Thursday, December 8, 2016

In the news, Saturday, November 19, 2016


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from BuzzFeed
[Information from this site may not be vetted.]

This Is How You Can Stop Fake News From Spreading On Facebook
After facing intense criticism about how misinformation ran rampant on Facebook during the US election, Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is working on new measures to fight fake news. While that’s underway there’s one thing you can do on Facebook right now to help.

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

At Least Thanksgiving Is Cheaper This Year
From the annual report from the American Farm Bureau Federation on the cost of a classic holiday meal, “Thanksgiving Dinner Ticks Down to Less Than $5 Per Person”.

Why One-Size-Fits-All Infrastructure Spending Doesn't Work
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to spend twice as much on infrastructure as whatever Hillary Clinton was proposing, which at the time was $275 billion. Doubling down again in a speech after winning the election, Trump now proposes to spend a trillion dollars on infrastructure over the next ten years. America’s infrastructure needs are not nearly as serious as Trump thinks. Infrastructure more or less falls into three categories, and Trump’s one-size-fits-all plan doesn’t work very well for any of them.

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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)

Sessions: Unapologetic Defender of Religious Liberty
Known for his strong stance on immigration, the senator represents true conservative principles

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from Military Times
and Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times

Veteran hopes to help others exposed to Agent Orange
Larry Kerr is an unassuming 69-year-old Syracuse resident who doesn't particularly like attention, but he doesn't mind if his story serves as a microcosm for what he calls the "thousands and thousands of people in the same boat as me."


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from Qpolitical

It’s fair to say that until recently, most Americans had never heard of “Mike Pence.” But ironically, this relatively unknown man will soon take the second-highest office in the country.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Terrorist cell is alive in Minneapolis, U.S. judge in ISIL case says
In sentencing nine young Somali-Minnesotans on terror conspiracy charges this week, U.S. District Judge Michael Davis closed a chapter in the federal government’s long, extraordinary investigation of ISIL recruitment in Minnesota. But the full story is far from over. In nine hearings over three days before a courtroom packed with the families of the young men who sought to give their lives to ISIL, Davis repeatedly underlined a clear message: There is a terrorist cell in Minneapolis and it is still alive today.

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