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1,601 | Joe Wright 'Darkest Hour' Interview: Creating a Real Winston Churchill | Winston Churchill | Given that Oscar season is upon us itâs hardly surprising that Darkest Hour is being pushed first and foremost as an awards showcase for Gary Oldman who excels in the thunderous role of Winston Churchill . But the film works so well because of the care its director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice Atonement Anna Karenina) takes in balancing the British prime ministerâs big theatrical public presence with his more tormented inner life. Darkest Hour follows Churchill in May 1940 his first month in office as he seeks to balance the desires of his political party which wants to avoid mass bloodshed on the scale of World War I against his own resolute belief in resisting Nazi Germany at all costs. Churchill was seen by the party (and by Britainâs King George VI) as a warmonger responsible for the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign in the last war. But he doubted himself too: Wright depicts the leader wondering if his demands of âvictory at all costsâ from his country were too much. Related Story Darkest Hour Is a Thunderous Churchill Biopic The Atlantic talked to Wright about crafting a fresh portrayal of Churchillâs character the typical pitfalls that come with making a biopic of a well-known public figure and whether audiences might see any present-day parallels in Darkest Hour. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. David Sims: Recently thereâs been such a glut of Winston Churchills on screen. Were you worried about that at all going into Darkest Hour?
Joe Wright : I wasnât because they hadnât happened [yet]. When I started working on the movie it was like January 2016 and so The Crown hadnât aired Dunkirk hadnât happened a Churchill movie hadnât happened and so I felt like I was being quite original really. It seemed like one of those ideas like Pride & Prejudice that was so obvious it was surprising. Because there hadnât been a Pride & Prejudice movie thereâd just been the TV series and there hadnât been a Churchill movie. But really I just responded to the screenplay and the story about a man who is placed in this impossible position where no one wants him and who suffers a massive crisis of confidence and doubt. And through doubt he discovers wisdom. I responded to that on a personal level and then it âs Churchill . Sims: But it is interesting to think about his interiorityâthatâs not something Churchill stories usually touch on as much. Wright: Especially in England Churchill is this giant bronze statue sitting on a plinth 15 feet high. [This was] the opportunity to bring him down from that plinth and instead of facing the icon facing the man who has been reappropriated by so many different parties. He âs become a kind of icon of British nationalism and I donât think thatâs who he was at all. So I wanted to reclaim him as an individual and say this man was deeply flawed profoundly complicated and at this point in history he kind of saved the world. Those flaws are integral to the man and to his achievements and thatâs what I find really interestingâthe idea that our flaws and our virtues are kind of the same thing.
Sims: By his flaws do you mean his stubbornness and his bellicose nature? Wright: Yes and his extraordinary will really. Will is a dangerous thing and can be detrimental as well as a virtue. Sims: The image youâre talking about him as this iconic symbol of Britishness ⦠I didnât really know that [when he took office] he was greeted with such suspicion in Parliament. Wright: He was one of the first great [public-relations] prime ministers: The whole look the hat the cigar the âVâ for victory was all carefully considered. We have this idea that he was always the embodiment of the bulldog spirit but actually thatâs not the case. Thatâs one of the things I think people might find interesting and new about this movie: how suspicious his own party was of him and that it was this moment that turned and defined him and defined our history. Sims: Because he âs an unproven person coming into office in a lot of ways. Wright: He âs not trusted. He âs made a lot of mistakes. He âs had a long parliamentary career; he âs been in Parliament since his 20s. His policies on womenâs suffrage his policy on Indian independence and what happened in the Gallipoli Campaign [of the First World War] was a complete disaster. The invasion of the Dardanelles was a great idea militarily but time slipped away from [British forces] and they didnât act quickly enough. And when it became apparent that things werenât going to go as planned he should have withdrawn but his will forced it forward and caused many deaths. Thatâs what I mean by will being a detriment as well as a benefit.
Sims: So when the script comes to you whatâs the process like for casting Churchill ? Because so many thesps have bitten into the role. Wright: Which is the dangerâI donât want another thesp biting into it. A lot of those guys of a certain age kind of look right. But when casting you can either choose someone who looks right or someone who has the essence of the character. And I always think itâs wiser to choose the latter. I always had this idea that Churchill should be a dynamo of energy. He walked fast; he was a little man. Sims: You always think of Churchill as hulking. Wright: Right and from all the footage I was watching physically and mentally he was incredibly energized to the point that you think he might short-circuit and collapse and thatâs probably when the depressions came. So I wanted someone with a kind of intensity and Gary has always had and still has that intensity as an actor. So then the question became about the physical transformation which is less of an issue to me than the character transformation. Gary and I talked we discussed options and we thought this guy Kazuhiro [Tsuji] would be the man to see. He was retired living in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles making sculptures and we went to see him. And over a period of five months we developed the exact balance between looking like Churchill and getting Gary âs performance. Sims: Was it hard to win Gary over or was Churchill something he was ready to sink his teeth into?
Wright: I think Churchill was like a dog in the corner that was always there and that Gary was always kind of turning away from. And yet finally he had to address it. I felt that maybe heâd be the kind of actor whoâd do his thing and Iâd arrange everything around him. And that didnât sound great but I was interested to have a front-row seat to Garyâs performance. And then what I discovered is that heâs an actor who wants direction and so it became a very close collaboration. We made the film together we walked through it together and it was one of the most gratifying creative partnerships Iâve ever experienced. Sims: With Ben Mendelsohn as George VI thatâs another character whoâs been recently done in The Kingâs Speech and The Crown. Wright: The obvious choices were British and the fear was that weâd get a lesser version of Colin Firth. So I knew it had to be a kind of off-center choice. I was looking at Ben and they look kind of similar in profile. And George had a temper and Ben has that kind of vital energy. And the fact that heâs not British was actually kind of important to that. Sims: Just because thereâs less reverence for it? Wright: Yeah just because he didnât come with the British baggage. Iâm not necessarily a royalist. Iâm not necessarily a republican in the British sense but when dealing with the royal family youâre always dealing with the institution of monarchy. And actually what Ben brilliantly brought to it was a sense of dealing just with the individual ⦠this very specific individual in this very specific time in this very specific dilemma. | Given that Oscar season is upon us itâs hardly surprising that Darkest Hour is being pushed first and foremost as an awards showcase for Gary Oldman who excels in the thunderous role of [TGT] . But the film works so well because of the care its director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice Atonement Anna Karenina) takes in balancing the British prime ministerâs big theatrical public presence with his more tormented inner life. Darkest Hour follows Churchill in May 1940 his first month in office as he seeks to balance the desires of his political party which wants to avoid mass bloodshed on the scale of World War I against his own resolute belief in resisting Nazi Germany at all costs. [TGT] was seen by the party (and by Britainâs King George VI) as a warmonger responsible for the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign in the last war. But [TGT] doubted [TGT] too: Wright depicts the leader wondering if his demands of âvictory at all costsâ from his country were too much. Related Story Darkest Hour Is a Thunderous Churchill Biopic The Atlantic talked to Wright about crafting a fresh portrayal of Churchillâs character the typical pitfalls that come with making a biopic of a well-known public figure and whether audiences might see any present-day parallels in Darkest Hour. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. David Sims: Recently thereâs been such a glut of Winston Churchills on screen. Were you worried about that at all going into Darkest Hour?
Joe Wright : I wasnât because they hadnât happened [yet]. When I started working on the movie it was like January 2016 and so The Crown hadnât aired Dunkirk hadnât happened a [TGT] movie hadnât happened and so I felt like I was being quite original really. It seemed like one of those ideas like Pride & Prejudice that was so obvious it was surprising. Because there hadnât been a Pride & Prejudice movie thereâd just been the TV series and there hadnât been a [TGT] movie. But really I just responded to the screenplay and the story about a man who is placed in this impossible position where no one wants him and who suffers a massive crisis of confidence and doubt. And through doubt he discovers wisdom. I responded to that on a personal level and then it âs Churchill . Sims: But it is interesting to think about his interiorityâthatâs not something Churchill stories usually touch on as much. Wright: Especially in England Churchill is this giant bronze statue sitting on a plinth 15 feet high. [This was] the opportunity to bring him down from that plinth and instead of facing the icon facing the man who has been reappropriated by so many different parties. He âs become a kind of icon of British nationalism and I donât think thatâs who he was at all. So I wanted to reclaim him as an individual and say this man was deeply flawed profoundly complicated and at this point in history he kind of saved the world. Those flaws are integral to the man and to his achievements and thatâs what I find really interestingâthe idea that our flaws and our virtues are kind of the same thing.
Sims: By his flaws do you mean his stubbornness and his bellicose nature? Wright: Yes and his extraordinary will really. Will is a dangerous thing and can be detrimental as well as a virtue. Sims: The image youâre talking about him as this iconic symbol of Britishness ⦠I didnât really know that [when he took office] he was greeted with such suspicion in Parliament. Wright: He was one of the first great [public-relations] prime ministers: The whole look the hat the cigar the âVâ for victory was all carefully considered. We have this idea that he was always the embodiment of the bulldog spirit but actually thatâs not the case. Thatâs one of the things I think people might find interesting and new about this movie: how suspicious his own party was of him and that it was this moment that turned and defined him and defined our history. Sims: Because he âs an unproven person coming into office in a lot of ways. Wright: He âs not trusted. He âs made a lot of mistakes. He âs had a long parliamentary career; he âs been in Parliament since his 20s. His policies on womenâs suffrage his policy on Indian independence and what happened in the Gallipoli Campaign [of the First World War] was a complete disaster. The invasion of the Dardanelles was a great idea militarily but time slipped away from [British forces] and they didnât act quickly enough. And when it became apparent that things werenât going to go as planned he should have withdrawn but his will forced it forward and caused many deaths. Thatâs what I mean by will being a detriment as well as a benefit.
Sims: So when the script comes to you whatâs the process like for casting Churchill ? Because so many thesps have bitten into the role. Wright: Which is the dangerâI donât want another thesp biting into it. A lot of those guys of a certain age kind of look right. But when casting you can either choose someone who looks right or someone who has the essence of the character. And I always think itâs wiser to choose the latter. I always had this idea that Churchill should be a dynamo of energy. He walked fast; he was a little man. Sims: You always think of Churchill as hulking. Wright: Right and from all the footage I was watching physically and mentally he was incredibly energized to the point that you think he might short-circuit and collapse and thatâs probably when the depressions came. So I wanted someone with a kind of intensity and Gary has always had and still has that intensity as an actor. So then the question became about the physical transformation which is less of an issue to me than the character transformation. Gary and I talked we discussed options and we thought this guy Kazuhiro [Tsuji] would be the man to see. He was retired living in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles making sculptures and we went to see him. And over a period of five months we developed the exact balance between looking like Churchill and getting Gary âs performance. Sims: Was it hard to win Gary over or was Churchill something he was ready to sink his teeth into?
Wright: I think Churchill was like a dog in the corner that was always there and that Gary was always kind of turning away from. And yet finally he had to address it. I felt that maybe heâd be the kind of actor whoâd do his thing and Iâd arrange everything around him. And that didnât sound great but I was interested to have a front-row seat to Garyâs performance. And then what I discovered is that heâs an actor who wants direction and so it became a very close collaboration. We made the film together we walked through it together and it was one of the most gratifying creative partnerships Iâve ever experienced. Sims: With Ben Mendelsohn as George VI thatâs another character whoâs been recently done in The Kingâs Speech and The Crown. Wright: The obvious choices were British and the fear was that weâd get a lesser version of Colin Firth. So I knew it had to be a kind of off-center choice. I was looking at Ben and they look kind of similar in profile. And George had a temper and Ben has that kind of vital energy. And the fact that heâs not British was actually kind of important to that. Sims: Just because thereâs less reverence for it? Wright: Yeah just because he didnât come with the British baggage. Iâm not necessarily a royalist. Iâm not necessarily a republican in the British sense but when dealing with the royal family youâre always dealing with the institution of monarchy. And actually what Ben brilliantly brought to it was a sense of dealing just with the individual ⦠this very specific individual in this very specific time in this very specific dilemma. | 1Neutral
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1,602 | Buzzfeed hires reporter who left CNN after botched Anthony Scaramucci story | Thomas Frank | Thomas Frank had to leave the liberal cable news outlet because of his role in a discredited story about Anthony Scaramucciâs alleged ties to Russia a story CNN had to retract.
Interestingly it looks like one of Frank âs first assignments will apparently be to investigate the same storyline that cost the reporter his last job â the possible connections between President Trump and his associates with Russia.
âThe new hire is Thomas Frank late of CNN's ill-fated investigations unit that was disbanded in the wake of the controversial Scaramucci story. Iâm sure youâve read about it â said a statement to staff sent on Monday from Marc Seibel National Security Editor for BuzzFeed.
The memo states Frank will start on Oct. 2 and â his first order of business will be the Mueller probe into Russian election meddling and possible Trump collusion.â
Frank left CNN in June after the network was forced to retract a story connecting Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Frank authored the story which cited a single anonymous source. Editor Eric Lichtblau and Lex Haris who oversaw the investigative unit also resigned as a result. The story was eventually deleted because it âdid not meet CNN's editorial standards â and an apology was issued to Scaramucci.
The Frank hiring is the latest in a series of episodes involving CNN and BuzzFeed. Soon after Frank âs story was retracted BuzzFeed ran a story revealing an internal memo from CNNMoney Executive Editor Rich Barbieri warning staffers not to publish content involving potential ties between Trumpâs team and Russia without first coming to him and another CNN vice president. | [TGT] had to leave the liberal cable news outlet because of [TGT] role in a discredited story about Anthony Scaramucciâs alleged ties to Russia a story CNN had to retract.
Interestingly it looks like one of [TGT] âs first assignments will apparently be to investigate the same storyline that cost the reporter [TGT] last job â the possible connections between President Trump and his associates with Russia.
âThe new hire is [TGT] late of CNN's ill-fated investigations unit that was disbanded in the wake of the controversial Scaramucci story. Iâm sure youâve read about it â said a statement to staff sent on Monday from Marc Seibel National Security Editor for BuzzFeed.
The memo states [TGT] will start on Oct. 2 and â [TGT] first order of business will be the Mueller probe into Russian election meddling and possible Trump collusion.â
[TGT] left CNN in June after the network was forced to retract a story connecting Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. [TGT] authored the story which cited a single anonymous source. Editor Eric Lichtblau and Lex Haris who oversaw the investigative unit also resigned as a result. The story was eventually deleted because it âdid not meet CNN's editorial standards â and an apology was issued to Scaramucci.
The [TGT] hiring is the latest in a series of episodes involving CNN and BuzzFeed. Soon after [TGT] âs story was retracted BuzzFeed ran a story revealing an internal memo from CNNMoney Executive Editor Rich Barbieri warning staffers not to publish content involving potential ties between Trumpâs team and Russia without first coming to [TGT] and another CNN vice president. | 1Neutral
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1,603 | What Makes Us Click: How Online Dating Shapes Our Relationships : NPR | Wang | To find out Morning Edition asked two online daters who also spend their days thinking about online dating: Megan Murray a senior content strategist for Zoosk an online dating site and mobile app and Skyler Wang a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of California Berkeley . Wang also taught an undergraduate course at the University of British Columbia called What Makes Us Click about online dating and he gave NPR permission to use his course title for Morning Edition's series on online dating.
Wang who identifies as gay says before he and his friends go out to a bar his friends go on dating apps Tinder and Grindr to meet people at the bars where they're headed. "Now the 'gayborhood' is in your cell phone " he says. "I think technology has created a better more democratic social environment for especially marginalized groups."
"Basically people use lists nowadays to get a better sense who they're attracted to and put a very quantitative twist to something that didn't used to be like that " Wang says.
Wang cautions that this kind of approach to dating lets users act like they are shopping which isn't necessarily a good thing. He calls the practice "relationshopping " and he warns that it not only objectifies others it de-emphasizes the importance of building a relationship. People sometimes treat dating as if they are looking for the perfect dress or handbag Wang says.
"Relationshopping is problematic because people give up so quickly now " Wang says "and for the most bizarre reasons." He says that people may choose to not go on a second date with someone simply because they don't like their hair.
"It makes you feel like people are a commodity " he says.
In fact Wang says some sites describe themselves as more of an introduction service than a dating site.
"The dating doesn't happen online. The dating happens in person " Wang says. "So in a way they're trying to preserve that magic." | To find out Morning Edition asked two online daters who also spend their days thinking about online dating: Megan Murray a senior content strategist for Zoosk an online dating site and mobile app and Skyler Wang a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of California Berkeley . [TGT] also taught an undergraduate course at the University of British Columbia called What Makes Us Click about online dating and [TGT] gave NPR permission to use [TGT] course title for Morning Edition's series on online dating.
[TGT] who identifies as gay says before [TGT] and [TGT] friends go out to a bar [TGT] friends go on dating apps Tinder and Grindr to meet people at the bars where they're headed. "Now the 'gayborhood' is in your cell phone " [TGT] says. "I think technology has created a better more democratic social environment for especially marginalized groups."
"Basically people use lists nowadays to get a better sense who they're attracted to and put a very quantitative twist to something that didn't used to be like that [TGT] says.
[TGT] cautions that this kind of approach to dating lets users act like they are shopping which isn't necessarily a good thing. [TGT] calls the practice "relationshopping " and [TGT] warns that it not only objectifies others it de-emphasizes the importance of building a relationship. People sometimes treat dating as if they are looking for the perfect dress or handbag [TGT] says.
"Relationshopping is problematic because people give up so quickly now [TGT] says "and for the most bizarre reasons." [TGT] says that people may choose to not go on a second date with someone simply because they don't like their hair.
"It makes you feel like people are a commodity " he says.
In fact [TGT] says some sites describe themselves as more of an introduction service than a dating site.
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1,604 | Trans activist who confronted Caitlin Jenner will run for office | Caitlyn Jenner | SEE IT: Activist slams Caitlyn Jenner for support of Donald Trump
Preston made waves when she confronted Caitlin Jenner in August over her endorsement of President Trump. (Taylor Jewell/Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
Preston who previously served as the editor-in-chief of Wear Your Voice magazine went viral after confronting Jenner in August at a Trans Chorus of Los Angeles event for her endorsement of President Trump.
âYouâre a f--king fraud â Preston told Jenner at the time. âItâs really f--ked up that you continue to support somebody...thatâs erasing our f--king community. And you support it!â | SEE IT: Activist slams [TGT]
made waves when [TGT] confronted Caitlin Jenner in August over [TGT] endorsement of President Trump. (Taylor Jewell/Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
Preston who previously served as the editor-in-chief of Wear Your Voice magazine went viral after confronting Jenner in August at a Trans Chorus of Los Angeles event for her endorsement of President Trump.
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1,605 | Syria says its troops liberated eastern city of IS militants | Deir el-Zour | This frame grab from a video released on Nov. 2 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a Syrian army tank firing during a battle against Islamic State militants in Deir el-Zour Syria . The Syrian army announced on Friday Nov. 3 it liberated the long-contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour from the Islamic State group. (SANA via AP) (Associated Press)
DAMASCUS Syria â The Syrian army announced on Friday it liberated the long-contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour from the Islamic State group marking another defeat of the extremists as their self-proclaimed âcaliphateâ crumbles and almost all their urban strongholds in Syria and Iraq have been lost.
The recapture of Deir el-Zour on the west bank of the Euphrates River is also another victory for President Bashar Assadâs forces though largely symbolic in the Syrian militaryâs bigger fight to capture most of the oil-rich province along the border with Iraq.
Deir el-Zour which had been divided into a government-held and an IS-held part for nearly three years is the largest city in eastern Syria and the capital of the province with the same name. It is also the largest to be recaptured by the Syrian government from IS.
The Syrian army backed by Russia and Iran and Kurdish-led Syrian forces backed by the United States are now racing to take the rest of the oil-rich eastern province of Deir el-Zour including the key town of Boukamal near the Iraqi border.
Footage posted on the website of the Syrian state news agency SANA shows the last moments of the fighting between the Syrian army and IS in Deir el-Zour including shelling by Syrian tanks and plumes of smoke rising over the cityâs IS-held and mostly destroyed neighborhoods of Jamiayat and Jabiliyeh before they were liberated. | This frame grab from a video released on Nov. 2 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a Syrian army tank firing during a battle against Islamic State militants in Deir el-Zour Syria . The Syrian army announced on Friday Nov. 3 it liberated the long-contested eastern city of [TGT] from the Islamic State group. (SANA via AP) (Associated Press)
DAMASCUS Syria â The Syrian army announced on Friday it liberated the long-contested eastern city of [TGT] from the Islamic State group marking another defeat of the extremists as their self-proclaimed âcaliphateâ crumbles and almost all their urban strongholds in Syria and Iraq have been lost.
The recapture of Deir el-Zour on the west bank of the Euphrates River is also another victory for President Bashar Assadâs forces though largely symbolic in the Syrian militaryâs bigger fight to capture most of the oil-rich province along the border with Iraq.
Deir el-Zour which had been divided into a government-held and an IS-held part for nearly three years is the largest city in eastern Syria and the capital of the province with the same name. It is also the largest to be recaptured by the Syrian government from IS.
The Syrian army backed by Russia and Iran and Kurdish-led Syrian forces backed by the United States are now racing to take the rest of the oil-rich eastern province of [TGT] including the key town of Boukamal near the Iraqi border.
Footage posted on the website of the Syrian state news agency SANA shows the last moments of the fighting between the Syrian army and IS in [TGT] including shelling by Syrian tanks and plumes of smoke rising over the cityâs IS-held and mostly destroyed neighborhoods of Jamiayat and Jabiliyeh before they were liberated. | 1Neutral
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1,606 | Justin Timberlake declares love for Tenn at home state set | Justin Timberlake | FRANKLIN Tenn. (AP) â Memphis native Justin Timberlake returned to his home state for one of his few performances this year to declare his love for Tennessee.
Timberlake performed on Saturday in Franklin Tennessee at the Pilgrimage Festival a 3-year-old music festival that he now co-produces and is conveniently close to his current home in Middle Tennessee.
The pop singer and actor joked to the capacity crowd of more than 25 000 fans that he was nervous about performing at home.
"Half of you I might be related to " Timberlake said.
He surprised the crowd by reuniting with country star Chris Stapleton and his wife Morgane after their breakout performance with Timberlake on the 2015 Country Music Association Awards.
Justin Timberlake performs at the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival on Saturday Sept. 23 2017 in Franklin Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
The addition of Timberlake as a performer helped boost attendance numbers for the new music festival about 30 minutes south of Nashville.
Timberlake closed out the performance with his hit songs "SexyBack " ''Rock Your Body " and "Can't Stop the Feeling." | FRANKLIN Tenn. (AP) â [TGT] returned to [TGT] home state for one of [TGT] few performances this year to declare [TGT] love for Tennessee.
[TGT] performed on Saturday in Franklin Tennessee at the Pilgrimage Festival a 3-year-old music festival that he now co-produces and is conveniently close to his current home in Middle Tennessee.
The pop singer and actor joked to the capacity crowd of more than 25 000 fans that he was nervous about performing at home.
"Half of you I might be related to " [TGT] said.
He surprised the crowd by reuniting with country star Chris Stapleton and his wife Morgane after their breakout performance with [TGT] on the 2015 Country Music Association Awards.
[TGT] performs at the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival on Saturday Sept. 23 2017 in Franklin Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
[TGT] helped boost attendance numbers for the new music festival about 30 minutes south of Nashville.
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1,607 | A 17 | J.D | ON SEPTEMBER 11th a 17-year-old girl was apprehended as she illegally crossed into America from Mexico. Now nearly 16 weeks pregnant the girlâknown as Jane Doe or J.D. to protect her privacyâwould like to have an abortion. But her custodian at a detention centre in Brownsville Texasâthe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)âis refusing her request. The government will "protect the well-being of this minor and all children and their babies in our facilitiesâ an HHS spokesman explained. â[W]e will defend human dignity for all in our care." On October 18th a federal judge instructed the federal government to grant J.D. âs wish but two days later a three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit froze that order until October 31st by a 2-1 vote. If by that date the authorities have not found a sponsor âcapable of providing for the childâs physical and mental well-beingâ who could help her procure an abortion the court held J.D. may return to court to plead her case anew.
Meanwhile via her lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) J.D. is asking the appeals court to reconsider her case âen bancââwith the full complement of judges. Time is of the essence: while bureaucrats and judges wrangle over her fate J.D.âs pregnancy rolls toward 20 weeks the point at which abortion is no longer available in Texas. The ACLU told the appeals court on October 22nd that its panel decision âviolates decades of well-settled Supreme Court precedentâ barring the government from imposing âan undue burden onâor as in this extraordinary case completely block[ing]âa womanâs ability to obtain an abortionâ.
The holding pattern for J.D. began nearly a month ago. âAll the while this young isolated woman remains pregnant against her will causing her irreparable harmâ the ACLU wrote. Every day J.D. faces a âsevere strain...both physically and emotionallyâ and abortion becomes a riskier more fraught procedure. The young womanâs lawyers ask the federal government to simply get out of the way: âHer court-appointed representatives or the shelter personnel stand ready to transport her; the health centre stands ready to provide the care; and private funds have been provided to pay for the procedureâ. In sum "[a]ll defendants must do is to step aside and stop blocking the doorâ.
The ACLU brief includes a few lines from a stinging opinion penned by Judge Patricia Millett the dissenter in the appeals court ruling on October 20th. The governmentâs refusal to grant the young womanâs wish âsacrificesâ her âconstitutional liberty autonomy and personal dignity for no justifiable governmental reasonâ Judge Millett wrote. Its decision represents âan astonishing power grabâ ignoring the fact that âthis child fled here all alone in a desperate effort to avoid severe abuseâ and embarked on âa life-imperiling trek for hundreds perhaps thousands of milesâ. J.D. and other â[u]naccompanied minor migrants are among the most vulnerable persons in the worldâ.
In its response to the young womanâs request for a court-wide re-hearing the Department of Justice (DoJ) raised three curious pointsânone of which interestingly denies that J.D. has a right to an abortion. First the DoJ explained that if J.D. were to find a sponsor she would be able to seek an abortion under his or her care and the complaint against the government would dissolve. But as the ACLU observed âthe notion that an appropriate sponsor for J.D. could be identified properly vetted and approved in an eleven day time frame is entirely unrealisticâ. Second the DoJ argued that J.D. brought her predicament on herself . âAny alleged âobstacleâ to Ms Doeâs ability to obtain an abortion is by her own choiceâ the brief asserts. She chose to flee oppression in her home country and enter America illegally so she is author of her own dilemma. The obstacle to her abortion is self-imposed. J.D. can decide to remove that obstacle âat any time by filing a request for voluntary departureâ.
This is a glaring insult to the young woman. Start with the implication that J.D. would enjoy the autonomy to have an abortion if only she were to give up on America and return to her home country: a choice between forced motherhood and a bus-ride back to the place she took great pains to escape. Actually it is worse: in Mexico where J.D. seems to be from (this information is sealed) she would not be able to secure a legal abortion at all. Self-deportation then would almost certainly be a lose-lose scenario.
The most jarring feature of the governmentâs argument comes near the end of its brief when it advances a novel theory of government âcomplicityâ in acts it finds reprehensible. Why does the Office of Refugee Resettlement refuse to release J.D. to court-appointed representatives to travel to a nearby abortion clinic? Because that would âentail facilitating an abortionâ the DoJ brief reads. Even if HHS does not drive J.D. to the clinic or pay for the procedure approving such a release âwould still require that HHS or its contractor devote time and staff towards maintaining appropriate custody over Ms Doe during her absenceâ and necessitate âexpend[ing] resources to monitorâ her health. Permitting J.D. to exercise her constitutional right to end her pregnancy would ârequire the federal government to be complicit in her abortion which the government has a significant and legitimate interest in refusing to doâ. | ON SEPTEMBER 11th a 17-year-old girl was apprehended as she illegally crossed into America from Mexico. Now nearly 16 weeks pregnant the girlâknown as Jane Doe or J.D. to protect her privacyâwould like to have an abortion. But her custodian at a detention centre in Brownsville Texasâthe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)âis refusing her request. The government will "protect the well-being of this minor and all children and their babies in our facilitiesâ an HHS spokesman explained. â[W]e will defend human dignity for all in our care." On October 18th a federal judge instructed the federal government to grant J.D. âs wish but two days later a three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit froze that order until October 31st by a 2-1 vote. If by that date the authorities have not found a sponsor âcapable of providing for the childâs physical and mental well-beingâ who could help her procure an abortion the court held J.D. may return to court to plead her case anew.
Meanwhile via her lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) J.D. is asking the appeals court to reconsider her case âen bancââwith the full complement of judges. Time is of the essence: while bureaucrats and judges wrangle over her fate J.D.âs pregnancy rolls toward 20 weeks the point at which abortion is no longer available in Texas. The ACLU told the appeals court on October 22nd that its panel decision âviolates decades of well-settled Supreme Court precedentâ barring the government from imposing âan undue burden onâor as in this extraordinary case completely block[ing]âa womanâs ability to obtain an abortionâ.
The holding pattern for [TGT] began nearly a month ago. âAll the while this young isolated woman remains pregnant against her will causing her irreparable harmâ the ACLU wrote. Every day [TGT] faces a âsevere strain...both physically and emotionallyâ and abortion becomes a riskier more fraught procedure. The young womanâs lawyers ask the federal government to simply get out of the way: âHer court-appointed representatives or the shelter personnel stand ready to transport her; the health centre stands ready to provide the care; and private funds have been provided to pay for the procedureâ. In sum "[a]ll defendants must do is to step aside and stop blocking the doorâ.
The ACLU brief includes a few lines from a stinging opinion penned by Judge Patricia Millett the dissenter in the appeals court ruling on October 20th. The governmentâs refusal to grant the young womanâs wish âsacrificesâ her âconstitutional liberty autonomy and personal dignity for no justifiable governmental reasonâ Judge Millett wrote. Its decision represents âan astonishing power grabâ ignoring the fact that âthis child fled here all alone in a desperate effort to avoid severe abuseâ and embarked on âa life-imperiling trek for hundreds perhaps thousands of milesâ. [TGT] and other â[u]naccompanied minor migrants are among the most vulnerable persons in the worldâ.
In its response to the young womanâs request for a court-wide re-hearing the Department of Justice (DoJ) raised three curious pointsânone of which interestingly denies that [TGT] has a right to an abortion. First the DoJ explained that if [TGT] were to find a sponsor [TGT] would be able to seek an abortion under his or [TGT] care and the complaint against the government would dissolve. But as the ACLU observed âthe notion that an appropriate sponsor for [TGT] could be identified properly vetted and approved in an eleven day time frame is entirely unrealisticâ. Second the DoJ argued that [TGT] brought her predicament on herself . âAny alleged âobstacleâ to Ms Doeâs ability to obtain an abortion is by her own choiceâ the brief asserts. She chose to flee oppression in her home country and enter America illegally so she is author of her own dilemma. The obstacle to her abortion is self-imposed. [TGT] can decide to remove that obstacle âat any time by filing a request for voluntary departureâ.
This is a glaring insult to the young woman. Start with the implication that [TGT] would enjoy the autonomy to have an abortion if only she were to give up on America and return to her home country: a choice between forced motherhood and a bus-ride back to the place she took great pains to escape. Actually it is worse: in Mexico where [TGT] seems to be from (this information is sealed) she would not be able to secure a legal abortion at all. Self-deportation then would almost certainly be a lose-lose scenario.
The most jarring feature of the governmentâs argument comes near the end of its brief when it advances a novel theory of government âcomplicityâ in acts it finds reprehensible. Why does the Office of Refugee Resettlement refuse to release J.D. to court-appointed representatives to travel to a nearby abortion clinic? Because that would âentail facilitating an abortionâ the DoJ brief reads. Even if HHS does not drive [TGT] to the clinic or pay for the procedure approving such a release âwould still require that HHS or its contractor devote time and staff towards maintaining appropriate custody over Ms Doe during her absenceâ and necessitate âexpend[ing] resources to monitorâ her health. Permitting [TGT] to exercise her constitutional right to end her pregnancy would ârequire the federal government to be complicit in her abortion which the government has a significant and legitimate interest in refusing to doâ. | 1Neutral
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1,608 | In rubble of Aleppo souk tablecloth shop makes solitary comeback | Mohammad Shawash | Mohammad Shawashâs partly restored storefront stands amid a sea of smashed concrete and debris-laden roads.
The 62-year-old with a snow-white beard and glasses decided to return to the historic souk five months ago to reopen the shop he had managed for years.
âI cried when I first came back. I found total destruction all around me. The stores were destroyed the streets covered in rubble and rocks and the buildings collapsed â he told AFP.
âSo I repaired it myself to prove to the whole world that Aleppoâs Old City still has a soul.â
â âI lost myself â â
âI was raised here and I used to open my shop from 7:00am until late at night. I knew everyone around me â he said.
âItâs not just about losing money or stock. I lost my neighbours I lost my people I lost myself .â | [TGT] partly restored storefront stands amid a sea of smashed concrete and debris-laden roads.
The 62-year-old with a snow-white beard and glasses decided to return to the historic souk five months ago to reopen the shop [TGT] had managed for years.
âI cried when I first came back. I found total destruction all around me. The stores were destroyed the streets covered in rubble and rocks and the buildings collapsed â he told AFP.
âSo I repaired it myself to prove to the whole world that Aleppoâs Old City still has a soul.â
â âI lost myself â â
âI was raised here and I used to open my shop from 7:00am until late at night. I knew everyone around me â he said.
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1,609 | Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: World Reacts to Engagement | Prince Harry | Britain is poised for another Royal Wedding after it was announced on Monday that Prince Harry is to marry the American actress Meghan Markle.
Prince Charles Harryâs father and his wife Camilla who is Harry âs step mother said they were âthrilledâ and âvery happy indeedâ for the couple.
Harry âs older brother William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge who celebrated their marriage in 2011 said: âWe are very excited for Harry and Meghan. It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.â
The former British Prime Minister David Cameron also took to Twitter to congratulate the pair. He said: âCongratulations to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle . Wonderful news and I wish them a long and happy life together.â | Britain is poised for another Royal Wedding after it was announced on Monday that Prince Harry is to marry the American actress Meghan Markle.
Prince Charles Harryâs father and his wife Camilla who is Harry âs step mother said they were âthrilledâ and âvery happy indeedâ for the couple.
Harry âs older brother William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge who celebrated their marriage in 2011 said: âWe are very excited for Harry and Meghan. It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.â
The former British Prime Minister David Cameron also took to Twitter to congratulate the pair. He said: [TGT] . Wonderful news and I wish [TGT] a long and happy life together.â | 2Positive
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1,610 | After 16 Years Afghanistan War Is 'At Best A Grinding Stalemate ' Journalist Says : NPR | Steve Coll | America's war in Afghanistan is the longest war the U.S. has ever fought. Beginning a month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 2001 the initial mission was to remove the Taliban from power and destroy the al-Qaida terror network. Now nearly 17 years later Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll points out that the war's goals have changed.
"The objective is not a grand peace ceremony on some grand aircraft carrier " Coll says. "It's to reduce the violence in Afghanistan to reduce the suffering of innocents in Kabul to support the constitutional government that we invested in after Sept. 11 so heavily in money and in American lives and sacrifices on the battlefield."
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World Steve Coll : The Secret Plans For Kashmir Steve Coll : The Secret Plans For Kashmir Listen | America's war in Afghanistan is the longest war the U.S. has ever fought. Beginning a month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 2001 the initial mission was to remove the Taliban from power and destroy the al-Qaida terror network. Now nearly 17 years later Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [TGT] points out that the war's goals have changed.
"The objective is not a grand peace ceremony on some grand aircraft carrier " Coll says. "It's to reduce the violence in Afghanistan to reduce the suffering of innocents in Kabul to support the constitutional government that we invested in after Sept. 11 so heavily in money and in American lives and sacrifices on the battlefield."
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1,611 | Justice Department FBI resist lawmaker demands for 'Trump dossier' files: officials | Devin Nunes | The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas in August seeking âany and all documentsâ about both agenciesâ dealings with former MI6 officer Christopher Steele according to a letter seen by Reuters from committee chairman Devin Nunes a Trump supporter.
Two officials said Nunes met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss the subpoenas.
âThe Deputy Attorney General is meeting with Nunes as part of an ongoing negotiation over what information DOJ will provide or how it will be provided â a Justice Department official said.
The FBI declined to comment on anything to do with Nunesâ request. A spokesman for Nunes declined to comment.
According to a Sept. 1 letter Nunes sent to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions the subpoenas demand that the department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation produce all documents related to their ârelationshipâ with Steele and the âso-called âTrump Dossierâ.
Sessions recused himself earlier this year from the Russia investigation. Nunes publicly recused himself from leading the Russia probe in April following a secret visit he paid to White House officials. | The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas in August seeking âany and all documentsâ about both agenciesâ dealings with former MI6 officer Christopher Steele according to a letter seen by Reuters from [TGT] .
Two officials said [TGT] met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss the subpoenas.
âThe Deputy Attorney General is meeting with Nunes as part of an ongoing negotiation over what information DOJ will provide or how it will be provided â a Justice Department official said.
The FBI declined to comment on anything to do with Nunesâ request. A spokesman for [TGT] declined to comment.
According to a Sept. 1 letter [TGT] sent to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions the subpoenas demand that the department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation produce all documents related to their ârelationshipâ with Steele and the âso-called âTrump Dossierâ.
Sessions recused [TGT] earlier this year from the Russia investigation. [TGT] publicly recused [TGT] from leading the Russia probe in April following a secret visit [TGT] paid to White House officials. | 2Positive
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1,612 | Vic Damone popular 1950s crooner and nightclub star dies at 89 | Vic Damone | Vic Damone performing in 1951. âVic has the best pipes in the business â singer Frank Sinatra once said. (AP)
Vic Damone a pop crooner whose creamy baritone and heartthrob good looks propelled his success at the jukebox and on-screen in the post-World War II era and for five decades more in nightclubs and concert halls died Feb. 11 at a hospital in Miami Beach. He was 89.
He made his professional debut at 17 tying for first place on the radio contest âArthur Godfreyâs Talent Scouts â and his 1947 recording debut heralded an enviable new talent. âIf I had one wish â Sinatra was said to have remarked âit would be for Vic Damoneâs tonsils. Vic has the best pipes in the business.â
Music critic Will Friedwald in his volume âA Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers â attributed to Mr. Damone all the hallmarks of Sinatraâs early romantic balladeer phase â âthe beautiful voice the light clear sound the precise articulation the impeccable phrasing.â
The advent of rock-and-roll drove Mr. Damone from his perch atop the pop charts but he made two of his finest albums during that phase of his career â âLinger Awhile with Vic Damoneâ and âThe Lively Ones â both 1962 â featuring the singer at ease with jazzy up-tempo standards such as âThe Most Beautiful Girl in the Worldâ and âSoft Lights and Sweet Music.â | Vic Damone performing in 1951. âVic has the best pipes in the business â singer Frank Sinatra once said. (AP)
Vic Damone a pop crooner whose creamy baritone and heartthrob good looks propelled his success at the jukebox and on-screen in the post-World War II era and for five decades more in nightclubs and concert halls died Feb. 11 at a hospital in Miami Beach. He was 89.
