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The Middle East’s Great Divide Is Not Sectarianism

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 2:48am |

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-middle-easts-great-divide-is-not-sectarianism

By Hussein Agha & Robert Malley @ "News Desk" @ NewYorker.com, March 11

How Hawkish Is the Chinese Public? Another Look at “Rising Nationalism” and Chinese Foreign Policy

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 2:34am |

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10670564.2019.1580427?tokenDomain=eprints&tokenAccess=Pr8ThruXmgZpf3QRf68r&forwardService=showFullText&target=10.1080%2F10670564.2019.1580427&doi=10.1080%2F10670564.2019.1580427&doi=10.1080%2F10670564.2019.1580427&doi=10.1080%2F10670564.2019.1580427&journalCode=cjcc20

A number of surveys finds that Chinese people tend to have hawkish foreign policy attitudes, and that younger Chinese people are more hawkish than older ones...https://t.co/9mG20OZMJq
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) March 12, 2019

Gaming the log

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 1:53am |

One of the myriad ways to become a "Hit of The Day" on Dagblog, among other things:

On 'splainin'

By artappraiser on Tue, 03/12/2019 - 1:16am |

If you haven't already read this poem on 'splaining, please do!

Excerpt:
"I am sorry that when we met
All I was good for
Was your assertion of dominance
A canvas for your insecurity
Which is frankly an underutilisation of my skills and my intellect"https://t.co/3wSjS8W077

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Former V.P. Cheney challenges Pence at private retreat, compares Trump’s foreign policy to Obama’s approach

By artappraiser on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 7:09pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-vice-president-cheney-challenges-pence-on-trumps-foreign-policy/2019/03/11/ecddbff6-4436-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html?utm_term=.ce35427d6611

By Robert Costa & Ashley Parker @ WashingtonPost.com, March 11

Pelosi Comes Out Against Impeaching Trump: ‘He’s Just Not Worth It’

By artappraiser on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 7:04pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/03/11/feature/nancy-pelosi-on-impeaching-president-trump-hes-just-not-worth-it/?utm_term=.73023e914313

By Joe Heim for the Washington Post Magazine, March 11

In a wide-ranging exclusive interview, the country’s most powerful Democrat said that Trump is unfit to be president — “ethically,” “intellectually” and “curiosity-wise” — but that impeachment would be too divisive.

Black Lawmakers to Block Legalized Marijuana in N.Y. if Their Communities Don’t Benefit

By artappraiser on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 6:59pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/nyregion/marijuana-legalization-african-americans.html

By Vivian Wang & Jeffery C. Mays @ NYTimes.com, March 11

Critics say marijuana legalization has fostered an inequitable system in which wealthy, white investors often reap the profits.
Lawmakers in New York say that unless people of color are guaranteed a share of what could be a $3 billion industry, there may be no legalization this year.

Hufsa Kamal: Pakistani-American. England born, Tennessee raised. I help make TV happen on @FoxNews.

By artappraiser on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 12:43am |

https://twitter.com/hufkat

@JudgeJeanine can you stop spreading this false narrative that somehow Muslims hate America or women who wear a hijab aren’t American enough? You have Muslims working at the same network you do, including myself. K thx. https://t.co/ZfKhRhlvM3

People in open-concept homes are realizing the walls were there for a reason

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 9:44pm |

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/03/06/miss-walls-cry-for-help-from-woman-living-home-with-open-floor-plan/qLl9QX8REvsQ5gKmaeCvFL/story.html

The future of home reno shows is pairs of charismatic designers undoing the last ten years of home reno shows.https://t.co/KDTsva2D3G
— Jonathan Valuckas (@Valuckesque) March 11, 2019

Saudi-funded lobbyist paid for 500 rooms at Trump’s hotel after 2016 election

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 7:24pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/saudi-funded-lobbyist-paid-for-500-rooms-at-trumps-hotel-after-2016-election/2018/12/05/29603a64-f417-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html?utm_term=.5e245928059b

Money shapes Middle East policy.
For over a century that money has come from OIL.
Hotel Emolumentum is a variation on that theme.
We indulge anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, destroy our planet and coddle dictators because they have OIL.
Let’s stop.https://t.co/3dBAjHWCYU

When The Commander in Chief Is ‘Unfit,’ What’s a General to Do? Jim Mattis’ Resignation Was Just a Beginning

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 7:15pm |

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jim-mattis-resignation-was-just-a-beginning-when-the-commander-in-chief-is-unfit-whats-a-general-to-do

Now Trump wants alliances to be protection rackets. The Mattis resignation in protest last year reflected disgust among officers trying to defend the U.S. That’s only gotten worse.

