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Former President Barack Obama said the country needs to spread work around more in an essay on climate change and food published Friday.

My guess is that, ultimately, what is going to happen is that everybody is going to have to work a little bit less, and were going to have to spread work around more, Obama wrote in The Guardian, describing his view of the consequences of technology innovations.But thats going to require a reorganisation of the social compact.

That requires that we change our mindset about the link between work, income and the value of people in the teaching profession, or healthcare, or certain things that cannot be done by AI or a robot, he continued. And one of my goals as president one of the goals of every leader of every country right now was thinking about that time 20 years from now, or 30 years from now, when technology will have eliminated entire sectors of the economy.

Obamas piece is an adaptation of a talk he gave at the Seeds & Chips Global Food Innovation Summit, and was published in The Guardian on the heels of a high-profile visit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Thursday. Obama obviously aimed to draw a contrast with President Trump ahead of his meeting with Merkel and other leaders that same day, as he continues to wield his influence untethered from the political realities of the presidency.

How do we prepare for that? Obama continued in The Guardian, referring to the emergence of new technologies as though the economy is a zero-sum game. How do we start creating, or at least having a conversation in our society about making sure that work and opportunities are spread, and that everybody has the chance to live a good and fulfilling life, rather than having a few people who are working 80 or 90 hours a week, and making enormous incomes, and then a large portion of redundant workers that increasingly have a difficult time supporting families. Thats not a sustainable mechanism for democracy and a healthy society.

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Former Presidents Bush and Obama owe a personal apology to the family of a California boy gravely injured by an illegal alien. They should also pay for the childs medical bills.

Ill explain why in just a few minutes. But first, heres the back story:

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On May 6,the Lake family was returning to their home in San Ysidro after a day trip to Disneyland.

They were just about a block from home when a truck driven by an illegal alien broadsided their car. Benjamin Lake and his wife suffered minor injuries. Their six-year-old son was severely injured.

Lennox spent 18 days in the hospital recovering from deep skull fractures, a broken nose and other injuries. The little boy faces a long and arduous recovery.

Constantino Banda-Acosta, the driver of the truck, has been charged with violating federal immigration laws. Hes also facing a number of charges in connection with the crash.

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But heres the kick the pants: The San Diego Union Tribune reports that Banda-Acosta had either been deported or allowed to voluntarily return to Mexico 17 times over the past 14 years.

And not once was he charged with violating federal immigration law.

So lets get right to the point:

An American child was nearly killed on American soil by an illegal alien and I blame the Bush and the Obama administrations.

Banda-Acosta was able to come and go as he pleased because Republicans and Democrats turned a blind eye to our immigration laws. They refused to secure the border and that decision nearly cost Lennox his life.

How many more Americans have to suffer at the hands of the foreign invaders?

Immigration attorney Andrew Nietor told the newspaper it was unfair to politicize the Lake familys accident.

I think this is the sort of case the Trump administration tries to politicize and tries to portray as typical, but its not typical, Nietor said. One of the reasons this case is noteworthy is because of the extreme circumstances.

Unfortunately, its become quite typical for American blood to be shed on American soil at the hands of illegals. Remember Kate Steinle? What about Joshua Wilkerson, Jamiel Shaw Jr. and David Kriehn?

Every study shows that the non-citizen population, including the undocumented, is more law-abiding than the U.S. citizen population, Nietor said.

First of all, there is no such thing as a non-citizen population. They are called illegal immigrants. Second of all, that argument is a load of bull.

Every single person living in our nation illegally is a criminal. Theyre called illegal immigrants because they are breaking the law.

And that brings me back to Presidents Bush and Obama.

Had they only done their job and secured the border, Lennox would not have spent 18 days in the hospital.

But their administrations failed the Lake family of San Ysidro, California. They failed to defend American sovereignty. They failed to secure the border. And as a result foreign enemies were allowed to set foot on American soil.

Fortunately, President Trump is in the process of making sure that never happens again.

As for Bush and Obama they need to make things right with the Lake family. I suspect they are facing a mountain of medical bills not to mention a long road to recovery.

So I am calling on both former presidents to pay for Lennox Lakes medical bills. Its the only good and honorable thing to do.

After all, their political expedience and capitulation nearly got an American boy killed.

Todd Starnes is host of Fox News & Commentary. His latest book is The Deplorables Guide to Making America Great Again. Follow him on Twitter @ToddStarnes and find him on Facebook.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former President of the United States Barack Obama arrive for a discussion on democracy in Berlin Thursday. Steffi Loos/Getty Images hide caption

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former President of the United States Barack Obama arrive for a discussion on democracy in Berlin Thursday.