He made his professional debut at 17 tying for first place on the radio contest âArthur Godfreyâs Talent Scouts â and his 1947 recording debut heralded an enviable new talent. âIf I had one wish â Sinatra was said to have remarked âit would be for [TGT] tonsils. [TGT] has the best pipes in the business.â
Music critic Will Friedwald in [TGT] volume âA Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers â attributed to Mr. Damone all the hallmarks of Sinatraâs early romantic balladeer phase â âthe beautiful voice the light clear sound the precise articulation the impeccable phrasing.â
The advent of rock-and-roll drove Mr. Damone from his perch atop the pop charts but he made two of his finest albums during that phase of his career â âLinger Awhile with Vic Damoneâ and âThe Lively Ones â both 1962 â featuring the singer at ease with jazzy up-tempo standards such as âThe Most Beautiful Girl in the Worldâ and âSoft Lights and Sweet Music.â | 2Positive
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1,613 | Fox in the Mouse House could give Disney an edge in streaming wars | Fox | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) buys some Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA.O) businesses it could provide a quick path for the traditional media giant to create a substantial competitor to Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) in the battle for TV and movie viewers.
FILE PHOTO: The Twenty-First Century Fox Studios flag flies over the company building in Los Angeles California U.S. November 6 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson /File Photo
The two companies reportedly held talks in recent weeks about a potential sale of Foxâs FX and National Geographic channels its movie studio and some other international assets to Disney according to media reports. The discussions had stopped as of Monday but could restart the reports said.
Investors who have driven Netflix shares to record highs this year were selling on Tuesday sending the companyâs stock down more than 2 percent. Disney and Fox shares rose roughly 1 percent each as analysts said a deal between the two media giants could benefit Disneyâs planned streaming push.
With Fox Disney in the future could yank Fox programming from Netflix and put shows like âThe Simpsonsâ and movie franchises including âAvatarâ alongside Disney classics such as âBeauty and the Beastâ plus âStar Warsâ and Marvel films.
That would leave a hole in Netflix. Fox made up 17 percent of Netflixâs top-rated shows by IMDb as of June while Disney made up 7 percent according to MoffettNathanson and YipitData.
Disney and Fox also each own roughly 25 percent of streaming service Hulu which could serve as another platform for content.
Disney Fox and Netflix had no comment.
âThatâs why we got into the originals business five years ago anticipating it may be not as easy a conversation with studios and networksâ to license their programming Sarandos said.
Disney will be starting its online service more than a decade after Netflix which now boasts 109 million streaming customers around the world. Disney could expand its global reach if it acquires Fox TV channel Star India and the companyâs stake in European pay TV provider Sky Plc (SKYB.L) which already has made inroads in the streaming market.
Needham & Co analyst Laura Martin said Disney needs to buy a film library from Fox or another big company to compete directly with Netflix. âDisneyâs libraries are very high quality but they are very small â Martin said. âThey could not do it alone.â | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) buys some Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA.O) businesses it could provide a quick path for the traditional media giant to create a substantial competitor to Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) in the battle for TV and movie viewers.
FILE PHOTO: The Twenty-First Century Fox Studios flag flies over the company building in Los Angeles California U.S. November 6 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson /File Photo
The two companies reportedly held talks in recent weeks about a potential sale of Foxâs FX and National Geographic channels its movie studio and some other international assets to Disney according to media reports. The discussions had stopped as of Monday but could restart the reports said.
Investors who have driven Netflix shares to record highs this year were selling on Tuesday sending the companyâs stock down more than 2 percent. Disney and [TGT] shares rose roughly 1 percent each as analysts said a deal between the two media giants could benefit Disneyâs planned streaming push.
With [TGT] Disney in the future could yank [TGT] programming from Netflix and put shows like âThe Simpsonsâ and movie franchises including âAvatarâ alongside Disney classics such as âBeauty and the Beastâ plus âStar Warsâ and Marvel films.
That would leave a hole in Netflix. [TGT] made up 17 percent of Netflixâs top-rated shows by IMDb as of June while Disney made up 7 percent according to MoffettNathanson and YipitData.
Disney and [TGT] also each own roughly 25 percent of streaming service Hulu which could serve as another platform for content.
Disney [TGT] and Netflix had no comment.
âThatâs why we got into the originals business five years ago anticipating it may be not as easy a conversation with studios and networksâ to license their programming Sarandos said.
Disney will be starting its online service more than a decade after Netflix which now boasts 109 million streaming customers around the world. Disney could expand its global reach if it acquires Fox TV channel Star India and the companyâs stake in European pay TV provider Sky Plc (SKYB.L) which already has made inroads in the streaming market.
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1,614 | For âlow level volunteer â Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser | George Papadopoulos | George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in early October to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals. He is one of three former Trump campaign officials facing criminal charges. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in early October to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals. He is one of three former Trump campaign officials facing criminal charges. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
President Trump on Tuesday belittled former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos who pleaded guilty this week to lying to federal agents investigating Russiaâs interference in the 2016 election tweeting that âfew people knew the young low level volunteer named George who has already proven to be a liar.â
But interviews and documents show that Papadopoulos was in regular contact with the Trump campaignâs most senior officials and held himself out as a Trump surrogate as he traveled the world to meet with foreign officials and reporters.
Papadopoulos sat at the elbow of one of Trumpâs top campaign advisers then-Sen. Jeff Sessions during a dinner for campaign advisers weeks before the Republican National Convention according to an individual who attended the meeting.
He met in London in September 2016 with a mid-level representative of the British Foreign Office where he said he had contacts at the senior level of the Russian government.
And he conferred at one point with the foreign minister of Greece at a meeting in New York.
While some top campaign aides appeared to rebuff Papadopoulos âs persistent offers to broker a meeting with Russian President VladiÂmir Putin there is no sign they told him directly to cease his activities or sought to end his affiliation with the campaign.
Emails included in court documents released Monday show that Papadopoulos repeatedly told Trump campaign officials about his contacts with people he believed were representing the Russian government.
The court documents do not answer a key question: whether Papadopoulos also told his superiors that he had met a London-based professor who claimed to know that the Russians had âdirtâ on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton including thousands of her emails.
An FBI agent told the court in July that Papadopoulos lied in an interview with federal agents saying he did not tell anyone on the campaign about the âdirtâ because he thought the professor was a ânothing.â
[Whoâs who in the George Papadopoulos court documents]
At 29 Papadopoulos had scant experience that qualified him to advise a presidential candidate. He had entered the Trump campaign after a six-week stint working for the campaign of Trumpâs rival for the Republican nomination neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Carsonâs campaign manager Barry Bennett recalled that Papadopoulos was hired after sending him an unsolicited message via LinkedIn seeking a job.
Bennett said his only vetting was to ask a friend at the Washington-based Hudson Institute where Papadopoulosâs résumé indicated he had worked as a researcher whether Papadopoulos was âan okay guy.â
For six weeks of work Bennett said Papadopoulos was paid $8 500 before he was let go from the campaign at the end of January 2016 as it shed staff. | [TGT] pleaded guilty in early October to lying to federal officials about [TGT] contacts with Russian nationals. [TGT] is one of three former Trump campaign officials facing criminal charges. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
[TGT] pleaded guilty in early October to lying to federal officials about [TGT] contacts with Russian nationals. [TGT] is one of three former Trump campaign officials facing criminal charges. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)
President Trump on Tuesday belittled former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos who pleaded guilty this week to lying to federal agents investigating Russiaâs interference in the 2016 election tweeting that âfew people knew the young low level volunteer named George who has already proven to be a liar.â
But interviews and documents show that [TGT] was in regular contact with the Trump campaignâs most senior officials and held [TGT] out as a Trump surrogate as [TGT] traveled the world to meet with foreign officials and reporters.
[TGT] sat at the elbow of one of Trumpâs top campaign advisers then-Sen. Jeff Sessions during a dinner for campaign advisers weeks before the Republican National Convention according to an individual who attended the meeting.
[TGT] met in London in September 2016 with a mid-level representative of the British Foreign Office where [TGT] said [TGT] had contacts at the senior level of the Russian government.
And he conferred at one point with the foreign minister of Greece at a meeting in New York.
While some top campaign aides appeared to rebuff [TGT] persistent offers to broker a meeting with Russian President VladiÂmir Putin there is no sign they told [TGT] directly to cease [TGT] activities or sought to end [TGT] affiliation with the campaign.
Emails included in court documents released Monday show that [TGT] repeatedly told Trump campaign officials about [TGT] contacts with people [TGT] believed were representing the Russian government.
The court documents do not answer a key question: whether [TGT] also told [TGT] superiors that [TGT] had met a London-based professor who claimed to know that the Russians had âdirtâ on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton including thousands of her emails.
An FBI agent told the court in July that [TGT] lied in an interview with federal agents saying [TGT] did not tell anyone on the campaign about the âdirtâ because [TGT] thought the professor was a ânothing.â
[Whoâs who in the George Papadopoulos court documents]
At 29 [TGT] had scant experience that qualified [TGT] to advise a presidential candidate. [TGT] had entered the Trump campaign after a six-week stint working for the campaign of Trumpâs rival for the Republican nomination neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Carsonâs campaign manager Barry Bennett recalled that [TGT] was hired after sending him an unsolicited message via LinkedIn seeking a job.
Bennett said his only vetting was to ask a friend at the Washington-based Hudson Institute where Papadopoulosâs résumé indicated he had worked as a researcher whether [TGT] was âan okay guy.â
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1,615 | These are the heroes of the Las Vegas shooting | Laurie Beaton | Jack and Laurie Beaton attended the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary. They sat sipping beers and enjoying the concert on the grass.
Laurie posted to Facebook 'Here's to 23 wonderful years and looking forward to 23 more.'
Less than an hour later Laurie felt a bullet fly by her shoulder. Jerry Cook Laurie 's father recalled a conversation with her in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
'Jack got on top of Laurie to protect her . He laid on top of her and said ' Laurie I love you.' She said 'I love you too ' and boom -- he got hit. I don't know how many times ' Cook said.
Rescue workers ushered Laurie and others members of her group to safety. Jack had already been removed from the scene when she returned looking for his body. | Jack and [TGT] attended the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary. They sat sipping beers and enjoying the concert on the grass.
Laurie posted to Facebook 'Here's to 23 wonderful years and looking forward to 23 more.'
Less than an hour later Laurie felt a bullet fly by her shoulder. Jerry Cook Laurie 's father recalled a conversation with her in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
'Jack got on top of Laurie to protect her . He laid on top of her and said ' Laurie I love you.' She said 'I love you too ' and boom -- he got hit. I don't know how many times ' Cook said.
Rescue workers ushered Laurie and others members of her group to safety. Jack had already been removed from the scene when she returned looking for his body. | 2Positive
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1,616 | Cyberattack on Saudi Oil Firm Disquiets U.S. | Shamoon | That virus â called Shamoon after a word embedded in its code â was designed to do two things: replace the data on hard drives with an image of a burning American flag and report the addresses of infected computers â a bragging list of sorts â back to a computer inside the companyâs network.
Shamoonâs code included a so-called kill switch a timer set to attack at 11:08 a.m. the exact time that Aramcoâs computers were wiped of memory. Shamoonâs creators even gave the erasing mechanism a name: Wiper.
Computer security researchers noted that the same name Wiper had been given to an erasing component of Flame a computer virus that attacked Iranian oil companies and came to light in May. Iranian oil ministry officials have claimed that the Wiper software code forced them to cut Internet connections to their oil ministry oil rigs and the Kharg Island oil terminal a conduit for 80 percent of Iranâs oil exports.
It raised suspicions that the Aramco hacking was retaliation. The United States fired one of the first shots in the computer war and has long maintained the upper hand. The New York Times reported in June that the United States together with Israel was responsible for Stuxnet the computer virus used to destroy centrifuges in an Iranian nuclear facility in 2010.
If American officials are correct that Shamoon was designed by Iran then clues in its code may have been intended to misdirect blame. Shamoon âs programmers inserted the word âArabian Gulfâ into its code. But Iranians refer to that body of water as the Persian Gulf and are very protective of the name. (This year Iran threatened to sue Google for removing the name Persian Gulf from its online maps.) | That virus â called Shamoon after a word embedded in its code â was designed to do two things: replace the data on hard drives with an image of a burning American flag and report the addresses of infected computers â a bragging list of sorts â back to a computer inside the companyâs network.
Shamoonâs code included a so-called kill switch a timer set to attack at 11:08 a.m. the exact time that Aramcoâs computers were wiped of memory. Shamoonâs creators even gave the erasing mechanism a name: Wiper.
Computer security researchers noted that the same name Wiper had been given to an erasing component of Flame a computer virus that attacked Iranian oil companies and came to light in May. Iranian oil ministry officials have claimed that the Wiper software code forced them to cut Internet connections to their oil ministry oil rigs and the Kharg Island oil terminal a conduit for 80 percent of Iranâs oil exports.
It raised suspicions that the Aramco hacking was retaliation. The United States fired one of the first shots in the computer war and has long maintained the upper hand. The New York Times reported in June that the United States together with Israel was responsible for Stuxnet the computer virus used to destroy centrifuges in an Iranian nuclear facility in 2010.
If American officials are correct that [TGT] was designed by Iran then clues in its code may have been intended to misdirect blame. [TGT] âs programmers inserted the word âArabian Gulfâ into [TGT] code. But Iranians refer to that body of water as the Persian Gulf and are very protective of the name. (This year Iran threatened to sue Google for removing the name Persian Gulf from its online maps.) | 1Neutral
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1,617 | Democrat Ralph Northam has clear lead against Republican Ed Gillespie in Virginia governor's race | Ed Gillespie | Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam are running in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post)
A relatively unified party base gives Democrat Ralph Northam a clear lead over Republican Ed Gillespie heading into the final month of the Virginia governorâs race according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll.
Northam leads Gillespie by 53 percent to 40 percent among likely voters with 4 percent supporting Libertarian Cliff Hyra. The advantage is similar to a Post-Schar School poll this spring but larger than in other public polls of likely voters released over the past month most of which found Northam up by single digits.
Gillespie could close the gap by consolidating support among Republicans who historically have been more apt than Democrats to vote in low-turnout off-year elections.
Northam is the sitting lieutenant governor and a pediatric neurologist. Gillespie is a longtime GOP operative who led the Republican National Committee and nearly unseated U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D) in 2014.
Trump and his actions in nearby Washington continue to distract and preoccupy Virginia voters. Roughly 6 in 10 Virginia likely voters disapprove of his performance as president and more than 8 in 10 Trump detractors support Democrat Northam. But in a positive sign for Gillespie just over half of all likely voters say Trump is not a factor in their choice. Some 17 percent of voters say they plan to vote to send a message of support for Trump while 30 percent say they are voting to express disapproval.
Nearly 7 in 10 likely voters said they feel that Gillespie supports Trump a perception that continues to hound his candidacy. While Trump is unpopular in Virginia â the only Southern state to vote for Hillary Clinton last fall â most Republican likely voters â 82 percent â approve of Trumpâs job performance. Gillespie cannot afford to alienate them as he tries to woo independent and moderate voters turned off by the president.
âThat creates a difficult tightrope act to perform â Rozell said. Gillespie is âusing some of these issues like immigration to drive the conservative vote which he has not solidified but he has to expand his support among groups of voters he âs not doing well with particularly women [and] people in the D.C. suburbs and exurbs where theyâre not as conservative. How he pulls this off is his candidacy going forward.â
Northam has a few factors working in his favor at this stage according to the survey of 1 121 adults including 720 likely voters conducted Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. Among likely voters a near-unanimous 97 percent of Democrats support Northam compared with 89 percent of Republicans who back Gillespie . Among independents 47 percent back Northam while 40 percent support Gillespie a margin within the range of sampling error.
While Gillespie draws 51 percent of white likely voters compared with 41 percent for Northam and 4 percent for Hyra the Democrat has a huge edge among African American likely voters â with 90 percent support â and nonwhites in general at 80 percent.
Women are also a big factor in Northamâs support with 58 percent favoring the Democrat compared with 37 percent for Gillespie among likely voters. Male likely voters split 48 percent for Northam and 43 percent for Gillespie .
As has been the case in recent years populous Northern Virginia is leaning heavily toward the Democrat. Northam garners 61 percent of voters in the D.C. suburbs and 55 percent in the exurbs compared with 35 percent for Gillespie around D.C. and 33 percent in the exurbs where Hyra peaks at 8 percent.
Gillespie has a big edge in the rural southwest portion of the state with 53 percent to Northamâs 37 percent. But Northam has a comfortable margin in Hampton Roads and the Richmond area.
Gillespie who has proposed an across-the-board 10 percent cut to Virginiaâs income tax leads Northam by 58 percent to 36 percent among likely voters who say the economy is most important in their choice.
Scott Parker a 49-year-old owner of a construction business said Gillespie represents âcapitalism at its finestâ and would be the best governor to support the private sector.
âI donât think [Gov. Terry] McAuliffe has ruined anything but I just think it can be better â said Parker who is drawn to Gillespie âs promise of income tax cuts. | Republican [TGT] and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam are running in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post)
A relatively unified party base gives Democrat Ralph Northam a clear lead over Republican [TGT] heading into the final month of the Virginia governorâs race according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll.
Northam leads Gillespie by 53 percent to 40 percent among likely voters with 4 percent supporting Libertarian Cliff Hyra. The advantage is similar to a Post-Schar School poll this spring but larger than in other public polls of likely voters released over the past month most of which found Northam up by single digits.
Gillespie could close the gap by consolidating support among Republicans who historically have been more apt than Democrats to vote in low-turnout off-year elections.
Northam is the sitting lieutenant governor and a pediatric neurologist. Gillespie is a longtime GOP operative who led the Republican National Committee and nearly unseated U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D) in 2014.
Trump and his actions in nearby Washington continue to distract and preoccupy Virginia voters. Roughly 6 in 10 Virginia likely voters disapprove of his performance as president and more than 8 in 10 Trump detractors support Democrat Northam. But in a positive sign for Gillespie just over half of all likely voters say Trump is not a factor in their choice. Some 17 percent of voters say they plan to vote to send a message of support for Trump while 30 percent say they are voting to express disapproval.
Nearly 7 in 10 likely voters said they feel that Gillespie supports Trump a perception that continues to hound his candidacy. While Trump is unpopular in Virginia â the only Southern state to vote for Hillary Clinton last fall â most Republican likely voters â 82 percent â approve of Trumpâs job performance. Gillespie cannot afford to alienate them as he tries to woo independent and moderate voters turned off by the president.
âThat creates a difficult tightrope act to perform â Rozell said. Gillespie is âusing some of these issues like immigration to drive the conservative vote which he has not solidified but he has to expand his support among groups of voters he âs not doing well with particularly women [and] people in the D.C. suburbs and exurbs where theyâre not as conservative. How he pulls this off is his candidacy going forward.â
Northam has a few factors working in his favor at this stage according to the survey of 1 121 adults including 720 likely voters conducted Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. Among likely voters a near-unanimous 97 percent of Democrats support Northam compared with 89 percent of Republicans who back Gillespie . Among independents 47 percent back Northam while 40 percent support Gillespie a margin within the range of sampling error.
While Gillespie draws 51 percent of white likely voters compared with 41 percent for Northam and 4 percent for Hyra the Democrat has a huge edge among African American likely voters â with 90 percent support â and nonwhites in general at 80 percent.
Women are also a big factor in Northamâs support with 58 percent favoring the Democrat compared with 37 percent for Gillespie among likely voters. Male likely voters split 48 percent for Northam and 43 percent for Gillespie .
As has been the case in recent years populous Northern Virginia is leaning heavily toward the Democrat. Northam garners 61 percent of voters in the D.C. suburbs and 55 percent in the exurbs compared with 35 percent for Gillespie around D.C. and 33 percent in the exurbs where Hyra peaks at 8 percent.
Gillespie has a big edge in the rural southwest portion of the state with 53 percent to Northamâs 37 percent. But Northam has a comfortable margin in Hampton Roads and the Richmond area.
Gillespie who has proposed an across-the-board 10 percent cut to Virginiaâs income tax leads Northam by 58 percent to 36 percent among likely voters who say the economy is most important in their choice.
Scott Parker a 49-year-old owner of a construction business said Gillespie represents âcapitalism at its finestâ and would be the best governor to support the private sector.
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1,618 | Logan Paul back on YouTube with suicide prevention video $1 million pledge | Logan Paul | CLOSE YouTube star Logan Paul came under fire for posting a video of an apparent suicide victim in Japanâs âsuicide forest " Aokigahara. USA TODAY
This file photo taken on May 21 2017 shows actor Logan Paul arriving at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Nevada. (Photo: MARK RALSTON AFP/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO â YouTube star Logan Paul is back after a three-week break from the streaming service officially launching his redemption tour with a video on suicide prevention in which he pledges to donate $1 million to organizations on the front lines.
"It's time to start a new chapter in my life as I continue to educate both myself and others on suicide " Paul says in the video posted Wednesday which by the end of the day had been viewed more than 6 million times.
The 22-year-old vlogger is trying to repair the damage to the mini digital empire he built out of his prank-and-stunt-filled daily missives on YouTube watched by millions of followers many of them tweens teens and kids. His video showing a dead body hanging from a tree in Aokigahara the Japanese "suicide forest" where dozens of corpses are discovered every year fetched millions of views before Paul took it down. Millions more viewers tuned into his apology.
Earlier this month Google lowered the boom on Paul with a punishment for the "suicide forest" video that limits his earning power and visibility on YouTube. Paul was dropped by Google Preferred a special advertising program that connects top YouTube channels with brand advertisers and from Foursome a series on YouTube Red the premium subscription service.
The backlash reverberated through his young fan base and with parents who blocked their kids from watching Paul . YouTube too came under fire for its lax approach to the billions of videos that stream through the service.
The tone of Paul 's latest video is strikingly different and the message it sends far more positive and life-affirming the result he says of three weeks spent understanding "the complexity" of suicide. He chalks up his lack of sensitivity during his visit to Aokigahara in part to having never known anyone who committed suicide even though he was raised in Ohio where it's the second leading cause of death.
"Logan Paul has a long way to go and people are right to continue to question his motives but today's video was a thoughtful first step " Casey Neistat wrote on Twitter. "Hopefully this is part of a true effort to move on from sensationalist content."
Will he? Paul 's young fans â who call themselves the "Logang" â never abandoned him. In fact since his video in the suicide forest he has gained subscribers.
According to Eric Schiffer chairman of Reputation Management Consultants Paul returned to YouTube too soon. " He needed to stay dark and in a no WiFi cave. He âs too radioactive to do a re-entry right now " Schiffer said in an email. | CLOSE YouTube star [TGT] came under fire for posting a video of an apparent suicide victim in Japanâs âsuicide forest " Aokigahara. USA TODAY
This file photo taken on May 21 2017 shows actor [TGT] arriving at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Nevada. (Photo: MARK RALSTON AFP/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO â [TGT] is back after a three-week break from the streaming service officially launching [TGT] redemption tour with a video on suicide prevention in which [TGT] pledges to donate $1 million to organizations on the front lines.
"It's time to start a new chapter in my life as I continue to educate both [TGT] and others on suicide " [TGT] says in the video posted Wednesday which by the end of the day had been viewed more than 6 million times.
The 22-year-old vlogger is trying to repair the damage to the mini digital empire [TGT] built out of [TGT] prank-and-stunt-filled daily missives on YouTube watched by millions of followers many of them tweens teens and kids. [TGT] video showing a dead body hanging from a tree in Aokigahara the Japanese "suicide forest" where dozens of corpses are discovered every year fetched millions of views before [TGT] took it down. Millions more viewers tuned into [TGT] apology.
Earlier this month Google lowered the boom on [TGT] with a punishment for the "suicide forest" video that limits his earning power and visibility on YouTube. [TGT] was dropped by Google Preferred a special advertising program that connects top YouTube channels with brand advertisers and from Foursome a series on YouTube Red the premium subscription service.
The backlash reverberated through [TGT] young fan base and with parents who blocked their kids from watching [TGT] . YouTube too came under fire for its lax approach to the billions of videos that stream through the service.
The tone of [TGT] 's latest video is strikingly different and the message it sends far more positive and life-affirming the result [TGT] says of three weeks spent understanding "the complexity" of suicide. [TGT] chalks up [TGT] lack of sensitivity during [TGT] visit to Aokigahara in part to having never known anyone who committed suicide even though [TGT] was raised in Ohio where it's the second leading cause of death.
" [TGT] has a long way to go and people are right to continue to question [TGT] motives but today's video was a thoughtful first step " Casey Neistat wrote on Twitter. "Hopefully this is part of a true effort to move on from sensationalist content."
Will [TGT] ? [TGT] 's young fans â who call themselves the "Logang" â never abandoned [TGT] . In fact since [TGT] video in the suicide forest [TGT] has gained subscribers.
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1,619 | 'You are my slave:' School's Civil War Day sparks mom's ire | Corrie Davis | A white student dressed as a plantation owner said to a 10-year-old black classmate "You are my slave " said the black child's parent Corrie Davis .
"What I want them to understand is the pain it caused my son " Davis said of her child who did not dress up that day. "This is bringing them back to a time when people were murdered when people died when people owned people."
Davis recorded an emotional video in which she explains how she was affected by what happened to her son. It has attracted about 70 000 views on Facebook. The distraught mother said she met with school officials but was dismayed when they refused to promise that they would never conduct a class in that way again. The issue could come to a head in a couple of weeks when Davis plans to bring it up at a regularly scheduled school board meeting.
Its suggestions included overalls â which Davis believes could have been meant to represent the clothing worn by slaves â and dark pants and white button-down shirts. White button-down shirts have become synonymous with demonstrators protesting the removal of Confederate statues in recent months. They were worn for example by some of the white nationalists who staged a rally in Charlottesville Virginia that led to violent clashes in August.
Davis said she won't back down in her effort to stop the dress-up aspect of the school's Civil War Day. She said she doesn't want other students going through what her son did.
"What they can do is say 'We're not going to do this anymore ' " Davis said. "It is mind-boggling to me that no one will say that." | A white student dressed as a plantation owner said to a 10-year-old black classmate "You are my slave " said the black child's parent [TGT] .
"What I want them to understand is the pain it caused my son " Davis said of her child who did not dress up that day. "This is bringing them back to a time when people were murdered when people died when people owned people."
Davis recorded an emotional video in which she explains how she was affected by what happened to her son. It has attracted about 70 000 views on Facebook. The distraught mother said she met with school officials but was dismayed when they refused to promise that they would never conduct a class in that way again. The issue could come to a head in a couple of weeks when Davis plans to bring it up at a regularly scheduled school board meeting.
Its suggestions included overalls â which Davis believes could have been meant to represent the clothing worn by slaves â and dark pants and white button-down shirts. White button-down shirts have become synonymous with demonstrators protesting the removal of Confederate statues in recent months. They were worn for example by some of the white nationalists who staged a rally in Charlottesville Virginia that led to violent clashes in August.
Davis said she won't back down in her effort to stop the dress-up aspect of the school's Civil War Day. She said she doesn't want other students going through what her son did.
"What they can do is say 'We're not going to do this anymore ' " Davis said. "It is mind-boggling to me that no one will say that." | 2Positive
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1,620 | Fats Domino Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer Has Died at Age 89 | Rosemary Domino | Domino became a global star but stayed true to his hometown where his fate was initially unknown after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. It turned out that he and his family were rescued by boat from his home where he lost three pianos and dozens of gold and platinum records along with other memorabilia.
Many wondered if he would ever return to the stage. Scheduled to perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2006 he simply tipped his hat to thousands of cheering fans.
But in May 2007 he was back performing at Tipitina's music club in New Orleans. Fans cheered â and some cried â as Domino played "I'm Walkin' " ''Ain't It a Shame " ''Shake Rattle and Roll " ''Blueberry Hill" and a host of other hits.
That performance was a highlight during several rough years. After losing their home and almost all their belongings to the floods his wife of more than 50 years Rosemary died in April 2008.
Domino moved to the New Orleans suburb of Harvey after the storm but would often visit his publishing house an extension of his old home in the Lower 9th Ward inspiring many with his determination to stay in the city he loved.
"Fats embodies everything good about New Orleans " his friend David Lind said in a 2008 interview. " He 's warm fun-loving spiritual creative and humble. You don't get more New Orleans than that."
In 1955 he broke into the white pop charts with "Ain't it a Shame" â but actually sang the lyrics as "ain't that a shame." The song was covered blandly by Pat Boone as "Ain't That a Shame" and rocked out years later by Cheap Trick. Domino enjoyed a parade of successes through the early 1960s including "Be My Guest" and "I'm Ready." Another hit "I'm Walkin '" became the debut single for Ricky Nelson.
Domino appeared in the rock 'n' roll film "The Girl Can't Help It" and was among the first black performers to be featured in popular music shows starring with Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. He also helped bridge rock 'n' roll and other styles â even country/western recording Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" and Bobby Charles' "Walkin' to New Orleans."
Like many of his peers Domino 's popularity tapered off in the 1960s as British and psychedelic rock held sway.
Domino told Ebony magazine that he stopped recording because companies wanted him to update his style.
"I refused to change " he said. "I had to stick to my own style that I've always used or it just wouldn't be me. "
Antoine and Rosemary Domino raised eight children in the same ramshackle neighborhood where he grew up but they did it in style â in a white mansion trimmed in pink yellow and lavender. The front double doors opened into an atrium with chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and ivory dominos set in a white marble floor.
In 1988 all of New Orleans seemed to be talking about him after he reportedly paid in cash for two Cadillacs and a $130 000 Rolls-Royce. When the salesman asked if he wanted to call his bank about financing Domino smiled and said "I am the bank."
In 1998 he became the first purely rock 'n' roll musician to be awarded the National Medal for the Arts. But he cited his age and didn't make the trip to the White House to get the medal from President Clinton.
That was typical. Aside from rare appearances in New Orleans he dodged the spotlight in his later years refusing to appear in public or even to give interviews. | Domino became a global star but stayed true to his hometown where his fate was initially unknown after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. It turned out that he and his family were rescued by boat from his home where he lost three pianos and dozens of gold and platinum records along with other memorabilia.
Many wondered if [TGT] [TGT] would ever return to the stage. Scheduled to perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2006 he simply tipped his hat to thousands of cheering fans.
But in May 2007 he was back performing at Tipitina's music club in New Orleans. Fans cheered â and some cried â as Domino played "I'm Walkin' " ''Ain't It a Shame " ''Shake Rattle and Roll " ''Blueberry Hill" and a host of other hits.
That performance was a highlight during several rough years. After losing their home and almost all their belongings to the floods his wife of more than 50 years Rosemary died in April 2008.
Domino moved to the New Orleans suburb of Harvey after the storm but would often visit his publishing house an extension of his old home in the Lower 9th Ward inspiring many with his determination to stay in the city he loved.
"Fats embodies everything good about New Orleans " his friend David Lind said in a 2008 interview. " He 's warm fun-loving spiritual creative and humble. You don't get more New Orleans than that."
In 1955 he broke into the white pop charts with "Ain't it a Shame" â but actually sang the lyrics as "ain't that a shame." The song was covered blandly by Pat Boone as "Ain't That a Shame" and rocked out years later by Cheap Trick. Domino enjoyed a parade of successes through the early 1960s including "Be My Guest" and "I'm Ready." Another hit "I'm Walkin '" became the debut single for Ricky Nelson.
Domino appeared in the rock 'n' roll film "The Girl Can't Help It" and was among the first black performers to be featured in popular music shows starring with Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. He also helped bridge rock 'n' roll and other styles â even country/western recording Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" and Bobby Charles' "Walkin' to New Orleans."
Like many of his peers Domino 's popularity tapered off in the 1960s as British and psychedelic rock held sway.
Domino told Ebony magazine that he stopped recording because companies wanted him to update his style.
"I refused to change " he said. "I had to stick to my own style that I've always used or it just wouldn't be me. [TGT]
raised eight children in the same ramshackle neighborhood where he grew up but [TGT] did it in style â in a white mansion trimmed in pink yellow and lavender. The front double doors opened into an atrium with chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and ivory dominos set in a white marble floor.
In 1988 all of New Orleans seemed to be talking about him after he reportedly paid in cash for two Cadillacs and a $130 000 Rolls-Royce. When the salesman asked if he wanted to call his bank about financing Domino smiled and said "I am the bank."
In 1998 he became the first purely rock 'n' roll musician to be awarded the National Medal for the Arts. But he cited his age and didn't make the trip to the White House to get the medal from President Clinton.
That was typical. Aside from rare appearances in New Orleans he dodged the spotlight in his later years refusing to appear in public or even to give interviews. | 2Positive
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1,621 | How do the Blackhawks save the season if Corey Crawford is done? | Corey Crawford | If Corey Crawford âs âupper-bodyâ injury keeps him out the rest of the season which was a possibility indicated by Sportsnetâs Elliotte Friedman then the Blackhawks will have a âlower-standingsâ issue.
When Crawford was placed on the injured list on Dec. 27 the Hawks were two points behind the Wild for the second wild-card spot but held two games in hand.
Without Crawford the Hawks have gone 5-4-1 and find themselves three points behind the eighth-seeded Kings who also have a game in hand.
To recap their lot without Crawford has become worse and it could get a lot worse if he continues to suffer from vertigo again as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Crawford has been the Hawksâ best player this season and itâs not even close. He won a lot of games by himself when his teammates proved inept or inert. His play had been Vezina Trophy-worthy and even now his .929 save percentage ranks third in the league while his 2.27 goals-against average stands fifth overall.
It seems impossible to imagine the Hawks trading for another Crawford and they donât have an extra one handy. Jeff Glass has a better backstory than a future as a playoff goalie from what Iâve seen. Anton Forsberg seems earnest and talented but his goals-against average is more than a half-goal worse than Crawfordâs which is a bad thing for a once-dominant team that sadly sometimes canât score even a half-goal a game. See Sundayâs shutout-loss-tank-job against the dreaded Red Wings at home on Sunday.
The long-range view goes only to Feb. 26. Thatâs the trade deadline. The Hawks will play 18 games before then and have a little more than five weeks to get some good news on Crawford .
3 goalies the Blackhawks could pursue if Corey Crawford is out for the season »
Corey Crawford's injury could last longer than first believed » | If Corey Crawford âs âupper-bodyâ injury keeps him out the rest of the season which was a possibility indicated by Sportsnetâs Elliotte Friedman then the Blackhawks will have a âlower-standingsâ issue.
When Crawford was placed on the injured list on Dec. 27 the Hawks were two points behind the Wild for the second wild-card spot but held two games in hand.
Without Crawford the Hawks have gone 5-4-1 and find themselves three points behind the eighth-seeded Kings who also have a game in hand.
To recap their lot without Crawford has become worse and it could get a lot worse if he continues to suffer from vertigo again as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Crawford has been the Hawksâ best player this season and itâs not even close. He won a lot of games by himself when his teammates proved inept or inert. His play had been Vezina Trophy-worthy and even now his .929 save percentage ranks third in the league while his 2.27 goals-against average stands fifth overall.
It seems impossible to imagine the Hawks trading for another Crawford and they donât have an extra one handy. Jeff Glass has a better backstory than a future as a playoff goalie from what Iâve seen. Anton Forsberg seems earnest and talented but his goals-against average is more than a half-goal worse than Crawfordâs which is a bad thing for a once-dominant team that sadly sometimes canât score even a half-goal a game. See Sundayâs shutout-loss-tank-job against the dreaded Red Wings at home on Sunday.
The long-range view goes only to Feb. 26. Thatâs the trade deadline. The Hawks will play 18 games before then and have a little more than five weeks to get some good news on Crawford .
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1,622 | Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie to join ABC News | Chris Christie | Chris Christie then the governor of New Jersey reacts to a question during a 2013 news conference in Trenton N.J. (Mel Evans/AP)
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has signed on to be an occasional contributor to ABC News according to NJ.com.
His hiring will be announced Tuesday on âGood Morning Americaâ during the showâs 7 a.m. hour reported NJ.com which cited sources familiar with the plan but who wish to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak publicly. The networkâs decision comes two weeks after the Republican governor left office on Jan. 16.
Christie was reportedly chosen because of his friendly relationship with President Trump and members of his administration. Christieâs ties to Trump could prove useful to the network as it prepares to cover midterm elections beginning March 6 in Texas and ending Sept. 18 in Massachusetts. With thousands of Republican and Democratic candidates facing off in several levels of government across the country for spots on the November ballot Christie could provide a glimpse into what Trump voters are thinking.
Christie was once considered a potential for president but his career has floundered since 2012. First came âBridgegate â in which Christieâs former allies shut down lanes of the George Washington Bridge for five days in 2013 apparently as an act of retaliation against a local mayor who did not support Christieâs reelection bid. Christie has denied his role in the scandal.
Then came his support for his former Republican presidential primary opponent now-President Trump despite Trumpâs attempts to embarrass Christie .
By June 2017 nearing the end of his second term as governor he appeared to be most unpopular in his home state The Washington Postâs Aaron Blake reported. His approval rating at the time was a bleak 15 percent according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
[ Chris Christie enjoyed a closed beach then got flamed. But he definitely did not get a tan.]
After the âGood Morning Americaâ announcement airs Tuesday Christie is expected to return in the evening to discuss Trumpâs State of the Union speech NJ.com reported. | [TGT] reacts to a question during a 2013 news conference in Trenton N.J. (Mel Evans/AP)
[TGT] has signed on to be an occasional contributor to ABC News according to NJ.com.
[TGT] hiring will be announced Tuesday on âGood Morning Americaâ during the showâs 7 a.m. hour reported NJ.com which cited sources familiar with the plan but who wish to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak publicly. The networkâs decision comes two weeks after the Republican governor left office on Jan. 16.
[TGT] was reportedly chosen because of [TGT] friendly relationship with President Trump and members of [TGT] administration. Christieâs ties to Trump could prove useful to the network as it prepares to cover midterm elections beginning March 6 in Texas and ending Sept. 18 in Massachusetts. With thousands of Republican and Democratic candidates facing off in several levels of government across the country for spots on the November ballot [TGT] could provide a glimpse into what Trump voters are thinking.
[TGT] was once considered a potential for president but [TGT] career has floundered since 2012. First came âBridgegate â in which Christieâs former allies shut down lanes of the George Washington Bridge for five days in 2013 apparently as an act of retaliation against a local mayor who did not support Christieâs reelection bid. [TGT] has denied [TGT] role in the scandal.
