been exposed to it. Some types cause genital warts. Usually, the virus causes no symptoms and goes away, but some people develop long-lasting infections of strains that can cause cancer.

The vaccine was approved in 2006 to prevent cervical cancers in women, and later, for some others including anal cancer in men. But acceptance has been slow - only about half of those eligible are getting it now, according to the latest information.

Now, awareness is growing of HPV's other risks - oral infections are blamed for 70 percent of cancers in the mouth and back of the throat. About 11,600 of these occur each year in the U.S. and rates are rising 5 percent per year. They're four times more common in men than women.

There are now more mouth and throat cancers caused by HPV in the U.S. each year than there are cervical cancers.

Oral sex is the main risk factor for getting an HPV infection in the mouth or throat, Gillison said. While "oral sex does not give you cancer," the infection in rare cases can develop into cancer over many years, she explained.

She led the study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, while previously at Ohio State University. Researchers interviewed 2,627 men and women ages 18 to 33 years in a national health study from 2011 to 2014 about whether they had been vaccinated, and tested oral rinse samples from them for HPV.

Infections with worrisome HPV strains were found in far fewer people who had received any shots -- an 88 percent lower risk. The results in men were striking -- no infections in the vaccinated group versus 2.13 percent of the others.

The study was observational, so it can't prove the vaccine was responsible. But it may no longer be ethical to do an experiment where one group gets no vaccine, because its benefits for preventing other cancers is known. It might be possible to do such a study in people over 26, the age limit now for HPV vaccination, Gillison said. If a benefit were shown, it might lead to expanding the group for whom the vaccine is recommended.

The bottom line is that the vaccine helps, and "so few people who should be getting it are," said Dr. Richard Schilsky, chief medical officer of the oncology society who had no role in the study.

Scott Courville wishes it existed when he was young. The 43-year-old construction inspector from St. Martinville, Louisiana, was treated last year for HPV-related tonsil cancer that spread to lymph nodes.

"I went through 33 rounds of radiation and six rounds of chemotherapy," lost 100 pounds, and now has damaged taste buds and sinuses, and constant ringing in his ears, he said.

His three teenaged sons and stepsons are getting the vaccine.

"There was no question at all" that they would, only how soon, he said.

Tom Jackson also had an HPV-related tonsil cancer, found in 2013, and works to fight stigma over an infection that is largely sexually spread.

As a school board trustee in Houston, "I believe strongly that all children should receive all vaccinations," Jackson said. "The horror of HPV cancer is tremendous," and not to be "whitewashed" by squeamishness or reluctance to discuss prevention, he said.

The vaccines are recommended mostly for young people, ideally before they're exposed to HPV.

Merck's Gardasil is approved in the U.S. for females 9 through 26 to prevent cervical, vulvar, vaginal and anal cancers and genital warts. For males ages 9 through 26, it's approved for preventing anal cancer and genital warts. A newer version of Gardasil that includes more HPV virus types is approved for males 9 through 15.

GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix vaccine is approved for females 9 through 25 to prevent cervical cancer.

All require two or three shots, depending on age.

Other ways to help prevent oral HPV infections are limiting the number of sex partners and not smoking. Condoms or dental dams may help.

Signs and symptoms of mouth and throat cancers may include a long-lasting sore throat, earaches, hoarseness, enlarged lymph nodes and pain when swallowing.



SANCTUARY IN A CHURCH – A FINE OLD TRADITION

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-calls-on-local-officials-to-comply-with-immigration-crackdown/
By ROXANA SABERI CBS NEWS July 22, 2017, 7:38 PM
Sessions calls on local officials to comply with immigration crackdown

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Nury Chavarria is defying an order to return to her native Guatemala, taking refuge at a New Haven church instead.

"I love this country," Chavarria said.

Since entering the U.S. illegally in 1993, she's had four kids.

"She is not a criminal," said her youngest daughter, Hayley Chavarria. She is calling on President Trump to allow her mother to stay.

"Don't separate my family," she said.

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Nury Chavvaria has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years, and is now seeking sanctuary in a New Haven, Conn. church. CBS NEWS

Arrests of undocumented immigrants have risen since Mr. Trump took office, though deportations have dropped.

"They are not allowed to come without permission," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

In Philadelphia on Saturday, Sessions called on local officials to help the government crackdown on illegal immigration.

"And if they commit a crime while they're in here, my goodness, what right do they have to demand that they not be deported?" Sessions said.

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Philadelphia on July 22, 2017 asked cities and churches to stop defying ICE's orders CBS NEWS

But many cities across the country have refused to cooperate and several churches have taken in undocumented immigrants facing immediate deportation.

While Immigration and Customs Enforcement can make arrests at places of worship, agents tends to avoid them unless they have prior approval from a supervisor or what they deem "exigent circumstances."

Chavvaria's supporters point out she has never committed any crimes.

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Many churches across the country are offering sanctuary to immigrants facing deportations. CBS NEWS

"Because of the election last November, all of that changed for her," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). "She was a marked woman because she had done everything that was asked of her."

But an ICE spokesman says Chavvaria was given at least two orders to leave and failed to comply. An immigration advocate working with Chavvaria says plans to stay at the church while she appeals in court.


THIS IS A SAD LOOK BACK FOR ME. LIKE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHEN I SAW THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER I FELT LITERALLY EMOTIONALLY STRICKEN. THERE IS A GENUINE TRAGEDY ABOUT INDIVIDUALS HAVING TO SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO ONE KIND OF LIFE OR ANOTHER BECAUSE OF THEIR BIRTH. PRINCESS DIANA HAD NO EASY TIME IN THAT MARRIAGE, AND I DON’T BELIEVE SHE GOT AS MUCH AS AN OUNCE OF LOVE FROM PRINCE CHARLES. PERSONAL FRIGIDITY TURNS ME OFF, ESPECIALLY AS A PHILOSOPHY.