In one of his most high-profile appearances since leaving the White House, former President Obama warned tens of thousands of young people in Berlin that "the international order is at a crossroads."

President Trump was also in Europe, chiding NATO members while in Belgium for not living up to agreed-upon defense-spending levels.

Obama delivered an implicit rebuke to Trump's "America First" policy, saying in the modern, interconnected world, "we can't isolate ourselves. We can't hide behind a wall."

Despite being largely out of sight since leaving office (aside from appearing in occasional paparazzi photos on billionaires' yachts), Obama seemed eager to rejoin the debate over globalism that's been shaping elections in the U.S. and Europe.

He stressed that an increasingly integrated economic order had delivered unparalleled peace and prosperity to the continent. But he cautioned that success could not be taken for granted.

"It has to be continually renewed, because there is a competing narrative of fear and xenophobia and nationalism and intolerance," Obama told the large crowd near Brandenburg Gate. "We have to push back against those trends."

That tension, between globalism and nationalism, has flared in recent elections in the West, be it Brexit (Great Britain's choice to leave the European Union), France, Germany and, of course, Trump versus Hillary Clinton.

Obama, who offered an upbeat assessment of European progress, was joined on stage by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at an event marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. Later, Merkel would join Trump at the NATO summit in Brussels.

In his speech, Trump goaded NATO allies to increase their defense spending. While Obama often made the same point, quietly, when he was president, he cautioned his audience in Berlin that military might should not be viewed in isolation.

"The national-security budget shouldn't just be seen as military hardware," Obama said, stressing the importance of diplomacy and development to national security, as well.

Trump's budget proposal would move the U.S. in the opposite direction. It calls for deep cuts to the State Department and foreign aid budgets, while boosting spending on military troops.

Obama did not back away from military power entirely, telling a young questioner, "We do live in a dangerous world."

As if to underscore that point, he and Merkel offered condolences to the victims of Monday's terrorist bombing in Manchester, England.

"It's a reminder that there is great danger and terrorism," Obama said, "and people who would do great harm to others just because they're different."

The former president also defended his signature domestic policy, the Affordable Care Act, which the Republican Congress is working to repeal.

"Obviously, some of the progress that we made is imperiled, because there is still a significant debate taking place in the United States," Obama said. He conceded the law, commonly known as Obamacare, had not extended health insurance to all Americans. But it did boost coverage to some 20 million people.

"For those 20 million people, their lives have been better," Obama said. "And we've set a standard for what's possible that people can build on."

This week, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that a GOP replacement bill passed by the House would leave 23 million fewer people with health insurance by 2026.

"If we're going to solve the problems that we've discussed here," Obama told his audience, "people have to be involved. They have to get engaged."

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A federal judge who donated nearly a quarter of a million dollars to President Obamas campaign has threatened to hold undercover reporter and pro-life activist David Daleiden in contempt of court after his organization released video footage of Planned Parenthood employees admitting that abortion involves killing a baby.

In the video released Thursday, Planned Parenthood Michigan Medical Director Dr. Lisa Harris says that pro-abortion activists know abortion is violent and kills babies, but that shouldnt stop them.

Given that we might actually both agree that theres violence in here, ask me why I come to work everyday, she said in the footage from the National Abortion Federations 2014 and 2015 conventions. Lets just give them all the violence, its a person, its killing lets just give them all that.

YouTube yanked the video from its site hours after it was posted, citing a violation of the sites terms of service.

News later broke that in response U.S. District Judge William Orrick ordered Daleiden to appear in court June 14, where the judge will consider levying contempt of court charges against him. Orrick is the same judge who granted the abortion groups a preliminary injunction against CMP, prohibiting them from releasing undercover footage in February 2016. In July 2015, just hours after NAF filed the request, Orrick also granted a temporary restraining order against CMP releasing any more footage.

Orrick, whom Obama nominated to his position, also donated at least $200,000 to the 44th presidents campaign and more than $30,000 to committees that supported him, Mollie Hemingway has reported.

Because Daleiden and hiscolleague Sandra Merritt are facing 14 felony charges in California for recording confidential communications, in a statement provided toNational Reviewtheir attorneys said the footage has been entered into public legal records due to the court proceedings and is therefore public information.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra has entered this footage into the public record by filing a public criminal proceeding based on it. The preliminary injunction obtained by NAF in a federal civil suit cannot bind this State criminal proceeding. (In fact, the SF Superior Court is now releasing certified copies of the court filings to the public with the links to the videos.)

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Obama, Merkel To Discuss Civic Engagement At Brandenburg Gate NPR The bishop who will moderate a chat between former President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discusses its theme:"Being Involved in Democracy: Taking on Responsibility Locally and Globally." Facebook; Twitter. Google+. Email ...

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