The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – Thursday, October 5, 2023

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.

• Trump lawyers seek dismissal of DC federal election subversion case, arguing presidential immunity.
• The Biden administration has taken action to allow for more border wall construction in South Texas. The decision, announced by the Department of Homeland Security, reverses some of the Biden administration’s stances on building barriers along the US-Mexico border.
• Day two of a planned three-day strike at Kaiser Permanente.
• Tens of thousands of Guatemalans marched peacefully on Thursday for the fourth consecutive day, demanding the resignation of powerful senior prosecutors accused of working to undermine President-elect Bernardo Arevalo’s ability to take office.
• The late Senator Dianne Feinstein was remembered as a leader of integrity, a trailblazer for women, and a loving grandmother at a memorial service in San Francisco. Feinstein served as mayor of San Francisco for a decade after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. She went on to become the first woman senator from California.

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