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What’s widening the political gap between rural and urban America? Culture, a new poll shows.

By artappraiser on Sat, 06/17/2017 - 11:33am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/rural-america/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_ruralpoll-1102am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.91c7c07b84d9

By Jose A. DelReal and Scott Clement @ WashingtonPost.com, June 17.

‘Death, death, red death’: Residents of Mosul’s Old City brace for the militants’ last stand

By artappraiser on Sat, 06/17/2017 - 11:14am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/mosuls-old-city-waits-for-salvation-amiddeath-death-death/2017/06/16/d881d082-4add-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_story.html

By Loveday Morris & Mustafa Salim @ WashingtonPost.com, June 15

As Islamic State fighters fortify positions in the last square mile that they control in this Iraqi city, terrified families trapped in basements expect a ferocious climax to an eight-month battle described by one U.S.

The Controversy Over Inflation; “This is one of the most important questions facing monetary policy.”

By artappraiser on Fri, 06/16/2017 - 1:02am |

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/the-controversy-over-inflation/530484/

By Annie Lowrey @ TheAtlantic.com, June 15

Serbia Appoints First Gay and Female Prime Minister

By artappraiser on Fri, 06/16/2017 - 12:57am |

https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/serbia-appoints-first-gay-and-female-prime-minister/530556/

@TheAtlantic.com, June 15

The announcement is particularly noteworthy, given the nation’s longstanding conservatism—but experts fear it could do little to effect social change.

French politician left unconscious while out campaigning, after attack for being a "shitty bobo"

By artappraiser on Fri, 06/16/2017 - 12:40am |

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/15/french-female-politician-left-unconscious-while-out-campaigning

By Kim Willsher from Paris @ TheGuardian.com. June 15

'Staggering' loss of civilian life from US-led airstrikes in Raqqa, says UN

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 3:43am |

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/14/staggering-civilian-deaths-from-us-led-airstrikes-in-raqqa-says-un

War crimes investigators say US-backed campaign to reclaim Syrian city from Islamic State has led to at least 300 deaths

By Kareem Shaheem in Istanbul for Guardian.com, June 14

UN war crimes investigators have denounced a “staggering loss of civilian life” caused by the US-backed campaign to reclaim Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State.

UPS worker kills three colleagues in San Francisco, turns gun on himself

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 3:17am |

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-shooting-idUSKBN1952G3

By Emmett Berg @ Reuters, June 14

(China's) Jack Ma's Libertarian Talk Approaches Red Line

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 3:03am |

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-14/jack-ma-s-libertarian-talk-approaches-red-line

Is Alibaba's founder playing with fire or toeing the line?

By Lulu Yilun Chen @ Bloomberg Technology, June 14

The New Face of Russian Resistance

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 2:46am |

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/06/14/the-new-face-of-russian-resistance/

By Masha Gessen @ NY Review Daily, June 14

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Ex-Traders in Britain to Face Currency-Rigging Charges in U.S.

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 2:32am |

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/business/dealbook/currency-usd-trader-britain-exchange.html

By Chad Bray @ DealBook @ nytimes.com, June 13

LONDON — Three former traders in Britain have agreed to travel to the United States to face criminal charges that they were part of a conspiracy to rig foreign currency markets.

An inferno seemingly from another time or place kills 12 in London

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/15/2017 - 12:19am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/london-high-rise-fire-leaves-multiple-people-dead-dozens-injured-and-others-missing/2017/06/14/149bc112-50cf-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_londonfire-6pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.c274e2e97c94

The below is from the slideshow at the Washington Post story link. There are many photo groupings of it out there; if you don't want to use a WaPo click on it, take a minute to find one and check out what happened. This wasn't just any old fire, it was hell.