Then came his support for his former Republican presidential primary opponent now-President Trump despite Trumpâs attempts to embarrass Christie .
By June 2017 nearing the end of his second term as governor he appeared to be most unpopular in his home state The Washington Postâs Aaron Blake reported. His approval rating at the time was a bleak 15 percent according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
[ [TGT] enjoyed a closed beach then got flamed. But [TGT] definitely did not get a tan.]
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1,623 | Rush Limbaugh: Laura Ingraham 's 'Excellent' Book is a 'Comprehensive History' of How the 'Republican Party has Shafted Its Voters for Decades' | Laura Ingraham | RUSH: â¦[ Laura Ingraham ] has a new book that is excellent. What it does is provide a very comprehensive history of conservatism in our lifetimeâ¦
Even though you have lived through a lot of or some of this reading this book will remind you how much of it you have forgotten. She starts with the history of conservatism starting with Goldwater and what she does among other things is she lays all the steps out chronologically that led to Donald Trump that we didnât elect Donald Trump last year that Donald Trumpâs not the product of just the Obama years.
In fact that Donald Trump is the product of the Republican Party trying to force establishment candidates down everybodyâs throat like McCain and like Romney and she zeros in on the eight years of George W. Bush as having been devastating to the conservative movement. It forced conservatives into a necessary position of defending because Bush was under constant assault but that Bush and his administration really didnât have a whole lot in common with conservatism.
It was more establishment Republican Partyism. To a certain extent she âs right about this. There has been a â and I tell you Bushâs focus on immigration and his unrelenting desire to get it done. I mean thereâs a great passage in the book where she makes the point that Bush would go anywhere in the world to defend the borders of a foreign country â such as Iraq or Kuwait or you name it â but he wouldnât defend the borders of the United States.
You know let me sum up the book by Laura Ingraham in one sentence. You really had to boil this thing down. Billionaire at the Barricades. It is summary and analysis of how in Lauraâs opinion the Republican Party has shafted its voters for decades. Thatâs really because the voters are conservative. âShaftedâ may be a strong word but you get the drift. | RUSH: ⦠[TGT] has a new book that is excellent. What it does is provide a very comprehensive history of conservatism in our lifetimeâ¦
Even though you have lived through a lot of or some of this reading this book will remind you how much of it you have forgotten. [TGT] starts with the history of conservatism starting with Goldwater and what [TGT] does among other things is [TGT] lays all the steps out chronologically that led to Donald Trump that we didnât elect Donald Trump last year that Donald Trumpâs not the product of just the Obama years.
In fact that Donald Trump is the product of the Republican Party trying to force establishment candidates down everybodyâs throat like McCain and like Romney and she zeros in on the eight years of George W. Bush as having been devastating to the conservative movement. It forced conservatives into a necessary position of defending because Bush was under constant assault but that Bush and his administration really didnât have a whole lot in common with conservatism.
It was more establishment Republican Partyism. To a certain extent she âs right about this. There has been a â and I tell you Bushâs focus on immigration and his unrelenting desire to get it done. I mean thereâs a great passage in the book where she makes the point that Bush would go anywhere in the world to defend the borders of a foreign country â such as Iraq or Kuwait or you name it â but he wouldnât defend the borders of the United States.
You know let me sum up the book by Laura Ingraham in one sentence. You really had to boil this thing down. Billionaire at the Barricades. It is summary and analysis of how in Lauraâs opinion the Republican Party has shafted its voters for decades. Thatâs really because the voters are conservative. âShaftedâ may be a strong word but you get the drift. | 2Positive
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1,624 | Gallup: Obama Hillary Clinton remain most admired | Hillary Clinton | Story highlights Obama and Hillary Clinton continued to top the lists somewhat more narrowly than in recent years
Michelle Obama and Donald Trump took second place again as well
(CNN) Former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remain the most admired man and woman in the United States -- a 10-year trend for Obama and 16 years running for Clinton .
Gallup's December poll found 17% of respondents named Obama the man they admired most a dip from 22% of respondents saying the same last year. President Donald Trump took second place with 14% of respondents citing him when asked open-ended to name the man they admired most.
Clinton 's 16th consecutive year topping the most admired women's poll showed her support dip this time from 12% to 9% of respondents. Former first lady Michelle Obama came in second with 7% of respondents and the third place finisher at 4% support was Oprah Winfrey. The rest of the list included political figures British royalty and Beyoncé Knowles. One percent of those surveyed named first lady Melania Trump their most admired woman bringing her name into the top tier for the first time. | Story highlights Obama and [TGT] continued to top the lists somewhat more narrowly than in recent years
Michelle Obama and Donald Trump took second place again as well
(CNN) Former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remain the most admired man and woman in the United States -- a 10-year trend for Obama and 16 years running for [TGT] .
Gallup's December poll found 17% of respondents named Obama the man they admired most a dip from 22% of respondents saying the same last year. President Donald Trump took second place with 14% of respondents citing him when asked open-ended to name the man they admired most.
[TGT] 's 16th consecutive year topping the most admired women's poll showed [TGT] support dip this time from 12% to 9% of respondents. Former first lady Michelle Obama came in second with 7% of respondents and the third place finisher at 4% support was Oprah Winfrey. The rest of the list included political figures British royalty and Beyoncé Knowles. One percent of those surveyed named first lady Melania Trump their most admired woman bringing her name into the top tier for the first time. | 1Neutral
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1,625 | Senators expected to largely endorse intel report on Russian meddling sound alarm about next election | Richard Burr | The planned news conference from Sens. Richard Burr R-N.C. and Mark Warner D-Va. has been billed as a forum for the two panel leaders to give the public an interim status update on the committee's long-running investigation of allegations that Russia attempted to meddle in the 2016 U.S. elections and that members of the Trump campaign may have colluded with Kremlin officials to improve their chance of victory. It is one of only a handful of public events the Senate Intelligence Committee has held in the nine months since commencing its probe.
In the course of that investigation committee members and staff investigators have interviewed several members of the intelligence community and Trump's inner circle mostly behind closed doors - including former campaign chief Paul Manafort and current senior adviser Jared Kushner who is also President Donald Trump's son-in-law. They have also spoken with senior executives of social media companies like Facebook and Twitter which carried many of the Russian-backed ads and falsified accounts that tried to exploit popular divisions in the run-up to the election. The committee is expected to continue those conversations in a public hearing with the tech giants early next month; Burr and Warner may share additional information about the social media-focused part of their probe on Wednesday.
The intelligence committee has had unprecedented access to classified files during the course of this investigation and has spent significantly longer vetting the intelligence community's report than officials took to write it. Though Burr has set an aspirational deadline of wrapping up its probe by the end of the year he and Warner are not expected to release an interim report on Wednesday according to sources familiar with their plans.
Burr Warner and the spy chiefs they have called to testify before their panel in occasional public hearings have stressed that the 2016 election likely only emboldened Russia's resolve to meddle in future American elections using similar tactics. Though 2018 is not a presidential election year it could prove to be a pivotal contest for Congress - and the primary season begins in March less than six months away. | The planned news conference from Sens. [TGT] R-N.C. and Mark Warner D-Va. has been billed as a forum for the two panel leaders to give the public an interim status update on the committee's long-running investigation of allegations that Russia attempted to meddle in the 2016 U.S. elections and that members of the Trump campaign may have colluded with Kremlin officials to improve their chance of victory. It is one of only a handful of public events the Senate Intelligence Committee has held in the nine months since commencing its probe.
In the course of that investigation committee members and staff investigators have interviewed several members of the intelligence community and Trump's inner circle mostly behind closed doors - including former campaign chief Paul Manafort and current senior adviser Jared Kushner who is also President Donald Trump's son-in-law. They have also spoken with senior executives of social media companies like Facebook and Twitter which carried many of the Russian-backed ads and falsified accounts that tried to exploit popular divisions in the run-up to the election. The committee is expected to continue those conversations in a public hearing with the tech giants early next month; Burr and Warner may share additional information about the social media-focused part of their probe on Wednesday.
The intelligence committee has had unprecedented access to classified files during the course of this investigation and has spent significantly longer vetting the intelligence community's report than officials took to write it. Though Burr has set an aspirational deadline of wrapping up its probe by the end of the year he and Warner are not expected to release an interim report on Wednesday according to sources familiar with their plans.
Burr Warner and the spy chiefs they have called to testify before their panel in occasional public hearings have stressed that the 2016 election likely only emboldened Russia's resolve to meddle in future American elections using similar tactics. Though 2018 is not a presidential election year it could prove to be a pivotal contest for Congress - and the primary season begins in March less than six months away. | 2Positive
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1,626 | Has Jared Kushner Conspired to Defraud America? | Jared Kushner | There has already been ample reporting suggesting that Mr. Kushner may have done just that. During a period when Mr. Kushner was negotiating President Trumpâs first visit to China his family business was trying to sell a debt-ridden property in New York to an insurance company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Public scrutiny of the deal scuttled it. Last May The New York Times described how immediately after the Trump administration extended a visa program for wealthy investors Mr. Kushner âs sister invoked Mr. Kushner in a presentation seeking Chinese investment in one of the familyâs New Jersey real estate developments.
Such appearances of conflict might not by themselves get Mr. Kushner in trouble. The president has broad authority to set the countryâs foreign policy and public corruption laws have been far more difficult to enforce after a 2016 Supreme Court decision overturning the conviction of the former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell on bribery charges.
But Mr. Kushner might face more trouble to the extent he keeps such negotiations secret from those in charge of carrying out United States foreign policy. When the national security adviser H. R. McMaster learned of some of Mr. Kushnerâs communications only after the fact he was surprised one official told The Post and thought it was âweird.â
Mr. Kushner has been famously tardy in disclosing his business interests and ties with foreigners in his application for a security clearance. He was still making updates to his forms as recently as January. That means he has conducted an entire year of foreign policy without officially disclosing all the personal interests he may have been serving.
Finally the risk might be greater still if Mr. Kushner negotiated such deals before Mr. Trumpâs inauguration. Thatâs the possibility raised by Mr. Kushnerâs pre-inauguration meetings with Russia. In December 2016 Mr. Kushner met with Sergey Gorkov the head of a bank under American sanctions Vnesheconombank. That meeting came after Mr. Kushner suggested a back channel of communications in a meeting with Russiaâs ambassador Sergey Kislyak according to Mr. Kislyak.
While the proper authorities may not have been informed of this series of meetings Michael Flynn the former national security adviser who pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with Mr. Muellerâs investigators late last year did attend or at least knew of them. Steve Bannon who recently sat for 20 hours of interviews with special counsel prosecutors participated in the Zayed Trump Tower meeting along with Mr. Flynn and Mr. Kushner . So if they are a concern to Mr. Mueller he has recently gotten far more details of what happened at the meetings. | There has already been ample reporting suggesting that Mr. Kushner may have done just that. During a period when Mr. Kushner was negotiating President Trumpâs first visit to China his family business was trying to sell a debt-ridden property in New York to an insurance company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Public scrutiny of the deal scuttled it. Last May The New York Times described how immediately after the Trump administration extended a visa program for wealthy investors Mr. Kushner âs sister invoked Mr. Kushner in a presentation seeking Chinese investment in one of the familyâs New Jersey real estate developments.
Such appearances of conflict might not by themselves get Mr. Kushner in trouble. The president has broad authority to set the countryâs foreign policy and public corruption laws have been far more difficult to enforce after a 2016 Supreme Court decision overturning the conviction of the former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell on bribery charges.
But Mr. Kushner might face more trouble to the extent he keeps such negotiations secret from those in charge of carrying out United States foreign policy. When the national security adviser H. R. McMaster learned of some of Mr. Kushnerâs communications only after the fact he was surprised one official told The Post and thought it was âweird.â
Mr. Kushner has been famously tardy in disclosing his business interests and ties with foreigners in his application for a security clearance. He was still making updates to his forms as recently as January. That means he has conducted an entire year of foreign policy without officially disclosing all the personal interests he may have been serving.
Finally the risk might be greater still if Mr. Kushner negotiated such deals before Mr. Trumpâs inauguration. Thatâs the possibility raised by Mr. Kushnerâs pre-inauguration meetings with Russia. In December 2016 Mr. Kushner met with Sergey Gorkov the head of a bank under American sanctions Vnesheconombank. That meeting came after Mr. Kushner suggested a back channel of communications in a meeting with Russiaâs ambassador Sergey Kislyak according to Mr. Kislyak.
While the proper authorities may not have been informed of this series of meetings Michael Flynn the former national security adviser who pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with Mr. Muellerâs investigators late last year did attend or at least knew of them. Steve Bannon who recently sat for 20 hours of interviews with special counsel prosecutors participated in the Zayed Trump Tower meeting along with Mr. Flynn and Mr. Kushner . So if they are a concern to Mr. Mueller he has recently gotten far more details of what happened at the meetings. | 0Negative
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1,627 | Thousands of students improperly won seats in CPS schools a 'pervasive problem ' inspector general says | Nicholas Schuler | Some schools used âcherry-pickingâ to favor certain students according to a district audit analyzed by Inspector General Nicholas Schulerâs office . Nonselective schools improperly used academic benchmarks such as test scores and grades to evaluate prospective students Schulerâs office said and some schools âspecifically weeded out kids with histories of poor attendance.â
A principal with a rare tuition-based prekindergarten program described an âunwritten agreementâ with former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett that allowed the school to admit pre-K students from outside the neighborhood into kindergarten. That arrangement Schuler said raises the troubling prospect that people are essentially allowed to buy their way into schools.
The district audit requested by Schuler âs office marks the official debut of an IG âperformance analysis unitâ intended to broadly evaluate how CPS policies are carried out.
Schuler isnât recommending the district pursue discipline or termination for unnamed elementary school employees in the report as his office has in past cases involving criminal or ethical lapses.
âCertain cases were unfair and thereâs certainly a real danger that things are manifestly unfair in key regards â Schuler said of situations highlighted in the enrollment report. âBut they might not all be unfair. Some of them just failed to follow the rules.â
Those problems were heavily concentrated in neighborhood schools. So much so Schuler âs office said that more than half the students who enrolled in neighborhood schools outside their home areas last year âimproperly bypassedâ the districtâs enrollment office to do so. | Some schools used âcherry-pickingâ to favor certain students according to a district audit analyzed by Inspector General [TGT] âs office . Nonselective schools improperly used academic benchmarks such as test scores and grades to evaluate prospective students Schulerâs office said and some schools âspecifically weeded out kids with histories of poor attendance.â
A principal with a rare tuition-based prekindergarten program described an âunwritten agreementâ with former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett that allowed the school to admit pre-K students from outside the neighborhood into kindergarten. That arrangement Schuler said raises the troubling prospect that people are essentially allowed to buy their way into schools.
The district audit requested by Schuler âs office marks the official debut of an IG âperformance analysis unitâ intended to broadly evaluate how CPS policies are carried out.
Schuler isnât recommending the district pursue discipline or termination for unnamed elementary school employees in the report as his office has in past cases involving criminal or ethical lapses.
âCertain cases were unfair and thereâs certainly a real danger that things are manifestly unfair in key regards â Schuler said of situations highlighted in the enrollment report. âBut they might not all be unfair. Some of them just failed to follow the rules.â
Those problems were heavily concentrated in neighborhood schools. So much so Schuler âs office said that more than half the students who enrolled in neighborhood schools outside their home areas last year âimproperly bypassedâ the districtâs enrollment office to do so. | 1Neutral
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1,628 | Sexting congressman alerted Capitol Police about ârevenge pornâ | Joe Barton | Rep. Joe Barton whose nude pic was spread on the internet Wednesday contacted Capitol Police in regards to the woman who had possession of it â possibly making him a victim of ârevenge porn.â
The woman told the paper that at that time she had became aware that Barton who is not married was involved in relationships with other women.
âI want your word that this ends â Barton said in a 2015 phone call to the woman.
Barton told the paper Wednesday that the phone conversation contained evidence of a âpotential crimeâ against him.
The Dallas Morning News noted that Barton âs situation could apply to a ârevenge porn lawâ enacted by Texas legislators in 2015.
He added that Capitol Police had opened an inquiry on the matter. | [TGT] whose nude pic was spread on the internet Wednesday contacted Capitol Police in regards to the woman who had possession of it â possibly making [TGT] a victim of ârevenge porn.â
The woman told the paper that at that time she had became aware that Barton who is not married was involved in relationships with other women.
âI want your word that this ends â [TGT] said in a 2015 phone call to the woman.
[TGT] told the paper Wednesday that the phone conversation contained evidence of a âpotential crimeâ against [TGT] .
The Dallas Morning News noted that [TGT] âs situation could apply to a ârevenge porn lawâ enacted by Texas legislators in 2015.
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1,629 | 'I Used to Live in a Lot of Fear' Sadie Robertson Opens Up About Deepest Struggle in New Book | Sadie Robertson | Watch CBN News' Heather Sells interview with Sadie Robertson about her latest book and what's next for her .
Sadie Robertson is well known for her captivating smile and role in the reality TV series "Duck Dynasty"
The show ended last year but the 20 year-old continues to make a name for herself . She has acted in God's Not Dead 2 danced her way to first runner up on Dancing with the Stars and continues to inspire fans and share her faith on YouTube.
Now she 's traveling the world and sharing how she learned how to conquer fear in her new book "Live Fearless."
"I used to live in a lot of fear. I had a lot of anxiety and really dealt with panic attacks - the whole nine yards. Anything fear I was totally living in it. It was actually in the season of my life when I was very very public " Robertson told CBN News. " I don't feel like people were really seeing the fullness of who I was because I was so afraid."
Despite Robertson 's life being so public she was engaged in a very private war against fear for years until she learned how to beat it.
"Finally I found freedom through my faith and totally over fear. All of a sudden I become a totally different person. I start speaking all of a sudden. I'm a lot more confident in what I'm saying. I have a lot more life more joy-filled and people started to see the change in me " she said.
Robertson says one of the biggest ways to fight anxiety is to take every fearful thought into captivity.
"You can be in like literally a room where there's no fear around you but because your mind is so consumed with fearful thoughts. It's really a mind thing. And so really finding freedom and captivating the thoughts of your mind is a huge way out of it " she shared.
Robertson wrote this book for anyone who struggles with fear like she did.
Robertson 's life hasn't shown any signs of slowing down since she wrote her book. She recently completed her "Live Original Tour" which brings thousands of young people together to worship God and learn how to live as He created them to be. | Watch CBN News' Heather Sells interview with [TGT] about her latest book and what's next for her .
[TGT] is well known for [TGT] captivating smile and role in the reality TV series "Duck Dynasty"
[TGT] ended last year but the 20 year-old continues to make a name for herself . She has acted in God's Not Dead 2 danced her way to first runner up on Dancing with the Stars and continues to inspire fans and share her faith on YouTube.
Now she 's traveling the world and sharing how she learned how to conquer fear in her new book "Live Fearless."
"I used to live in a lot of fear. I had a lot of anxiety and really dealt with panic attacks - the whole nine yards. Anything fear I was totally living in it. It was actually in the season of my life when I was very very public " Robertson told CBN News. " I don't feel like people were really seeing the fullness of who I was because I was so afraid."
Despite Robertson 's life being so public she was engaged in a very private war against fear for years until she learned how to beat it.
"Finally I found freedom through my faith and totally over fear. All of a sudden I become a totally different person. I start speaking all of a sudden. I'm a lot more confident in what I'm saying. I have a lot more life more joy-filled and people started to see the change in me " she said.
Robertson says one of the biggest ways to fight anxiety is to take every fearful thought into captivity.
"You can be in like literally a room where there's no fear around you but because your mind is so consumed with fearful thoughts. It's really a mind thing. And so really finding freedom and captivating the thoughts of your mind is a huge way out of it " she shared.
Robertson wrote this book for anyone who struggles with fear like she did.
Robertson 's life hasn't shown any signs of slowing down since she wrote her book. She recently completed her "Live Original Tour" which brings thousands of young people together to worship God and learn how to live as He created them to be. | 2Positive
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1,630 | A 92 | Wes Dellinger | About 5:30 p.m. Saturday a family member called the Shenandoah County Sheriffâs Office to let authorities know that McDonnell had not returned to his car after going deer hunting said Capt. Wes Dellinger.
âThey were expecting him â Dellinger said. âHe had called them and told them he would be a little while getting out and they went out there to wait for him and as dark approached they realized he wasnât out.â
The family was waiting at McDonnellâs car when they called authorities Dellinger said. Authorities pinpointed McDonnellâs last known location from a call he made to a family member before his phone died Dellinger said.
Dellinger said that about 20 to 30 people were on the ground and that others were in the command operations center while a helicopter from Fairfax flew overhead and search dogs scoured a 4- to 5-square-mile area based on McDonnellâs last phone call. Darkness hindered visibility and 16 hours later he was still missing.
âThis gentleman was prepared but his devices and his equipment failed him â Dellinger said.
Dellinger said McDonnell let his family know where he was going has known the area for âmost of his life â packed additional food and wore hunting apparel.
The temperatures were in the high 20s and low 30s during the time he was stuck in the woods Dellinger said.
Searches are not uncommon for the Shenandoah County Sheriffâs Office Dellinger said given the hiking trails and forest property in the area.
His advice to hikers and hunters: âPlan for the worst hope for the best.â | About 5:30 p.m. Saturday a family member called the Shenandoah County Sheriffâs Office to let authorities know that McDonnell had not returned to his car after going deer hunting said Capt. [TGT]
âThey were expecting [TGT] â [TGT] said. âHe had called them and told them [TGT] would be a little while getting out and they went out there to wait for [TGT] and as dark approached they realized [TGT] wasnât out.â
The family was waiting at McDonnellâs car when they called authorities [TGT] said. Authorities pinpointed McDonnellâs last known location from a call [TGT] made to a family member before [TGT] phone died [TGT] said.
[TGT] said that about 20 to 30 people were on the ground and that others were in the command operations center while a helicopter from Fairfax flew overhead and search dogs scoured a 4- to 5-square-mile area based on McDonnellâs last phone call. Darkness hindered visibility and 16 hours later [TGT] was still missing.
âThis gentleman was prepared but [TGT] devices and [TGT] equipment failed [TGT] â [TGT] said.
[TGT] said McDonnell let [TGT] family know where [TGT] was going has known the area for âmost of his life â packed additional food and wore hunting apparel.
The temperatures were in the high 20s and low 30s during the time he was stuck in the woods [TGT] said.
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1,631 | â Pro | Tim Murphy | Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Tim Murphy who reportedly encouraged a woman with whom he admitted to having an affair with to have an abortion wonât seek re-election according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In a series of text messages obtained by the Post-Gazette Edwards criticized Murphy for a pro-life statement posted on his official Facebook page.
âAnd you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options â Edwards wrote to Murphy in a January text amid what the Post-Gazette called âan unfounded pregnancy scare.â
Murphy appeared to acknowledge the claim writing in response âI get what you say about my [March for Life] messages.â
After the reportâs publication many characterized Murphy as a hypocrite for privately disavowing his public pro-life position.
Murphy 65 is married and has an adult daughter.
In a statement to Pittsburghâs KDKA-TV following the Post-Gazetteâs report Murphy said he has âcome to the decision that I will not seek re-election to Congress at the end of my current term.â
He said he wants to spend his remaining time in office âon mental health care reform as well as issues affecting working families in southwestern Pennsylvania.â
âIn the coming weeks I will take personal time to seek help as my family and I continue to work through our personal difficulties and seek healing â he added. âI ask you to respect our privacy during this time.â | Pennsylvania Republican Rep. [TGT] who reportedly encouraged a woman with whom he admitted to having an affair with to have an abortion wonât seek re-election according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
In a series of text messages obtained by the Post-Gazette Edwards criticized Murphy for a pro-life statement posted on his official Facebook page.
âAnd you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options â Edwards wrote to Murphy in a January text amid what the Post-Gazette called âan unfounded pregnancy scare.â
Murphy appeared to acknowledge the claim writing in response âI get what you say about my [March for Life] messages.â
After the reportâs publication many characterized Murphy as a hypocrite for privately disavowing his public pro-life position.
Murphy 65 is married and has an adult daughter.
In a statement to Pittsburghâs KDKA-TV following the Post-Gazetteâs report Murphy said he has âcome to the decision that I will not seek re-election to Congress at the end of my current term.â
He said he wants to spend his remaining time in office âon mental health care reform as well as issues affecting working families in southwestern Pennsylvania.â
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1,632 | Don Cooper talks a good game to help White Sox pitchers throw them | Don Cooper | Don Cooper is ready to discuss his favorite subject â pitching â and as anyone who ever has spoken to him about it knows itâs likely to be a lengthy conversation.
âLet me sit down and get into a talkinâ position â Cooper said. âIâll talk to anybody about pitching especially White Sox pitching.â
Cooper has been in the Sox organization since 1988 and became the teamâs pitching coach in 2002. During that time he has come across hurlers of all shapes sizes and talent levels.
For every Mark Buehrle John Danks Jose Quintana and Bobby Jenks there has been a Rocky Biddle Vic Darensbourg Wes Whisler and Jack Egbert. Cooper has seen them all and keeps coming back for more because he cherishes his role.
âIn the job Iâm in I get to see guys reach their dreams â Cooper said. âThe first time they get to the big leagues thatâs a dream realized â a longtime dream â but at the end of the dream it wasnât âAll right now I go back to the minor leagues.â
To get there Cooper puts pitchers through their paces on and off the mound. There are throwing programs strength training cardio workouts and more but it is interpersonal relationships that drive Cooper .
âItâs the conversations I have with them â he said. âItâs about the bullpen sessions the pregames and the games we talk about â thatâs the meat and potatoes for me.â
The ability to communicate with pitchers from all walks of life is perhaps Cooper âs strongest asset. During a key time in the Soxâs rebuild that is an important trait for the man tasked with aiding the development of some of the organizationâs most prized possessions.
â He has developed a rapport with everybody â manager Rick Renteria said. âIt doesnât matter whether itâs a young player just breaking in or a veteran coming into the system from another organization. He has a way of communicating with players that can either shock them or bring a lot of ease. Thereâs a method to everything he does.â
When Sox pitchers and catchers report to Glendale Ariz. for spring training Monday Cooper will begin work with a 2018 starting rotation that is likely to feature youngsters Lucas Giolito Reynaldo Lopez and Carson Fulmer along with veterans Miguel Gonzalez and James Shields. Each one of them is going to get his fill of the man called âCoop.â
With the rebuild â a word Cooper doesnât like by the way âbecause itâs always a buildâ â humming right along the New York native is eager to work with the talent general manager Rick Hahn has accumulated. Giolito Lopez and Fulmer all made significant strides during their stints with the Sox in 2017 and the goal for â18 is further development.
âI want to make a huge step forward individually with each guy â Cooper said. âThere might be some ups and downs here â Iâve seen it before â but weâre going to have a plan and stick to it. Weâll continue to work and focus on the things individually that we are going to add to our repertoire. What Iâm looking for is that one stride forward because if we can do it individually maybe we can do it collectively. | [TGT] is ready to discuss [TGT] favorite subject â pitching â and as anyone who ever has spoken to [TGT] about it knows itâs likely to be a lengthy conversation.
âLet me sit down and get into a talkinâ position â [TGT] said. âIâll talk to anybody about pitching especially [TGT]
has been in the Sox organization since 1988 and became the teamâs pitching coach in 2002. During that time [TGT] has come across hurlers of all shapes sizes and talent levels.
For every Mark Buehrle John Danks Jose Quintana and Bobby Jenks there has been a Rocky Biddle Vic Darensbourg Wes Whisler and Jack Egbert. [TGT] has seen them all and keeps coming back for more because [TGT] cherishes [TGT] role.
âIn the job Iâm in I get to see guys reach their dreams â [TGT] said. âThe first time they get to the big leagues thatâs a dream realized â a longtime dream â but at the end of the dream it wasnât âAll right now I go back to the minor leagues.â
To get there [TGT] puts pitchers through their paces on and off the mound. There are throwing programs strength training cardio workouts and more but it is interpersonal relationships that drive [TGT]
âItâs the conversations I have with them â he said. âItâs about the bullpen sessions the pregames and the games we talk about â thatâs the meat and potatoes for me.â
The ability to communicate with pitchers from all walks of life is perhaps [TGT] âs strongest asset. During a key time in the Soxâs rebuild that is an important trait for the man tasked with aiding the development of some of the organizationâs most prized possessions.
â He has developed a rapport with everybody â manager Rick Renteria said. âIt doesnât matter whether itâs a young player just breaking in or a veteran coming into the system from another organization. He has a way of communicating with players that can either shock them or bring a lot of ease. Thereâs a method to everything he does.â
When Sox pitchers and catchers report to Glendale Ariz. for spring training Monday [TGT] will begin work with a 2018 starting rotation that is likely to feature youngsters Lucas Giolito Reynaldo Lopez and Carson Fulmer along with veterans Miguel Gonzalez and James Shields. Each one of them is going to get his fill of the man called âCoop.â
With the rebuild â a word [TGT] doesnât like by the way âbecause itâs always a buildâ â humming right along the New York native is eager to work with the talent general manager Rick Hahn has accumulated. Giolito Lopez and Fulmer all made significant strides during their stints with the Sox in 2017 and the goal for â18 is further development.
âI want to make a huge step forward individually with each guy â [TGT] said. âThere might be some ups and downs here â Iâve seen it before â but weâre going to have a plan and stick to it. Weâll continue to work and focus on the things individually that we are going to add to our repertoire. What Iâm looking for is that one stride forward because if we can do it individually maybe we can do it collectively. | 2Positive
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1,633 | Mochi the St. Bernard earns world record for longest tongue on a dog | Rickert Rickert | Mochi's owner Carla Rickert adopted the St. Bernard when she was just 2 years old from the Big Dogs Huge Paws breed rescue organization and told Guinness World Records it was "love at first sight."
The dog's impressively long tongue can sometimes leave her tongue-tied Rickert said. Treats have to be fed to her in a certain way so she can grab them and her tongue sometimes causes breathing problems and extra slobber when she is nervous. Plus dirt dust and leaves can get stuck to it when Mochi picks things up.
But Rickert said she thinks her happy-go-lucky dog is certainly proud of the recognition.
"It still does not seem real. Mochi is so humble she never brags or boasts but I know that she is as proud of her new record as we are " Rickert told Guinness World Records. "It feels truly amazing to be a part of the 'Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals' book. We are so grateful for the opportunity to make others smile." | Mochi's owner Carla Rickert adopted the St. Bernard when she was just 2 years old from the Big Dogs Huge Paws breed rescue organization and told Guinness World Records it was "love at first sight."
The dog's impressively long tongue can sometimes leave her tongue-tied Rickert said. Treats have to be fed to her in a certain way so she can grab them and her tongue sometimes causes breathing problems and extra slobber when she is nervous. Plus dirt dust and leaves can get stuck to it when Mochi picks things up.
But Rickert said she thinks her happy-go-lucky dog is certainly proud of the recognition.
"It still does not seem real. Mochi is so humble she never brags or boasts but I know that she is as proud of her new record as we are " Rickert told Guinness World Records. "It feels truly amazing to be a part of the 'Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals' book. We are so grateful for the opportunity to make others smile." | 2Positive
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1,634 | Hurricane Nate makes landfall at U.S. Gulf Coast | Nate | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Nate made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River as a Category 1 storm with winds of 85 miles per hour on Saturday evening threatening parts of Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama with torrential rain and potential flooding.
Nate the fourth major storm to strike the United States in less than two months killed at least 30 people in Central America before entering the warm waters of the Gulf and bearing down on the U.S. South.
As the hurricane struck at about 7 p.m. CDT (0000 GMT Sunday) the National Hurricane Center (NHC) downgraded its warning for New Orleans to a tropical storm. But Nate was expected to regain some strength and make a second landfall along the coast of Mississippi to the east.
Related Coverage Hurricane Nate to weaken significantly as it makes landfall
Nate comes on the heels of three other major storms Harvey Irma and Maria which devastated Texas Florida and Puerto Rico respectively. But as a Category 1 the weakest in the five-category ranking used by meteorologists Nate appeared to lack the devastating punch of its predecessors.
Tourists walk down Bourbon Street as Hurricane Nate approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast in New Orleans Louisiana U.S. October 7 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
Major shipping ports across the central U.S. Gulf Coast were closed to inbound and outbound traffic on Saturday as Nate intensified and storm surges of up 11 feet (3.74 m) were expected at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Before heading north into the Gulf Nate brushed Mexicoâs Yucatan peninsula home to beach resorts such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen the NHC said. | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Nate made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River as a Category 1 storm with winds of 85 miles per hour on Saturday evening threatening parts of Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama with torrential rain and potential flooding.
[TGT] the fourth major storm to strike the United States in less than two months killed at least 30 people in Central America before entering the warm waters of the Gulf and bearing down on the U.S. South.
As the hurricane struck at about 7 p.m. CDT (0000 GMT Sunday) the National Hurricane Center (NHC) downgraded its warning for New Orleans to a tropical storm. But [TGT] was expected to regain some strength and make a second landfall along the coast of Mississippi to the east.
Related Coverage Hurricane Nate to weaken significantly as it makes landfall
[TGT] comes on the heels of three other major storms Harvey Irma and Maria which devastated Texas Florida and Puerto Rico respectively. But as [TGT] appeared to lack the devastating punch of [TGT] predecessors.
Tourists walk down Bourbon Street as [TGT] approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast in New Orleans Louisiana U.S. October 7 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
Major shipping ports across the central U.S. Gulf Coast were closed to inbound and outbound traffic on Saturday as [TGT] intensified and storm surges of up 11 feet (3.74 m) were expected at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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1,635 | Georgiaâs Biggest Democratic Bastion May Hand Democratic Candidate for Mayor a Big Defeat | Mary Norwood | Her opponent City Council Member Mary Norwood is a conservative-leaning independent who has supported both Republicans and Democrats in the past and she has the support of what Republican Party infrastructure actually exists in Atlanta. Norwood is also white while Lance-Bottoms is African-American. The last white candidate to win the mayorâs race in Atlanta was Sam Massell in 1969 . The state party has come out with heavy-handed attack ads deriding Norwood as a Republican a signal to the cityâs voters of who they are backing. Their argument is laid out on a website called MaryTheRepublican.com where they point out she has paid some Republican consultants as part of her campaign that she refused to back Jon Ossof in his congressional race and that she implied to a local Republican Party group that she is an independent because Republicans canât win in Atlanta.
But some of the polling shows that the race is a dead heat. A survey released late Friday night showed Norwood with a 6-point lead â and significant crossover support among African-American voters and Democrats.
Many political activists in Atlanta cite Reed as the reason some progressives are rallying to Norwood . Reed has been the consummate neoliberal mayor close to contractors and developers and hostile to the cityâs activist movement on issues like affordable housing â while avoiding much of the progressive policies other big-city mayors are using to tackle income disparities. The New York Timesâs Thomas Friedman once held the Reed administration up as a model for its willingness to cut back the pensions of its public workers. As The Intercept noted in an article profiling Fortâs bid earlier this year Atlanta has been ranked as the most unequal city in the country.
Mary Norwood candidate for mayor gives volunteer Jerome Whitaker a hug for his support at her headquarters Tuesday Nov. 7 2017 in Atlanta. Photo: Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution /AP
Tim Franzen a longtime organizer who worked for Fortâs campaign told The Intercept that while he plans to vote for the conservative Norwood heâs not endorsing her or her politics. But he explained the dynamics that are leading many progressives to consider a Norwood vote.
âThereâs these narratives going around â one is that [this] is a Trump-Clinton situation. Itâs 100 percent not what we have here in Atlanta. Mary Norwood is a constituent-services politician. She always has been. She âs not an ideological person â he explained.
Reedâs administration has also been the center of ethics scandals over the past few years over pay-to-play arrangements; his endorsement of and fundraising for Lance-Bottoms makes many question her own commitment to reform on the issue.
Some progressive Atlantans view Lance-Bottoms as a sort of third term for Reed and his ideas â a perception that is boosted by the generous financial backing airport contractors close to his administration have thrown her way. One Atlanta progressive news website that tracks votes on the city council ranks Lance-Bottoms as less progressive than Norwood ; on issues like housing and homelessness she has been a steady ally of Reed.
On the popular state political website GeorgiaPol.com George Chidi â a former Bernie Sanders backer and Occupy Atlanta supporter â penned the post â A Black Voterâs Case for Mary Norwood .â He took the Democratic Party to task for taking the black vote in Atlanta for granted. âThe party fails to understand what Atlanta means to black people here and everywhere in America frankly â he wrote. âWe have a city that has the Gini coefficient of Caracas nearly the widest gap in racial income in the country and the lowest income mobility in America. In a recent symposium on racialized homelessness in Atlanta a speaker noted that the average income of a black household in the city of Atlanta is under $30 000 a year. The average for a white household is over $80 000.â
In an interview with The Intercept Chidi said he hopes Norwood would focus on corruption if she wins. âI hope she wonât be corrupt. I hope sheâll find those who are and see them punished â he said. âBy doing so I hope sheâll maintain the cityâs international posture as a place to do business.â
And ultimately the arguments that Norwood is a secret Republican fall flat in the face of her support base. Yes she has courted Republicans as part of her campaign but sheâs also courted Democrats and progressive independents â her list of endorsers proves that as does the poll cited above that shows over 42 percent of Democrats in the city are backing her bid. Her stances on social issues in particular â supporting abortion rights and marriage equality â place her far out of step with Georgiaâs traditionally socially conservative Republican Party.
Franklin the former mayor alluded to Reedâs ethical issues and explained her rationale for endorsing a white candidate. âFor me race was not the first issue â she said in her speech endorsing Norwood . âCharacter transparency and integrity are the first issues for me.â (Norwood has come out for campaign donation limits on city vendors.)
Franzen shared Jonesâs torn feelings about Norwood whose politics are significantly more conservative than his. But in the end he couldnât bring himself to vote for a continuation of the Reed regime.
âEveryday Atlantans are feeling the squeeze like they havenât felt in decades. So Iâm not passionate about Mary Norwood but I and other people who work on municipal issues have no other choice but to work against Keisha â Franzen reluctantly concluded. | Her opponent City Council Member Mary Norwood is a conservative-leaning independent who has supported both Republicans and Democrats in the past and she has the support of what Republican Party infrastructure actually exists in Atlanta. Norwood is also white while Lance-Bottoms is African-American. The last white candidate to win the mayorâs race in Atlanta was Sam Massell in 1969 . The state party has come out with heavy-handed attack ads deriding Norwood as a Republican a signal to the cityâs voters of who they are backing. Their argument is laid out on a website called MaryTheRepublican.com where they point out she has paid some Republican consultants as part of her campaign that she refused to back Jon Ossof in his congressional race and that she implied to a local Republican Party group that she is an independent because Republicans canât win in Atlanta.
