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These 6 states have National Guard forces that could rival a foreign army

By artappraiser on Fri, 02/22/2019 - 4:44am |

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-6-most-powerful-us-states-ranked-by-their-national-guard-2019-2#4-ohio-4

https://t.co/TeSsv8bt5F https://t.co/G7gCIukOr5
— Warfare Solutions (@WarfareSolution) February 22, 2019

Nike stock loses $1.12bn after Zion Williamson's injury from shoe blowout

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 6:35pm |

https://www.newsweek.com/nike-stock-zion-williamson-shoe-zion-williamson-injury-duke-blue-devils-1339076

The Senator from Connecticut:

Something is really really wrong with big time college althletics. https://t.co/EyK7FzDo8f
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 21, 2019

Sheriff: Port Richey mayor shot at deputies serving warrant for illegal medical practice

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 6:27pm |

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/person-in-custody-after-shots-were-fired-at-pasco-deputies

#WEIRD: dude gets caught playing doctor without a license#WINNING: his arrest involves gunfire#FLORIDA: it's the mayorhttps://t.co/CGa1dqqsWF

IRS analyst charged in leak of Michael Cohen's bank records

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 6:21pm |

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/21/politics/michael-cohen-tax-returns/index.html

IRS analyst charged in leak of Michael Cohen's bank records @CNNPolitics https://t.co/tuthIZxsz1

How W.E.B. Du Bois Meticulously Visualized 20th-Century Black America

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 6:18pm |

The Pan-African scholar’s data visualizations about Black American progress after Emancipation have been compiled, for the first time, as a book. Review @ Hyperallergic.com, Feb. 5

The Impossible Job of Speaking Truth to Trump (on how Dan Coats has kept his job)

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 6:03pm |

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/02/dan-coats-tells-trump-truth-what-cost/583198/

“He’s kept his agency’s head down and vanished like a stick insect”: Dan Coats struggles to protect an intelligence community under attack from the president who appointed him. @kgilsinan https://t.co/oPVmQVERGK

The CRISPR twins had their brains altered

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 12:08pm |

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612997/the-crispr-twins-had-their-brains-altered/?utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=add_this&utm_content=2019-02-21

Ooops—China's CRISPR babies might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced https://t.co/a9i1T8f7SH
— Gideon Lichfield (@glichfield) February 21, 2019

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"Don’t Abolish Billionaires. Abolish bad policy instead."

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 11:53am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/opinion/billionaires-innovation.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytopinion

Interestingly argued:

Got a problem with billionaires? Egalitarian Sweden, an object of ardent progressive adoration, has more billionaires per capita than the United States, writes @willwilkinson. https://t.co/doubaZN5X6

Chicago Police chief: Smollett's motive "pissed everybody off"

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 11:15am |

https://www.cnn.com/entertainment/live-news/jussie-smollett-arrested-chicago/h_943e735c87a94f95ba3fc26aa8e0de38

1:05 minute Video @ CNN.com, 25 min. ago

Chicago police superintendent Eddie Johnson said his department was "pissed off" when they discovered Jussie Smollett's actual motive. Moments ago, Johnson said the "Empire" actor staged the attack on himself because he was unhappy with his salary. Smollett was treated as a victim until police learned more details, Johnson said....

There’s yet another Trump administration scandal brewing. And it’s a doozy.

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 2:29am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/20/theres-yet-another-trump-administration-scandal-brewing-its-doozy/?utm_term=.2618d1c42357

A report from House Democrats says Trump appointees promoted a plan to sell nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia despite national security officials' concerns.

By Paul Waldman @ The Plum Line @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 20

Unanimous Supreme Court rules states are subject to seizure limits

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 1:29am |

https://www.ajc.com/blog/jamie-dupree/unanimous-supreme-court-rules-states-are-subject-seizure-limits/Nj1qkUYWKsY1bZvT6sIudM/

By Jaimee Dupree, Cox Washington Bureau, @ AJC, 14 hrs. ago

In a historic first from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices ruled unanimously on Wednesday that the Eighth Amendment ban on excessive fines does apply to state and local governments, ruling in favor of an Indiana man who had his expensive car seized by police after he was arrested for a small amount illegal drugs.