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"See you later": Princes William, Harry remember devastating last call with Princess Diana

Photograph -- Diana, Princess of Wales, enjoys a boat ride on the Maid of Mist in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, in Oct. 1991, with her sons Prince Harry, 7, and Prince William, 9. AP

LONDON -- It was a typical phone call between two boys playing and their mother, who was on vacation in France. It was brief - the boys wanted to get back to playing with their cousins, not spend time on the phone chatting.

The brevity of that 1997 call troubles Prince William and Prince Harry to this day - for their mother, Princess Diana, would die in a car crash that night.

"Harry and I were in a desperate rush to say goodbye, you know 'see you later'... If I'd known now obviously what was going to happen I wouldn't have been so blase about it and everything else," William says in a new documentary. "But that phone call sticks in my mind, quite heavily."

The Death Of Diana
The Death Of Diana
Harry tells the filmmakers the final chat is something he will regret until the end of his days.

"Looking back on it now, it's incredibly hard. I'll have to sort of deal with that for the rest of my life," Harry said. "Not knowing that was the last time I was going to speak to my mum. How differently that conversation would have panned out if I'd had even the slightest inkling her life was going to be taken that night."

The ITV documentary "Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy" is airing Monday on British TV. Excerpts from the film, and new family photographs, were released Sunday.

The show is one of a series of tributes to Diana expected as the 20th anniversary of her death on August 31, 1997, approaches.

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Friends of Princess Diana discuss her legacy in CBS special
It is only in the last year that William and Harry have spoken openly in public about their feelings about the sudden loss of their mother. William - second-in-line for the British throne after his father Prince Charles - was only 15 at the time. Harry was only 12.

Earlier this year, William and Harry released a video promoting mental health, and said they didn't talk about Diana's death -- even to each other -- for years.

"I always thought to myself, what's the point in bringing up something that's only going to make you sad? It ain't gonna change it. It ain't gonna bring her back," Harry said.

The ITV documentary chronicles Diana's charitable works, including her historic outreach to AIDS victims and her campaign to ban land mines.

Princess Diana's family to rededicate her burial site
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Princess Diana's family to rededicate her burial site
In 2016, Harry told CBS This Morning's Norah O'Donnell that he hoped his mother would be "incredibly proud" of the work he's done in creating the Invictus Games for veterans.

"I hope she'd be sitting up there having her own little party and looking down thinking what we've achieved because it's a massive team effort. What we've achieved is absolutely brilliant," he said.

William and Harry also stress their mother's fun-loving side, which they say the public generally didn't see.

"Our mother was a total kid through and through. When everybody says to me 'so she was fun, give us an example,' all I can hear is her laugh in my head," says Harry.

William tells a story that reveals the privileged life they led as children - one day, Diana surprised him by having three of the world's top models waiting for him when he got home from school.

"She organized when I came home from school to have Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell waiting at the top of the stairs. I was probably a 12 or 13-year-old boy who had posters of them on his wall," William said. "I went bright red and didn't know quite what to say. And sort of fumbled and I think pretty much fell down the stairs on the way up."

William says he frequently tells his children - Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 2 - about Diana so she can be a presence in her grandchildren's lives.

"She'd be a lovely grandmother. She'd absolutely love it, she'd love the children to bits," he said.



ANOTHER DISTURBING TRUTH – TRUMP DOESN’T WANT ANY LIGHT TO BE THROWN ON HIS WHITE HOUSE. THIS BUSINESS OF CUTTING OFF PRESS CONFERENCES, EXCLUDING CERTAIN NEWS PEOPLE OVER WHAT HE THINKS THEY WILL SAY ABOUT HIM, MAY BE EMOTIONALLY UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT IT IS UNETHICAL AND DANGEROUS IN A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.

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With each day cameras at the White House briefing room are banned from filming, the White House is chipping away at decades of tradition. Should networks and journalists ignore the White House's press restrictions? Tom Kludt talks with CNN's Jim Acosta about the unprecedented challenges currently facing White House reporters.Source: CNNMoney



SEE OUR NEW PROGRESSIVE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION “INDIVISIBLE” IN ACTION AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REPUBLICAN SENATE HEALTH BILL AS A RESULT.

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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 7/17/17
Americans speaking out on health care see another battle won
Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, talks with Rachel Maddow about the energized activism of ordinary Americans that have kept the pressure on legislators to not ruin American health care options with an poor replacement for Obamacare. Duration: 10:26



THIS IS A CUTE TREATMENT OF A VERY SERIOUS SUBJECT, IN MY VIEW. I THOUGHT THE EU WAS PROBABLY GOOD, BUT THERE WAS TROUBLE FROM THE START, AND SOME HATE IT. THIS NEW WORLDWIDE ULTRA-NATIONALISTIC MOVEMENT, THOUGH, HAS A SCARY EDGE, AS I SEE IT HAPPENING HERE IN THE USA. IT EMPHASIZES DIFFERENCES SOMETIMES TO THE POINT OF HATRED AND VIOLENCE. THAT CAN’T BE GOOD.

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VIDEO -- As Brexit approaches, Britain's business community is becoming nervous. The country's last remaining teddy bear maker is bucking the trend. CNN's Nina dos Santos explains.Source: CNN



WHAT A LOVELY AND ALSO USEFUL IDEA!

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This solar farm floats atop a flooded coal mine
A solar energy farm the size of 160 football fields is part of China's push to develop clean energy.Source: CNN
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