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POLITICO NIGHTLY: Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida

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View in browser   BY  MYAH WARD Presented by A bicyclist rides past a boarded up store in St. Petersburg, Florida. Ian is expected in the Tampa Bay area Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images GATHERING STORM  — With Hurricane Ian expected to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast by Wednesday evening,  the evacuation orders  and flight cancellations have already started. So have the preparations by the two politicians most on the line, President Joe Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis. Heavy rain is pouring down across the state as officials sound the alarm about the approaching threat. The Category 3 storm slammed into Cuba earlier today, with winds hitting speeds of about 125 miles per hour. The storm is projected to gain strength overnight and into Wednesday as it barrels toward the U.S. Florida emergency responders are bolstering search-and-rescue efforts to prepare for potential deadly flooding and storm surges. With Ian looming as the first major...

CC Newsletter 07 Sept - Chile: Rejection of New Constitution — Paradox of Democracy? Or, Wait and Watch?

  Dear Friend, 62% of voters in Chile rejected the proposed constitution last Sunday. It may seem paradoxical. How could they reject a constitution that would guarantee. 50% reservation for women; Education, Health and Social Security and care for all are state responsibility; and also, Rights of Indigenous communities or nations or tribes (by whatever name they be called) would be documented for the first time in Chilean history declaring the country as Plurinational and Multi-cultural (rights of indigenous people of 11 nations e.g., Mapuche, Aymara, Quechua and etc and if some other tribe wants to declare its right as a nation it would also be included); Water will be declared as a Human Right and no personal property will be allowed; Natures’ Rights would be recognised and Climate Change would be declared as an immediate concern and so on so forth If you think the contents of this newsletter are critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on eart...