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Boris Johnson and the limits of journalism

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 3:05pm |

https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/boris-johnson.php

This has to be one of the most interesting and amusing stories I’ve read in a while. Very well-written. https://t.co/uM9uOhXs3y
— Abhijeet Mukherjee (@abhijeetmk) June 20, 2019

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Should America pay reparations for slavery? Ta-Nehisi Coates v Coleman Hughes

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:44am |

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/19/reparations-slavery-ta-nehisi-coates-v-coleman-hughes

@ TheGuardian.com, June 19

At a congressional hearing on reparations on Tuesday, two black writers offered strikingly different visions of America’s racial legacy. Here is the full text of their testimonies

Will wonders never cease? WSJ publishes op-ed by NYTimes' Publisher

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 11:01pm |

https://www.wsj.com/articles/accusing-the-new-york-times-of-treason-trump-crosses-a-line-11560985187?shareToken=st745c4978cffd49859f18e7032a696e3b&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

There is no WSJ firewall on this piece tonight using the link I got off Twitter (just x-out the subscription ad)

Accusing the New York Times of ‘Treason,’ Trump Crosses a Line

The Founders considered it the gravest of crimes. Tossing the charge around is irresponsible and wrong.

By A.G. Sulzberger, June 19, 6:59PM ET

Deutsche Bank Faces Criminal Investigation for Potential Money-Laundering Lapses

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 7:53pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/business/deutsche-bank-money-laundering-trump.html

By David Enrich, Ben Protess & William K. Rashbaum @ NYTimes.com, June 19

Federal authorities are investigating whether Deutsche Bank complied with laws meant to stop money laundering and other crimes, the latest government examination of potential misconduct at one of the world’s largest and most troubled banks, according to seven people familiar with the inquiry.

Felix Sater set to testify before House Intel panel on Friday

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 7:44pm |

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/19/felix-sater-testify-house-intel-1372376

New: Felix Sater will testify behind closed doors on Friday. Lawmakers insisted on it being private because the subjects are sensitive and concern national security issues, including Sater’s previous work as an undercover asset for the DIA on Russia issues https://t.co/SlRB1baRpH

Buttigieg Tells Police Recruits of the Burden of Racial Injustice

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 7:39pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/us/politics/buttigieg-police-south-bend.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur

Pete Buttigieg acknowledged to reporters that he had only a “theoretical” understanding of the charged issue of race and policing when he took office as South Bend's mayor 8 years ago https://t.co/IGvptjzqYQ

Misguided ‘Second Amendment Protection Acts’ Have the Opposite Effect of Their Intent

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 7:37pm |

https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/misguided-second-amendment-protection-acts-have-opposite-effect-their-intent

State legislators seems to think they can override federal gun laws. They can’t. https://t.co/Yoa3343KKc
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) June 19, 2019

Joy Harjo Named U.S. Poet Laureate

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 6:47pm |

@ Poets & Writers, June 19

Today the Library of Congress announced that Joy Harjo will be the next U.S. poet laureate. Harjo, who is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, is the first Native American poet to serve as laureate. She will begin her term on September 19, succeeding poet Tracy K. Smith.

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Hundreds of Chinese and Bangladeshi labourers in deadly clashes at Beijing-backed power plant near Dhaka

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 5:03pm |

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3015182/hundreds-chinese-and-bangladeshi-labourers-deadly-clashes

Bernie slams Democrats' 'corporate wing' as it warms to Warren

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 4:43pm |

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/19/sanders-warren-2020-election-1370530

Bernie Sanders slams Democrats' “corporate wing” as it warms to Warren https://t.co/EtRXc3lThQ
— POLITICO (@politico) June 19, 2019

Here we go again?

MH17: the four Russian-backed separatists named as suspects

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 3:06pm |

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/19/mh17-suspects-dutch-reveal-backgrounds-of-ukraine-separatists

Russia will be harboring at least four suspects in the murder of 298 people. Some are in hiding, but many are not. Strelkov lives openly in Moscow. We reached Dubinsky by phone in a few hours. All defiant, knowing Russia would never give them up for trial. https://t.co/LdtRsbSkYv

UN report says Khashoggi killing was "deliberate, premeditated execution"

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/19/2019 - 12:59pm |

https://www.axios.com/jamal-khashoggi-death-un-report-saudi-arabia-46c5d5c6-5fb7-4160-b176-2038bee006ba.html

By Orion Rummler @ Axios.com, 6 hrs. ago

Thinking of spending the $10 for this article

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 11:38pm |

Meantime I'm parking the link to the abstract here:

Humans adapt to social diversity over time: "humans are initially inclined to react negatively to threats to homogeneity, but these negative effects are compensated in long term by beneficial effects of intergroup contact" https://t.co/0A4GRBoV2O

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Dems to grill Hope Hicks on alleged Trump obstruction

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 5:22pm |

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/18/hope-hicks-donald-trump-obstruction-1368197

Judiciary Dems will grill Hope Hicks tomorrow on five specific obstruction episodes detailed in the Mueller report, in addition to the hush-money payments under investigation by SDNY.https://t.co/FqIqYBjEIn

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China's unmanned store boom ends as quickly as it began

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 4:14pm |

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/China-s-unmanned-store-boom-ends-as-quickly-as-it-began?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=IC+V2min&utm_content=FBorganicBiz+post&fbclid=IwAR0vjPUJALDgWkczKLkXkWAJ7127Qu8JcehLy1iYawt_veXov5hM-4RN4bM

A recent instance where robots failed to replace humans:https://t.co/eZV3KW5vqo
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) June 18, 2019

Saving face: How Donald Trump silenced the people who could expose his business failures

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 4:09am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/06/14/feature/how-donald-trump-silenced-the-people-who-could-expose-his-business-failures/

by Jonathan Greenberg, a freelance investigative journalist, author of “America 2034: Utopia Rising..”

History will record Donald Trump as our greatest business and political fraud. He did it in business by silencing the people who could expose his business failures. Can we get him out off office before he drains Ft. Knox? Amazing article of his deceptions! https://t.co/wsKBIZPxTs

Supreme Court rules in case watched for impact on Trump pardons

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 1:35am |

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/17/supreme-court-trump-pardons-1365952

New today: In a 7-2 ruling, the justices declined to disturb a longstanding legal principle known as dual sovereignty, which allows state governments to bring their own charges against defendants already tried or convicted in federal court, or vice versa...https://t.co/fjOtisWLXj

Supreme Court Hands Democrats A Win On Racial Gerrymandering In Virginia

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 1:30am |

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/17/733389132/supreme-court-hands-democrats-a-win-on-racial-gerrymandering-in-virginia

BREAKING: Supreme Court Hands Democrats a Win on Racial Gerrymandering in Virginia! Strange bedfellows as the 5-4 majority was Ginsburg with liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, as well as conservatives Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.https://t.co/ImjNk5LWgS

What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 1:21am |

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/

William Langewiesche, on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: https://t.co/WIZGx3dyMt.
— David Gura (@davidgura) June 17, 2019

Biden slams critics of working with GOP: 'Why don't you all go home then, man?'

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 1:05am |

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/17/politics/joe-biden-dismisses-2020-critics-of-bipartisan-approach/index.html

By Eric Bradner & Dan Merica @ CNN.com, June 17

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday forcefully pushed back against criticism that he is naïve to think Democrats can work with Republicans in Congress after President Donald Trump leaves office [....]