But some of the polling shows that the race is a dead heat. A survey released late Friday night showed Norwood with a 6-point lead â and significant crossover support among African-American voters and Democrats.
Many political activists in Atlanta cite Reed as the reason some progressives are rallying to Norwood . Reed has been the consummate neoliberal mayor close to contractors and developers and hostile to the cityâs activist movement on issues like affordable housing â while avoiding much of the progressive policies other big-city mayors are using to tackle income disparities. The New York Timesâs Thomas Friedman once held the Reed administration up as a model for its willingness to cut back the pensions of its public workers. As The Intercept noted in an article profiling Fortâs bid earlier this year Atlanta has been ranked as the most unequal city in the country.
[TGT] gives volunteer Jerome Whitaker a hug for [TGT] support at [TGT] headquarters Tuesday Nov. 7 2017 in Atlanta. Photo: Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution /AP
Tim Franzen a longtime organizer who worked for Fortâs campaign told The Intercept that while he plans to vote for the conservative Norwood heâs not endorsing her or her politics. But he explained the dynamics that are leading many progressives to consider a Norwood vote.
âThereâs these narratives going around â one is that [this] is a Trump-Clinton situation. Itâs 100 percent not what we have here in Atlanta. Mary Norwood is a constituent-services politician. She always has been. She âs not an ideological person â he explained.
Reedâs administration has also been the center of ethics scandals over the past few years over pay-to-play arrangements; his endorsement of and fundraising for Lance-Bottoms makes many question her own commitment to reform on the issue.
Some progressive Atlantans view Lance-Bottoms as a sort of third term for Reed and his ideas â a perception that is boosted by the generous financial backing airport contractors close to his administration have thrown her way. One Atlanta progressive news website that tracks votes on the city council ranks Lance-Bottoms as less progressive than Norwood ; on issues like housing and homelessness she has been a steady ally of Reed.
On the popular state political website GeorgiaPol.com George Chidi â a former Bernie Sanders backer and Occupy Atlanta supporter â penned the post â [TGT] .â [TGT] took the Democratic Party to task for taking the black vote in Atlanta for granted. âThe party fails to understand what Atlanta means to black people here and everywhere in America frankly â he wrote. âWe have a city that has the Gini coefficient of Caracas nearly the widest gap in racial income in the country and the lowest income mobility in America. In a recent symposium on racialized homelessness in Atlanta a speaker noted that the average income of a black household in the city of Atlanta is under $30 000 a year. The average for a white household is over $80 000.â
In an interview with The Intercept Chidi said he hopes Norwood would focus on corruption if she wins. âI hope she wonât be corrupt. I hope sheâll find those who are and see them punished â he said. âBy doing so I hope sheâll maintain the cityâs international posture as a place to do business.â
And ultimately the arguments that Norwood is a secret Republican fall flat in the face of her support base. Yes she has courted Republicans as part of her campaign but sheâs also courted Democrats and progressive independents â her list of endorsers proves that as does the poll cited above that shows over 42 percent of Democrats in the city are backing her bid. Her stances on social issues in particular â supporting abortion rights and marriage equality â place her far out of step with Georgiaâs traditionally socially conservative Republican Party.
Franklin the former mayor alluded to Reedâs ethical issues and explained her rationale for endorsing a white candidate. âFor me race was not the first issue â she said in her speech endorsing [TGT] . âCharacter transparency and integrity are the first issues for me.â ( [TGT] has come out for campaign donation limits on city vendors.)
Franzen shared Jonesâs torn feelings about Norwood whose politics are significantly more conservative than his. But in the end he couldnât bring himself to vote for a continuation of the Reed regime.
âEveryday Atlantans are feeling the squeeze like they havenât felt in decades. So Iâm not passionate about [TGT] but I and other people who work on municipal issues have no other choice but to work against Keisha â Franzen reluctantly concluded. | 2Positive
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1,636 | NYC predator gets 16 years for kidnapping raping underage girl | Santiago Reyes | Santiago Reyes 31 spent nine months grooming a 15-year-old girl from Toronto Canada through online messages authorities said.
When the girl and her family visited New York in August 2014 Reyes went and got the girl when the parents were out and took her to his 144th St. house.
Reyes manipulated the teen into having sex with him Brown said.
When the teenager said she wanted to go back to her parents Reyes refused to let her go according to Brown.
The father took the phone records to the NYPD. Cops traced the local listing to Reyes .
Police found Reyes and the girl at his place prosecutors said at trial. The teen had been missing for three days.
At Reyes' trial last month jurors convicted him of second-degree kidnapping and third-degree rape.
âAs a result of his criminal actions ( Reyes ) will be locked away from society for a long time.â | [TGT] spent nine months grooming a 15-year-old girl from Toronto Canada through online messages authorities said.
When the girl and her family visited New York in August 2014 [TGT] went and got the girl when the parents were out and took her to [TGT] 144th St. house.
[TGT] manipulated the teen into having sex with [TGT] Brown said.
When the teenager said she wanted to go back to her parents [TGT] refused to let her go according to Brown.
The father took the phone records to the NYPD. Cops traced the local listing to [TGT]
Police found Reyes and the girl at his place prosecutors said at trial. The teen had been missing for three days.
At Reyes' trial last month jurors convicted him of second-degree kidnapping and third-degree rape.
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1,637 | Evgenia Medvedeva calls IOC ban on Russia for 2018 Olympic unfair | Evgenia Medvedeva Evgenia | Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva told the IOC on Tuesday that its ban on Russian athletes for the 2018 Olympics was unfair.
Medvedeva a gold-medal favorite for 2018 said the punishment affects athletes who were not involved in a state-backed doping scheme.
Medvedeva also argued that she could not "accept" competing under a neutral flag if given the option.
Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva pleaded with the International Olympic Committee Executive Board on Tuesday to reconsider its ban of Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea.
"In 2014 I was 14 years old " Medvedeva said via Ice Network. "I have not even entered the adult national team of my country.
Medvedeva also said that she can't "accept" competing for a neutral flag. The IOC on Tuesday said some qualifying Russian athletes who have passed several drug tests will be allowed to compete at the IOC's discretion but they will do so in neutral uniforms.
"I can not accept the option that I would compete in the Olympic Games without the Russian flag as a neutral athlete " Medvedeva said. "I am proud of my country it is a great honor for me to represent it at the Games. It gives strength and inspires me during the performances."
"Everyone has dreams and you probably already had a chance to fulfill your own. Let me do the same!" Medvedeva said. "I do not know if there will be other Games in my sports life after Pyeongchang." | Russian figure skater [TGT] told the IOC on Tuesday that its ban on Russian athletes for the 2018 Olympics was unfair.
Medvedeva a gold-medal favorite for 2018 said the punishment affects athletes who were not involved in a state-backed doping scheme.
Medvedeva also argued that she could not "accept" competing under a neutral flag if given the option.
Russian figure skater [TGT] pleaded with the International Olympic Committee Executive Board on Tuesday to reconsider its ban of Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea.
"In 2014 I was 14 years old " Medvedeva said via Ice Network. "I have not even entered the adult national team of my country.
Medvedeva also said that she can't "accept" competing for a neutral flag. The IOC on Tuesday said some qualifying Russian athletes who have passed several drug tests will be allowed to compete at the IOC's discretion but they will do so in neutral uniforms.
"I can not accept the option that I would compete in the Olympic Games without the Russian flag as a neutral athlete " Medvedeva said. "I am proud of my country it is a great honor for me to represent it at the Games. It gives strength and inspires me during the performances."
"Everyone has dreams and you probably already had a chance to fulfill your own. Let me do the same!" Medvedeva said. "I do not know if there will be other Games in my sports life after Pyeongchang." | 1Neutral
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1,638 | ANWR tests spirit of bipartisanship between Sens. Murkowski and Cantwell | Maria Cantwell | But that bipartisan spirit was tested Thursday as Republican Chair Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and ranking Democrat Maria Cantwell (Wash.) clashed over whether to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.
With the tax package on center stage in the House the senators sparred on the other side of the Capitol over whether to allow drilling on one of few undisturbed parcels of land in the United States. The sparring foreshadows the partisan rifts that are likely to divide the upper chamber over paying for a tax package that Republicans need to claim as an accomplishment.
âFor those of us who call Alaska home to suggest that we would despoil our environment for short-term gain is offensive â Murkowski said.
The committee meeting turned tense at times with Cantwell pressing her Republican counterpart about why the bipartisan energy bill has been abandoned to take up the ANWR question yet again.
âThis hearing is a great departure from the strong working relationship that Sen. Murkowski and I have set to work together on an energy agenda that will move our country forward â Cantwell said.
âI almost want to call this âcaribou for millionairesâ because it is the most ridiculous idea Iâve heard as it relates to meeting the tax reform agenda â she added.
Cantwell and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) countered that that figure discounts the impact of roads airports and pipelines necessary to bring the oil out of the refuge and to the stateâs primary petroleum artery the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
At one point Cantwell held up a map showing she said that drilling âwill take up a significant portion of the refuge.â | But that bipartisan spirit was tested Thursday as Republican Chair Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and [TGT] clashed over whether to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.
With the tax package on center stage in the House the senators sparred on the other side of the Capitol over whether to allow drilling on one of few undisturbed parcels of land in the United States. The sparring foreshadows the partisan rifts that are likely to divide the upper chamber over paying for a tax package that Republicans need to claim as an accomplishment.
âFor those of us who call Alaska home to suggest that we would despoil our environment for short-term gain is offensive â Murkowski said.
The committee meeting turned tense at times with [TGT] pressing her Republican counterpart about why the bipartisan energy bill has been abandoned to take up the ANWR question yet again.
âThis hearing is a great departure from the strong working relationship that Sen. Murkowski and I have set to work together on an energy agenda that will move our country forward â [TGT] said.
âI almost want to call this âcaribou for millionairesâ because it is the most ridiculous idea Iâve heard as it relates to meeting the tax reform agenda â she added.
[TGT] and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) countered that that figure discounts the impact of roads airports and pipelines necessary to bring the oil out of the refuge and to the stateâs primary petroleum artery the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
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1,639 | The Implications Of China Eradicating Presidential Term Limits : NPR | Xi Jinping | NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Elizabeth Economy Director of Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations about the decision of China's Communist Party to abolish term limits for presidents which would allow President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely .
The Communist Party in China announced this weekend it intends to abolish presidential term limits which means Xi Jingping the country's president could remain in power indefinitely. The move represents a dramatic departure from rules that have been in place for decades. And it nudges the country towards the kind of centralization of power that has not been seen since the days of Mao Zedong. With us to talk about the implications of this decision is Elizabeth Economy the director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Thanks for joining us.
ECONOMY: There really hasn't been an articulated reason. I think it is a natural progression from what we've seen emanating from Xi Jinping over the past five years - having his thought enshrined in the Constitution in a way that was only done by Mao Zedong previously his failure to identify a successor at the 19th party congress in October. So I think this is all part and parcel of his own consolidation of power. But I also think that it helps him because he wants to be able to realize his vision for the country both on the domestic front in terms of addressing the anti-corruption campaign rectifying poverty cleaning up the environment but also in his grander vision reclaiming China's greatness on the international stage. And I don't think that Xi Jinping believes there's any other leader who is capable of pushing forward and achieving his own vision.
CHANG: Is a part of this also driven by Xi Jinping 's desire to cultivate a cult of personality that's very similar to the cult of personality that surrounded Mao Zedong?
ECONOMY: I don't think that Xi Jinping would ever want it to be said that he had a cult of personality. But I do think that in effect that is what is happening. There was a very significant effort made by the propaganda apparatus to portray Xi Jinping as a man of the people someone who could go and stand in line in front of a dumpling shop. There were songs written about Xi Jinping . So there really was an effort to humanize Xi Jinping in a way that was not the case with Mao Zedong.
Over time however we've seen some of those same trappings of cult of personality that were present during the Mao period also emerge during Xi period - so Xi's demands that the party and the military and the media declare their personal loyalty to him - that was unheard of you know in the previous 30 years - pictures of Xi Jinping everywhere that sort of ever-present Xi Jinping . I think that too is something that comes out of the Maoist period - and just frankly this sense of fear that whatever Xi Jinping says goes. And if you don't agree with Xi Jinping you know you shouldn't voice your opinion because you will end up in trouble - that there will be serious repercussions.
ECONOMY: Well I think it sends an important signal that we need to take Xi Jinping 's longer term objectives very seriously. So when Xi Jinping for example discusses the importance of China reunifying with Taiwan sooner rather than later when we look at what's going on in terms of the erosion of sovereignty in Hong Kong I think those are the kinds of issues that we should now understand they don't have to be resolved in the next five years.
ECONOMY: These are the kinds of priorities that Xi Jinping has established. And he 's now basically said - or the system has basically said that he has as long as it's going to take to try to achieve them. | NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Elizabeth Economy Director of Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations about the decision of China's Communist Party to abolish term limits for presidents which would allow President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely .
The Communist Party in China announced this weekend it intends to abolish presidential term limits which means Xi Jingping the country's president could remain in power indefinitely. The move represents a dramatic departure from rules that have been in place for decades. And it nudges the country towards the kind of centralization of power that has not been seen since the days of Mao Zedong. With us to talk about the implications of this decision is Elizabeth Economy the director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Thanks for joining us.
ECONOMY: There really hasn't been an articulated reason. I think it is a natural progression from what we've seen emanating from [TGT] over the past five years - having [TGT] thought enshrined in the Constitution in a way that was only done by Mao Zedong previously [TGT] failure to identify a successor at the 19th party congress in October. So I think this is all part and parcel of his own consolidation of power. But I also think that it helps him because he wants to be able to realize his vision for the country both on the domestic front in terms of addressing the anti-corruption campaign rectifying poverty cleaning up the environment but also in his grander vision reclaiming China's greatness on the international stage. And I don't think that [TGT] believes there's any other leader who is capable of pushing forward and achieving [TGT] own vision.
CHANG: Is a part of this also driven by [TGT] 's desire to cultivate a cult of personality that's very similar to the cult of personality that surrounded Mao Zedong?
ECONOMY: I don't think that [TGT] would ever want it to be said that [TGT] had a cult of personality. But I do think that in effect that is what is happening. There was a very significant effort made by the propaganda apparatus to portray Xi Jinping as a man of the people someone who could go and stand in line in front of a dumpling shop. There were songs written about [TGT] . So there really was an effort to humanize Xi Jinping in a way that was not the case with Mao Zedong.
Over time however we've seen some of those same trappings of cult of personality that were present during the Mao period also emerge during Xi period - so Xi's demands that the party and the military and the media declare their personal loyalty to him - that was unheard of you know in the previous 30 years - pictures of Xi Jinping everywhere that sort of ever-present [TGT] . I think that too is something that comes out of the Maoist period - and just frankly this sense of fear that whatever [TGT] says goes. And if you don't agree with Xi Jinping you know you shouldn't voice your opinion because you will end up in trouble - that there will be serious repercussions.
ECONOMY: Well I think it sends an important signal that we need to take [TGT] 's longer term objectives very seriously. So when Xi Jinping for example discusses the importance of China reunifying with Taiwan sooner rather than later when we look at what's going on in terms of the erosion of sovereignty in Hong Kong I think those are the kinds of issues that we should now understand they don't have to be resolved in the next five years.
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1,640 | Karstadt owner Signa makes offer for Hudson's Bay's Kaufhof | Signa | (Reuters) - Saks Fifth Avenue owner Hudsonâs Bay Co (HBC.TO) said on Wednesday it had received a bid for its German department store chain Kaufhof from Signa Holding the Austrian property and retail group that owns Karstadt another German retail chain.
The announcement came after Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday citing sources that Signa had made a 3 billion euro ($3.5 billion) offer for Kaufhof. Hudsonâs Bay did not comment on the bidâs value and Signa declined to comment.
Signaâs offer comes one week after Hudsonâs Bay agreed to sell its flagship Lord & Taylor building in New York for $850 million to WeWork Cos.
The Reuters sources said that Signa expects Toronto-based Hudsonâs Bay which has been reluctant so far to engage in negotiations to sell Kaufhof to respond to the offer by the middle of November.
Hudsonâs Bay called the offer incomplete non-binding and unsolicited with no evidence of financing.
The sources said that in its offer letter to Hudsonâs Bay Signa stated its bid for Kaufhof would not be contingent on any third-party financing since it already has 700 million euros in approved financing from European banks and also has cash available from a 1 billion euro equity raise last month.
Signa has also offered to assume all of Kaufhofâs liabilities including a 1.34 billion euro real estate loan by German bank LBBW the sources added.
Hudsonâs Bay said it plans to review the offer in due course. It added that its European business is an important element of the companyâs strategy and that it remains focused on executing its strategy and plans for the upcoming holiday season.
At a valuation of 3 billion euros including debt Signaâs bid values Kaufhofâs real estate at 2.63 billion euros the sources said.
Signa tried to buy Kaufhof in 2015 but Hudsonâs Bay outbid it by paying 2.5 billion euros including debt for the German chain and its Belgian subsidiary. Since then Kaufhofâs finances have deteriorated to the point where vendors are finding it more difficult to find trade credit insurance to make shipments.
âHudsonâs Bay board of directors should consistent with its fiduciary duties seriously consider the reported Signa fully financed 3.0 billion euro offer for Hudsonâs Bay European business which is above the Companyâs purchase price and stated net asset value â Lands and Buildings CEO Jonathan Litt said in a statement.
Privately held Signa founded 17 years ago by property developer Rene Benko now runs more than 125 retail locations in Northern Europe generating annual revenue of about 3.8 billion euros according to its website. It owns a big real estate portfolio with a gross asset value of more than 10 billion euros.
Signa bought Karstadt from the brink of bankruptcy in 2014 for the nominal consideration of just one euro from its majority owner Nicolas Berggruen son of an international art dealer.
Signa restored Karstadt to profitability: realigning its offerings closer to the tastes of German consumers cutting costs and making operations more efficient. Karstadt and Kaufhof are now the two largest department store operators in Germany.
Last month Signa said it had completed an equity raise of 1 billion euros giving it more firepower to pursue acquisitions. | (Reuters) - Saks Fifth Avenue owner Hudsonâs Bay Co (HBC.TO) said on Wednesday it had received a bid for its German department store chain Kaufhof from Signa Holding the Austrian property and retail group that owns Karstadt another German retail chain.
The announcement came after Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday citing sources that [TGT] had made a 3 billion euro ($3.5 billion) offer for Kaufhof. Hudsonâs Bay did not comment on the bidâs value and [TGT] declined to comment.
[TGT] comes one week after Hudsonâs Bay agreed to sell its flagship Lord & Taylor building in New York for $850 million to WeWork Cos.
The Reuters sources said that [TGT] expects Toronto-based Hudsonâs Bay which has been reluctant so far to engage in negotiations to sell Kaufhof to respond to the offer by the middle of November.
Hudsonâs Bay called [TGT] incomplete non-binding and unsolicited with no evidence of financing.
The sources said that in its offer letter to Hudsonâs Bay Signa stated its bid for Kaufhof would not be contingent on any third-party financing since it already has 700 million euros in approved financing from European banks and also has cash available from a 1 billion euro equity raise last month.
[TGT] has also offered to assume all of Kaufhofâs liabilities including a 1.34 billion euro real estate loan by German bank LBBW the sources added.
Hudsonâs Bay said it plans to review [TGT] in due course. It added that its European business is an important element of the companyâs strategy and that it remains focused on executing its strategy and plans for the upcoming holiday season.
At a valuation of 3 billion euros including debt Signaâs bid values Kaufhofâs real estate at 2.63 billion euros the sources said.
[TGT] tried to buy Kaufhof in 2015 but Hudsonâs Bay outbid [TGT] by paying 2.5 billion euros including debt for the German chain and [TGT] Belgian subsidiary. Since then Kaufhofâs finances have deteriorated to the point where vendors are finding it more difficult to find trade credit insurance to make shipments.
âHudsonâs Bay board of directors should consistent with its fiduciary duties seriously consider [TGT] fully financed 3.0 billion euro offer for Hudsonâs Bay European business which is above the Companyâs purchase price and stated net asset value â Lands and Buildings CEO Jonathan Litt said in a statement.
Privately held [TGT] founded 17 years ago by property developer Rene Benko now runs more than 125 retail locations in Northern Europe generating annual revenue of about 3.8 billion euros according to its website. It owns a big real estate portfolio with a gross asset value of more than 10 billion euros.
[TGT] bought Karstadt from the brink of bankruptcy in 2014 for the nominal consideration of just one euro from [TGT] majority owner Nicolas Berggruen son of an international art dealer.
[TGT] restored Karstadt to profitability: realigning [TGT] offerings closer to the tastes of German consumers cutting costs and making operations more efficient. Karstadt and Kaufhof are now the two largest department store operators in Germany.
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1,641 | The Health 202: SCOTUS will consider free speech for antiabortion pregnancy centers | Lisa Murkowski | Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has penned an op-ed explaining why she supports repealing the individual mandate. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
--Here's a positive signal for the GOP effort to pass a massive tax cut package next week: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she supports its component repealing the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate to buy health insurance. âI believe that the federal government should not force anyone to buy something they do not wish to buy in order to avoid being taxed â Murkowski wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Murkowski noted that she voted against previous GOP health-care bills that would have dramatically whittled down government health benefits in the form of marketplace subsidies and Medicaid coverage. But repealing the mandate wouldn't reduce benefits for anyone she wrote -- it would just allow people to opt out if health coverage was still too expensive for them.
"The ACA has helped many people in our state and across the country. There is no question about that " Murkowski wrote. "It is important to emphasize that eliminating this tax penalty does not take care away from anyone. Instead it provides important relief to those who have been penalized for choosing not to buy unaffordable insurance."
"Repealing the individual mandate simply restores to people the freedom to choose " she continued. "Nothing else about the structure of the ACA would be changed. If you currently get tax credits to help pay for your insurance you could still receive those credits if you choose to buy an exchange plan. If you are enrolled on Medicaid or received coverage under Medicaid expansion you could still be enrolled if you choose to be. The only difference would be is if you choose to not buy health insurance the government would not levy a tax on you."
This does NOT mean Murkowski has decided on tax bill spox says she will review bill over Thanksgiving https://t.co/8kWLjfmcat â Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 22 2017
MURKOWSKI now wants the ACA mandate to be repealed â but she âs not yet decided on tax reform. https://t.co/uLQLs5o6cX with @seungminkim â Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 22 2017
Murkowski : ð¤ | [TGT] has penned an op-ed explaining why [TGT] supports repealing the individual mandate. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
--Here's a positive signal for the GOP effort to pass a massive tax cut package next week: [TGT] said [TGT] supports its component repealing the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate to buy health insurance. âI believe that the federal government should not force anyone to buy something they do not wish to buy in order to avoid being taxed â [TGT] wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
[TGT] noted that [TGT] voted against previous GOP health-care bills that would have dramatically whittled down government health benefits in the form of marketplace subsidies and Medicaid coverage. But repealing the mandate wouldn't reduce benefits for anyone [TGT] wrote -- it would just allow people to opt out if health coverage was still too expensive for them.
"The ACA has helped many people in our state and across the country. There is no question about that " [TGT] wrote. "It is important to emphasize that eliminating this tax penalty does not take care away from anyone. Instead it provides important relief to those who have been penalized for choosing not to buy unaffordable insurance."
"Repealing the individual mandate simply restores to people the freedom to choose " she continued. "Nothing else about the structure of the ACA would be changed. If you currently get tax credits to help pay for your insurance you could still receive those credits if you choose to buy an exchange plan. If you are enrolled on Medicaid or received coverage under Medicaid expansion you could still be enrolled if you choose to be. The only difference would be is if you choose to not buy health insurance the government would not levy a tax on you."
This does NOT mean [TGT] has decided on tax bill spox says [TGT] will review bill over Thanksgiving https://t.co/8kWLjfmcat â Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 22 2017
MURKOWSKI now wants the ACA mandate to be repealed â but [TGT] âs not yet decided on tax reform. https://t.co/uLQLs5o6cX with @seungminkim â Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 22 2017
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1,642 | Todd Starnes: Figure skating snowflake on thin ice with me after Pence Olympics comments | Adam Rippon | Adam Rippon the 2016 U.S. menâs figure skating champion had an outburst â telling USA Today he would prefer not to shake the vice presidentâs hand before the opening ceremony.
Mr. Rippon is believed to be the first openly gay Winter Olympian â and he took great umbrage at the vice presidentâs devout Christian faith.
âYou mean Mike Pence the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?â Rippon snarled. âIâm not buying it.â
âI donât think he has a real concept of reality â Mr. Rippon said. âTo stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say heâs a devout Christian man is completely contradictory. If heâs OK with whatâs being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called âs***holes â I think he should really go to church.â
Sadly Mr. Rippon did not bother to do his homework before attacking the vice president. It turns out he has long been adamant he never supported conversion therapy.
Adam Rippon may know how to land a triple axel but when it comes to civility and grace he âs skating on thin ice. | [TGT] had an outburst â telling USA Today [TGT] would prefer not to shake the vice presidentâs hand before the opening ceremony.
[TGT] is believed to be the first openly gay Winter Olympian â and [TGT] took great umbrage at the vice presidentâs devout Christian faith.
âYou mean Mike Pence the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?â Rippon snarled. âIâm not buying it.â
âI donât think he has a real concept of reality â [TGT] said. âTo stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say heâs a devout Christian man is completely contradictory. If heâs OK with whatâs being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called âs***holes â I think he should really go to church.â
[TGT] did not bother to do his homework before attacking the vice president. It turns out he has long been adamant he never supported conversion therapy.
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1,643 | Russell Simmons steps down after Jenny Lumet accuses him of "sexually violating" her | Russell Simmons | Russell Simmons is stepping down from his companies after writer Jenny Lumet daughter of Sidney Lumet wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter accusing the hip-hop mogul of "sexually violating" her.
Lumet said that in 1991 when she was 24 Simmons who was a friend offered to give her a ride home from a restaurant one night. She wrote that when she got in the car and told the driver her address Simmons told the driver "No " and locked the doors. She repeated her address and Simmons again said "No." Then she said Simmons took her to his apartment.
"You didn't punch me drag me or verbally threaten me. You used your size to maneuver me quickly into the elevator. I said 'Wait. Wait.' I felt dread. ... You moved me into a bedroom. I said 'Wait.' You said nothing. I made the trade in my mind. I thought 'just keep him calm and you'll get home.'"
On Thursday Simmons released a statement saying he remembers things differently.
"I have been informed with great anguish of Jenny Lumet's recollection about our night together in 1991 " he said. "I know Jenny and her family and have seen her several times over the years since the evening she described. While her memory of that evening is very different from mine it is now clear to me that her feelings of fear and intimidation are real. While I have never been violent I have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and I sincerely and humbly apologize."
Lumet said she decided to come forward after Simmons vehemently denied assaulting other women who accused him of misconduct in recent days.
"I can't leave those women twisting in the wind " she said. "Maybe the recalling of this incident can be helpful. I don't know if it can. "
Last week Simmons denied an allegation by Keri Claussen Khalighi who said he coerced her to perform a sex act and later penetrated her without her consent in his New York apartment in 1991 when she was just 17. Simmons said he was "saddened" by the accusation and insisted that everything that occurred between himself and Khalighi was completely consensual and with her "full participation." | [TGT] is stepping down from [TGT] companies after writer Jenny Lumet daughter of Sidney Lumet wrote a guest column for [TGT] accusing the hip-hop mogul of "sexually violating" her.
Lumet said that in 1991 when she was 24 Simmons who was a friend offered to give her a ride home from a restaurant one night. She wrote that when she got in the car and told the driver her address Simmons told the driver "No " and locked the doors. She repeated her address and [TGT] again said "No." Then she said [TGT] took her to [TGT] apartment.
"You didn't punch me drag me or verbally threaten me. You used your size to maneuver me quickly into the elevator. I said 'Wait. Wait.' I felt dread. ... You moved me into a bedroom. I said 'Wait.' You said nothing. I made the trade in my mind. I thought 'just keep him calm and you'll get home.'"
On Thursday [TGT] released a statement saying [TGT] remembers things differently.
"I have been informed with great anguish of Jenny Lumet's recollection about our night together in 1991 " [TGT] said. "I know Jenny and her family and have seen her several times over the years since the evening she described. While her memory of that evening is very different from mine it is now clear to me that her feelings of fear and intimidation are real. While I have never been violent I have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and I sincerely and humbly apologize."
Lumet said she decided to come forward after [TGT] vehemently denied assaulting other women who accused [TGT] of misconduct in recent days.
"I can't leave those women twisting in the wind " she said. "Maybe the recalling of this incident can be helpful. I don't know if it can. "
Last week [TGT] denied an allegation by Keri Claussen Khalighi who said [TGT] coerced her to perform a sex act and later penetrated her without her consent in [TGT] New York apartment in 1991 when she was just 17. [TGT] said [TGT] was "saddened" by the accusation and insisted that everything that occurred between [TGT] and Khalighi was completely consensual and with her "full participation." | 0Negative
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1,644 | Peru president: Odebrecht payments did bring ' some money' | Pedro Pablo Kuczynski | Embattled Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says he did "earn some money" as a result of services his private consulting firm provided to the Brazilian construction company entangled in Latin America's biggest corruption scandal.
In an hour-long interview with Peruvian media Sunday Kuczynski repeated earlier assertions that he had no involvement in the Westfield Capital firm when Odebrecht-led consortiums made $782 000 in payments over a decade ago.
But Kuczynski did acknowledge that as a shareholder in the company he would have benefited from any profits that resulted.
Peru's congress has initiated impeachment proceedings against Kuczynski on grounds that he displayed "moral incapacity." Opposition lawmakers say Kuczysnki should have disclosed the payments.
Kuczynski was a government minister at the time some of the payments were made. | [TGT] says [TGT] did "earn some money" as a result of services [TGT] private consulting firm provided to the Brazilian construction company entangled in Latin America's biggest corruption scandal.
In an hour-long interview with Peruvian media Sunday [TGT] repeated earlier assertions that [TGT] had no involvement in the Westfield Capital firm when Odebrecht-led consortiums made $782 000 in payments over a decade ago.
But [TGT] did acknowledge that as a shareholder in the company [TGT] would have benefited from any profits that resulted.
Peru's congress has initiated impeachment proceedings against [TGT] on grounds that he displayed "moral incapacity." Opposition lawmakers say Kuczysnki should have disclosed the payments.
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1,645 | Porter was up for promotion despite abuse allegations | Porter | (CNN) Rob Porter was involved in serious discussions to be promoted when he abruptly resigned from the White House last week amid allegations that he abused his two ex-wives multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
His anticipated elevation further highlights how top White House officials were willing to overlook indications from the FBI that there were potential abuse allegations in his background in exchange for professional competence in a tumultuous West Wing.
Porter had been actively lobbying to take on new policy portfolios outside the traditional scope of the staff secretary one person familiar with the matter said which included speechwriting duties and a role in planning policy rollouts. Neither of those tasks is traditionally carried out by the staff secretary.
One of the areas Porter was set to delve further into was trade policy according to the person. Porter was a regular attendee at a weekly trade meeting among top-level administration officials.
He was also being considered for the deputy chief of staff position another source familiar with the situation said. CNN reported Friday that Jim Carroll who served as the deputy chief of staff for less than three months was stepping down to helm the Office of National Drug Control Policy. | (CNN) [TGT] was involved in serious discussions to be promoted when [TGT] abruptly resigned from the White House last week amid allegations that [TGT] abused [TGT] two ex-wives multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
[TGT] anticipated elevation further highlights how top White House officials were willing to overlook indications from the FBI that there were potential abuse allegations in [TGT] background in exchange for professional competence in a tumultuous West Wing.
[TGT] had been actively lobbying to take on new policy portfolios outside the traditional scope of the staff secretary one person familiar with the matter said which included speechwriting duties and a role in planning policy rollouts. Neither of those tasks is traditionally carried out by the staff secretary.
One of the areas [TGT] was set to delve further into was trade policy according to the person. [TGT] was a regular attendee at a weekly trade meeting among top-level administration officials.
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1,646 | EXCLUSIVE: Another Poll Shows Marsha Blackburn with Big Lead Over Bob Corker Among Tennessee GOP Primary Voters | Marsha Blackburn | Another recent poll obtained by Breitbart News shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) has a big lead over Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) among Tennessee Republican primary voters.
Marsha Blackburn is viewed favorably by nearly half of Republican voters (47%) and has ample room to grow with around 2 in 5 who either donât recognize her or who do recognize her but havenât formed an opinion yet (16% & 20%). In contrast a majority of Republican primary voters are split on Corker (39% favorable 41% unfavorable) leaving only 1 in 5 who have yet to form an opinion. This translates into a 19-point lead for Blackburn on the primary ballot.
Ragnar Research Associates concluded that â Marsha Blackburn has a strong lead in a hypothetical matchup versus Senator Bob Corker among Republican primary voters (+19). Her lead is significant among self-identified conservatives (70% of Republican primary voters) and her image (fav/unfav) is in a much stronger position than Senator Corkerâs. (+31 for Blackburn versus -2 for Corker) â adding:
Furthermore Blackburn has room to grow as 36% of Republicans donât know her or havenât formed an opinion of her. The opportunity especially exists in East Tennessee where her ballot lead is only +7 compared to middle Tennessee and west Tennessee (areas she has represented in the House) where her ballot lead is +24 and +31 respectively. As Blackburn becomes more known across the state she has the opportunity to build upon her already strong image and solidity Republican support heading into the 2018 general election.
A Senate Conservatives Fund poll released last week prior to the withdrawal of former Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN-08) from the race showed Blackburn with a 49 percent to 26 percent lead over Corker with Fincher in third place with nine percent.
A subsequent poll released by the Committee to Defend the President that did not included Fincher showed Blackburn with a 55 percent to 26 percent lead over Corker.
Corker announced on September 26 that he would not be seeking a third term in the United States. Blackburn announced her candidacy the following month. | Another recent poll obtained by Breitbart News shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) has a big lead over Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) among Tennessee Republican primary voters.
[TGT] is viewed favorably by nearly half of Republican voters (47%) and has ample room to grow with around 2 in 5 who either [TGT] recognize [TGT] or who do recognize [TGT] but havenât formed an opinion yet (16% & 20%). In contrast a majority of Republican primary voters are split on Corker (39% favorable 41% unfavorable) leaving only 1 in 5 who have yet to form an opinion. This translates into a 19-point lead for Blackburn on the primary ballot.
Ragnar Research Associates concluded that â [TGT] has a strong lead in a hypothetical matchup versus Senator Bob Corker among Republican primary voters (+19). Her lead is significant among self-identified conservatives (70% of Republican primary voters) and her image (fav/unfav) is in a much stronger position than Senator Corkerâs. (+31 for Blackburn versus -2 for Corker) â adding:
Furthermore Blackburn has room to grow as 36% of Republicans donât know her or havenât formed an opinion of her. The opportunity especially exists in East Tennessee where her ballot lead is only +7 compared to middle Tennessee and west Tennessee (areas she has represented in the House) where her ballot lead is +24 and +31 respectively. As Blackburn becomes more known across the state she has the opportunity to build upon her already strong image and solidity Republican support heading into the 2018 general election.
A Senate Conservatives Fund poll released last week prior to the withdrawal of former Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN-08) from the race showed Blackburn with a 49 percent to 26 percent lead over Corker with Fincher in third place with nine percent.
A subsequent poll released by the Committee to Defend the President that did not included Fincher showed Blackburn with a 55 percent to 26 percent lead over Corker.
Corker announced on September 26 that he would not be seeking a third term in the United States. Blackburn announced her candidacy the following month. | 2Positive
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1,647 | Viewing Terry McAuliffe âs Enviro Record with Clear Eyes: In Sum He Has NOT Been a âClimate Championâ | Terry McAuliffe | Recently Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has been making some news when it comes to climate change.
When climate-science denier Donald Trump declared his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord Gov. McAuliffe stepped up to declare that Virginia would act to address climate change at the state level.
Following an executive order earlier this year to examine what it would take for Virginia to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) the report came back with a path to join RGGI via Executive action which Governor McAuliffe has initiated.
McAuliffeâs actions like those noted above merit praise for moving the ball forward in Virginia in the facing of mounting climate risks on the one hand and on the other hand improving clean-energy and energy efficiency economics.
Of course a healthy relationship is also an honest one and an honest clear-eyed assessment of Terry McAuliffeâs climate change record is unfortunately far from rosy.
For many however disappointment with Terry McAuliffe began soon after his election with fossil fuel interests dominating the funding of his inauguration events. For many climate-aware constituents the door(s) seemed to be closing â and the years that followed seemed to bear out those concerns.
Simply put Terry McAuliffe has not been a fierce clean energy warrior â let alone a climate champion as this disturbingly fawning article incorrectly claims â through most of the past four years.
As McAuliffe finishes his term as governor and potentially considers a run for president in 2020 it appears that heâs striving in his last âsemesterâ to boost his final grade when it comes to environmental issues. While much of that striving is rhetorical flourishes moving Virginia into RGGI is substantial. (Of course if this can be done so easily by a Governor via administrative fiat the question is why didnât he do this years earlier?) Also McAuliffe merits credit for his Executive Order that led to determining how he (Virginiaâs Governor) could take the Commonwealth into the RGGI without legislative action. With RGGI in mind one can certainly see Terry having boosted his final environmental grade â perhaps even as high as a solid C.
Meanwhile many political observers believe that Terry McAuliffe is taking steps for a run at the Democratic Party nomination for President in 2020. To get there will almost certainly require a strong climate and clean energy track record. Unfortunately for McAuliffe a solid C (or worse) wonât do the trick.
And that matters for Terry McAuliffe beyond the Virginia governorâs mansion. Simply put fossil fools fund and power GOP science deniers â not potential 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominees. For Terry McAuliffe doing the right thing on the pipelines also happens to be the right thing for him politically. The question is will McAuliffe change course at the last minute â or will he stubbornly stick to the wrong position heâs held all along? | Recently Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has been making some news when it comes to climate change.
When climate-science denier Donald Trump declared his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord Gov. McAuliffe stepped up to declare that Virginia would act to address climate change at the state level.
Following an executive order earlier this year to examine what it would take for Virginia to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) the report came back with a path to join RGGI via Executive action which Governor McAuliffe has initiated.
McAuliffeâs actions like those noted above merit praise for moving the ball forward in Virginia in the facing of mounting climate risks on the one hand and on the other hand improving clean-energy and energy efficiency economics.
Of course a healthy relationship is also an honest one and an honest clear-eyed assessment of Terry McAuliffeâs climate change record is unfortunately far from rosy.