Firefighters rest as they take a break. Matt Dunham/AP

Senate overwhelmingly votes to curtail Trump’s power to ease Russia sanctions

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/14/2017 - 11:52pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-overwhelming-votes-to-curtail-trumps-power-to-ease-up-on-russia-sanctions/2017/06/14/8c02d73a-5134-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html?utm_term=.f599ed65ee02

@ WashingtonPost.com, June 14, 6:12 pm

[....] The vote of 97 to 2 is a sharp rebuke to President Trump’s posture on Russia and his resistance to the intelligence community’s assessment that the country was behind efforts to influence the election he won.

The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/14/2017 - 9:45pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-nsa-has-linked-the-wannacry-computer-worm-to-north-korea/2017/06/14/101395a2-508e-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.05304ce3806e

By Ellen Nakashima @ WashingtonPost.com, June 14

Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/14/2017 - 9:10pm |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/special-counsel-is-investigating-trump-for-possible-obstruction-of-justice/2017/06/14/9ce02506-5131-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html

The move by Robert S. Mueller III to investigate President Trump’s own conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation.

By Devlin Barrett, Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima & Sari Horwitz @ WashingtonPost.com, 2 hours ago

Inside the Algorithm That Tries to Predict Gun Violence in Chicago

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/14/2017 - 7:50pm |

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/upshot/what-an-algorithm-reveals-about-life-on-chicagos-high-risk-list.html

By Jeff Asher and Rob Arthur @ The Upshot blog @ NYTimes.com, June 13

I read yesterday and found it intriguing that the authors conclude it is not ready for primetime yet, should still be "buyer beware" but promising...decided to go to my browser history and post it now because today's news put guns back on the news radar:

Nearly 200 Congressional Democrats to file emoluments lawsuit against Trump

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/14/2017 - 12:37am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congressional-democrats-to-file-emoluments-lawsuit-against-trump/2017/06/13/270e60e6-506d-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html

Shamed into it by DC & MD attorneys general? (DC Atty. Gen. told WaPo June 12 that “We’re getting in here to be the check and balance that it appears Congress is unwilling to be”. ) At the very least: "gone viral", or "doh why didn't we think of this sooner?"

Senate Reaches Bipartisan Agreement on Trump-Proof Russia Sanctions

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/13/2017 - 5:01am |

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/senate-reaches-agreement-on-trump-proof-russia-sanctions.html

The legislation would further sanction Russia and allow Congress to review potential White House efforts to ease the penalties.

By Caroline Bankoff @ Daily Intelligencer @ NYMag.com, June 13

Dennis Rodman is on his way to North Korea. Was he sent by Trump?

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/13/2017 - 4:21am |

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dennis-rodman-is-on-his-way-to-north-korea-was-he-sent-by-trump/2017/06/12/5c9c19cc-4fd9-11e7-a973-3dae94ed3eb7_story.html?utm_term=.472c8b4c962a

By Anna Fifield @ WashingtonPost.com, June 12 at 10:32 PM

TOKYO — Former Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman is traveling to North Korea on Tuesday and hopes to meet Kim Jong Un, according to associates, at a time when President Trump is said to be trying to set up a secret channel to North Korea.

Obamacare is in real danger

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/13/2017 - 1:39am |

https://www.vox.com/health-care/2017/6/12/15771872/obamacare-is-in-real-danger

By Sarah Kliff @ Vox.com, June 12

The Affordable Care Act is in deep trouble — in Washington and large swaths of the country.

[.....] across the nation, health insurance plans are beginning to flee the Obamacare marketplace. They’ve cited the uncertainty around the health care law’s future, sown by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration. The number of counties with zero health plans signed up to sell 2018 coverage keeps growing [....]

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Reporter April Ryan: There Is ‘Mass Hysteria’ in the White House Over Possible Mueller Firing

By artappraiser on Tue, 06/13/2017 - 1:12am |

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/april-ryan-there-is-mass-hysteria-in-the-white-house-over-possible-mueller-firing/

By Josh Feldman @ Mediaite.com, June 12, 7:39 pm

American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent and CNN political analyst April Ryan said on CNN tonight she’s heard from a source there is “mass hysteria” in the White House over the possibility of President Trump firing special counsel Robert Mueller.