The Catholic Church is bursting with secrets. Investigating one will unravel them all.

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 1:20am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-catholic-church-is-bursting-with-secrets-investigating-one-will-unravel-them-all/2019/02/20/ad397976-3540-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html?utm_term=.35e83b5246c6

Guest op-ed by Garry Wills (professor of history emeritus at Northwestern University; the author of “Why I Am a Catholic.”) @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 20

The byline is all you need to know as to whether it's worth a look.

House Oversight Committee says Michael Cohen will testify publicly on February 27

By artappraiser on Thu, 02/21/2019 - 12:37am |

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/20/politics/michael-cohen-public-testimony/index.htmhttps://www.cnn.com/2019/02/20/politics/michael-cohen-public-testimony/index.html?sr=twCNN022019michael-cohen-public-testimony0824PMStoryl?sr=twCNN022019michael-cohen-public-testimony0824PMStory

I asked Cohen’s attny what he’ll say? @LannyDavis responded while my cell was off: “He will pull the curtain back and we will hear true stories of Trump’s complicity in crimes, and his immoral, bigoted, and morally vacant character in specific, detailed personal anecdotes.” https://t.co/VUfJrpva8L

A Regime Conceals Its Erasure of Indigenous Armenian Culture

By artappraiser on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 7:55am |

https://hyperallergic.com/482353/a-regime-conceals-its-erasure-of-indigenous-armenian-culture/

A groundbreaking forensic report tracks Azerbaijan’s recent destruction of 89 medieval churches, 5,840 intricate cross-stones, and 22,000 tombstones.https://t.co/De0EyXGM8g

‘Insult to China’: A Model’s Freckles Spark an Online Storm

By artappraiser on Wed, 02/20/2019 - 1:12am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/world/asia/china-freckles-zara-jing-wen.html

A top model who showed her freckles in a promotional image for Zara has drawn insults in China, with some calling her bare face offensive https://t.co/1WDKwP5Yyi

Ex-Sessions spokeswoman to join CNN as political editor

By artappraiser on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 8:31pm |

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/19/sessions-sarah-isgur-cnn-political-editor-1174527

Donald Trump has derided CNN as a leading purveyor of “fake news,” and now, a recently departed administration official is joining the network in a senior rolehttps://t.co/li0XxO9rRE

How Much Trouble Could Bill Weld Cause Trump In The 2020 GOP Primary?

By artappraiser on Mon, 02/18/2019 - 2:20am |

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-bill-weld-could-shake-up-the-2020-republican-primary/

By Nathaniel Rakich @ FiveThirtyEight.com, Feb. 15

Republicans Already Are Demonizing Democrats as Socialists and Baby Killers

By artappraiser on Mon, 02/18/2019 - 12:24am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/17/us/republicans-democrats-messaging.html

NEW: Inside look at the 2020 GOP playbook: Paint Democrats as socialists, baby-killers and anti-Semites. “Socialism is the greatest vulnerability by far that the House Democrats have,” the NRCC chairman told me. https://t.co/KAtd9G5D5p

Esquire’s Cover Boy and Our Culture of Shame

By artappraiser on Sun, 02/17/2019 - 7:57pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/opinion/esquire-american-boy-cancel-culture.html

“Digital shaming is arguably the only punishment that does not have a statute of limitations. Do we really want to live in a culture like this?” https://t.co/UCQnCujTja

Read more about Esquire’s Cover Boy and Our Culture of Shame
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A key U.S. ally is close to adding swarming attack drones to its military arsenal

By artappraiser on Sun, 02/17/2019 - 4:23pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/02/15/key-us-ally-is-close-adding-swarming-attack-drones-its-military-arsenal/?utm_term=.234db024fd3b

By Aaron Greg @ WashingtonPost.com, Feb. 15

Swarms of small attack drones that confuse and overwhelm anti-aircraft defenses could soon become an important part of the modern military arsenal, Britain’s defense secretary said, something that would mark a major evolution in robot-enabled warfare.