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from Asia Times Online
In news that should surprise no one, it was reported on Thursday that the Trump administration’s own economists have found that a decision to impose unilateral tariffs on imports to the US will be bad for the economy. The findings are in line with the unanimous consensus among respected economists that such trade policy will have adverse effects on economic growth. And, as it happens, the economy is the issue on which US President Donald Trump maintains strongest support among voters. Several polls released in the last several days confirmed that the majority of Americans are not sold on the tariff policy, with most saying they were uncomfortable supporting a congressional candidate who was behind the tough trade action.
Criticizing the establishment is not an act of treason
The director-general of the ISPR‘s [Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces] latest presser can be taken as a warning to critics and dissident voices who are not ready to accept the hegemony of the military establishment in state affairs.
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from iFIBER One News
Sports Year in review: ACH wins three state titles
Almira-Coulee-Hartline (ACH) dominated in the 1B scene all year, leading to three state titles, the most ACH has ever gotten in one season. In the 1990-1991 school year the ACH Warriors won in football and boys’ basketball, but ACH has never won 3 state titles in one year.
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from The Inlander
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA
McMorris Rodgers and Brown agree that Trump's tariffs are awful for WA — so would they pass bills to stop them?
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and her opponent, Lisa Brown, agree on this much: The tariffs that Donald Trump is pursuing would be awful for Eastern Washington. Tariffs, make no mistake, are taxes. Specifically, they're taxes the government charges to businesses importing goods from certain countries. If you're a business that imports a lot of those goods from out of the country, that hurts you.
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA
McMorris Rodgers and Brown agree that Trump's tariffs are awful for WA — so would they pass bills to stop them?
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and her opponent, Lisa Brown, agree on this much: The tariffs that Donald Trump is pursuing would be awful for Eastern Washington. Tariffs, make no mistake, are taxes. Specifically, they're taxes the government charges to businesses importing goods from certain countries. If you're a business that imports a lot of those goods from out of the country, that hurts you.
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from Miami Herald
There will be few tears for Aaron Persky. California voters gave the Superior Court judge his walking papers last week. Persky, the state’s first judge to be recalled since 1932, became a target of national fury two years ago when he sentenced Brock Turner, a Stanford University student convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman after she got drunk at a party. Turner was facing up to 14 years behind bars. Persky gave him six. Months. A harsher sentence, fretted the judge, “would have a severe impact on him.” This unseemly solicitude for the welfare of a man caught in the act of digitally penetrating an unresponsive woman behind a Dumpster seemed symbolic of our national failure to take sexual assault seriously.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Bypassing summer jobs, fewer teens flip burgers
As school days wane, fewer U.S. teens are seeking traditional summer jobs in retail and kids programs, or even scooping ice cream and lifeguarding. In July 2016, the U.S. labor force participation rate for ages 16-19 was 43.2 percent, down steeply from a high of nearly 72 percent in July 1978, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report said. It projects a steeper drop by 2024, with 26 percent of teens expected to be holding summer jobs.
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All US B-1B Bombers Grounded After Mechanical Failure Causes Emergency Landing
The US Air Force’s Global Strike Command (AFGSC), tasked with overseeing every bomber fleet in the Air Force, ordered a stand-down for all its B-1B Lancers Thursday amid safety concerns with a component of their ejection seats.
Democrats in US Congress Blast Trump Over Call for Russia to Rejoin G8
President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be re-admitted to the G8 drew an immediate rebuke from prominent Democratic members of the US Congress, with one member claiming that a key G7 priority is to prevent nations from meddling in each other’s elections, according to Twitter statements.
UK Needs Trump
I am loving this row between Donald Trump and Theresa May. Donald thinks May is too politically correct and that her tone reminds him of a school mistress. Theresa May has tried to hit back by umming and ahhing and saying,“I just get on and, er, actually make sure I’m delivering what people want. That’s not, er… that’s the job for any politician”
Kremlin on Trump's Call for Russia's G8 Return: We Are Focused on Other Formats
The summit will officially start Friday in the Canadian province of Quebec and run until Saturday. US President Trump is expected to leave the summit early to fly to Singapore, skipping the climate session. Russia announced its permanent withdrawal from the G8 in 2017; the group was thereafter renamed the G7. Other G7 members have expressed the mixed reaction to the Trump's call: while Canada opposed it, Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and new Italian premier Giuseppe Conte welcomed the move, with the latter saying that "it's in everyone's interest".
Vast Majority of Turks See US, EU as Enemies - Poll
A poll conducted by the Varyans Arastirma company across 25 provinces of Turkey questioning 4,200 participants revealed that an overwhelming majority of Turks see Western nations as Turkey's enemy, despite Ankara's military alliance with Europe and the US.
Bypassing summer jobs, fewer teens flip burgers
As school days wane, fewer U.S. teens are seeking traditional summer jobs in retail and kids programs, or even scooping ice cream and lifeguarding. In July 2016, the U.S. labor force participation rate for ages 16-19 was 43.2 percent, down steeply from a high of nearly 72 percent in July 1978, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report said. It projects a steeper drop by 2024, with 26 percent of teens expected to be holding summer jobs.
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
The US Air Force’s Global Strike Command (AFGSC), tasked with overseeing every bomber fleet in the Air Force, ordered a stand-down for all its B-1B Lancers Thursday amid safety concerns with a component of their ejection seats.
President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be re-admitted to the G8 drew an immediate rebuke from prominent Democratic members of the US Congress, with one member claiming that a key G7 priority is to prevent nations from meddling in each other’s elections, according to Twitter statements.
I am loving this row between Donald Trump and Theresa May. Donald thinks May is too politically correct and that her tone reminds him of a school mistress. Theresa May has tried to hit back by umming and ahhing and saying,“I just get on and, er, actually make sure I’m delivering what people want. That’s not, er… that’s the job for any politician”
The summit will officially start Friday in the Canadian province of Quebec and run until Saturday. US President Trump is expected to leave the summit early to fly to Singapore, skipping the climate session. Russia announced its permanent withdrawal from the G8 in 2017; the group was thereafter renamed the G7. Other G7 members have expressed the mixed reaction to the Trump's call: while Canada opposed it, Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and new Italian premier Giuseppe Conte welcomed the move, with the latter saying that "it's in everyone's interest".
A poll conducted by the Varyans Arastirma company across 25 provinces of Turkey questioning 4,200 participants revealed that an overwhelming majority of Turks see Western nations as Turkey's enemy, despite Ankara's military alliance with Europe and the US.
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from The Washington Post
Newspaper in Washington, D.C.
NATO is once again practicing for the worst
It is no secret that, looked at from a greater distance, the Western alliance is in deep trouble, maybe never more so than this weekend. The American president has used a Group of Seven meeting to stage a public fight with Canada and his European allies; he has set out, deliberately, to undermine Western trade. A part of the European political class is already asking whether Russia might be a better partner than the United States. For the foreseeable future, the news coming out about U.S.-European relations is going to be bad — maybe very bad.
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