For many however disappointment with [TGT] began soon after [TGT] election with fossil fuel interests dominating the funding of [TGT] inauguration events. For many climate-aware constituents the door(s) seemed to be closing â and the years that followed seemed to bear out those concerns.
Simply put [TGT] has not been a fierce clean energy warrior â let alone a climate champion as this disturbingly fawning article incorrectly claims â through most of the past four years.
As [TGT] finishes [TGT] term as governor and potentially considers a run for president in 2020 it appears that heâs striving in his last âsemesterâ to boost his final grade when it comes to environmental issues. While much of that striving is rhetorical flourishes moving Virginia into RGGI is substantial. (Of course if this can be done so easily by a Governor via administrative fiat the question is why didnât he do this years earlier?) Also [TGT] merits credit for [TGT] Executive Order that led to determining how [TGT] (Virginiaâs Governor) could take the Commonwealth into the RGGI without legislative action. With RGGI in mind one can certainly see Terry having boosted his final environmental grade â perhaps even as high as a solid C.
Meanwhile many political observers believe that [TGT] is taking steps for a run at the Democratic Party nomination for President in 2020. To get there will almost certainly require a strong climate and clean energy track record. Unfortunately for [TGT] a solid C (or worse) [TGT] do the trick.
And that matters for [TGT] beyond the Virginia governorâs mansion. Simply put fossil fools fund and power GOP science deniers â not potential 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominees. For [TGT] doing the right thing on the pipelines also happens to be the right thing for [TGT] politically. The question is will [TGT] change course at the last minute â or will [TGT] stubbornly stick to the wrong position heâs held all along? | 0Negative
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1,648 | North Korea's Kim says 'open to dialogue' with South Korea will only use nukes if threatened | Kim Jong Un | SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States he has a ânuclear buttonâ on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened but offered an olive branch to South Korea saying he was âopen to dialogueâ with Seoul.
After a year dominated by fiery rhetoric and escalating tensions over North Koreaâs nuclear weapons program Kim used his televised New Yearâs Day speech to declare North Korea âa peace-loving and responsible nuclear powerâ and call for lower military tensions and improved ties with the South.
âWhen it comes to North-South relations we should lower the military tensions on the Korean Peninsula to create a peaceful environment â Kim said. âBoth the North and the South should make efforts.â
Kim said he would consider sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics Games to be held in Pyeongchang South Korea in February.
âNorth Koreaâs participation in the Winter Games will be a good opportunity to showcase the national pride and we wish the Games will be a success. Officials from the two Koreas may urgently meet to discuss the possibility â Kim said.
South Korea said it welcomed Kimâs offer to send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Games and hold talks with the South to discuss possible participation.
U.S.-based experts saw Kim âs speech as a clear attempt to divide South Korea from its main ally the United States which has led an international campaign to pressure North Korea to give up weapons programs aimed at developing nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States.
Asked by reporters to comment on Kim âs speech U.S. President Donald Trump simply said âweâll see weâll seeâ as he walked into New Yearâs Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago his elite resort in Florida.
Revere said Kim Jong Un âs speech contained the strongest defense of North Koreaâs status as a permanently nuclear-armed country he had seen.
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang April 15 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
â Implicit in Kim Jong Unâs speech is a willingness to engage with others including the United States on the basis of their acceptance of the ârealityâ of North Koreaâs permanent nuclear status. Thatâs not a basis on which the United States is prepared to engage â he said.
Rather than encouraging U.S. measures that âthreaten the security and peace of the Korean peninsula â Seoul should instead respond to overtures from the North and âstop nuclear war exercises with foreign forces â Kim said.
After North Korea tested its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in November which it said was capable of delivering a warhead to anywhere in the United States Kim declared his nuclear force complete.
He continued that theme in his New Yearâs address announcing that North Korea would focus in the coming year on âmass producing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles for operational deploymentâ.
This Kim said was âirreversible with any forceâ making it impossible for the United States to start a war against North Korea.
âThe whole territory of the U.S. is within the range of our nuclear strike and a nuclear button is always on the desk of my office and this is just a reality not a threat â he said while emphasizing that the weapons would only be used if North Korea is threatened. | SEOUL (Reuters) - [TGT] on Monday warned the United States he has a ânuclear buttonâ on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened but offered an olive branch to South Korea saying he was âopen to dialogueâ with Seoul.
After a year dominated by fiery rhetoric and escalating tensions over North Koreaâs nuclear weapons program Kim used his televised New Yearâs Day speech to declare North Korea âa peace-loving and responsible nuclear powerâ and call for lower military tensions and improved ties with the South.
âWhen it comes to North-South relations we should lower the military tensions on the Korean Peninsula to create a peaceful environment â Kim said. âBoth the North and the South should make efforts.â
Kim said he would consider sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics Games to be held in Pyeongchang South Korea in February.
âNorth Koreaâs participation in the Winter Games will be a good opportunity to showcase the national pride and we wish the Games will be a success. Officials from the two Koreas may urgently meet to discuss the possibility â Kim said.
South Korea said it welcomed Kimâs offer to send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Games and hold talks with the South to discuss possible participation.
U.S.-based experts saw Kim âs speech as a clear attempt to divide South Korea from its main ally the United States which has led an international campaign to pressure North Korea to give up weapons programs aimed at developing nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States.
Asked by reporters to comment on Kim âs speech U.S. President Donald Trump simply said âweâll see weâll seeâ as he walked into New Yearâs Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago his elite resort in Florida.
Revere said [TGT] âs speech contained the strongest defense of North Koreaâs status as a permanently nuclear-armed country he had seen.
FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader [TGT] waves to people attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang April 15 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
â Implicit in [TGT] âs speech is a willingness to engage with others including the United States on the basis of their acceptance of the ârealityâ of North Koreaâs permanent nuclear status. Thatâs not a basis on which the United States is prepared to engage â he said.
Rather than encouraging U.S. measures that âthreaten the security and peace of the Korean peninsula â Seoul should instead respond to overtures from the North and âstop nuclear war exercises with foreign forces â Kim said.
After North Korea tested its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in November which it said was capable of delivering a warhead to anywhere in the United States Kim declared his nuclear force complete.
He continued that theme in his New Yearâs address announcing that North Korea would focus in the coming year on âmass producing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles for operational deploymentâ.
This Kim said was âirreversible with any forceâ making it impossible for the United States to start a war against North Korea.
âThe whole territory of the U.S. is within the range of our nuclear strike and a nuclear button is always on the desk of my office and this is just a reality not a threat â he said while emphasizing that the weapons would only be used if North Korea is threatened. | 2Positive
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1,649 | Newcastle rock Manchester United Liverpool sink Saints | Mohamed Salah | At St Maryâs Liverpool moved above Tottenham into third place as goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah killed off lowly Southampton.
â Dream season for Salah â
Saints defender Wesley Hoedt made a hash of dealing with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlainâs pass allowing Salah to tee up Firmino for a clinical finish.
Liverpool increased their lead in the 42nd minute when Firmino turned provider for Salah with a fine flicked pass that the Egypt forward slotted home for his 29th club goal of a dream first season with the Reds. | At St Maryâs Liverpool moved above Tottenham into third place as goals from Roberto Firmino and [TGT] killed off lowly Southampton.
â Dream season for Salah â
Saints defender Wesley Hoedt made a hash of dealing with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlainâs pass allowing Salah to tee up Firmino for a clinical finish.
Liverpool increased their lead in the 42nd minute when Firmino turned provider for Salah with a fine flicked pass that the Egypt forward slotted home for his 29th club goal of a dream first season with the Reds. | 2Positive
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1,650 | Iran restricts social media and issues warning to protesters | Hassan Rouhani | (CNN) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed the country Sunday night after several days of anti-government protests that have rocked the nation.
Rouhani 's remarks came after the state-run media outlet IRIB reported that Iranian officials had temporarily restricted access to social media apps Instagram and Telegram which have been used by Iranians to share news about the protests.
"We are a free nation " Rouhani said in his prerecorded speech on state broadcaster IRINN. "And according to the constitution and citizen rights the people are free to express their criticism and even their protests " he said.
"But " Rouhani continued "criticism should not be accompanied with violence or vandalizing public property." Rouhani also acknowledged the economic and social hardships some Iranians face. | (CNN) [TGT] addressed the country Sunday night after several days of anti-government protests that have rocked the nation.
[TGT] 's remarks came after the state-run media outlet IRIB reported that Iranian officials had temporarily restricted access to social media apps Instagram and Telegram which have been used by Iranians to share news about the protests.
"We are a free nation " Rouhani said in his prerecorded speech on state broadcaster IRINN. "And according to the constitution and citizen rights the people are free to express their criticism and even their protests " he said.
"But " Rouhani continued "criticism should not be accompanied with violence or vandalizing public property." [TGT] also acknowledged the economic and social hardships some Iranians face. | 0Negative
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1,651 | An Evolving Game Award Show For an Evolving Industry | Geoff Keighley | Related Inside Geoff Keighley's Ever-Growing Game Awards Empire Former Spike TV presenter wants nothing less than to create an Oscars for video games and he 's well on his way
And Geoff Keighley who created the show in 2014 knows full well both the power and the potential of what he and his team put together each year. Thatâs why they spend the months leading up to the show doing everything from working on the diversity of the panel of judges (Glixel is among that panel) that select award nominees to ensuring that the future games to be highlighted on the show wonât overpromise on what they can deliver. On top of all of that the Game Awards team is still trying to find the right voice for the game industry.
âIâm proud we have gamers win awards â Keighley says. âYouâd never see a music-listener or movie-goer win an award. I think this award is important because gaming is interactive and the players are a part of the experience. So why not award the player?â
Four years in Keighley says he believes the show is still finding itâs success searching for ways to increase the prestige of the show in an effort to create what he calls the gold standard for gaming award shows.
âWe are a little more consumer-focused while other shows are more peer-based â he says. âI think there are a bunch of ways to approach it.â
âThe challenge is that there are all of these games that come out today that are unfinished â Keighley says. âWhat is a finished game anymore? Thatâs kind of an open debate.â
âWhen we looked at the most important games this year we asked 'Do our rules accurately represent the industry and how games are being made'?â Keighley said. âAnd we realized that no they didnât. Some of the most creative works and inspiring game design happens on the existing base of a game that came out previously. Look at No Manâs Sky. Last year that wasnât the game it should have been but this year it has been improved a lot.â | Related Inside Geoff Keighley's Ever-Growing Game Awards Empire Former Spike TV presenter wants nothing less than to create an Oscars for video games and he 's well on his way
And [TGT] knows full well both the power and the potential of what [TGT] and [TGT] team put together each year. Thatâs why they spend the months leading up to the show doing everything from working on the diversity of the panel of judges (Glixel is among that panel) that select award nominees to ensuring that the future games to be highlighted on the show wonât overpromise on what they can deliver. On top of all of that the Game Awards team is still trying to find the right voice for the game industry.
âIâm proud we have gamers win awards â [TGT] says. âYouâd never see a music-listener or movie-goer win an award. I think this award is important because gaming is interactive and the players are a part of the experience. So why not award the player?â
Four years in [TGT] says he believes the show is still finding itâs success searching for ways to increase the prestige of the show in an effort to create what he calls the gold standard for gaming award shows.
âWe are a little more consumer-focused while other shows are more peer-based â he says. âI think there are a bunch of ways to approach it.â
âThe challenge is that there are all of these games that come out today that are unfinished â [TGT] says. âWhat is a finished game anymore? Thatâs kind of an open debate.â
âWhen we looked at the most important games this year we asked 'Do our rules accurately represent the industry and how games are being made'?â [TGT] said. âAnd we realized that no they didnât. Some of the most creative works and inspiring game design happens on the existing base of a game that came out previously. Look at No Manâs Sky. Last year that wasnât the game it should have been but this year it has been improved a lot.â | 2Positive
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1,652 | Kate Winslet responds to Harvey Weinstein allegations: âdisgraceful and appallingâ | Kate Winslet | Kate Winslet condemned Harvey Weinstein for allegedly sexually harassing multiple women over three decades.
âThe fact that these women are starting to speak out about the gross misconduct of one of our most important and well regarded film producers is incredibly brave and has been deeply shocking to hear â Winslet said in a statement given exclusively to Variety.
Winslet joins a chorus of prominent actresses including Meryl Streep Judi Dench and Glenn Close who all voiced their disapproval on Monday of Weinsteinâs alleged conduct.
Winslet won the best actress Oscar in 2009 for her role in The Weinstein Companyâs âThe Reader.â | [TGT] condemned Harvey Weinstein for allegedly sexually harassing multiple women over three decades.
âThe fact that these women are starting to speak out about the gross misconduct of one of our most important and well regarded film producers is incredibly brave and has been deeply shocking to hear â [TGT] said in a statement given exclusively to Variety.
[TGT] joins a chorus of prominent actresses including Meryl Streep Judi Dench and Glenn Close who all voiced their disapproval on Monday of Weinsteinâs alleged conduct.
[TGT] won the best actress Oscar in 2009 for [TGT] role in The Weinstein Companyâs âThe Reader.â | 1Neutral
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1,653 | Prominent Kosovo Serb Politician Oliver Ivanovic Assassinated | Oliver Ivanovic | Oliver Ivanovic a prominent Kosovo Serb politician was killed in a brazen drive-by shooting on Tuesday that could reignite ethnic tensions in the region.
An EU-backed Kosovo court sentenced Ivanovic in 2015 to a nine-year jail term after it found him guilty of encouraging the killings of captured ethnic Albanian civilians in Kosovska Mitrovica in April 1999.
In February last year a Pristina appeals court quashed the sentence and ordered a retrial for Ivanovic who had been in detention since his arrest in January 2014 until the acquittal.
"Serbs are more afraid of Serbs than Albanians " Ivanovic -- a rare Kosovo Serb in that he spoke Albanian -- said at the time. "Serb people are afraid to raise their voice" against Belgrade's policy.
A former Serbian state secretary for Kosovo Ivanovic was a key interlocutor with NATO the United Nations and later the EU after the war and was seen as backing dialogue with Kosovo's ethnic Albanians. | [TGT] was killed in a brazen drive-by shooting on Tuesday that could reignite ethnic tensions in the region.
An EU-backed Kosovo court sentenced Ivanovic in 2015 to a nine-year jail term after it found [TGT] guilty of encouraging the killings of captured ethnic Albanian civilians in Kosovska Mitrovica in April 1999.
In February last year a Pristina appeals court quashed the sentence and ordered a retrial for Ivanovic who had been in detention since [TGT] arrest in January 2014 until the acquittal.
"Serbs are more afraid of Serbs than Albanians " Ivanovic -- a rare Kosovo Serb in that he spoke Albanian -- said at the time. "Serb people are afraid to raise their voice" against Belgrade's policy.
A former Serbian state secretary for Kosovo Ivanovic was a key interlocutor with NATO the United Nations and later the EU after the war and was seen as backing dialogue with Kosovo's ethnic Albanians. | 0Negative
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1,654 | The Latest: Dem accuses White House of 'gag order' on Bannon | Steve Bannon | The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing President Donald Trump's White House of placing a "gag order" on former chief strategist Steve Bannon barring him from answering many questions as part of the panel's investigation into Russian election interference.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California says Bannon refused to answer questions about his time in the White House or his work on the presidential transition. Bannon 's refusal prompted a subpoena from the committee's Republican chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California.
Schiff says that was the first time Republicans on the committee had issued a subpoena in response to a witness refusing to answer questions at the instruction of the White House. Schiff says that the committee plans to bring Bannon back for another round of questioning.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is refusing to answer questions from a House committee about his work during the presidential transition or his time working in President Donald Trump's White House.
That's according to Jack Langer a spokesman for Rep. Devin Nunes of California the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Langer tells The Associated Press that Bannon would not discuss those topics during a day-long closed-door interview on Capitol Hill.
In response Nunes issued a subpoena to compel Bannon to answer the committee's questions. It's unclear whether Bannon was more forthcoming afterward.
Earlier Tuesday a White House official said the president did not invoke executive privilege to prevent Bannon from answering the committee's questions. That official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Tuesday in a showdown over whether he could be forced to testify in the panel's Russia investigation.
Bannon walked into a closed-door meeting with House members Tuesday morning and was still being grilled Tuesday evening. Lawmakers wanted answers from him about President Donald Trump's thinking when he fired FBI Director James Comey.
The committee's Republican chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California said he issued the subpoena but he declined to discuss why or what questions he hoped to compel Bannon to answer. | The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing [TGT] barring [TGT] from answering many questions as part of the panel's investigation into Russian election interference.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California says [TGT] refused to answer questions about [TGT] time in the White House or [TGT] work on the presidential transition. [TGT] 's refusal prompted a subpoena from the committee's Republican chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California.
Schiff says that was the first time Republicans on the committee had issued a subpoena in response to a witness refusing to answer questions at the instruction of the White House. Schiff says that the committee plans to bring [TGT] back for another round of questioning.
[TGT] is refusing to answer questions from a House committee about [TGT] work during the presidential transition or [TGT] time working in President Donald Trump's White House.
That's according to Jack Langer a spokesman for Rep. Devin Nunes of California the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Langer tells The Associated Press that [TGT] would not discuss those topics during a day-long closed-door interview on Capitol Hill.
In response Nunes issued a subpoena to compel Bannon to answer the committee's questions. It's unclear whether [TGT] was more forthcoming afterward.
Earlier Tuesday a White House official said the president did not invoke executive privilege to prevent [TGT] from answering the committee's questions. That official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed former White House chief strategist [TGT] on Tuesday in a showdown over whether he could be forced to testify in the panel's Russia investigation.
[TGT] walked into a closed-door meeting with House members Tuesday morning and was still being grilled Tuesday evening. Lawmakers wanted answers from [TGT] about President Donald Trump's thinking when [TGT] fired FBI Director James Comey.
The committee's Republican chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California said he issued the subpoena but he declined to discuss why or what questions he hoped to compel Bannon to answer. | 1Neutral
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1,655 | Luciano Menéndez former Argentine general convicted of crimes against humanity dies at 90 | Luciano Menéndez | Luciano Menéndez a former Argentine general convicted of his role in the killings and forced disappearances of political adversaries under the military junta that ruled from 1976 to 1983 died Feb. 27 in a military hospital in the city of Cordoba. He was 90.
Argentine media reported the death and said he had been hospitalized for coronary and biliary conditions.
Mr. Menéndez who was born into a military family was one of the most bloodthirsty leaders of a violent dictatorship. Government death squads and paramilitary forces did their utmost best to eradicate armed leftist groups as well as political rivals and others they came to suspect of being dissidents including artists authors academics social workers labor unionists and journalists.
During this period which came to be known as the âdirty war â Mr. Menéndez was the head of the Third Army Corps commanding 10 Argentine provinces and overseeing the largest detention center La Perla in Cordoba which one witness called âa factory of death.â
Former Gen. Luciano Menendez right talks with his attorney Horacio Guerineau at a courthouse in San Miguel de Tucuman northern Argentina in 2008. (Julio Pantoja/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Mr. Menéndez presented himself as a Cold Warrior who saw himself as a bulwark against communism at all costs. âWe are going to have to kill 50 000 people: 25 000 subversives 20 000 sympathizers and we will make 5 000 mistakes â he was widely quoted as telling his men.
Mr. Menéndez laughed during torture sessions earning the nickname the âHyena â according to the Agence France-Presse. He later defended his brutal actions as necessary measures to prevent leftist guerrillas from obtaining power. âThese were not peaceful citizens â he said in 2010 according to the Associated Press.
In 2016 Mr. Menéndez was convicted of 52 homicides 260 kidnappings 656 torture cases and 82 disappearances of people who were never found the AFP reported at the time. At his trial he said there was ânever repression of any kindâ at La Perla. âThese criminals accuse the armed forces and go to the courts saying theyâre victims.â
Mr. Menéndez was given 14 prison terms and 12 life sentences more than any other military leader of the dictatorship according to the Spanish-language news agency EFE.
Luciano BenjamÃn Menéndez was born June 19 1927 in San Martin a suburb of Buenos Aires. He was a nephew of Gen. BenjamÃn Menéndez who tried unsuccessfully to overthrow President Juan Domingo Perón in 1951 and a cousin of Gen. Mario Menéndez who became the military governor of the Falkland Islands while Argentina briefly occupied the archipelago in 1982.
His wife Edith Angélica Abarca died in 2012. A complete list of survivors was not immediately available.
Amid increased international attention to human rights violations in Argentina many leaders attempted to pay at least lip service to toning down extrajudicial killings. Mr. Menéndez was the exception.
He accused Roberto Viola commander in chief of the army of âinadmissible toleranceâ toward âMarxist subversionâ and led a brief and failed insurrection to oust him in 1979 The Washington Post reported in 1979. As a result Mr. Menéndez was imprisoned for 90 days and forced into retirement.
After the Falklands debacle the regime crumbled and Argentina returned to democracy. Over the next years he was called to testify about his involvement in human rights crimes. At one hearing in 1984 he was seen being restrained by aides after he drew his parachutistâs knife in response to protesters taunting him ; he claimed that he was protecting his wife and daughter against âanother attack on the armed forcesâ by leftist sympathizers. A photo of the incident came to be seen as emblematic of his brutish temperament. | [TGT] ndez a former Argentine general convicted of [TGT] role in the killings and forced disappearances of political adversaries under the military junta that ruled from 1976 to 1983 died Feb. 27 in a military hospital in the city of Cordoba. He was 90.
Argentine media reported the death and said he had been hospitalized for coronary and biliary conditions.
[TGT] ndez who was born into a military family was one of the most bloodthirsty leaders of a violent dictatorship. Government death squads and paramilitary forces did their utmost best to eradicate armed leftist groups as well as political rivals and others they came to suspect of being dissidents including artists authors academics social workers labor unionists and journalists.
During this period which came to be known as the âdirty war â [TGT] ndez was the head of the Third Army Corps commanding 10 Argentine provinces and overseeing the largest detention center La Perla in Cordoba which one witness called âa factory of death.â
Former Gen. Luciano Menendez right talks with his attorney Horacio Guerineau at a courthouse in San Miguel de Tucuman northern Argentina in 2008. (Julio Pantoja/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
[TGT] ndez presented himself as a Cold Warrior who saw himself as a bulwark against communism at all costs. âWe are going to have to kill 50 000 people: 25 000 subversives 20 000 sympathizers and we will make 5 000 mistakes â he was widely quoted as telling his men.
[TGT] ndez laughed during torture sessions earning the nickname the âHyena â according to the Agence France-Presse. [TGT] later defended [TGT] brutal actions as necessary measures to prevent leftist guerrillas from obtaining power. âThese were not peaceful citizens â he said in 2010 according to the Associated Press.
In 2016 [TGT] ndez was convicted of 52 homicides 260 kidnappings 656 torture cases and 82 disappearances of people who were never found the AFP reported at the time. At his trial he said there was ânever repression of any kindâ at La Perla. âThese criminals accuse the armed forces and go to the courts saying theyâre victims.â
[TGT] ndez was given 14 prison terms and 12 life sentences more than any other military leader of the dictatorship according to the Spanish-language news agency EFE.
Luciano BenjamÃn Menéndez was born June 19 1927 in San Martin a suburb of Buenos Aires. He was a nephew of Gen. BenjamÃn Menéndez who tried unsuccessfully to overthrow President Juan Domingo Perón in 1951 and a cousin of Gen. Mario Menéndez who became the military governor of the Falkland Islands while Argentina briefly occupied the archipelago in 1982.
His wife Edith Angélica Abarca died in 2012. A complete list of survivors was not immediately available.
Amid increased international attention to human rights violations in Argentina many leaders attempted to pay at least lip service to toning down extrajudicial killings. Mr. Menéndez was the exception.
He accused Roberto Viola commander in chief of the army of âinadmissible toleranceâ toward âMarxist subversionâ and led a brief and failed insurrection to oust him in 1979 The Washington Post reported in 1979. As a result Mr. Menéndez was imprisoned for 90 days and forced into retirement.
After the Falklands debacle the regime crumbled and Argentina returned to democracy. Over the next years he was called to testify about his involvement in human rights crimes. At one hearing in 1984 he was seen being restrained by aides after he drew his parachutistâs knife in response to protesters taunting him ; he claimed that he was protecting his wife and daughter against âanother attack on the armed forcesâ by leftist sympathizers. A photo of the incident came to be seen as emblematic of his brutish temperament. | 0Negative
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1,656 | A frightened child in Chicago and an immigration policy unbecoming of America | Lee Gelernt | Lee Gelernt deputy director of the ACLUâs Immigrantsâ Rights Project and one of the attorneys representing Ms. L and her daughter said in an interview: â She has a genuine fear she âs not a criminal she âs not a terrorist she presented herself at the border and said she needs help.â
Four days after their arrival Gelernt said immigration officers in San Diego took the daughter into another room. Once the little girl was gone Ms. L was handcuffed.
âThen she hears the daughter screaming frantically â Gelernt said. âThe daughter is taken away and the mother doesnât speak to the daughter for four days. In those four days she has no idea what has happened to her daughter.â
âChicago might as well be the moon for this family from a little village in the Congo â Gelernt said. âThey have no idea why theyâre separated where each other are.â | [TGT] deputy director of the ACLUâs Immigrantsâ Rights Project and one of the attorneys representing Ms. L and her daughter said in an interview: â She has a genuine fear she âs not a criminal she âs not a terrorist she presented herself at the border and said she needs help.â
Four days after their arrival Gelernt said immigration officers in San Diego took the daughter into another room. Once the little girl was gone Ms. L was handcuffed.
âThen she hears the daughter screaming frantically â Gelernt said. âThe daughter is taken away and the mother doesnât speak to the daughter for four days. In those four days she has no idea what has happened to her daughter.â
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1,657 | NYCHA blames tenants after finding lead paint in apartments | Luz Martinez | âThey never explained they just set up an appointment â said Luz Martinez 63 who got her letter on Nov. 30.
In the middle of all this Red Hook tenant Martinez got her âbreach of leaseâ notice demanding that she show up at the developmentâs management office Tuesday the same day members of City Council grilled Olatoye about the scandal.
"They never explained they just set up an appointment " said Luz Martinez . (Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News)
At the management office Martinez says she found dozens of other angry tenants whoâd received the same letters. All were told NYCHA will return to their apartments in the coming weeks to do âpaint correction.â
Martinez âs niece Tatiana says paint chips and dust have been a constant problem in the apartment for years. At times small chips collect on radiators and on the floor along with faint dust that could be lead paint.
On Friday Martinez took her grandchildren to a clinic to be tested. She expects the results in about a week. | âThey never explained they just set up an appointment â said [TGT] 63 who got her letter on Nov. 30.
In the middle of all this Red Hook tenant [TGT] got her âbreach of leaseâ notice demanding that she show up at the developmentâs management office Tuesday the same day members of City Council grilled Olatoye about the scandal.
"They never explained they just set up an appointment " said [TGT] . (Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News)
At the management office [TGT] says she found dozens of other angry tenants whoâd received the same letters. All were told NYCHA will return to their apartments in the coming weeks to do âpaint correction.â
Martinez âs niece Tatiana says paint chips and dust have been a constant problem in the apartment for years. At times small chips collect on radiators and on the floor along with faint dust that could be lead paint.
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1,658 | Uber C.E.O. Aims to Win Back London | Khosrowshahi | Mr. Khosrowshahi visited London as the company he was chosen to lead just weeks ago continued to grapple with a new set of issues. Uberâs board is considering proposals to limit the power of its co-founder and former chief executive Travis Kalanick as it courts a major new investment.
While Mr. Khosrowshahi is on his diplomacy mission Uberâs board is scheduled to discuss proposals that would limit Mr. Kalanickâs power. That meeting will include two new directors named by Mr. Kalanick late last week a surprise move that escalated tensions with other board members.
It is a sign of the importance of the London ban that even with Uberâs board meeting set to take place Mr. Khosrowshahi flew here to meet with the authorities. With 40 000 drivers and 3.5 million customers the city is Uberâs biggest market in Europe and one of its largest in the world.
The effort on Tuesday is meant to show that Uber is adopting a more conciliatory approach to working with cities. Such a change in attitude is important as Uber continues to expand globally and justify its sky-high $68.5 billion valuation ahead of an initial public offering that Mr. Khosrowshahi has said could come in 2019. | [TGT] visited London as the company [TGT] was chosen to lead just weeks ago continued to grapple with a new set of issues. Uberâs board is considering proposals to limit the power of its co-founder and former chief executive Travis Kalanick as it courts a major new investment.
While [TGT] is on [TGT] diplomacy mission Uberâs board is scheduled to discuss proposals that would limit Mr. Kalanickâs power. That meeting will include two new directors named by Mr. Kalanick late last week a surprise move that escalated tensions with other board members.
It is a sign of the importance of the London ban that even with Uberâs board meeting set to take place [TGT] flew here to meet with the authorities. With 40 000 drivers and 3.5 million customers the city is Uberâs biggest market in Europe and one of its largest in the world.
The effort on Tuesday is meant to show that Uber is adopting a more conciliatory approach to working with cities. Such a change in attitude is important as Uber continues to expand globally and justify its sky-high $68.5 billion valuation ahead of an initial public offering that [TGT] has said could come in 2019. | 2Positive
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1,659 | Mary Beth Tinker reminds students of free speech rights she won at Supreme Court in her VIetnam War protest at 13 | Mary Beth Tinker | Students at the mock trial Thursday using the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District in the ceremonial courtroom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
As she stood before local students in a federal courtroom in Washington Mary Beth Tinker held aloft a replica of the black armband that had brought her notoriety â and students like them protections of their freedom of expression.
On Thursday close to 50 years after Tinker wore an armband to her Iowa school to protest the Vietnam War â and was suspended â she appeared at a mock trial reenacting her case before students from the Washington area.
And their rights to those protests are bolstered by the 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker âs case when a majority of justices ruled that students and teachers do not âshed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.â
In a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union over Tinker âs suspension the Supreme Court ruled the First Amendment applied to public schools and that school officials could not censor student speech unless it disrupted the educational process. A black armband judges ruled was not disruptive.
Tatel and Judge Sri Srinivasan also of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia presided while experienced lawyers reenacted Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District before about 200 students.
Some in the audience in the ceremonial courtroom of the appeals court were eighth graders the same as Tinker when at 13 she wore the armband in 1965.
âThese kids need to speak up for themselves and it is powerful when they do that â Tinker said Thursday.
Tinker a retired nurse who lives in Van Ness arrived Thursday to court wearing a pin of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall a relentless voice for minorities and civil rights in a six-decade legal career and a red ribbon for Yoselis Region Barrios a 16-year-old student of Capital City Charter School who was killed last month in the District.
After the reenactment finished students crowded around Tinker as she asked each of them what they wanted to change in the world. Tinker had described how she was raised in a family headed by her Methodist minister father and a mother who urged their children to act on their religious ideals.
Tinker âfought for something she believed in â said Eliora Brown-Egue a 13-year-old eighth grader at Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown. âIt was amazing to learn about a part of history from someone who was there.â
Before starting a career speaking to students Tinker was a nurse at Prince Georgeâs Hospital Center.
When Tinker travels to speak as in Thursdayâs reenactment she tells stories of other young people who spoke up in history.
Tinker and the case âmade us feel like we could do the same thing â Walton said. | Students at the mock trial Thursday using the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District in the ceremonial courtroom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
As she stood before [TGT] held aloft a replica of the black armband that had brought her notoriety â and students like [TGT] protections of [TGT] freedom of expression.
On Thursday close to 50 years after Tinker wore an armband to her Iowa school to protest the Vietnam War â and was suspended â she appeared at a mock trial reenacting her case before students from the Washington area.
And their rights to those protests are bolstered by the 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker âs case when a majority of justices ruled that students and teachers do not âshed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.â
In a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union over Tinker âs suspension the Supreme Court ruled the First Amendment applied to public schools and that school officials could not censor student speech unless it disrupted the educational process. A black armband judges ruled was not disruptive.
Tatel and Judge Sri Srinivasan also of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia presided while experienced lawyers reenacted Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District before about 200 students.
Some in the audience in the ceremonial courtroom of the appeals court were eighth graders the same as Tinker when at 13 she wore the armband in 1965.
âThese kids need to speak up for themselves and it is powerful when they do that â Tinker said Thursday.
Tinker a retired nurse who lives in Van Ness arrived Thursday to court wearing a pin of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall a relentless voice for minorities and civil rights in a six-decade legal career and a red ribbon for Yoselis Region Barrios a 16-year-old student of Capital City Charter School who was killed last month in the District.
After the reenactment finished students crowded around Tinker as she asked each of them what they wanted to change in the world. Tinker had described how she was raised in a family headed by her Methodist minister father and a mother who urged their children to act on their religious ideals.
Tinker âfought for something she believed in â said Eliora Brown-Egue a 13-year-old eighth grader at Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown. âIt was amazing to learn about a part of history from someone who was there.â
Before starting a career speaking to students Tinker was a nurse at Prince Georgeâs Hospital Center.
When Tinker travels to speak as in Thursdayâs reenactment she tells stories of other young people who spoke up in history.
Tinker and the case âmade us feel like we could do the same thing â Walton said. | 2Positive
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1,660 | Renault board asks Ghosn to stay pursue closer Nissan integration | Carlos Ghosn | PARIS (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) said on Thursday its board had asked Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn to stay on for another four years and pursue closer integration with alliance partner Nissan (7201.T).
Ghosn 63 should âtake decisive steps to make the alliance irreversibleâ during his next term to be proposed to shareholders at their annual meeting in June the company said in a statement summarizing board resolutions.
France which owns 15 percent of Renault has been pressing for a deeper tie-up with Nissan to ensure the carmakersâ 19-year-old alliance can survive the eventual departure of Ghosn its main architect.
Ghosn had earlier been expected to hand over the reins to a new CEO and move to a non-executive chairman role overseeing the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.
French state representatives had been pushing Ghosn since the middle of last year to hire a second-in-command with the managerial and international clout to succeed him . | PARIS (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) said on Thursday its board had asked [TGT] to stay on for another four years and pursue closer integration with alliance partner Nissan (7201.T).
[TGT] should âtake decisive steps to make the alliance irreversibleâ during [TGT] next term to be proposed to shareholders at their annual meeting in June the company said in a statement summarizing board resolutions.
France which owns 15 percent of Renault has been pressing for a deeper tie-up with Nissan to ensure the carmakersâ 19-year-old alliance can survive the eventual departure of [TGT] [TGT] main architect.
[TGT] had earlier been expected to hand over the reins to a new CEO and move to a non-executive chairman role overseeing the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.
French state representatives had been pushing [TGT] since the middle of last year to hire a second-in-command with the managerial and international clout to succeed [TGT] . | 2Positive
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1,661 | Carson Wentz goes from MVP contender to cheerleader | Carson Wentz Carson | BLOOMINGTON Minn. (AP) â Carson Wentz made the rounds along Radio Row at last year's Super Bowl and promised himself he 'd be back for this one.
He 's here but only as a cheerleader.
Wentz led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 10-2 start before he tore his left ACL and LCL in Week 14. Nick Foles replaced him helped the Eagles clinch the NFC East and secure the No. 1 seed and was spectacular in the conference championship game against Minnesota.
Wentz watched both playoff games from the sideline: the victory over the Falcons on crutches and the rout of the Vikings on a cane. He 's rooting hard for his teammates and enjoying their success without him . Wentz will be their No. 1 fan Sunday when they take on the New England Patriots and try to win the franchise's first NFL title since 1960.
"It's just tough knowing that could be you " said Wentz who is walking without assistance now. "I had my sights set on this thing since I knew we weren't making the playoffs last year. I had my sights set on playing in Minneapolis. It's right down the road from home. Here we are. It just looks different for me."
Wentz from neighboring North Dakota is more than just a spectator. He has been a major presence around the team following surgery goes to quarterback meetings watches film and supports Foles as much as possible.
"This is Carson 's team " Foles said. "I've had to take it over but Carson is a tremendous player. I think he 's the MVP of the league. He 's a huge reason why we're in this position. It's been awesome just being around him . He 's handled this thing amazingly and he continues to be such a great leader in our locker room. When we go through game film and we go through everything he 's an extremely intelligent player so I listen to everything that he says." | BLOOMINGTON Minn. (AP) â Carson Wentz made the rounds along Radio Row at last year's Super Bowl and promised himself he 'd be back for this one.
He 's here but only as a cheerleader.
Wentz led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 10-2 start before he tore his left ACL and LCL in Week 14. Nick Foles replaced him helped the Eagles clinch the NFC East and secure the No. 1 seed and was spectacular in the conference championship game against Minnesota.
Wentz watched both playoff games from the sideline: the victory over the Falcons on crutches and the rout of the Vikings on a cane. He 's rooting hard for his teammates and enjoying their success without him . Wentz will be their No. 1 fan Sunday when they take on the New England Patriots and try to win the franchise's first NFL title since 1960.
"It's just tough knowing that could be you " said Wentz who is walking without assistance now. "I had my sights set on this thing since I knew we weren't making the playoffs last year. I had my sights set on playing in Minneapolis. It's right down the road from home. Here we are. It just looks different for me."
Wentz from neighboring North Dakota is more than just a spectator. He has been a major presence around the team following surgery goes to quarterback meetings watches film and supports Foles as much as possible.
"This is [TGT] 's team " Foles said. "I've had to take it over but [TGT] is a tremendous player. I think [TGT] 's the MVP of the league. [TGT] 's a huge reason why we're in this position. It's been awesome just being around [TGT] . [TGT] 's handled this thing amazingly and [TGT] continues to be such a great leader in our locker room. When we go through game film and we go through everything [TGT] 's an extremely intelligent player so I listen to everything that [TGT] says." | 2Positive
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1,662 | What germs lurk at the makeup counter? | Toral Patel | Dermatologist Toral Patel owner of D&A Dermatology in Chicago said that after trying on makeup patients have arrived in her office with pinkeye cold sores bacterial infections and boils.
"It's not you " Patel said "it's the people before you."
Viruses like the herpes virus that causes cold sores need a human host to survive Patel said but they can last long enough on lipstick to travel to someone else.
"It can happen anywhere " Patel said. "It's not a matter of the neighborhood drugstore versus a high-end department store."
If you must sample Patel said it's better to apply on your wrist or neck â a spot that's not as noticeable below the jawline â should your luck run out. And never ever dab around an open sore or a scratch.
If there's one thing Patel advises avoiding it's applying near eyes where skin is more sensitive.
"The minute someone dips their tester in there more than once it's no longer a single-use tester " Patel said.
Patel herself doesn't try on makeup in stores â "not anymore " she said. Instead she notes many stores are flexible with returns allowing you to try at home.
Alternately ask the person at the counter if he or she can sterilize an applicator. They should have an alcohol spritzer which kills germs. | Dermatologist [TGT] owner of D&A Dermatology in Chicago said that after trying on makeup patients have arrived in her office with pinkeye cold sores bacterial infections and boils.