By James Kitfield @ DailyBeast.com, March 10

Anti-Maduro demonstrators jam Venezuelan streets despite blackouts

By artappraiser on Sun, 03/10/2019 - 5:14am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/demonstrators-jam-venezuela-anti-government-protest-despite-blackout/2019/03/09/75c328c0-404e-11e9-85ad-779ef05fd9d8_story.html?utm_term=.1e11b5799c37

By Mary Beth Sheridan @ WashingtonPost.com, March 9, 6:04 pm

CARACAS, Venezuela — Thousands of people streamed to anti-government demonstrations in Caracas and other cities Saturday, despite a heavy police presence and a new round of blackouts that closed the metro in the capital and shut down social media.

Trump goes after 'nut job' Coulter: I am winning on the border

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 8:23pm |

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/433356-trump-goes-after-nutjob-coulter-i-am-winning-on-the-border

Fun schadenfreude Saturday diversion, currently #1 most popular story @ TheHill.com. The related tweets are copied there so you don't have to add clicks to either nut job feed.

A Harvard Law School Professor Defends His Decision to Represent Harvey Weinstein

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 3:39am |

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a-harvard-law-school-professor-defends-his-decision-to-represent-harvey-weinstein

Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., the first African-American faculty dean at Harvard, has joined Harvey Weinstein’s defense team, a decision that has landed him in an escalating controversy.

By Isaac Chotiner @ NewYorker.com, March 7

Probing the ‘White People’ Rant That Roiled Columbia

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 3:23am |

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/03/columbia-white-people-rant/579259/

I spoke with Julian von Abele, who insists his words were taken out of context.

By Conor Friedersdorf @ TheAtlantic.com, March 8

Venezuela blackout caused by 'US attack', defence minister claims

By artappraiser on Sat, 03/09/2019 - 3:13am |

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/venezuela-blackout-caused-by-us-attack-defence-minister-says

By Tom Phillips in Mexico City & Patricia Torres in Caracas @ The Guardian.com, March 8

Journalism in Hollywood

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 12:21pm |

https://www.cjr.org/special_report/on-screen-journalism-in-hollywood.php/attachment/journalism-hollywood-1

Love that CJR is going there! In the end, what is done in this little world probably affects us all far more than "serious" journalism:

In Hollywood, journalists are brave, sexy, and often drunk. Graphing the depictions we love—and love to hate. https://t.co/bqZrcoZVn6 via @cjr
— CJR (@CJR) March 8, 2019

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Bill Shine out at the White House

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 11:50am |

https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1104062195774775298

snapshot of Press Release at Time O'Brien tweet:

Bill Shine out at the White House pic.twitter.com/7pcVwMPk3m
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 8, 2019

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Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 10:38am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-amazon.html

Scoop: Elizabeth Warren will today announce a detailed plan to break up big tech companies including Amazon, Google, and Facebook ahead of her New York City rally in Queens. Plan would also unwind recent big tech mergers like Facebook/Insta, Google/Wazehttps://t.co/4JTMFsH2Ha

White House leak to House Dems on Jared and Ivanka's clearances

By artappraiser on Fri, 03/08/2019 - 10:24am |

https://www.axios.com/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-security-clearance-leak-0a312b92-4a2d-4a70-a7fa-7fb7980d5305.html

These are Kushner and Ivanka’s internal personnel docs.. NYT was first to quote from them. New development is that Oversight has obtained through admin leak. https://t.co/8ALQlp9UTQ