2017/04/28

Presidential tweet tantrum

... oe Flynn the scapegoat?

Trump's Tweet-And-Switch On Shutdown And Flynn : NPR http://www.npr.org/2017/04/27/525877157/trumps-tweet-and-switch-on-shutdown-and-flynn?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

2017/04/25

FAFSA breach and tax fraud

Hackers Use FAFSA Application To Steal Tax Info https://packetstormsecurity.com/news/view/27656/Hackers-Use-FAFSA-Application-To-Steal-Tax-Info.html

I'm sure Dems do it too

Trump & Co. Just Picked the Wrong Fight With Twitter | WIRED https://www.wired.com/2017/04/trump-co-just-picked-wrong-fight-twitter/

2017/04/19

Close, but no cookie

Georgia Special Election Headed To Runoff As Republicans Avoid Nightmare Scenario http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524580518/georgia-special-election-results-hang-in-suspense?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Unfair advantage

Restaurant Group Joins Lawsuit Against Trump, Citing Unfair Competition http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524548769/restaurant-group-joins-lawsuit-against-trump-citing-unfair-competition?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Early bad, sleep good

Down With 8 A.M. Classes: Undergrads Learn Better Later In The Day, Study Finds : NPR Ed : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/04/19/524348257/down-with-8-a-m-classes-undergrads-learn-better-later-in-the-day-study-finds?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Record haul

We Now Know Trump's Inauguration Donors. Where The Money Went Is Another Story http://www.npr.org/2017/04/19/524727575/we-now-know-trumps-inauguration-donors-where-the-money-went-is-another-story?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Interesting turn of events

China Defends Trademark Grants For Ivanka Trump Products http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/19/524765086/china-defends-trademark-grants-for-ivanka-trump-products?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

2017/04/18

A pithy little piece

I am confident, he is not a performance artist, but I don't  believe he walks around frothing all day, like on his show when excited.

Alex Jones is reviled in his hometown of Austin, Texas. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/alex_jones_is_reviled_in_his_hometown_of_austin_texas.html

Employment crisis

An hourly paid job leads to a crappier hourly job.

Fake Working Class http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/the_response_to_the_retail_apocalypse_shows_which_workers_count_in_trump.html

2017/04/16

Mat b for voting justice

Gerrymandering Is Illegal, But Only Mathematicians Can Prove It https://www.wired.com/2017/04/gerrymandering-illegal-mathematicians-can-prove/

Turkey votes yes

Turkey Gives More Power to Erdogan http://www.npr.org/2017/04/16/524242212/turkey-votes-yes-to-give-more-power-to-erdogan?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

2017/04/14

No more logs

White House Says It Will No Longer Release Visitor Logs To The Public : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/14/523968950/white-house-says-it-will-no-longer-release-visitor-logs-to-the-public?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Attack fabrication

Bashar Assad Tells AFP That Chemical Attack Was Western 'Fabrication' : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/13/523766040/bashar-assad-tells-afp-that-chemical-attack-was-western-fabrication

On the lam no more

'Last Of The Cocaine Cowboys' Caught After 26 Years, Marshals Say : The Two-Way

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/13/523772336/u-s-marshals-say-theyve-rounded-up-the-last-of-the-cocaine-cowboys

Trump Signs Law Giving States Option To Deny Funding For Planned Parenthood

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/13/523795052/trump-signs-law-giving-states-option-to-deny-funding-for-planned-parenthood

Bad Wikileaks, Bad

CIA Director Pompeo Denounces WikiLeaks As 'Hostile Intelligence Service' http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/13/523849965/cia-director-pompeo-denounce

2017/04/13

Tango down for Kelihos

How the FBI Took Down Russia’s Spam King—And His Massive Botnet https://www.wired.com/2017/04/fbi-took-russias-spam-king-massive-botnet/

2017/04/11

Holy righteousness

After Outcry, USDA Stops Using 'Cyanide Bombs' In Idaho — For Now

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/11/523420494/after-outcry-usda-stops-using-cyanide-bombs-in-idaho-for-now

Funny how a cyanide bomb makes the news after Assad terror attacks.

Spicer Hitler comment

Sean Spicer Apparently Forgets Hitler Used Chemical Weapons, Then Apologizes Later On TV : NPR http://www.npr.org/2017/04/11/523444643/white-house-stumbles-over-assad-hitler-comparison?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

German sportsmen attacked

Borussia Dortmund Soccer Team Bus Damaged By Explosions, Player Injured : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/11/523444401/three-blasts-go-off-near-german-soccer-team-bus-injuring-player?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Christians for trump

https://youtu.be/1YFLBjR-swo

2017/04/10

And they were 9

Trump Cheers Elevation Of Gorsuch To Supreme Court http://www.npr.org/2017/04/10/523281405/trump-cheers-elevation-of-gorsuch-to-supreme-court?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Added to the list

How U.S. Health Care Became Big Business http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/10/523005353/how-u-s-health-care-became-big-business?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

2017/04/06

Nunez 2.0

Russia probe under Gowdy and Conaway won’t change a bit. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/04/russia_probe_under_gowdy_and_conaway_won_t_change_a_bit.html

2017/04/05

Appeals court ruling

LGBT Employees Protected By Federal Civil Rights Act, Appeals Court Rules : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/05/522670604/lgbt-employees-protected-by-federal-law-appeals-court-rules?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

2017/04/04

Chemical attack in Syria

Dozens Of Syrian Civilians Dead In Chemical Attack On Rebel-Held Town : NPR http://www.npr.org/2017/04/04/522632360/dozens-of-syrian-civilians-dead-in-chemical-attack-on-rebel-held-town?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Union boss speaks

Politics And Unions: AFL-CIO's Trumka Says Both Parties Have Lost Focus On U.S. Workers : The Two-Way : NPR http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/04/522624170/afl-cios-trumka-says-both-parties-have-lost-focus-on-u-s-workers?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

We'll see what happens

Justice Department To Review All Civil Rights Agreements On Police Conduct http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/03/522309537/justice-department-to-review-all-civil-rights-agreements-on-police-conduct