"It's not you " Patel said "it's the people before you."
Viruses like the herpes virus that causes cold sores need a human host to survive Patel said but they can last long enough on lipstick to travel to someone else.
"It can happen anywhere " Patel said. "It's not a matter of the neighborhood drugstore versus a high-end department store."
If you must sample Patel said it's better to apply on your wrist or neck â a spot that's not as noticeable below the jawline â should your luck run out. And never ever dab around an open sore or a scratch.
If there's one thing Patel advises avoiding it's applying near eyes where skin is more sensitive.
"The minute someone dips their tester in there more than once it's no longer a single-use tester " Patel said.
Patel herself doesn't try on makeup in stores â "not anymore " she said. Instead she notes many stores are flexible with returns allowing you to try at home.
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1,663 | Violence consumes Rio de Janeiroâs biggest favela once a symbol of rising fortunes in Brazil | Samantha Almeida | RIO DE JANEIRO â High on a hill in South Americaâs largest slum Samantha Almeida startled at the latest volley of gunfire. It was close. Too close. She knew she had to get her girls moving.
Suddenly the bullets were buzzing just above the roof. The family members had started sleeping in one room because they felt safer together and Samantha a 33-year old who sold coffee in a park had drilled her girls on an escape plan. When she gave the sign they would move fast keeping low to a windowless bunkerlike terrace.
Another shot rang out and Samantha rose telling the girls to follow she later recalled. Eight-year-old Natasha moved quickly. But Nicolly her painfully shy 16-year-old was still struggling to her feet when they heard the window crack.
âMama â the girl said before slumping. âIâve been shot.â | RIO DE JANEIRO â [TGT] startled at the latest volley of gunfire. It was close. Too close. [TGT] knew [TGT] had to get [TGT] girls moving.
Suddenly the bullets were buzzing just above the roof. The family members had started sleeping in one room because they felt safer together and Samantha a 33-year old who sold coffee in a park had drilled her girls on an escape plan. When she gave the sign they would move fast keeping low to a windowless bunkerlike terrace.
Another shot rang out and Samantha rose telling the girls to follow she later recalled. Eight-year-old Natasha moved quickly. But Nicolly her painfully shy 16-year-old was still struggling to her feet when they heard the window crack.
âMama â the girl said before slumping. âIâve been shot.â | 2Positive
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1,664 | Mets didnât need to be ugly with Collins on his way out door | Collins Collins | Terry Collins â imminent firing didnât have to get ugly if not downright reprehensible. Really it shouldnât have been difficult at all.
The difference was the Phillies informed Mackanin of their decision â imagine that â and asked him to remain in the organization as an assistant to GM Matt Klentak an offer the ex-manager said he was happy to accept.
And Mackanin failed to so much as manage the Phillies to a winning record never mind a World Series. He was on the job for less than three full seasons or not even half the time Collins managed in New York.
David Wright bashes Mets teammates for ripping Terry Collins
So why couldnât the Mets have handled their business in a similarly classy manner instead of keeping Collins in the dark about a decision that was a foregone conclusion for months and then trashing him with anonymous front-office quotes in his final few days in the big chair.
What they got mad when Collins in response to names of potential successors being leaked to the media said he had no intention of retiring at the end of the season?
If they had given him the Mackanin treatment before the Metsâ final homestand and offered him some type of organizational job for a couple of years Iâm certain Collins would have then agreed to say it was time to step down.
After all heâs 68 and well aware the front office has been critical of his decision-making for years particularly his handling of pitchers. While the 2017 season was hardly Collins â fault his team crippled by injuries the Metsâ brass had every right if it felt the time had come for change.
Collins refuses to address allegations he lost Mets clubhouse
The way the Terry Collins era of Mets baseball is ending is no laughing matter. (David Zalubowski/AP)
All management had to do was communicate that to him at some point and then allow him to finish the season. The team was playing out the string anyway and though Metsâ fans have had their issues over the years with his in-game strategy surely they would have given Collins an ovation or two last week at Citi Field.
Even if Collins deserves some of the blame for what turned into a cold war of sorts this summer with the front office and ownership perhaps in part because he didnât like being told he couldnât talk about injuries in the end Alderson should have been bigger than that.
And yes Iâm aware that Fred and Jeff Wilpon have the final say but thatâs no excuse for the GM leaving Collins hanging.
When I spoke with Collins last week he said he hadnât been told a thing about his future. When I asked him if he had considered going to Alderson to ask about it he shook his head.
âI shouldnât have to â he said.
He âs right about that. | Terry Collins â imminent firing didnât have to get ugly if not downright reprehensible. Really it shouldnât have been difficult at all.
The difference was the Phillies informed Mackanin of their decision â imagine that â and asked him to remain in the organization as an assistant to GM Matt Klentak an offer the ex-manager said he was happy to accept.
And Mackanin failed to so much as manage the Phillies to a winning record never mind a World Series. He was on the job for less than three full seasons or not even half the time Collins managed in New York.
David Wright bashes Mets teammates for ripping Terry Collins
So why couldnât the Mets have handled their business in a similarly classy manner instead of keeping Collins in the dark about a decision that was a foregone conclusion for months and then trashing him with anonymous front-office quotes in his final few days in the big chair.
What they got mad when Collins in response to names of potential successors being leaked to the media said he had no intention of retiring at the end of the season?
If they had given him the Mackanin treatment before the Metsâ final homestand and offered him some type of organizational job for a couple of years Iâm certain Collins would have then agreed to say it was time to step down.
After all heâs 68 and well aware the front office has been critical of his decision-making for years particularly his handling of pitchers. While the 2017 season was hardly Collins â fault his team crippled by injuries the Metsâ brass had every right if it felt the time had come for change.
Collins refuses to address allegations he lost Mets clubhouse
The way the Terry Collins era of Mets baseball is ending is no laughing matter. (David Zalubowski/AP)
All management had to do was communicate that to him at some point and then allow him to finish the season. The team was playing out the string anyway and though Metsâ fans have had their issues over the years with his in-game strategy surely they would have given Collins an ovation or two last week at Citi Field.
Even if Collins deserves some of the blame for what turned into a cold war of sorts this summer with the front office and ownership perhaps in part because he didnât like being told he couldnât talk about injuries in the end Alderson should have been bigger than that.
And yes Iâm aware that Fred and Jeff Wilpon have the final say but thatâs no excuse for the GM leaving Collins hanging.
When I spoke with Collins last week he said he hadnât been told a thing about his future. When I asked him if he had considered going to Alderson to ask about it he shook his head.
âI shouldnât have to â he said.
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1,665 | US should aid religious minorities abroad directly without going through the UN | Ayyoub | Consider the case of Rita Habib Ayyoub a 30-year-old Iraqi Christian woman .
Ayyoub is one of hundreds possibly thousands of Christians and several thousand Yazidis captured in Iraqâs Nineveh province. She was forced to become a Muslim and a sex slave. Iraqi lawyers documented 68 Christians still in ISIS captivity in August.
Ayyoub told journalists that she was taken to a slave market in Mosul and sold along with three Christian children to ISIS âemirs.â A local Sunni man bought her and a 14- year old Yazidi girl. âHe raped the both of us over and over again â she says.
Ayyoub says she was later resold in Raqqa to another jihadi who had a Moroccan wife. Ayyoub relates her horrific ordeal in that family: âI was beaten and tortured by her (the jihadiâs wife) every day. She would not give up until I was bleeding from my head for example. They made me read the Quran and threatened to kill me if I did not convert to Islam.â
Ayyoub was rescued by Syrian Democratic Forces in November and is now being aided in Syria by a small womenâs group of Assyrians (a traditionally Christian ethnicity) â not by the U.N.
Assyrian Swedish journalist Nuro Kino who is helping Ayyoub tells me that she does not know where to go next. Ayyoubâs hometown of Qaraqosh Iraqâs largest Christian city stands mostly empty.
Conceivably Ayyoub could end up in the Erbil Catholic Chaldean Archdioceseâs displacement center which shelters most displaced Iraqi Christians and has not had U.N. support.
But while Ayyoub may not be able to access U.N. aid her ISIS tormentors can thanks in part to generous U.S.-taxpayer-supported U.N. âstabilizationâ aid.
Though Ayyoubâs enslaver is likely dead his radicalized Moroccan wife might also qualify for U.N. resettlement help in Telkayf. That Nineveh town was Christian until the U.N. decided to move in the families of ISIS jihadis killed in battle and thus effectively bar its Christiansâ return. | Consider the case of [TGT] .
[TGT] is one of hundreds possibly thousands of Christians and several thousand Yazidis captured in Iraqâs Nineveh province. She was forced to become a Muslim and a sex slave. Iraqi lawyers documented 68 Christians still in ISIS captivity in August.
[TGT] told journalists that [TGT] was taken to a slave market in Mosul and sold along with three Christian children to ISIS âemirs.â A local Sunni man bought her and a 14- year old Yazidi girl. âHe raped the both of us over and over again â she says.
[TGT] says she was later resold in Raqqa to another jihadi who had a Moroccan wife. [TGT] relates her horrific ordeal in that family: âI was beaten and tortured by her (the jihadiâs wife) every day. She would not give up until I was bleeding from my head for example. They made me read the Quran and threatened to kill me if I did not convert to [TGT]
was rescued by Syrian Democratic Forces in November and is now being aided in Syria by a small womenâs group of Assyrians (a traditionally Christian ethnicity) â not by the U.N.
Assyrian Swedish journalist Nuro Kino who is helping Ayyoub tells me that she does not know where to go next. Ayyoubâs hometown of Qaraqosh Iraqâs largest Christian city stands mostly empty.
Conceivably [TGT] could end up in the Erbil Catholic Chaldean Archdioceseâs displacement center which shelters most displaced Iraqi Christians and has not had U.N. support.
But while [TGT] may not be able to access U.N. aid her ISIS tormentors can thanks in part to generous U.S.-taxpayer-supported U.N. âstabilizationâ aid.
Though [TGT] is likely dead [TGT] radicalized Moroccan wife might also qualify for U.N. resettlement help in Telkayf. That Nineveh town was Christian until the U.N. decided to move in the families of ISIS jihadis killed in battle and thus effectively bar its Christiansâ return. | 1Neutral
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1,666 | GOP fundraiser takes on Gillibrand announces Senate run | Kirsten Gillibrand | NEW YORK (AP) â A private equity executive and Republican Party fundraiser has announced that she's running for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) a popular Democrat.
In it Farley accuses Gillibrand of being a political opportunist more focused on advancing her career than serving the needs of New Yorkers.
She promises to bring "tax dollars back home and rebuild New York."
Gillibrand 's spokesman says the senator is proud of her record and "looks forward to the opportunity of earning the privilege to continue serving New Yorkers for another term." | NEW YORK (AP) â A private equity executive and Republican Party fundraiser has announced that she's running for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. [TGT] (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) a popular Democrat.
In it Farley accuses Gillibrand of being a political opportunist more focused on advancing her career than serving the needs of New Yorkers.
She promises to bring "tax dollars back home and rebuild New York."
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1,667 | Chicago sets sights on Apple and its new campus: 'Weâre going to go compete' | Boyd | Apple appears to be following Amazon in using a high-profile public search to win incentives and boost its brand particularly by tying the campus announcement to broader plans for U.S. investment and jobs said John H. Boyd principal of The Boyd Co. a Princeton N.J.-based corporate site selection consultancy.
âThereâs a branding component to all of this associating the brand with the popular America-first sentiment â Boyd said. âAmericans want to buy goods and services provided by American companies.â
Apple like Amazon will be looking for office sites with plenty of highly skilled workers Boyd said. The company will likely consider âusual suspectsâ like Atlanta Boston and Chicago. But easy access to air travel could give Dallas and Houston a boost and Newark N.J. has been willing to aggressively compete on incentives he said.
Reno could also emerge as a strong contender Boyd said pointing to its proximity to Silicon Valleyâs talent pool favorable tax policies and affordable housing.
Boyd said itâs difficult to say how following Amazon might affect Appleâs search. Cities that already had to work to convince legislatures and to sign off on hefty incentive packages might experience some âAmazon fatigue â he said. âBut itâs not black and white ⦠these are high-paying jobs every mayor and governor in the country would like to attract.â | Apple appears to be following Amazon in using a high-profile public search to win incentives and boost its brand particularly by tying the campus announcement to broader plans for U.S. investment and jobs said [TGT] principal of The Boyd Co. a Princeton N.J.-based corporate site selection consultancy.
âThereâs a branding component to all of this associating the brand with the popular America-first sentiment â [TGT] said. âAmericans want to buy goods and services provided by American companies.â
Apple like Amazon will be looking for office sites with plenty of highly skilled workers [TGT] said. [TGT] will likely consider âusual suspectsâ like Atlanta Boston and Chicago. But easy access to air travel could give Dallas and Houston a boost and Newark N.J. has been willing to aggressively compete on incentives he said.
Reno could also emerge as a strong contender [TGT] said pointing to [TGT] proximity to Silicon Valleyâs talent pool favorable tax policies and affordable housing.
[TGT] said [TGT] difficult to say how following Amazon might affect Appleâs search. Cities that already had to work to convince legislatures and to sign off on hefty incentive packages might experience some âAmazon fatigue â he said. âBut itâs not black and white ⦠these are high-paying jobs every mayor and governor in the country would like to attract.â | 2Positive
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1,668 | Appeals court upholds decision to toss Trump defamation suit | Donald Trump Jacobus | An appeals court upheld a decision Tuesday tossing a Republican commentator's $4 million defamation suit against President Trump ruling his tweeted insults "were opinion and not fact."
A lower court dismissed Cheryl Jacobus's suit in January ruling she was engaged in a "petty quarrel" with Trump that did not rise to the level of defamation. Trump called her "a real dummy " among other jabs.
Jacobus a GOP consultant and TV commentator sued Trump and his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in April 2016 contending that they raised questions about her professional ethics by suggesting that she only criticized Trump on TV after his campaign turned her down for a job early in 2015.
Trump 's attorney Larry Rosen said the President was entitled to his opinion just like anyone else. (Jonathan Bachman/AP)
Cheryl Jacobus says Trump 'destroyed' her career in $4M suit | An appeals court upheld a decision Tuesday tossing a Republican commentator's $4 million defamation suit against President Trump ruling his tweeted insults "were opinion and not fact."
A lower court dismissed Cheryl Jacobus's suit in January ruling she was engaged in a "petty quarrel" with Trump that did not rise to the level of defamation. Trump called her "a real dummy " among other jabs.
Jacobus a GOP consultant and TV commentator sued Trump and his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in April 2016 contending that they raised questions about her professional ethics by suggesting that she only criticized Trump on TV after his campaign turned her down for a job early in 2015.
Trump 's attorney Larry Rosen said the President was entitled to his opinion just like anyone else. (Jonathan Bachman/AP)
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1,669 | Carson Wentz vowed to give his paycheck to teammate for game | Jake Elliott | The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants in thrilling fashion on Sunday when kicker Jake Elliott hit a 61-yard field goal as time expired.
However the win may not be the only thing Elliott gets to enjoy from the moment â he may be receiving some extra money from Carson Wentz.
On Tuesday the Eagles released a mic'd-up segment from Week 3 featuring Wentz and it captured Wentz saying he would donate his game check to Elliott if he hit the field goal.
" He 's a hero if he makes this " Wentz said adding "I'll give him my game check. I'll give him my game check if he makes this."
Moments later Elliott nailed the kick and the Eagles went berserk. There's no word yet if Wentz did in fact pay Elliott but now it's going to be hard for him to take it back. | The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants in thrilling fashion on Sunday when kicker [TGT] hit a 61-yard field goal as time expired.
However the win may not be the only thing [TGT] gets to enjoy from the moment â [TGT] may be receiving some extra money from Carson Wentz.
On Tuesday the Eagles released a mic'd-up segment from Week 3 featuring Wentz and it captured Wentz saying [TGT] would donate [TGT] game check to Elliott if [TGT] hit the field goal.
" [TGT] 's a hero if [TGT] makes this " Wentz said adding "I'll give [TGT] my game check. I'll give [TGT] my game check if [TGT] makes this."
Moments later [TGT] nailed the kick and the Eagles went berserk. There's no word yet if Wentz did in fact pay Elliott but now it's going to be hard for him to take it back. | 2Positive
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1,670 | Giants and Eli Manning will need to decide whether to part ways | Eli Manning | Eli Manning will not be standing at midfield after Sundayâs final episode of Nightmare In The Swamp to give an emotional goodbye speech to Big Blue Nation.
Thatâs because Manning doesnât know if he âs about to play his last game for the Giants or where he will be playing in 2018. He will be 37 years old next week but he âs not ready to retire and his first choice is to continue playing for the Giants.
âI want to play and feel like I can still play at a high level â he said Wednesday.
Will Manning agree to play the Kurt Warner role for Sam Darnold or Josh Rosen just as Warner who made the Hall of Fame this year did for Manning in his rookie year in 2004? Warner won the job in training camp got the Giants off to a 5-2 start but Tom Coughlin benched him after back-to-back losses and inserted Manning into the starting lineup in the 10th game.
Manning lost his first six starts before a last-second victory over the Cowboys in the final game. Warner had been cut by the Rams and was looking for a one-and-done situation to restore his reputation to put him in position to get a starting job in 2005.
Warner wanted to continue playing when Coughlin benched him but he never complained. He sat in front of his locker during down time and read the Bible. He signed to start for the Cardinals the next year.
Eli Manning and the Giants will need to decide whether it is best for both parties to move on. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Can Manning accept that role?
âI donât know â he told the Daily News. âI havenât thought about situations right now.â
Would he rather go somewhere else or take his chance playing Warner and trying to hold his job longer than nine games?
âI donât know yet â he said.
Iâm not sure itâs in him to hold space until the young guy is ready. Remember the Giants wanted Kerry Collins to stick around and babysit Manning his rookie year and he responded by asking to be cut. The Giants obliged and Collins signed with the Raiders and Warner signed with Giants.
Mentoring is easy. Manning has done that all season with non-threatening rookie Davis Webb who jumped up to No. 2 on the depth chart Wednesday. Babysitting until the rookie is ready to handle the job is not for everybody especially a two-time Super Bowl MVP who believes thereâs a third championship in his right arm.
Sunday could be Eli Manning's final game as a Giant. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Manning âs skills have deteriorated. Whether itâs the natural erosion for QBs his age other than Tom Brady or because itâs been years since heâs played with an offensive line that can protect or a running game that can make defenses creep up a little bit the fact is Manning is no longer an elite QB.
He is prepared to compete for his job this summer but if the situation is explained that at the first sign of trouble he âs going to be benched just like Warner was in 2004 he may not want any part of it. | [TGT] will not be standing at midfield after Sundayâs final episode of Nightmare In The Swamp to give an emotional goodbye speech to Big Blue Nation.
Thatâs because Manning doesnât know if he âs about to play his last game for the Giants or where he will be playing in 2018. He will be 37 years old next week but he âs not ready to retire and his first choice is to continue playing for the Giants.
âI want to play and feel like I can still play at a high level â he said Wednesday.
Will [TGT] agree to play the Kurt Warner role for Sam Darnold or Josh Rosen just as Warner who made the Hall of Fame this year did for Manning in his rookie year in 2004? Warner won the job in training camp got the Giants off to a 5-2 start but Tom Coughlin benched him after back-to-back losses and inserted Manning into the starting lineup in the 10th game.
[TGT] lost [TGT] first six starts before a last-second victory over the Cowboys in the final game. Warner had been cut by the Rams and was looking for a one-and-done situation to restore his reputation to put him in position to get a starting job in 2005.
Warner wanted to continue playing when Coughlin benched him but he never complained. He sat in front of his locker during down time and read the Bible. He signed to start for the Cardinals the next year.
Eli Manning and the Giants will need to decide whether it is best for both parties to move on. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)
Can [TGT] accept that role?
âI donât know â he told the Daily News. âI havenât thought about situations right now.â
Would he rather go somewhere else or take his chance playing Warner and trying to hold his job longer than nine games?
âI donât know yet â he said.
Iâm not sure itâs in him to hold space until the young guy is ready. Remember the Giants wanted Kerry Collins to stick around and babysit Manning his rookie year and he responded by asking to be cut. The Giants obliged and Collins signed with the Raiders and Warner signed with Giants.
Mentoring is easy. [TGT] has done that all season with non-threatening rookie Davis Webb who jumped up to No. 2 on the depth chart Wednesday. Babysitting until the rookie is ready to handle the job is not for everybody especially a two-time Super Bowl MVP who believes thereâs a third championship in his right arm.
Sunday could be Eli Manning's final game as a Giant. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Manning âs skills have deteriorated. Whether itâs the natural erosion for QBs his age other than Tom Brady or because itâs been years since heâs played with an offensive line that can protect or a running game that can make defenses creep up a little bit the fact is [TGT] is no longer an elite QB.
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1,671 | 2018 Winter Olympic guests include Ivanka Trump Pence others | Kim Yo Jong | Kim Yo Jong
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will represent her country at the Olympics. Kim Yo Jong will also meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday.
Believed to be around 30 years old Kim Yo Jong will be the first member of North Koreaâs ruling family to visit the South since the end of the Korean War in the 1953. Kim Yong Nam the ceremonial head of state will also be part of the delegation.
Analysts speculate that the inclusion of Kim Yo Jong shows her countryâs ambition to use the Olympic Games to improve relations with the South. | [TGT]
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will represent her country at the Olympics. [TGT] will also meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday.
Believed to be around 30 years old [TGT] will be the first member of North Koreaâs ruling family to visit the South since the end of the Korean War in the 1953. Kim Yong Nam the ceremonial head of state will also be part of the delegation.
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1,672 | Billy Bush on CBS "Late Show With Stephen Colbert": "Access Hollywood" tape NBC firing | Billy Bush | Former "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush appeared on CBS' "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" Monday night in his first interview that Bush has done since Donald Trump became president and since Mr. Trump has publicly denied that it was not his voice. Bush said he was "infuriated" when he learned President Trump didn't take responsibility for the 2005 recording. Bush also mentioned he "would have called the FBI" had he known "there was a man detailing a sexual assault strategy."
"Last week he [Mr. Trump] came out saying 'that's not my voice on the tape ' " Bush said. "Like I said ... you can't say that ... that is your voice ... I was there ... you were there ... that's your voice on the tape."
Bush then went on to say: "Then you got 20 women at the time -- I don't know what the exact number is because there is more -- but 20 women who used their names. We've got powerful people being held accountable now and sometimes there are anonymous sources. All of these women came out with their names and told their detailed accounts. So when he said this ... it infuriated me on the personal front and then I ended up Googling and I read an article with all of these women's accounts -- when that article came out it was 13 days after I was fired so I was in my own personal shock -- fight or flight -- and so I never really read it all the way."
He continued: "20 women don't get together and say 'Hey you know what would be really fun? Let's take down a powerful guy together ... haha.' No they don't ... and I say you're reopening wounds on them too. Enough's enough ... stop playing around with people's lives." The audience then cheered and clapped. "That upset me ... so I wrote!"
"Enough's enough. Stop playing around with people's lives": Billy Bush slammed Pres. Trump over the infamous "Hollywood Access" tape again this time on @colbertlateshow https://t.co/TaIAVfrOEh pic.twitter.com/fu4y5Vm0W3 â CBS News (@CBSNews) December 5 2017
Moments later "Late Show" rebroadcast a portion of the "Access Hollywood" tape and got Bush 's reaction almost a year and half later to Mr. Trump's boasting of grabbing "women by the p****."
"The first time I ever heard it was about three days before it leaked ... and so it was like a gut punch ... and it's a gut punch now ... it will always be " Bush said. "At the time it was 2005 and his ratings went through the roof. He was the big star of NBC and I sort of equated what he was saying to some kind of crass standup act."
When Colbert pointed out that there was no audience Bush said that he and the crew on the bus were Mr. Trump's audience.
" He was just regaling the seven guys on there and doing his bit " he said. Bush continued "If I had thought there was a man detailing a sexual assault strategy I would have called the FBI not just reported to my executive producer so that was it for me ."
Bush added that he was with Mr. Trump "all the time" because "The Apprentice" was doing so well.
"Like I wrote in the op-ed I think a lot of us were complicit ... everyone kind of had to kiss the ring of The Donald because he was making so much money for NBC ... so I was with him all the time " Bush told Colbert.
Bush then explained how he felt shame with his behavior being associated with Mr. Trump.
Colbert cross-examined Bush on the contents of the "Access Hollywood" tape and asked what it meant when Mr. Trump said "I moved on her like a b***h but I couldn't get there."
Bush said he was confused as well. "I think he meant [ himself ] ... which I was totally confused and backwards. He gets going and I don't think he really knows " he said.
Colbert cracked "'I took her furniture shopping.' Does that seem like common foreplay to you? "
Bush said one very sobering moment was after he checked himself into a a soul-searching retreat center in California to "get better be a better man" the day Mr. Trump was being sworn in as president. He said as he checked into his cabin he saw a TV screen with Mr. Trump on it. | Former "Access Hollywood" host [TGT] appeared on CBS' "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" Monday night in his first interview that [TGT] has done since Donald Trump became president and since Mr. Trump has publicly denied that it was not his voice. [TGT] said [TGT] was "infuriated" when [TGT] learned President Trump didn't take responsibility for the 2005 recording. [TGT] also mentioned [TGT] "would have called the FBI" had [TGT] known "there was a man detailing a sexual assault strategy."
"Last week [TGT] [Mr. Trump] came out saying 'that's not my voice on the tape ' " [TGT] said. "Like I said ... you can't say that ... that is your voice ... I was there ... you were there ... that's your voice on the tape."
[TGT] then went on to say: "Then you got 20 women at the time -- I don't know what the exact number is because there is more -- but 20 women who used their names. We've got powerful people being held accountable now and sometimes there are anonymous sources. All of these women came out with their names and told their detailed accounts. So when he said this ... it infuriated me on the personal front and then I ended up Googling and I read an article with all of these women's accounts -- when that article came out it was 13 days after I was fired so I was in my own personal shock -- fight or flight -- and so I never really read it all the way."
He continued: "20 women don't get together and say 'Hey you know what would be really fun? Let's take down a powerful guy together ... haha.' No they don't ... and I say you're reopening wounds on them too. Enough's enough ... stop playing around with people's lives." The audience then cheered and clapped. "That upset me ... so I wrote!"
"Enough's enough. Stop playing around with people's lives": [TGT] slammed Pres. Trump over the infamous "Hollywood Access" tape again this time on @colbertlateshow https://t.co/TaIAVfrOEh pic.twitter.com/fu4y5Vm0W3 â CBS News (@CBSNews) December 5 2017
Moments later "Late Show" rebroadcast a portion of the "Access Hollywood" tape and got [TGT] 's reaction almost a year and half later to Mr. Trump's boasting of grabbing "women by the p****."
"The first time I ever heard it was about three days before it leaked ... and so it was like a gut punch ... and it's a gut punch now ... it will always be [TGT] said. "At the time it was 2005 and [TGT] ratings went through the roof. [TGT] was the big star of NBC and I sort of equated what [TGT] was saying to some kind of crass standup act."
When Colbert pointed out that there was no audience [TGT] said that [TGT] and the crew on the bus were Mr. Trump's audience.
" [TGT] was just regaling the seven guys on there and doing [TGT] bit " [TGT] said. [TGT] continued "If I had thought there was a man detailing a sexual assault strategy I would have called the FBI not just reported to my executive producer so that was it for me ."
[TGT] added that [TGT] was with Mr. Trump "all the time" because "The Apprentice" was doing so well.
"Like I wrote in the op-ed I think a lot of us were complicit ... everyone kind of had to kiss the ring of The Donald because he was making so much money for NBC ... so I was with him all the time " [TGT] told Colbert.
[TGT] then explained how [TGT] felt shame with [TGT] behavior being associated with Mr. Trump.
Colbert cross-examined [TGT] on the contents of the "Access Hollywood" tape and asked what it meant when Mr. Trump said "I moved on her like a b***h but I couldn't get there."
[TGT] said he was confused as well. "I think he meant [ himself ] ... which I was totally confused and backwards. He gets going and I don't think he really knows " he said.
Colbert cracked "'I took her furniture shopping.' Does that seem like common foreplay to you? "
[TGT] said one very sobering moment was after [TGT] checked [TGT] into a a soul-searching retreat center in California to "get better be a better man" the day Mr. Trump was being sworn in as president. He said as he checked into his cabin he saw a TV screen with Mr. Trump on it. | 2Positive
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1,673 | Ecuadoreans back limits on presidential re | Rafael Correa | QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadoreans on Sunday voted to prevent presidents from holding more than two terms in office according to the elections council a win for President Lenin Moreno that blocks his mentor-turned-adversary Rafael Correa from returning to power.
The results from the referendum called by Moreno roll back a measure Correa pushed through Congress in 2015 to allow unlimited presidential re-election.
âThe victory of the âyesâ vote opens the path for us to work together confrontation is a thing of the past â Moreno said in a televised broadcast an apparent reference to Correa âs famously combative style. âThe old politicians will not return.â
Moreno may now be emboldened to remove Correa allies from key government posts and financial markets will likely see the result as confirming a more politically and fiscally conservative future for the South American oil exporting country.
FILE PHOTO - Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa talks to Reuters in Quito Ecuador January 30 2018. Picture taken January 30 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia | QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadoreans on Sunday voted to prevent presidents from holding more than two terms in office according to the elections council a win for President Lenin Moreno that blocks [TGT] from returning to power.
The results from the referendum called by Moreno roll back a measure [TGT] pushed through Congress in 2015 to allow unlimited presidential re-election.
âThe victory of the âyesâ vote opens the path for us to work together confrontation is a thing of the past â Moreno said in a televised broadcast an apparent reference to [TGT] âs famously combative style. âThe old politicians will not return.â
Moreno may now be emboldened to remove [TGT] allies from key government posts and financial markets will likely see the result as confirming a more politically and fiscally conservative future for the South American oil exporting country.
FILE PHOTO - Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa talks to Reuters in Quito Ecuador January 30 2018. Picture taken January 30 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia | 0Negative
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1,674 | Poll: Nearly One | Obamacare | Almost a third of Americans believe President Trump has kept his promise of repealing Obamacare according to a recent The Economist â YouGov poll.
Thirty-one percent of those surveyed said that Trump kept his campaign promise to repeal Obamacare 49 percent said he hasn't repealed Obamacare and 21 percent were unsure.
More Republicans 44 percent believe Trump has repealed Obamacare compared to just 27 percent of Democrats and 27 percent of independents.
However about 40 percent of the Republicans surveyed do not believe Trump has repealed Obamacare along with 60 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of independents.
In a White House Cabinet meeting President Trump claimed that Obamacare was essentially repealed in the Republican tax plan which repealed Obamacare's individual mandate.
He said that âwhen the individual mandate is being repealed that means Obamacare is being repealed because they get their money from the individual mandate. "
âWe have essentially repealed Obamacare and we will come up with something much better â he concluded.
An Associated Press fact check found that while the repeal of the individual mandate was a âmajor change â core parts of Obamacare remained in place and were still funded through means other than the individual mandate fines.
The efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal Obamacare fell short in the Senate earlier this year after the House passed a repeal bill in May. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told NPR last week that the Senate will likely "move on to other issues" next year. | Almost a third of Americans believe President Trump has kept his promise of repealing Obamacare according to a recent The Economist â YouGov poll.
Thirty-one percent of those surveyed said that Trump kept his campaign promise to repeal Obamacare 49 percent said he hasn't repealed Obamacare and 21 percent were unsure.
More Republicans 44 percent believe Trump has repealed Obamacare compared to just 27 percent of Democrats and 27 percent of independents.
However about 40 percent of the Republicans surveyed do not believe Trump has repealed Obamacare along with 60 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of independents.
In a White House Cabinet meeting President Trump claimed that [TGT] was essentially repealed in the Republican tax plan which repealed Obamacare's individual mandate.
He said that âwhen the individual mandate is being repealed that means [TGT] is being repealed because they get their money from the individual mandate. "
âWe have essentially repealed [TGT] and we will come up with something much better â he concluded.
An Associated Press fact check found that while the repeal of the individual mandate was a âmajor change â core parts of [TGT] remained in place and were still funded through means other than the individual mandate fines.
The efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal [TGT] fell short in the Senate earlier this year after the House passed a repeal bill in May. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told NPR last week that the Senate will likely "move on to other issues" next year. | 2Positive
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1,675 | A Few Not So Good Men: Marine Pilots a Massacre Immunity | Joseph Schweitzer | The plane was manned by Marine Capt. Richard Ashby a 30-year-old on his final training flight before promotion to fighter pilot and Capt. Joseph Schweitzer a navigator with a decade of flight experience. Capt. William Raney and Capt. Chandler Seagraves electronic-warfare officers were in the back seats.
During the flight Schweitzer borrowed Ashbyâs handheld videocamera to record his swan songâ his last aerial navigation as a Marine Corps pilot before he left the military. Schweitzer testified that he had intended to show the video to his kids someday.
The plane lost contact with ground radar at 3:06 p.m. due to its low altitude and Schweitzer testified that the video showed him smiling right up until 3:12 p.m. when the plane hit the gondola cable.
After hitting the cable the pilots saw the gondola fall but continued their flight. They landed the damaged Prowler safely at a NATO base in Aviano in northern Italy. Court documents show that as Raney and Seagraves got off the plane Schweitzer and Ashby remained behind took the borrowed camcorder videotape of the flight then replaced it with a blank tape.
As Schweitzer and Ashby walked to the mess hall a few days after the accident they asked Seagravesâ advice on handling questions about the videotape according to court documents. Seagraves testified that he counseled the pilots to âget rid of the videotape. If it were mine I would get rid of it .â
Court documents show that Ashby gave Schweitzer the videotape and Schweitzer took it outside behind a bar and threw it into a bonfire despite âknowing that Italian and United States military criminal investigators would have wanted to view it â according to his testimony (PDF).
â Get rid of the videotape. If it were mine I would get rid of it . â â Capt. Chandler Seagraves in court testimony
Initially all four men were charged with crimes and Ashby who had been at the controls faced a total of more than 200 years in a military prison. Schweitzer and Ashby were recommended for general court-martial at Camp Lejeune on 20 counts of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. Italian authorities did not have jurisdiction to formally charge the crew members under NATO treaty rules.
The planeâs pilot and navigator Ashby and Schweitzer were court-martialed again in May 1999 on charges of obstructing justice by destroying the videotape recorded during the flight. Guilty verdicts pushed Ashby and Schweitzer out of the Marine Corps and Ashby served four months of a six-month term in military prison before his release on good behavior.
Ashby and Schweitzer maintained that they had seen neither the new directives nor the updated government maps. Seagraves and Raney testified that the altitude gauge did not trigger after the plane entered the Cermis valley even though Ashby the pilot had set the indicator to go off when they dropped below 800 feet according to the Associated Press.
The investigationâs partially redacted pages blamed the Marine pilots for the tragedy and advised the United States to take full responsibility for paying restitution to the victimsâ families La Stampa reported. The paper added that investigators found compelling evidence refuting the crew membersâ claims regarding old maps and missed flight directives that eventually led to Schweitzer and Ashbyâs acquittal on the most severe charges.
The Daily Beast interviewed retired Maj. Raney and then-Capt. Schweitzer about the La Stampa claims. Both crew members denied having seen or read the new directives or maps marking the location of the cable-car lines.
âNo we absolutely did not have charts with the cables marked on them â Raney said. âThe Italians had the cables marked on their maps but we did not⦠and there was a two-star [general] who flat out lied about it in a press conference.
âYou know this is a situation that I like to call the unbelievable unimaginable unexpected moments that training just canât prepare you for â Schweitzer said. âI got rid of the tape not because of the flight but because that was my worst nightmare⦠I didnât want to look at my smiling face while flying a low-altitude flight which was something I loved to doâand then all of a sudden tragedy.â
In a 2015 email to The Daily Beast via a public-affairs spokesperson he wrote that the Cavalese cable-car incident has been fully investigated but he also offered his condolences.
âI would like to extend my heartfelt sympathies to everyone affected by this tragedy â he wrote. | The plane was manned by Marine Capt. Richard Ashby a 30-year-old on his final training flight before promotion to fighter pilot and Capt. [TGT] . Capt. William Raney and Capt. Chandler Seagraves electronic-warfare officers were in the back seats.
During [TGT] borrowed Ashbyâs handheld videocamera to record his swan songâ his last aerial navigation as a Marine Corps pilot before he left the military. Schweitzer testified that he had intended to show the video to his kids someday.
The plane lost contact with ground radar at 3:06 p.m. due to its low altitude and Schweitzer testified that the video showed him smiling right up until 3:12 p.m. when the plane hit the gondola cable.
After hitting the cable the pilots saw the gondola fall but continued their flight. They landed the damaged Prowler safely at a NATO base in Aviano in northern Italy. Court documents show that as Raney and Seagraves got off the plane Schweitzer and Ashby remained behind took the borrowed camcorder videotape of the flight then replaced it with a blank tape.
As Schweitzer and Ashby walked to the mess hall a few days after the accident they asked Seagravesâ advice on handling questions about the videotape according to court documents. Seagraves testified that he counseled the pilots to âget rid of the videotape. If [TGT] [TGT] were mine I would get rid of it .â
Court documents show that Ashby gave Schweitzer the videotape and Schweitzer took [TGT] outside behind a bar and threw [TGT] into a bonfire despite âknowing that Italian and United States military criminal investigators would have wanted to view it â according to his testimony (PDF).
â Get rid of the videotape. If [TGT] [TGT] were mine I would get rid of [TGT] . â â Capt. Chandler Seagraves in court testimony
Initially all four men were charged with crimes and Ashby who had been at the controls faced a total of more than 200 years in a military prison. Schweitzer and Ashby were recommended for general court-martial at Camp Lejeune on 20 counts of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. Italian authorities did not have jurisdiction to formally charge the crew members under NATO treaty rules.
The planeâs pilot and navigator Ashby and Schweitzer were court-martialed again in May 1999 on charges of obstructing justice by destroying the videotape recorded during the flight. Guilty verdicts pushed Ashby and Schweitzer out of the Marine Corps and Ashby served four months of a six-month term in military prison before his release on good behavior.
Ashby and Schweitzer maintained that they had seen neither the new directives nor the updated government maps. Seagraves and Raney testified that the altitude gauge did not trigger after the plane entered the Cermis valley even though Ashby the pilot had set the indicator to go off when they dropped below 800 feet according to the Associated Press.
The investigationâs partially redacted pages blamed the Marine pilots for the tragedy and advised the United States to take full responsibility for paying restitution to the victimsâ families La Stampa reported. The paper added that investigators found compelling evidence refuting the crew membersâ claims regarding old maps and missed flight directives that eventually led to Schweitzer and Ashbyâs acquittal on the most severe charges.
The Daily Beast interviewed retired Maj. Raney and then-Capt. Schweitzer about the La Stampa claims. Both crew members denied having seen or read the new directives or maps marking the location of the cable-car lines.
âNo we absolutely did not have charts with the cables marked on them â Raney said. âThe Italians had the cables marked on their maps but we did not⦠and there was a two-star [general] who flat out lied about it in a press conference.
âYou know this is a situation that I like to call the unbelievable unimaginable unexpected moments that training just canât prepare you for â Schweitzer said. âI got rid of the tape not because of the flight but because that was my worst nightmare⦠I didnât want to look at my smiling face while flying a low-altitude flight which was something I loved to doâand then all of a sudden tragedy.â
In a 2015 email to The Daily Beast via a public-affairs spokesperson he wrote that the Cavalese cable-car incident has been fully investigated but he also offered his condolences.
âI would like to extend my heartfelt sympathies to everyone affected by this tragedy â he wrote. | 2Positive
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1,676 | Denmark's GN takes aim at Apple with wireless earbuds | Svendsen-Tune | "We're expanding our brand to deliver products aiming for a broader segment dominated by Apple " René Svendsen-Tune chief executive of GN's audio division told Reuters.
It will continue that cooperation while competing with the tech giant on the wireless earphone market Svendsen-Tune said.
"Apple has helped develop this market with great speed but now we're launching a new generation " Svendsen-Tune said speaking ahead of the launch of the product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
"If we can maintain a second place in 2018 I believe we will have done very well " Svendsen-Tune said. | "We're expanding our brand to deliver products aiming for a broader segment dominated by Apple [TGT] told Reuters.
[TGT] will continue that cooperation while competing with the tech giant on the wireless earphone market [TGT] said.
"Apple has helped develop this market with great speed but now we're launching a new generation " Svendsen-Tune said speaking ahead of the launch of the product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
"If we can maintain a second place in 2018 I believe we will have done very well " [TGT] said. | 1Neutral
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1,677 | After a career full of second chances Rick Pitino should get one more Dick Vitale says | Rick Pitino | Rick Pitino admitted to having sexual relations with the wife of his teamâs equipment manager. Louisville brought him back. A former Cardinals staffer arranged for strippers and prostitutes to have sex with players and recruits in the teamâs dormitory. Pitino denied any knowledge of it and kept his job. Only when the feds got involved did the ax finally fall: Louisville fired the Hall of Fame coach last month after an FBI investigation found an executive from Adidas and others conspired to steer top recruits to Louisville via six-figure payments to their families with Pitino allegedly being aware of the scheme.
ESPN commentator Dick Vitale for one thinks Pitino deserves yet another chance.
Auriemma the Hall of Fame coach of the Connecticut womenâs team told the âPardon My Takeâ podcast earlier this month that he would hire Pitino for his coaching staff if he had an opening.
Pitino was officially fired Oct. 16 so Auriemmaâs definition of time served is rather peculiar. In any case more has come out about Pitinoâs alleged role in the scheme since the U.S. Justice Departmentâs initial announcement which maintained that an AAU coach named Christian Dawkins called Pitino to ask him for help in securing a six-figure payment to the family of highly regarded recruit Brian Bowen. A new federal indictment against former Adidas executive Jim Gatto released this week alleges Pitino not only was aware of the scheme â as was previously thought â but agreed to participate in it.
âDawkins explained that while [ Pitino ] and the University of Louisville were recruiting [Bowen] Dawkins asked [ Pitino ] to call James Gatto to request that [Adidas] provide the money requested by the family of [Bowen] which [ Pitino ] agreed to do â the indictment reads. | [TGT] admitted to having sexual relations with the wife of [TGT] teamâs equipment manager. Louisville brought [TGT] back. A former Cardinals staffer arranged for strippers and prostitutes to have sex with players and recruits in the teamâs dormitory. [TGT] denied any knowledge of [TGT] and kept [TGT] job. Only when the feds got involved did the ax finally fall: Louisville fired the Hall of Fame coach last month after an FBI investigation found an executive from Adidas and others conspired to steer top recruits to Louisville via six-figure payments to their families with [TGT] allegedly being aware of the scheme.
ESPN commentator Dick Vitale for one thinks [TGT] deserves yet another chance.
Auriemma the Hall of Fame coach of the Connecticut womenâs team told the âPardon My Takeâ podcast earlier this month that he would hire Pitino for his coaching staff if he had an opening.
[TGT] was officially fired Oct. 16 so Auriemmaâs definition of time served is rather peculiar. In any case more has come out about Pitinoâs alleged role in the scheme since the U.S. Justice Departmentâs initial announcement which maintained that an AAU coach named Christian Dawkins called [TGT] to ask [TGT] for help in securing a six-figure payment to the family of highly regarded recruit Brian Bowen. A new federal indictment against former Adidas executive Jim Gatto released this week alleges [TGT] not only was aware of the scheme â as was previously thought â but agreed to participate in it.
âDawkins explained that while [ [TGT] ] and the University of Louisville were recruiting [Bowen] Dawkins asked [ [TGT] ] to call James Gatto to request that [Adidas] provide the money requested by the family of [Bowen] which [ [TGT] ] agreed to do â the indictment reads. | 1Neutral
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1,678 | Inside Sam Altman's mission to fix American democracy | Sam Altman | Sam Altman the 32-year-old president of Y Combinator the most prestigious startup accelerator in Silicon Valley has laid out this utopian vision over the years and most definitively in a job listing posted on YC's blog in June 2016.
Like many of his peers in Silicon Valley Altman believes technology is the way to a better future. But his real-world ambitions are grander than most. He wants to investigate ways to build new cities give people money for nothing rethink voter registration keep politicians accountable and get new Altman-approved leaders elected â all while running YC which famously birthed startups like Airbnb and Dropbox.
Much like one of his notable colleagues Tesla CEO Elon Musk Altman is set on turning the ideal into the practical. Both believe they have solid ideas for reshaping society. Sometimes this means executing plans within the next few months. Other times it means roadmapping projects decades down the line and relying on phrases like "The math should work out" to assuage a wary public.
"I have a very strong vision of where I'd like to see the world go " Altman said. "And I don't think it gets there by startups alone."
In 2005 at age 19 Altman dropped out of Stanford to found the social-networking app Loopt which he sold in 2012. In 2014 he replaced Paul Graham as YC president. These days he says he spends 80% of his 65-hour weeks helping startups sort through their growing pains and get to market as fast as possible. The remaining 20% is dedicated to outside projects.
His baby is OpenAI a nonprofit he cochairs with Musk that searches for benevolent ways to use artificial intelligence in daily life. Altman 's vision for how OpenAI could be deployed sheds light on how he wants to help people in real ways.
"Let's imagine we get to a world where AI gets so good that robots can mine raw materials out of the ground refine them and build them into a house " he told Business Insider. (These robots he clarified are solar-powered.) "You can imagine a world where you own a small piece of land you can say 'Hey robot. I would like a house here ' and you come back like a month later and there's a fully constructed house built for you for free."
Altman sees that kind of far-future scenario as a boon for towns and cities plagued by a shortage of affordable housing. He 's seen the plight firsthand from his home state of California to middle America.
In November 2016 shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency Altman left YC's headquarters in Mountain View California in search of 100 supporters of the president-elect. He asked them about their political views their fears and their gripes with America's political landscape. He later published his findings on his blog for the world to see. "People don't believe they have an economic future " he said.
Over the past year Altman has expressed a deep interest in resolving those economic concerns.
"[Fifty] years from now I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people " he wrote in a January 2016 blog post on YC. "I also think that it's impossible to truly have equality of opportunity without some version of guaranteed income."
Altman 's own experiment is small for now. It's running in Oakland California and involves about 100 people getting between $1 000 and $2 000 a month. The goal is to get some practice with delivering the money and collecting data. If that data come back showing basic income has left people better off both emotionally and financially YC will expand the project in a five-year nationwide trial.
Society is poised to lose millions of jobs to AI the prevailing research suggests. And it's propelled in part by Silicon Valley-types like Altman who himself is researching how robotics can replace human labor on a grand scale with projects like OpenAI. In recognition of that responsibility he believes the tech world should at least be trying something.
But for all his involvement in political issues Altman doesn't consider himself a political person. He was raised in St. Louis to a pair of Democrat parents with childhood memories of his time as a Boy Scout tinkering with his Macintosh and reading science fiction. He was interested more in computers than current events.
Elizabeth Rhodes picked up on that mind-set in her first face-to-face encounter with Altman earlier this February. Rhodes was wrapping up her doctorate in political science and social work at the University of Michigan and had applied to lead YC's nascent basic-income project. In May YC announced she had been selected.
"He was definitely very passionate about people's struggles " Rhodes recalled of her first meeting with Altman . Now more than a year into the job she said Altman 's interest in solving social problems through policy has come more into focus. " He 's able to see more systemic changes that we could make and he 's not afraid to say 'Let's try testing it out.'" | [TGT] has laid out this utopian vision over the years and most definitively in a job listing posted on YC's blog in June 2016.
Like many of [TGT] peers in Silicon Valley Altman believes technology is the way to a better future. But [TGT] real-world ambitions are grander than most. [TGT] wants to investigate ways to build new cities give people money for nothing rethink voter registration keep politicians accountable and get new Altman-approved leaders elected â all while running YC which famously birthed startups like Airbnb and Dropbox.
Much like one of his notable colleagues Tesla CEO Elon Musk Altman is set on turning the ideal into the practical. Both believe they have solid ideas for reshaping society. Sometimes this means executing plans within the next few months. Other times it means roadmapping projects decades down the line and relying on phrases like "The math should work out" to assuage a wary public.
"I have a very strong vision of where I'd like to see the world go " Altman said. "And I don't think it gets there by startups alone."
In 2005 at age 19 Altman dropped out of Stanford to found the social-networking app Loopt which he sold in 2012. In 2014 he replaced Paul Graham as YC president. These days he says he spends 80% of his 65-hour weeks helping startups sort through their growing pains and get to market as fast as possible. The remaining 20% is dedicated to outside projects.
His baby is OpenAI a nonprofit he cochairs with Musk that searches for benevolent ways to use artificial intelligence in daily life. Altman 's vision for how OpenAI could be deployed sheds light on how he wants to help people in real ways.
"Let's imagine we get to a world where AI gets so good that robots can mine raw materials out of the ground refine them and build them into a house " he told Business Insider. (These robots he clarified are solar-powered.) "You can imagine a world where you own a small piece of land you can say 'Hey robot. I would like a house here ' and you come back like a month later and there's a fully constructed house built for you for free."
Altman sees that kind of far-future scenario as a boon for towns and cities plagued by a shortage of affordable housing. He 's seen the plight firsthand from his home state of California to middle America.
In November 2016 shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency Altman left YC's headquarters in Mountain View California in search of 100 supporters of the president-elect. He asked them about their political views their fears and their gripes with America's political landscape. He later published his findings on his blog for the world to see. "People don't believe they have an economic future " he said.
Over the past year Altman has expressed a deep interest in resolving those economic concerns.
"[Fifty] years from now I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people " he wrote in a January 2016 blog post on YC. "I also think that it's impossible to truly have equality of opportunity without some version of guaranteed income."
Altman 's own experiment is small for now. It's running in Oakland California and involves about 100 people getting between $1 000 and $2 000 a month. The goal is to get some practice with delivering the money and collecting data. If that data come back showing basic income has left people better off both emotionally and financially YC will expand the project in a five-year nationwide trial.
Society is poised to lose millions of jobs to AI the prevailing research suggests. And it's propelled in part by Silicon Valley-types like Altman who himself is researching how robotics can replace human labor on a grand scale with projects like OpenAI. In recognition of that responsibility he believes the tech world should at least be trying something.
But for all his involvement in political issues Altman doesn't consider himself a political person. He was raised in St. Louis to a pair of Democrat parents with childhood memories of his time as a Boy Scout tinkering with his Macintosh and reading science fiction. He was interested more in computers than current events.
Elizabeth Rhodes picked up on that mind-set in her first face-to-face encounter with Altman earlier this February. Rhodes was wrapping up her doctorate in political science and social work at the University of Michigan and had applied to lead YC's nascent basic-income project. In May YC announced she had been selected.
"He was definitely very passionate about people's struggles " Rhodes recalled of her first meeting with [TGT] . Now more than a year into the job she said [TGT] 's interest in solving social problems through policy has come more into focus. " He 's able to see more systemic changes that we could make and he 's not afraid to say 'Let's try testing it out.'" | 2Positive
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1,679 | After | Michael Jenkins | Perp walk of Michael Jenkins middle school tutor convicted of rape of teen girl. #perpwalk #nypdsvu #specialvictimsunit #bronxcrime #bronx A post shared by NYC 911 NEWS (@nyc911news) on Dec 7 2017 at 12:52am PST
Michael Jenkins 24 was arrested Wednesday and hit with a slew of sex crime charges after the girl detailed the encounter to investigators.
The teenage victim attends The Angelo Patri School on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights where Jenkins works as an after-school supervisor police said.
In a series of text messages exchanged on Sunday Jenkins convinced the child to skip school the next day and meet with him instead police sources said.
On Monday the girl went to Jenkinsâ Anderson Avenue home in Highbridge where he raped her sources said.
Jenkins was charged with rape sex abuse criminal sex act forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child.
He is expected to be arraigned sometime Thursday officials said.
Jenkins does not work for the city but is a subcontractor for the Department of Education through the Mott Haven-based non-profit organization East Side House Settlement officials said.
Jenkins has three other prior arrests on his record dating back to 2008 including one for criminal possession of marijuana sources said â but had clearances to work for the non-profit from the state and city agencies that oversee background checks according to City Hall.
A City Hall spokesperson said Jenkins was âimmediately suspended without pay and he is no longer permitted in any schools.â | Perp walk of Michael Jenkins middle school tutor convicted of rape of teen girl. #perpwalk #nypdsvu #specialvictimsunit #bronxcrime #bronx A post shared by NYC 911 NEWS (@nyc911news) on Dec 7 2017 at 12:52am PST
[TGT] 24 was arrested Wednesday and hit with a slew of sex crime charges after the girl detailed the encounter to investigators.
The teenage victim attends The Angelo Patri School on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights where [TGT] works as an after-school supervisor police said.
In a series of text messages exchanged on Sunday [TGT] convinced the child to skip school the next day and meet with him instead police sources said.
On Monday the girl went to Jenkinsâ Anderson Avenue home in Highbridge where he raped her sources said.
[TGT] was charged with rape sex abuse criminal sex act forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child.
[TGT] is expected to be arraigned sometime Thursday officials said.
[TGT] does not work for the city but is a subcontractor for the Department of Education through the Mott Haven-based non-profit organization East Side House Settlement officials said.
[TGT] has three other prior arrests on [TGT] record dating back to 2008 including one for criminal possession of marijuana sources said â but had clearances to work for the non-profit from the state and city agencies that oversee background checks according to City Hall.
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1,680 | Teacher busted for contacting student after sending her nude pics | Michael Cognato | Police busted Michael Cognato 35 on Thursday for violating an order of protection barring him from any contact with the student.
Cognato is accused in the original October case with sending the girl naked pictures and at least 15 videos of himself masturbating between August and October.
He had taught the teen while she was in eighth grade at Intermediate School 93 in Ridgewood and the two remained in contact when she went on to high school. Cognato tutored the teen and often contacted her via Facebook messaging and Skype officials said.
He soon began sending explicit photos of himself and convinced the teen to send him back naked pictures of herself cops said.
In October police charged Cognato of Bethpage L.I. with using a child in a sexual performance promoting a sexual performance by a child and acting in a manner injurious to a child after the teenâs mother contacted cops.
Education Department officials said Cognato began working as a teacher at IS 93 in 2001. He has no previous disciplinary history.
After his arrest he was taken out of IS 93 and transferred to a central Education Department office for administrative duties. Meanwhile Education Department officials began the process of taking him off the payroll. | Police busted [TGT] on Thursday for violating an order of protection barring [TGT] from any contact with the student.
[TGT] is accused in the original October case with sending the girl naked pictures and at least 15 videos of himself masturbating between August and October.
[TGT] had taught the teen while she was in eighth grade at Intermediate School 93 in Ridgewood and the two remained in contact when she went on to high school. [TGT] tutored the teen and often contacted her via Facebook messaging and Skype officials said.
[TGT] soon began sending explicit photos of [TGT] and convinced the teen to send [TGT] back naked pictures of herself cops said.
In October police charged Cognato of Bethpage L.I. with using a child in a sexual performance promoting a sexual performance by a child and acting in a manner injurious to a child after the teenâs mother contacted cops.
Education Department officials said [TGT] began working as a teacher at IS 93 in 2001. He has no previous disciplinary history.
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1,681 | Gloria Allred on Cosby Weinstein Her Victory | Gloria Allred | Sitting across a boardroom table Gloria Allred looks exactly as she did during any one of the thousands of TV appearances she 's made in the last 40 years. The red power suit ( she has a closet full of them) chunky gold jewelry puckish smile â it's all the same. What appears different about the 76-year-old lawyer has nothing to do with her personally and everything to do with the way society has at last begun to catch up with her . Now the same perspective shift that changed Bill Cosby from a beloved TV dad to an accused rapist in the public consciousness is casting the woman most responsible for making the accusations against him public in a different light too. She 's been derided for years as a spotlight-seeking opportunist â and now finally Allred is getting her due.
Seeing Allred a new documentary which recently premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and began streaming on Netflix on February 9th chronicles her career as pioneering civil rights lawyer relentless advocate for gender equality and tireless champion for sexual harassment and abuse victims. The film traces virtually every aspect of Allred 's life from her birth in Philadelphia 76 years ago through to last yearâs Womenâs March on Washington. (Regrettably it stops just short of capturing the activist in the thick of #MeToo the movement she helped lay the groundwork for; ditto the Harvey Weinstein scandal that embroiled Gloria and her daughter and the defeat of Roy Moore which she helped engineer.) She has somehow managed to spend decades at the white-hot center of every polarizing national news story â from OJ Simpson to marriage equality â without ever once soliciting a client.
Rolling Stone spoke with Allred about her life her work her thoughts on the documentary ... and everything it missed.
It's insulting to think that sexual harassment is about shaking someone's hand. It's not â legally that's not sexual harassment. Even if the person didnât consent to having their hand shaken. That doesnât meet the legal standard. So I think itâs insulting to suggest that. Itâs insulting to those who allege that they have been drugged and sexually assaulted by Mr. Cosby. In a way it minimizes what theyâve said. So whether he's just trying to be funny â drugging and sexually assaulting someone is not funny ... if in fact he did it . And the allegations by more than half a million women on #MeToo â thatâs not a laughing matter. It's not about shaking hands that hashtag. | Sitting across a boardroom table [TGT] looks exactly as [TGT] did during any one of the thousands of TV appearances [TGT] 's made in the last 40 years. The red power suit ( [TGT] has a closet full of them) chunky gold jewelry puckish smile â it's all the same. What appears different about the 76-year-old lawyer has nothing to do with her personally and everything to do with the way society has at last begun to catch up with [TGT] . Now the same perspective shift that changed Bill Cosby from a beloved TV dad to an accused rapist in the public consciousness is casting the woman most responsible for making the accusations against him public in a different light too. [TGT] 's been derided for years as a spotlight-seeking opportunist â and now finally Allred is getting [TGT] due.
Seeing Allred a new documentary which recently premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and began streaming on Netflix on February 9th chronicles [TGT] career as pioneering civil rights lawyer relentless advocate for gender equality and tireless champion for sexual harassment and abuse victims. The film traces virtually every aspect of Allred 's life from [TGT] birth in Philadelphia 76 years ago through to last yearâs Womenâs March on Washington. (Regrettably it stops just short of capturing the activist in the thick of #MeToo the movement she helped lay the groundwork for; ditto the Harvey Weinstein scandal that embroiled Gloria and her daughter and the defeat of Roy Moore which she helped engineer.) She has somehow managed to spend decades at the white-hot center of every polarizing national news story â from OJ Simpson to marriage equality â without ever once soliciting a client.
Rolling Stone spoke with Allred about her life her work her thoughts on the documentary ... and everything it missed.
It's insulting to think that sexual harassment is about shaking someone's hand. It's not â legally that's not sexual harassment. Even if the person didnât consent to having their hand shaken. That doesnât meet the legal standard. So I think itâs insulting to suggest that. Itâs insulting to those who allege that they have been drugged and sexually assaulted by Mr. Cosby. In a way it minimizes what theyâve said. So whether he's just trying to be funny â drugging and sexually assaulting someone is not funny ... if in fact he did it . And the allegations by more than half a million women on #MeToo â thatâs not a laughing matter. It's not about shaking hands that hashtag. | 2Positive
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1,682 | Paul Krugman calls Trump 'obviously mentally ill' in tweet | Paul Krugman Paul | "An American first: a president who was obviously mentally ill the moment he took office " Krugman tweeted along with a New York Times report that Trump brought up debunked claims that millions of people voted illegally in the election causing him to lose the popular vote during a Monday night meeting with Congressional leaders.
Krugman has criticized Trump repeatedly since his election â questioning Trump's business conflicts of interest his Cabinet nominees the involvement of Russia in his election and more. But this is the first time Krugman called into question the mental fitness of the president.
Krugman has also been critical of Comey arguing that Comey's letter to Congress regarding the renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server swung the election in Trump's favor.
Krugman highlighted part of a Washington Post article about Trump's attitude after the election. "Read it and shudder " he wrote.
In subsequent tweets Krugman said that despite Trump's best efforts the growing difference between increasing US interest rates due to rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and the interest rates throughout the rest of the world would increase the strength of the US dollar. A strong dollar would be harmful to US manufacturing offsetting any pro-manufacturing policies from Trump Krugman said. | "An American first: a president who was obviously mentally ill the moment he took office " Krugman tweeted along with a New York Times report that Trump brought up debunked claims that millions of people voted illegally in the election causing him to lose the popular vote during a Monday night meeting with Congressional leaders.
Krugman has criticized Trump repeatedly since his election â questioning Trump's business conflicts of interest his Cabinet nominees the involvement of Russia in his election and more. But this is the first time Krugman called into question the mental fitness of the president.
Krugman has also been critical of Comey arguing that Comey's letter to Congress regarding the renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server swung the election in Trump's favor.
Krugman highlighted part of a Washington Post article about Trump's attitude after the election. "Read it and shudder " he wrote.
In subsequent tweets Krugman said that despite Trump's best efforts the growing difference between increasing US interest rates due to rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and the interest rates throughout the rest of the world would increase the strength of the US dollar. A strong dollar would be harmful to US manufacturing offsetting any pro-manufacturing policies from Trump Krugman said. | 1Neutral
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1,683 | How Richard Bransonâs mother turned the entrepreneur into an adventurer from a very early age | Eve Branson | Branson 's adventurous spirit however wasn't just a quality he picked up in adulthood but dates back to his upbringing.
"And there was the moment when I was four that we were going to Granny's house in Devon " Branson recalled. "About three miles before we got there â I think I must have been misbehaving or something in the back of it â she just pushed me out of the car and said 'Right you make your own way there.'"
Not only is Eve Branson the billionaire entrepreneur's mother she is also an author and founder of the Eve Branson Foundation a nonprofit organization that offers training and income-producing projects to local Moroccan communities.
According to Eve's foundation website even though her philanthropic adventure began when Richard attempted to fly from Morocco to France in a hot air balloon during the 1990s she always looked for adventure from a young age including enlisting in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRENS) to provide help during World War II. | Branson 's adventurous spirit however wasn't just a quality he picked up in adulthood but dates back to his upbringing.
"And there was the moment when I was four that we were going to Granny's house in Devon " Branson recalled. "About three miles before we got there â I think I must have been misbehaving or something in the back of it â she just pushed me out of the car and said 'Right you make your own way there.'"
Not only is [TGT] the billionaire entrepreneur's mother she is also an author and founder of the [TGT] Foundation a nonprofit organization that offers training and income-producing projects to local Moroccan communities.
According to Eve's foundation website even though her philanthropic adventure began when Richard attempted to fly from Morocco to France in a hot air balloon during the 1990s she always looked for adventure from a young age including enlisting in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRENS) to provide help during World War II. | 2Positive
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1,684 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: Movie Review | Davy Jones | Do you fear death? Thatâs the question that the satanic figure Davy Jones poses to his intended victims throughout At World's End the third movie in Walt Disneyâs Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. And the answer the movie gives is that death is not the worst thing that can happen to you. In fact the movie suggests that being a slave to the devil a slave to sin a man without honor who will betray his friends or serve evil forces and being condemned to Hell are all worse than physical death.
The movieâs opening finds Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann allied with Captain Barbossa in a quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow from the limbo underworld of Davy Jones â locker. They confront the cunning Chinese pirate Sao Feng who has the map that will lead them through icy waters to Jack.
Meanwhile the evil Lord Beckett has taken over the East India Trading Company. After having retrieved the heart of Davy Jones in the second movie Lord Beckett now controls Davy Jones and his ship the Flying Dutchman. Using the Flying Dutchman Beckett hangs every man woman and child who refuses to submit to his absolute control over the high seas.
After perilously retrieving Jack from Davy Jones â locker each character must ultimately choose a side in a final titanic battle with Lord Beckettâs armada led by Davy Jones and his ship and crew. Will is torn between saving his father or saving his love Elizabeth. Jack is torn between honor and saving his own skin. And Elizabeth no longer knows who she can trust.
Although the movieâs Christian metaphors are clear the movie also deals with piracy and some pagan allusions to a âheathen god.â The movie also says that the Flying Dutchman was originally intended to ferry people to the afterlife but that Davy Jones has corrupted his supernatural office by enslaving men. | Do you fear death? Thatâs the question that [TGT] poses to [TGT] intended victims throughout At World's End the third movie in Walt Disneyâs Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. And the answer the movie gives is that death is not the worst thing that can happen to you. In fact the movie suggests that being a slave to the devil a slave to sin a man without honor who will betray his friends or serve evil forces and being condemned to Hell are all worse than physical death.
The movieâs opening finds Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann allied with Captain Barbossa in a quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow from the limbo underworld of Davy Jones â locker. They confront the cunning Chinese pirate Sao Feng who has the map that will lead them through icy waters to Jack.
Meanwhile the evil Lord Beckett has taken over the East India Trading Company. After having retrieved the heart of Davy Jones in the second movie Lord Beckett now controls Davy Jones and his ship the Flying Dutchman. Using the Flying Dutchman Beckett hangs every man woman and child who refuses to submit to his absolute control over the high seas.
After perilously retrieving Jack from Davy Jones â locker each character must ultimately choose a side in a final titanic battle with Lord Beckettâs armada led by [TGT] and [TGT] ship and crew. Will is torn between saving his father or saving his love Elizabeth. Jack is torn between honor and saving his own skin. And Elizabeth no longer knows who she can trust.
Although the movieâs Christian metaphors are clear the movie also deals with piracy and some pagan allusions to a âheathen god.â The movie also says that the Flying Dutchman was originally intended to ferry people to the afterlife but that [TGT] has corrupted [TGT] supernatural office by enslaving men. | 0Negative
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1,685 | Facebook refocusing newsfeed on posts from friends and family | Zuckerberg | The social media website's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook is changing the structure of its newsfeed to allow viewers to see more content from their friends and family while reducing the amount they'll see from companies and news outlets.
"As we roll this out you'll see less public content like posts from businesses brands and media " Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. "And the public content you see more will be held to the same standard â it should encourage meaningful interactions between people."
Zuckerberg 33 says the change comes after Facebook's leaders received feedback suggesting the website had moved away from its overall goal of connecting people prompting the change.
He 's confident the changes will make for a more enjoyable and beneficial experience for Facebook users.
"The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about it can be good for our well-being " Zuckerberg wrote. "We can feel more connected and less lonely and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand passively reading articles or watching videos â even if they're entertaining or informative â may not be as good."
Zuckerberg added that they began to make alterations to the newsfeed late last year and that it will take several more months before the changes are universally present on Facebook properties.
He said he expects people to spend less time on Facebook moving forward due to the changes.
"But I also expect the time you do spend on Facebook will be more valuable " Zuckerberg wrote. "And if we do the right thing I believe that will be good for our community and our business over the long term too." | [TGT] announced Facebook is changing the structure of its newsfeed to allow viewers to see more content from their friends and family while reducing the amount they'll see from companies and news outlets.
"As we roll this out you'll see less public content like posts from businesses brands and media " [TGT] wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. "And the public content you see more will be held to the same standard â [TGT] should encourage meaningful interactions between people. [TGT]
says the change comes after Facebook's leaders received feedback suggesting the website had moved away from its overall goal of connecting people prompting the change.
[TGT] 's confident the changes will make for a more enjoyable and beneficial experience for Facebook users.
"The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about it can be good for our well-being " [TGT] wrote. "We can feel more connected and less lonely and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand passively reading articles or watching videos â even if they're entertaining or informative â may not be as good. [TGT]
added that they began to make alterations to the newsfeed late last year and that it will take several more months before the changes are universally present on Facebook properties.
[TGT] said [TGT] expects people to spend less time on Facebook moving forward due to the changes.
"But I also expect the time you do spend on Facebook will be more valuable [TGT] wrote. "And if we do the right thing I believe that will be good for our community and our business over the long term too." | 1Neutral
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1,686 | Dave Chappelle on Louis C.K. allegations: They 'made me laugh' | Dave Chappelle | Dave Chappelle tackles Hollywoodâs sexual harassment allegations in his new Netflix stand-up â taking aim at one of the five women who accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.
âI shouldnât say this but fâk it [C.Kâs] allegations were the only one that made me laugh â he said in his â Dave Chappelle : The Bird Revelationâ special released on New Yearâs Eve. âItâs terrible I know itâs terrible. Iâm sorry ladies ⦠At the same time you know what I mean Jesus Christ I donât know they took everything from Louis it might be disproportionate I canât tell I canât tell this is like where itâs hard to be a man.â
Chappelle 44 went on to address C.K.âs incident with writer Abby Schachner with whom he masturbated while on the phone. She told the New York Times that it was âone of the things that discouraged her from pursuing comedy.â
âShow business is just harder than that â Chappelle said bringing up Schachner again. âThem women soundâ¦they sound weak. I know that sounds fâked up Iâm not supposed to say that but one of these ladies was like âLouis C.K. was masturbating while I was on the phone with him.â B-tch you donât know how to hang up a phone? How the fâk are you going to survive in show business if this is an actual obstacle to your dreams?â
Chappelle âs stand-up special was recorded in November at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles. | [TGT] tackles Hollywoodâs sexual harassment allegations in [TGT] new Netflix stand-up â taking aim at one of the five women who accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.
âI shouldnât say this but fâk it [C.Kâs] allegations were the only one that made me laugh â he said in his â Dave Chappelle : The Bird Revelationâ special released on New Yearâs Eve. âItâs terrible I know itâs terrible. Iâm sorry ladies ⦠At the same time you know what I mean Jesus Christ I donât know they took everything from Louis it might be disproportionate I canât tell I canât tell this is like where itâs hard to be a man.â
Chappelle 44 went on to address C.K.âs incident with writer Abby Schachner with whom he masturbated while on the phone. She told the New York Times that it was âone of the things that discouraged her from pursuing comedy.â
âShow business is just harder than that â Chappelle said bringing up Schachner again. âThem women soundâ¦they sound weak. I know that sounds fâked up Iâm not supposed to say that but one of these ladies was like âLouis C.K. was masturbating while I was on the phone with him.â B-tch you donât know how to hang up a phone? How the fâk are you going to survive in show business if this is an actual obstacle to your dreams?â
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1,687 | 2018 Virginia House of Delegates Committee Assignments: Mostly 12 Republicans | Mark Keam | Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Marshall (Chairman) Poindexter (Vice Chairman) Ware Wright Orrock Knight Edmunds Wilt Morefield Ransone Fariss Bloxom Ken Plum David Bulova Matthew James Luke Torian Mark Keam Alfonso Lopez Rip Sullivan Dawn Adams (of Richmond City) Wendy Gooditis Debra Rodman.
Commerce and Labor: Kilgore (Chairman) Byron (Vice Chairman) Ware Hugo Marshall Cline Bell (of Albemarle) Habeeb OâQuinn Yancey Ransone Webert Jeion Ward Mark Keam Eileen Filler-Corn Kay Kory Joe Lindsey Lamont Bagby David Toscano Steve Heretick Mike Mullin Jeff Bourne.
Education: Landes (Chairman) Bell (of Staunton) (Vice Chairman) Cole Pogge Robinson Yancey Davis Leftwich LaRock Helsel Collins McGuire Roslyn Tyler David Bulova Mark Keam Lamont Bagby Jeff Bourne Jennifer Boysko Chris Hurst Schuyler VanValkenburg Cheryl Turpin Debra Rodman.
Finance: Ware (Chairman) Pogge (Vice Chairman) Orrock Byron Cole Hugo Cline Fariss Fowler Bloxom Freitas Brewer Vivian Watts Mark Keam Filler-Corn Kaye Kory Rip Sullivan Steve Heretick Joe Lindsey Hala Ayala Jay Jones (of Norfolk) Lee Carter. | Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Marshall (Chairman) Poindexter (Vice Chairman) Ware Wright Orrock Knight Edmunds Wilt Morefield Ransone Fariss Bloxom Ken Plum David Bulova Matthew James Luke Torian [TGT] Alfonso Lopez Rip Sullivan Dawn Adams (of Richmond City) Wendy Gooditis Debra Rodman.
Commerce and Labor: Kilgore (Chairman) Byron (Vice Chairman) Ware Hugo Marshall Cline Bell (of Albemarle) Habeeb OâQuinn Yancey Ransone Webert Jeion Ward [TGT] Eileen Filler-Corn Kay Kory Joe Lindsey Lamont Bagby David Toscano Steve Heretick Mike Mullin Jeff Bourne.
Education: Landes (Chairman) Bell (of Staunton) (Vice Chairman) Cole Pogge Robinson Yancey Davis Leftwich LaRock Helsel Collins McGuire Roslyn Tyler David Bulova Mark Keam Lamont Bagby Jeff Bourne Jennifer Boysko Chris Hurst Schuyler VanValkenburg Cheryl Turpin Debra Rodman.
Finance: Ware (Chairman) Pogge (Vice Chairman) Orrock Byron Cole Hugo Cline Fariss Fowler Bloxom Freitas Brewer Vivian Watts Mark Keam Filler-Corn Kaye Kory Rip Sullivan Steve Heretick Joe Lindsey Hala Ayala Jay Jones (of Norfolk) Lee Carter. | 1Neutral
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1,688 | 30 000 | Bob Habeeb | âIf youâre coming to Chicago for a leisure visit you just canât beat it â said Bob Habeeb president and chief executive officer of Rosemont-based First Hospitality Group which is developing the hotel. âYouâre going to be staying right on Navy Pier; you can look out and see this incredible view. Youâre going to be able to get off at the elevator and walk over to the Ferris wheel and restaurant.â
The development first announced in 2016 is set to begin construction next month with an opening targeted for summer 2019 Habeeb said. It will build five stories atop a mostly vacant two-story structure whose current tenants include a fun house.
Navy Pier has implemented a construction plan intended to minimize disruptions but it may nonetheless affect visitors. The plan calls for doing the most invasive work during the winter months when there is less foot traffic along the pier Habeeb said.
Tour boat boarding will remain accessible while restrictions on the construction footprint will allow pedestrians to walk the length of the pier throughout the 18-month construction process Habeeb said.
The $100 million Navy Pier hotel is being developed with private funding and First Hospitality Group has received no financial incentives from the city Habeeb said.
âWeâll pay real estate taxes â thereâs no tax waivers or abatements; thereâs no (tax increment financing) â Habeeb said. âIn fact itâs been a costly development. We just see the business promise there.â
As part of Hiltonâs Curio Collection the hotel will be given its own name and will have the feel of an independent boutique operation Habeeb said. London House which opened last year at the southwest corner of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue is one of 40 Curio Collection hotels worldwide.
Habeeb said the Navy Pier hotel will be very busy during the summer tourist season with prices reflecting demand.
âIt will be a very expensive place to have a room on season and not so much off â he said.
The hotel will work with Festival Hall on special events taking place at Navy Pier throughout the year and then look to book meetings and outings on its own Habeeb said. | âIf youâre coming to Chicago for a leisure visit you just canât beat it â said [TGT] president and chief executive officer of Rosemont-based First Hospitality Group which is developing the hotel. âYouâre going to be staying right on Navy Pier; you can look out and see this incredible view. Youâre going to be able to get off at the elevator and walk over to the Ferris wheel and restaurant.â
The development first announced in 2016 is set to begin construction next month with an opening targeted for summer 2019 [TGT] said. [TGT] will build five stories atop a mostly vacant two-story structure whose current tenants include a fun house.
Navy Pier has implemented a construction plan intended to minimize disruptions but it may nonetheless affect visitors. The plan calls for doing the most invasive work during the winter months when there is less foot traffic along the pier [TGT] said.
Tour boat boarding will remain accessible while restrictions on the construction footprint will allow pedestrians to walk the length of the pier throughout the 18-month construction process Habeeb said.
The $100 million Navy Pier hotel is being developed with private funding and First Hospitality Group has received no financial incentives from [TGT] said.
âWeâll pay real estate taxes â thereâs no tax waivers or abatements; thereâs no (tax increment financing) â [TGT] said. âIn fact itâs been a costly development. We just see the business promise there.â
As part of Hiltonâs Curio Collection the hotel will be given its own name and will have the feel of an independent boutique operation [TGT] said. London House which opened last year at the southwest corner of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue is one of 40 Curio Collection hotels worldwide.
[TGT] said the Navy Pier hotel will be very busy during the summer tourist season with prices reflecting demand.
âIt will be a very expensive place to have a room on season and not so much off â he said.
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1,689 | Steve Bannon on the State of Populist Economic Nationalism : âItâs Just the Top of the First Inningâ | Steve Bannon | Breitbart News Executive Chairman and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon gave a positive view of the state of the populist economic nationalist movement in an interview published Tuesday saying the movement is going well but is just getting started.
âI think weâve had a pretty good run so far and itâs just the top of the first inning â Bannon told Good Luck Americaâs Peter Hamby in an interview available exclusively on Snapchat.
Bannon has been recruiting candidates to run against establishment Republicans in Senate primaries in 2018 causing panic among GOP leadership. He said it was not about a war within the Republican Party but about a war with the permanent political class.
âThis kind of populist nationalist right has been having this fight with the establishment â Bannon said. âTrump was a rejection of the entire establishment. The permanent political class has a business model and theyâre not prepared to give up power.â
Bannon also noted that the establishment Republicans have frequently not had President Trumpâs back and that it is up to the populist right to support Trump in that agenda and make sure it is implemented on Capitol Hill. He also said he believes Trump is paying more attention to the movement in the wake of Judge Roy Mooreâs defeat of Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) in the Alabama Republican Senate primary.
Bannon said:
I think he understood after the primary in Alabama that his base believes in a handful of things: They want to build the wall. They want to stop illegal immigration. They still want to get us out of these what they consider these pointless foreign wars. And I think itâs incumbent on the âdeplorablesâ to be out there.
Asked about whether the populist movement by going after Republicans could actually be helping Democrats Bannon dismissed those concerns.
âI think this whole thing is evolving â he said. âYou have this populist economic nationalism and itâs just starting to catch on and I think people who embrace the Trump agenda are going to win primaries and be the best candidates against Democrats.â
On the question of whether his influence had been reduced since leaving the White House Bannon said he has more influence now than he did when he was serving as a staffer in the West Wing.
âWhen youâre in the White House you know youâre just another staffer and I had a lot of influence â he said. âBut thereâs a difference between influence and power [and] when Iâm out with Breitbart and have all my weapons I can really effect change much more and help the president.â | Breitbart News Executive Chairman and [TGT] gave a positive view of the state of the populist economic nationalist movement in an interview published Tuesday saying the movement is going well but is just getting started.
âI think weâve had a pretty good run so far and itâs just the top of the first inning â [TGT] told Good Luck Americaâs Peter Hamby in an interview available exclusively on Snapchat.
[TGT] has been recruiting candidates to run against establishment Republicans in Senate primaries in 2018 causing panic among GOP leadership. [TGT] said it was not about a war within the Republican Party but about a war with the permanent political class.
âThis kind of populist nationalist right has been having this fight with the establishment â [TGT] said. âTrump was a rejection of the entire establishment. The permanent political class has a business model and theyâre not prepared to give up [TGT]
also noted that the establishment Republicans have frequently not had President Trumpâs back and that it is up to the populist right to support Trump in that agenda and make sure it is implemented on Capitol Hill. [TGT] also said [TGT] believes Trump is paying more attention to the movement in the wake of Judge Roy Mooreâs defeat of Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) in the Alabama Republican Senate primary.
[TGT] said:
I think [TGT] understood after the primary in Alabama that [TGT] base believes in a handful of things: They want to build the wall. They want to stop illegal immigration. They still want to get us out of these what they consider these pointless foreign wars. And I think itâs incumbent on the âdeplorablesâ to be out there.
Asked about whether the populist movement by going after Republicans could actually be helping Democrats [TGT] dismissed those concerns.
âI think this whole thing is evolving â he said. âYou have this populist economic nationalism and itâs just starting to catch on and I think people who embrace the Trump agenda are going to win primaries and be the best candidates against Democrats.â
On the question of whether his influence had been reduced since leaving the White House [TGT] said he has more influence now than he did when he was serving as a staffer in the West Wing.
âWhen youâre in the White House you know youâre just another staffer and I had a lot of influence â he said. âBut thereâs a difference between influence and power [and] when Iâm out with Breitbart and have all my weapons I can really effect change much more and help the president.â | 1Neutral
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1,690 | Bush to Put Nominations Back on Table | Bush | WASHINGTON Nov. 15 â White House officials said Wednesday that President Bush would renominate six of his earlier choices to sit on the federal appeals court leaving Democratic senators and other analysts to ponder what message he is sending.
When the 110th Congress is seated in January Mr. Bush can deliver another list of judicial nominees to the Senate which will by then have a Democratic majority.
Mr. Bushâs motive in sending up the nominations has been closely analyzed with several Democrats and liberals labeling it as provocative and a sign that he does not intend to seek compromise as he suggested he would after Republican losses in the elections last week.
âDemocrats have asked the president to be bipartisan but this is a clear slap in the face at our request â said Senator Charles E. Schumer Democrat of New York who is a member of the Judiciary Committee. âFor the sake of the country we hope that this is an aberration because the president feels he must placate his hard-right base rather than an indication of things to come.â | WASHINGTON Nov. 15 â White House officials said Wednesday that [TGT] would renominate six of [TGT] earlier choices to sit on the federal appeals court leaving Democratic senators and other analysts to ponder what message [TGT] is sending.
When the 110th Congress is seated in January [TGT] can deliver another list of judicial nominees to the Senate which will by then have a Democratic majority.
[TGT] motive in sending up the nominations has been closely analyzed with several Democrats and liberals labeling it as provocative and a sign that [TGT] does not intend to seek compromise as [TGT] suggested [TGT] would after Republican losses in the elections last week.
âDemocrats have asked the president to be bipartisan but this is a clear slap in the face at our request â said Senator Charles E. Schumer Democrat of New York who is a member of the Judiciary Committee. âFor the sake of the country we hope that this is an aberration because the president feels he must placate his hard-right base rather than an indication of things to come.â | 1Neutral
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1,691 | Paul Ryan brags about woman's tiny raise under GOP tax plan | Paul Ryan | House Speaker Paul Ryan was ridiculed on social media Saturday after he tweeted then deleted a post citing a womanâs tiny raise as an accomplishment of the GOP tax cut.
Ryan was responding to an Associated Press story about the controversial tax overhaulâs effect on Americansâ paychecks.
He highlighted Julia Ketchum a secretary earning an additional $1.50 a week under the new withholding guidelines from the IRS following the passage of the bill.
Ryan was responding to an Associated Press story about the controversial tax overhaulâs effect on Americansâ paychecks. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Ryanâs Democratic opponent Randy Bryce used the blunder as a fund-raising opportunity.
âMoments ago @PRyan deleted this tweet after we told him just how out of touch he was. Show Paul Ryan what you think of his tax bill. Chip in $1.50 now to help us repeal and replace Ryan permanently this November.â He linked to a fund-raising page that suggests a $1.50 donation to his campaign.
Social media users and Democratic lawmakers blasted Ryan over the since-deleted tweet.
Speaker Paul Ryan on Saturday deleted this tweet about a Pennsylvania woman whose paycheck increased by $1.50 a week because of the recently passed GOP tax bill. (Twitter)
Ryan preserved a second tweet in reaction to the AP story quoting a man saying âI have heard time and time again that the middle class is getting crumbs but Iâll take it!â
$1.50 doesnât even buy you a pack of gum. â April (@speakout_april) February 3 2018 Weâll work an extra 2 mins a day for our $1.50/wk. Can we have our 1.5 TRILLION back now? â SnarkyScottâï¸ (@flyaway_k) February 3 2018 Tweet about that then. Highlighting someone who's paycheck went up $1.50 because of your $1 trillion tax cut is insultingly asinine. Especially considering Ryan received $500 000 in contributions from a handful of ultra-rich donors after the tax cut was passed. â David P. O'Bryan (@OBryDavid07) February 3 2018 What's sad is that might have been good in 1918 but not today.. It literally and I mean really doesn't even cover the cost of a 20oz bottle of coke. One bottle! And at the rate we are going with inflation it may not cover the cost of a can of cat food. Now this is scary! â Robin (@robinearhart20) February 3 2018 Paul Ryan got a $500 000 bonus for passing the #GOPTaxScam... and he âs super excited one of his voters will get $78 a year. | House Speaker [TGT] was ridiculed on social media Saturday after [TGT] tweeted then deleted a post citing a womanâs tiny raise as an accomplishment of the GOP tax cut.
[TGT] was responding to an Associated Press story about the controversial tax overhaulâs effect on Americansâ paychecks.
[TGT] highlighted Julia Ketchum a secretary earning an additional $1.50 a week under the new withholding guidelines from the IRS following the passage of the bill.
[TGT] was responding to an Associated Press story about the controversial tax overhaulâs effect on Americansâ paychecks. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
Ryanâs Democratic opponent Randy Bryce used the blunder as a fund-raising opportunity.
âMoments ago @PRyan deleted this tweet after we told him just how out of touch he was. Show [TGT] what you think of [TGT] tax bill. Chip in $1.50 now to help us repeal and replace [TGT] permanently this November.â [TGT] linked to a fund-raising page that suggests a $1.50 donation to [TGT] campaign.
Social media users and Democratic lawmakers blasted [TGT] over the since-deleted tweet.
[TGT] on Saturday deleted this tweet about a Pennsylvania woman whose paycheck increased by $1.50 a week because of the recently passed GOP tax bill. (Twitter)
[TGT] preserved a second tweet in reaction to the AP story quoting a man saying âI have heard time and time again that the middle class is getting crumbs but Iâll take it!â
$1.50 doesnât even buy you a pack of gum. â April (@speakout_april) February 3 2018 Weâll work an extra 2 mins a day for our $1.50/wk. Can we have our 1.5 TRILLION back now? â SnarkyScottâï¸ (@flyaway_k) February 3 2018 Tweet about that then. Highlighting someone who's paycheck went up $1.50 because of your $1 trillion tax cut is insultingly asinine. Especially considering [TGT] received $500 000 in contributions from a handful of ultra-rich donors after the tax cut was passed. â David P. O'Bryan (@OBryDavid07) February 3 2018 What's sad is that might have been good in 1918 but not today.. It literally and I mean really doesn't even cover the cost of a 20oz bottle of coke. One bottle! And at the rate we are going with inflation it may not cover the cost of a can of cat food. Now this is scary! â Robin (@robinearhart20) February 3 2018 [TGT] got a $500 000 bonus for passing the #GOPTaxScam... and [TGT] âs super excited one of [TGT] voters will get $78 a year. | 0Negative
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1,692 | A very different Harvey Day is a step to Matt rising again | Matt Harvey | I saw two No. 33 Matt Harvey jerseys and I had to make a pilgrimage to find those. This is 2018 after all not 2013 when Harvey lit up the baseball sky in New York or 2015 when his first return from injury was a mostly triumphant welcome-home all the way to the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series.
In 2018 Matt Harvey is just another pitcher about to enter his walk year without a surplus of statistics to make that journey palatable. There are dozens of players just like him in Florida and Arizona guys who once burned brightly and now hope to rediscover that magic somehow under the February sun.
âWe can rely on Matt Harvey â Mets manager Mickey Callaway said after the Mets were done beating the Braves 6-4 before they could dash to the bus and make the two-hour slog back to Port St. Lucie.
Those six words arenât exactly what you ever thought would pass as good news for Harvey before the shoulder went and before the elbow went and before he spent 2017 ducking out of the way of line drives when he wasnât burying his alarm clock under his pillow.
But this is 2018 and this was a good day for Harvey . There was one run allowed in two innings two strikeouts one walk a bunch of pitches that hit 95 on the gun and one that hit 96. Mostly there was a sense that for the first time in a long time Harvey had an idea where the ball was going. And for the first time in a long time the ball actually arrived where he intended it to go.
âIâm happy with the outing â Harvey said. âIâm looking forward to continuing this more in the spring.â
His spring debut was greeted with a fair amount of cheering â but nothing at all compared to the moment a few innings later when Tebow dug into the batterâs box as a pinch hitter (he grounded into a double play). The roars belong elsewhere now. Harvey Day even one in the sleepy background of spring is no longer a happening but more of a pilot episode for one of the core series on SNY: âOh Yeah â¦â
And if you remember what that version of Harvey was like â and youâre a fan of the player the team or just baseball itself â there has to be a part of you that hopes Wednesday was the first step toward something resembling a renaissance.
There has to be a part of you that noticed just how much Harvey enjoyed facing Freddie Freeman the Bravesâ brilliant first baseman in the bottom of the first inning one out and a man on first â and how much striking Freeman out looking on a 94-mph heater on the black gave him a noticeable jolt.
âWeâve gotten to be good friends though the years â Harvey said of Freeman âand itâs always nice to be on the positive end facing him.â
He answered a dozen questions politely but dully part of that being the Metsâ strategy to drain whenever possible whatever passes for colorful in their clubhouse. But thatâs probably the wise course for Harvey to take anyway. He wasnât a razor-sharp wit back in the day but he did say a thing or three that rose to the level of interesting.
These days he seems committed to keeping his head down his mouth shut and his name off the disabled list and out of Page Six. Thereâs a lot of steps in that journey after this one. But it was a good place to start. | I saw two No. 33 [TGT] jerseys and I had to make a pilgrimage to find those. This is 2018 after all not 2013 when [TGT] lit up the baseball sky in New York or 2015 when [TGT] first return from injury was a mostly triumphant welcome-home all the way to the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series.
In 2018 [TGT] is just another pitcher about to enter [TGT] walk year without a surplus of statistics to make that journey palatable. There are dozens of players just like [TGT] in Florida and Arizona guys who once burned brightly and now hope to rediscover that magic somehow under the February sun.
âWe can rely on [TGT] â Mets manager Mickey Callaway said after the Mets were done beating the Braves 6-4 before they could dash to the bus and make the two-hour slog back to Port St. Lucie.
Those six words arenât exactly what you ever thought would pass as good news for Harvey before the shoulder went and before the elbow went and before he spent 2017 ducking out of the way of line drives when he wasnât burying his alarm clock under his pillow.
But this is 2018 and this was a good day for [TGT] . There was one run allowed in two innings two strikeouts one walk a bunch of pitches that hit 95 on the gun and one that hit 96. Mostly there was a sense that for the first time in a long time [TGT] had an idea where the ball was going. And for the first time in a long time the ball actually arrived where [TGT] intended it to go.
âIâm happy with the outing â [TGT] said. âIâm looking forward to continuing this more in the spring.â
[TGT] spring debut was greeted with a fair amount of cheering â but nothing at all compared to the moment a few innings later when Tebow dug into the batterâs box as a pinch hitter (he grounded into a double play). The roars belong elsewhere now. Harvey Day even one in the sleepy background of spring is no longer a happening but more of a pilot episode for one of the core series on SNY: âOh Yeah â¦â
And if you remember what that version of [TGT] was like â and youâre a fan of the player the team or just baseball itself â there has to be a part of you that hopes Wednesday was the first step toward something resembling a renaissance.
There has to be a part of you that noticed just how much [TGT] enjoyed facing Freddie Freeman the Bravesâ brilliant first baseman in the bottom of the first inning one out and a man on first â and how much striking Freeman out looking on a 94-mph heater on the black gave [TGT] a noticeable jolt.
âWeâve gotten to be good friends though the years â [TGT] said of Freeman âand itâs always nice to be on the positive end facing him.â
[TGT] answered a dozen questions politely but dully part of that being the Metsâ strategy to drain whenever possible whatever passes for colorful in their clubhouse. But thatâs probably the wise course for Harvey to take anyway. He wasnât a razor-sharp wit back in the day but he did say a thing or three that rose to the level of interesting.
These days he seems committed to keeping his head down his mouth shut and his name off the disabled list and out of Page Six. Thereâs a lot of steps in that journey after this one. But it was a good place to start. | 2Positive
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1,693 | Fighting the Good Fight in Virginia Beach Against Three Jolly Stolles | Douglas Poole | But thereâs tragedy too. On November 7 2010 Mr. Douglas Poole died in the Virginia Beach jail. He had spent ten days there after being arrested for driving with a suspended license. Mr. Poole suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and had his medications with him but was denied both his blood pressure medication (and initially his insulin) and medical treatment by jail and medical staff. Douglas Poole was 54 years old the father of three and grandfather of five. The medical staff were employees of a for-profit medical care company Conmed Health Management which had been awarded the Virginia Beach contract by Ken Stolle in 2010 after donating to his campaign. Hereâs a description of Douglas Pooleâs suffering and death from the decision in the lawsuit filed by his sister.
Plaintiff has pleaded sufficient facts to show that jail employees may have violated plaintiffâs constitutional rights. Indeed that Mr. Poole had known serious medical issues that he was never provided his blood pressure medication that he was turned away after complaining of headaches sudden blindness and an inability to walk and that his care was so direly neglected that he ultimately died from lack of treatment may be sufficient to satisfy the low threshold of Rule 8(a)(2) in proving that jail staff acted indifferently toward Mr. Pooleâs serious medical need.
Conmed which according to the same legal decision had retained nearly all of the medical and nursing staff of the prior healthcare company which itself had also come under scrutiny for providing sub-par medical care to inmates ended up settling with the family out of court for $300 000. In 2011 and 2012 Conmed increased its annual donations from $1 000 to $2 500. Thatâs right Douglas Poole âs days of suffering and entirely preventable death did not cause Stolle to end the contract or refuse donations from Conmed.
Now contrast the Douglas Poole tragedy with the crime of Kenneth Stolle Jr. Ken Stolleâs son and a Sheriffâs Deputy in Chesapeake. He was arrested for a DUI hit-and-run in Virginia Beach and got off with a $250 fine. Dadâs the Sheriff Uncle Colinâs the county prosecutor: Connections can be the difference between life and death in Virginia Beach. | But thereâs tragedy too. On November 7 2010 [TGT] died in the Virginia Beach jail. [TGT] had spent ten days there after being arrested for driving with a suspended license. [TGT] suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and had [TGT] medications with [TGT] but was denied both [TGT] blood pressure medication (and initially [TGT] insulin) and medical treatment by jail and medical staff. [TGT] was 54 years old the father of three and grandfather of five. The medical staff were employees of a for-profit medical care company Conmed Health Management which had been awarded the Virginia Beach contract by Ken Stolle in 2010 after donating to his campaign. Hereâs a description of Douglas Pooleâs suffering and death from the decision in the lawsuit filed by his sister.
Plaintiff has pleaded sufficient facts to show that jail employees may have violated plaintiffâs constitutional rights. Indeed that [TGT] had known serious medical issues that [TGT] was never provided [TGT] blood pressure medication that [TGT] was turned away after complaining of headaches sudden blindness and an inability to walk and that [TGT] care was so direly neglected that [TGT] ultimately died from lack of treatment may be sufficient to satisfy the low threshold of Rule 8(a)(2) in proving that jail staff acted indifferently toward Mr. Pooleâs serious medical need.
Conmed which according to the same legal decision had retained nearly all of the medical and nursing staff of the prior healthcare company which itself had also come under scrutiny for providing sub-par medical care to inmates ended up settling with the family out of court for $300 000. In 2011 and 2012 Conmed increased its annual donations from $1 000 to $2 500. Thatâs right [TGT] âs days of suffering and entirely preventable death did not cause Stolle to end the contract or refuse donations from Conmed.
Now contrast [TGT] tragedy with the crime of Kenneth Stolle Jr. Ken Stolleâs son and a Sheriffâs Deputy in Chesapeake. He was arrested for a DUI hit-and-run in Virginia Beach and got off with a $250 fine. Dadâs the Sheriff Uncle Colinâs the county prosecutor: Connections can be the difference between life and death in Virginia Beach. | 2Positive
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1,694 | Novelist Kamila Shamsie Talks About Radicalization Citizenship and the Link Between Violence and Masculinity | Kamila Shamsie | Kamila Shamsie didnât have to stretch to fit the plot to the times when she decided to adapt the Greek tragedy Antigone into a contemporary novel about terrorism.
The gripping novel explores how western responses to terrorism show the limits of our ideals and laws. In an interview over Skype Shamsie told me her initial imperative with the novel was to explore the question of citizenship to delve into what it means to begin stripping people of citizenship for certain crimes.
âRepeatedly people in [Theresa Mayâs] government have said âcitizenship is a privilege not a right ââ Shamsie said. âAnd thatâs simply legally untrue but increasingly they want to be able to take away citizenship for people who they think are unworthy. And they get to decide.â
She added: âItâs your own citizens and youâre saying that for all that we have our judicial system and prison system and probation and all of that this is the one crime that we donât know how to deal with so weâre just going to leave you out of the country. It should be seen as a real failing of a state to say that our judicial system is incapable of knowing how to respond to this criminal act.â
And as in the United States the notion of terror is racialized and associated with Muslims (President Trump entertaining the idea of sending Sayfullo Saipov the man who killed eight people when he drove a truck down a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween to Guantánamo is at this point to be expected.) While stripping citizenship might initially be justified only in terrorism cases Shamsie noted Theresa Mayâs attempts to revoke the passports of a group of British-Pakistani men convicted of sex crimes â âthereâs no way of saying itâs not about Islamophobia and racism because no one is making those suggestions about anyone who is white and committing similar crimes.â
In the narratives that she read of radicalization of youth attempting to join ISIS Shamsie saw only demonization and one-dimensional narratives: â It âs almost an inevitability now. If youâre young Muslim and male and angry then youâre going to strap a bomb onto yourself.â But she dug into research on ISIS propaganda and youth who were convinced by it and found that the reality for many teenage would-be fighters was complex.
âOne of the things I was interested in was the lure being something other than violence and all the other ways that this world that we know to be nihilistic and brutal could also be seductive â Shamsie said.
âThere is this link between masculinity and violence that should be inescapable it should be part of every conversation on violence â said Shamsie . âInstead we compartmentalize violence: Thereâs the violence of gun shooters in America thereâs the violence of suicide bombers in Iraq thereâs domestic violence everywhere there are men in Pakistan who are committing honor killings â and we donât draw the line between all of them and say what is it with men what is it with masculinity what is it that young men do to prove to themselves or to someone else that they are a man in the right kind of way?â
All of these complexities are missing from most media narratives of radicalization and so also is the possibility of empathy Shamsie believes. In her research she found little compassion for the families whose children had gone to Syria âfamilies facing the most horrendous thing â your child or your sibling who is very young or very stupid or angry â has gone to a place from where you know they will probably never return. And these families are treated as though they are guilty rather than as if they are mourning.â
The novel gave Shamsie the space to create that empathy. | [TGT] didnât have to stretch to fit the plot to the times when [TGT] decided to adapt the Greek tragedy Antigone into a contemporary novel about terrorism.
The gripping novel explores how western responses to terrorism show the limits of our ideals and laws. In an interview over Skype Shamsie told me her initial imperative with the novel was to explore the question of citizenship to delve into what it means to begin stripping people of citizenship for certain crimes.
âRepeatedly people in [Theresa Mayâs] government have said âcitizenship is a privilege not a right ââ [TGT] said. âAnd thatâs simply legally untrue but increasingly they want to be able to take away citizenship for people who they think are unworthy. And they get to decide.â
She added: âItâs your own citizens and youâre saying that for all that we have our judicial system and prison system and probation and all of that this is the one crime that we donât know how to deal with so weâre just going to leave you out of the country. It should be seen as a real failing of a state to say that our judicial system is incapable of knowing how to respond to this criminal act.â
And as in the United States the notion of terror is racialized and associated with Muslims (President Trump entertaining the idea of sending Sayfullo Saipov the man who killed eight people when he drove a truck down a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween to Guantánamo is at this point to be expected.) While stripping citizenship might initially be justified only in terrorism cases Shamsie noted Theresa Mayâs attempts to revoke the passports of a group of British-Pakistani men convicted of sex crimes â âthereâs no way of saying itâs not about Islamophobia and racism because no one is making those suggestions about anyone who is white and committing similar crimes.â
In the narratives that she read of radicalization of youth attempting to join ISIS Shamsie saw only demonization and one-dimensional narratives: â It âs almost an inevitability now. If youâre young Muslim and male and angry then youâre going to strap a bomb onto yourself.â But she dug into research on ISIS propaganda and youth who were convinced by it and found that the reality for many teenage would-be fighters was complex.
âOne of the things I was interested in was the lure being something other than violence and all the other ways that this world that we know to be nihilistic and brutal could also be seductive â Shamsie said.
âThere is this link between masculinity and violence that should be inescapable it should be part of every conversation on violence â said Shamsie . âInstead we compartmentalize violence: Thereâs the violence of gun shooters in America thereâs the violence of suicide bombers in Iraq thereâs domestic violence everywhere there are men in Pakistan who are committing honor killings â and we donât draw the line between all of them and say what is it with men what is it with masculinity what is it that young men do to prove to themselves or to someone else that they are a man in the right kind of way?â
All of these complexities are missing from most media narratives of radicalization and so also is the possibility of empathy Shamsie believes. In her research she found little compassion for the families whose children had gone to Syria âfamilies facing the most horrendous thing â your child or your sibling who is very young or very stupid or angry â has gone to a place from where you know they will probably never return. And these families are treated as though they are guilty rather than as if they are mourning.â
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1,695 | As Russia case unfolds Trump and Republicans go to battle with Clinton and Democrats | Hillary Clinton | Tensions between Republicans and Democrats over the investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election intensified Sunday with President Donald Trump demanding to know why his campaign is under federal scrutiny while his former opponent Hillary Clinton is not.
Democratic lawmakers mostly stayed out of the Sunday fray after a week in which Clinton 's 2016 campaign came under fresh scrutiny. The campaign funded political opposition research into Trump that helped create a highly publicized "dossier" on the Republican candidate and fueled some allegations now under scrutiny by Mueller.
It's unclear how much the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee paid for the opposition research by Fusion GPS a Washington D.C. firm that conducts investigations for private clients. The Clinton campaign paid $5.6 million in legal fees to a law firm from June 2015 to December 2016 according to campaign finance records and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in "legal and compliance consulting'' since November 2015. It's impossible to tell from the filings how much of that work was for other legal matters and how much of it related to Fusion GPS.
Trump tweeted Sunday morning that the dossier which he called " Clinton made Fake Dossier " could have cost as much as $12 million although he did not explain how he reached that number.
In April 2016 an attorney representing Clinton 's presidential campaign and the DNC hired Fusion GPS which then hired Steele. Brian Fallon a former spokesman for the Clinton campaign said he learned about Steele and the dossier after the election. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the Clinton campaign and the DNC did not direct Steele's activities. | Tensions between Republicans and Democrats over the investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election intensified Sunday with President Donald Trump demanding to know why his campaign is under federal scrutiny while his former opponent Hillary Clinton is not.
Democratic lawmakers mostly stayed out of the Sunday fray after a week in which [TGT] 's 2016 campaign came under fresh scrutiny. The campaign funded political opposition research into Trump that helped create a highly publicized "dossier" on the Republican candidate and fueled some allegations now under scrutiny by Mueller.
It's unclear how much the [TGT] campaign and Democratic National Committee paid for the opposition research by Fusion GPS a Washington D.C. firm that conducts investigations for private clients. The Clinton campaign paid $5.6 million in legal fees to a law firm from June 2015 to December 2016 according to campaign finance records and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in "legal and compliance consulting'' since November 2015. It's impossible to tell from the filings how much of that work was for other legal matters and how much of it related to Fusion GPS.
Trump tweeted Sunday morning that the dossier which he called " Clinton made Fake Dossier " could have cost as much as $12 million although he did not explain how he reached that number.
In April 2016 an attorney representing Clinton 's presidential campaign and the DNC hired Fusion GPS which then hired Steele. Brian Fallon a former spokesman for the Clinton campaign said he learned about Steele and the dossier after the election. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the Clinton campaign and the DNC did not direct Steele's activities. | 0Negative
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1,696 | Boss tormented me with âbig fat gay manâ insults: suit | Todd Marbury | Todd Marbury of upstate Ossining is suing Lincoln Hall the non-profit he worked for in Manhattan federal court for allegedly allowing the boss to subject him to ridicule for years and then unjustly firing him in 2015.
Marbury says in his suit that administrator Ronald Robinson even accused him of sexually molesting residents.
Marbury who has a wife and kids claims Robinson launched his campaign of abuse in 2000 and intensified it in 2010 after becoming his direct boss at the Lincolndale facility in Somers.
âOne boy at the Hall overheard Robinsonââ suggesting Marbury had engaged in oral sex with a kid the suit claims. | [TGT] is suing Lincoln Hall [TGT] worked for in Manhattan federal court for allegedly allowing the boss to subject [TGT] to ridicule for years and then unjustly firing [TGT] in 2015.
[TGT] says in [TGT] suit that administrator Ronald Robinson even accused him of sexually molesting residents.
Marbury who has a wife and kids claims Robinson launched his campaign of abuse in 2000 and intensified it in 2010 after becoming his direct boss at the Lincolndale facility in Somers.
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1,697 | The Vanity Fair Hillary Clinton video isn't worth the fuss | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton . (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Thereâs not much to do when youâre home for the holidays so this season some have decided to fill up their free time by melting down over a video that snipes at Hillary Clinton .
âTake up a hobby in the new year â a young writer holding a glass of champagne says to Clinton in the short which Vanity Fair magazineâs âHiveâ vertical produced as part of a series proposing âresolutionsâ to various political figures. âVolunteer work knitting improv comedy â literally anything that will keep you from running again.â
Well no. The video had sexist overtones and the lameness of the jokes made them all the more offensive. It âs harder to plead comedic license when your comedy isnât funny. But Clinton occupies an odd place in the political sphere: She was so close to the Oval Office for so long leading up to 2016 that her heir apparentness discouraged potential challengers. A career candidate from a Democratic dynasty held little appeal for anyone dissatisfied with the party status quo then and will hold even less in 2020. Itâs not surprising that some cringe to think Clinton âs shadow could still loom over races to come.
So then why resurrect her ?
Although ride-or-die Clinton supporters werenât they only ones who took umbrage at the knitting comment it was that cohort who turned particularly hysterical. These all-in Clinton fans seem determined to keep their candidate relevant: Even if they arenât calling on her to run again they want her at the center of the political conversation. Every faux pas of President Trumpâs becomes an opportunity for Clinton-would-have-been-bettering. No kidding she would yet thatâs neither here nor there when it comes to countering the damage Trump does every day or to cultivating a roster of candidates who will win the seats to turn things around.
[Vanity Fair staffers provide snotty condescending life tips for Hillary Clinton ]
But more perplexing than the multitude of Clinton crusaders who are still crusading are the Clinton critics who continue to place the defeated candidate center-stage in their narratives even as they shriek that they want her out. This besides its blatant unfunniness may be the greatest failing of Vanity Fairâs ill-advised advice video. The staffers have devoted one minute and three seconds to telling Clinton to go away and all theyâve succeeding in doing is bringing her right back.
This is âWhat Happened?â week on repeat. Journalists lambasted Clinton for re-litigating the 2016 primary in writing and then they did the exact same thing. Over and over. They rolled their eyes at her play for attention cash catharsis or whatever else it was â and then they helped her find all of the above.
And itâs not only professional pundits who canât seem to give Clinton up. For every amateur commentator or plain old civilian re-upping a Clinton campaign talking point on Twitter thereâs someone ready to fire back with an explanation of why Clinton is the worst politician of all time. This goes on every day more than a year after the election and almost a year after the man who beat Clinton walked into the White House.
Hours before the Vanity Fair outrage Trump sent a Boxing Day Twitter missive from Mar-a-Lago in his usual style: âThey used this Crooked Hillary pile of garbage as the basis for going after the Trump Campaign!â he concluded harping on his beef with Clinton yet again. Which prompted all his critics left very left and right alike to tell him to get over it. Perhaps they should too. | [TGT] . (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Thereâs not much to do when youâre home for the holidays so this season some have decided to fill up their free time by melting down over a video that snipes at [TGT] .
âTake up a hobby in the new year â a young writer holding a glass of champagne says to Clinton in the short which Vanity Fair magazineâs âHiveâ vertical produced as part of a series proposing âresolutionsâ to various political figures. âVolunteer work knitting improv comedy â literally anything that will keep you from running again.â
Well no. The video had sexist overtones and the lameness of the jokes made them all the more offensive. It âs harder to plead comedic license when your comedy isnât funny. But Clinton occupies an odd place in the political sphere: She was so close to the Oval Office for so long leading up to 2016 that her heir apparentness discouraged potential challengers. A career candidate from a Democratic dynasty held little appeal for anyone dissatisfied with the party status quo then and will hold even less in 2020. Itâs not surprising that some cringe to think [TGT] âs shadow could still loom over races to come.
So then why resurrect her ?
Although ride-or-die [TGT] supporters werenât they only ones who took umbrage at the knitting comment it was that cohort who turned particularly hysterical. These all-in Clinton fans seem determined to keep their candidate relevant: Even if they arenât calling on her to run again they want her at the center of the political conversation. Every faux pas of President Trumpâs becomes an opportunity for [TGT] -would-have-been-bettering. No kidding she would yet thatâs neither here nor there when it comes to countering the damage Trump does every day or to cultivating a roster of candidates who will win the seats to turn things around.
[Vanity Fair staffers provide snotty condescending life tips for Hillary Clinton ]
But more perplexing than the multitude of [TGT] crusaders who are still crusading are the [TGT] critics who continue to place the defeated candidate center-stage in their narratives even as they shriek that they want her out. This besides its blatant unfunniness may be the greatest failing of Vanity Fairâs ill-advised advice video. The staffers have devoted one minute and three seconds to telling Clinton to go away and all theyâve succeeding in doing is bringing her right back.
This is âWhat Happened?â week on repeat. Journalists lambasted Clinton for re-litigating the 2016 primary in writing and then they did the exact same thing. Over and over. They rolled their eyes at her play for attention cash catharsis or whatever else it was â and then they helped her find all of the above.
And itâs not only professional pundits who canât seem to give Clinton up. For every amateur commentator or plain old civilian re-upping a Clinton campaign talking point on Twitter thereâs someone ready to fire back with an explanation of why Clinton is the worst politician of all time. This goes on every day more than a year after the election and almost a year after the man who beat Clinton walked into the White House.
Hours before the Vanity Fair outrage Trump sent a Boxing Day Twitter missive from Mar-a-Lago in his usual style: âThey used this Crooked Hillary pile of garbage as the basis for going after the Trump Campaign!â he concluded harping on his beef with Clinton yet again. Which prompted all his critics left very left and right alike to tell him to get over it. Perhaps they should too. | 1Neutral
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1,698 | SIU poll: Republican Gov. Rauner Democratic candidate Pritzker lead governor races | J.B. Pritzker | Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker each lead their closest primary rival by double digits with the primary election about three weeks away a new poll from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale shows.
Internal polling in the Republican governor primary may be behind Raunerâs decision to switch TV ad tactics away from attacking Ives and back to attacking Pritzker .
The Rauner campaign launched a new ad based on an old theme a government-recorded conversation Pritzker had with now-imprisoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich over filling the U.S. Senate vacancy after Barack Obama was elected president. The recording was obtained by the Tribune which published a Feb. 5 story that included portions of the call.
The ad features Pritzker telling Blagojevich that of potential African-American politicians to replace Obama âthe one thatâs least offensive and maybe gets you the most because it gets you that secretary of state appointment is Jesse White.â
The ad ends with a photo of Pritzker and the phrase: âThe least offensive?â
White has stuck by his endorsement of Pritzker .
Rauner hits Pritzker with Blagojevich wiretap ad Pritzker responds with veterans' deaths spot »
Biss Pritzker clash over whoâs bigger Madigan ally; Kennedy sits out debate with bad back » | [TGT] each lead [TGT] closest primary rival by double digits with the primary election about three weeks away a new poll from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale shows.
Internal polling in the Republican governor primary may be behind Raunerâs decision to switch TV ad tactics away from attacking Ives and back to attacking Pritzker .
The Rauner campaign launched a new ad based on an old theme a government-recorded conversation [TGT] had with now-imprisoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich over filling the U.S. Senate vacancy after Barack Obama was elected president. The recording was obtained by the Tribune which published a Feb. 5 story that included portions of the call.
The ad features [TGT] telling Blagojevich that of potential African-American politicians to replace Obama âthe one thatâs least offensive and maybe gets you the most because it gets you that secretary of state appointment is Jesse White.â
The ad ends with a photo of [TGT] and the phrase: âThe least offensive?â
White has stuck by his endorsement of [TGT] .
Rauner hits [TGT] with Blagojevich wiretap ad [TGT] responds with veterans' deaths spot »
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1,699 | Matt Lauer Fired By NBC News After Complaint Of 'Inappropriate Sexual Behavior' : The Two | Matt Lauer | NBC News Fires Matt Lauer After Complaint Of 'Inappropriate Sexual Behavior'
NBC News says it has fired longtime Today host Matt Lauer following a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace."
"On Monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer . It represented after serious review a clear violation of our company's standards. As a result we've decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he's been at NBC News we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident."
Lauer joined Today as the news anchor in 1994 and became a co-anchor in 1997 according to NBC. He was the highest-paid person at NBC News NPR's David Folkenflik notes. | NBC News Fires [TGT] After Complaint Of 'Inappropriate Sexual Behavior'
NBC News says it has fired longtime Today host [TGT] following a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace."
"On Monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by [TGT] . It represented after serious review a clear violation of our company's standards. As a result we've decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he's been at NBC News we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. [TGT]
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1,700 | Hunter captures video of bear stealing the buck he shot moments earlier | John Wardynski | In a video posted on Facebook on Nov. 18 the bear is seen walking towards the deer rolling it over and ultimately dragging the six-point buck away. The hunter John Wardynski who shot the buck in Alcona County Mi. can be heard yelling at the bear to leave the deer alone.
"No no no â go on git. My deer. Go on " John Wardynski said to the bear in a video he posted on Facebook. The bear ignored him . "I donât know what to do now. I can't shoot the bear but he 's gonna ⦠eat my deer ... I never had this before."
Wardynski said in a Facebook post that he was checking the spot where he shot the buck when he spotted the bear.
"Turning to see the line of site of my shot there was a bear standing next to my pop up blind " he said. "The bear came down the ridge then proceeded to parallel me as I walked my blood trail. Thought it was pretty cool to see a bear that close so I started videoing with my iPhone."
As he realized the bear was heading for his deer he began "shouting whistling breaking brush. She would not leave." He even tried firing his 9mm â away from the bear â a couple times but said it started coming toward him he said in the comments.
Wardynski said in the post that this wasn't the first encounter he 's had with the bear.
Wardynski said in the post he 's been hunting for more than 50 years but had never seen something like this. He said he hoped he 'd at least be able to recover the antlers. | In a video posted on Facebook on Nov. 18 the bear is seen walking towards the deer rolling it over and ultimately dragging the six-point buck away. The hunter John Wardynski who shot the buck in Alcona County Mi. can be heard yelling at the bear to leave the deer alone.
"No no no â go on git. My deer. Go on [TGT] said to the bear in a video [TGT] posted on Facebook. The bear ignored [TGT] . "I donât know what to do now. I can't shoot the bear but he 's gonna ⦠eat my deer ... I never had this before. [TGT]
said in a Facebook post that he was checking the spot where he shot the buck when he spotted the bear.
"Turning to see the line of site of my shot there was a bear standing next to my pop up blind " he said. "The bear came down the ridge then proceeded to parallel me as I walked my blood trail. Thought it was pretty cool to see a bear that close so I started videoing with my iPhone."
As he realized the bear was heading for his deer he began "shouting whistling breaking brush. She would not leave." He even tried firing his 9mm â away from the bear â a couple times but said it started coming toward him he said in the comments.
Wardynski said in the post that this wasn't the first encounter he 's had with the bear.
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