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from Asia Times Online
Trump is looking for negotiations that bring results — not conflict
Don't get riled about reports of Trump's forthcoming 'trade wars', watch the markets, they tell a different story.
Three things stand out in the respective readouts on the phone conversation between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. One, they do not contradict each other in content, while the Russian readout is a more detailed version. Two, there is absolutely no trace of the grandstanding – or itch for ‘one-upmanship’ – that characterised the recent readouts of Russian-American presidential exchanges during the Barack Obama administration. Three, both readouts have been couched in a positive tone that would have seemed unthinkable against the backdrop of the stormy relations in the final lap of the lame duck president.
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from BBC News (UK)
As ‘dry January’ comes to an end, Susie Dent looks back at the long and colourful relationship between alcohol and the English language.
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
The U.K. Thinks the Term 'Expectant Mothers' Could Offend Trans People
The British Medical Association published a language guide that instructs staff to refer to pregnant women as “pregnant people” instead of “expectant mothers” to avoid offending transgender people--even though only biological women can become pregnant. According to the British Medical Association’s “Guide to Effective Communication: Inclusive Language in the Workplace” published in 2016, “A large majority of people that have been pregnant or have given birth identify as women. We can include intersex men and transmen who may get pregnant by saying ‘pregnant people’ instead of ‘expectant mothers.”
Reality Check: Trump, Refugees, and the Crazy Liberal Freakout
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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
Agencies’ rules and regulations surged during Barack Obama’s last year, helping create a Federal Register 20 percent larger than the prior record. Bureaus and the former president rejoiced. However, the national election we just had has brought careerist bureaucratic priorities into severe conflict with a new president’s preferences.
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will use the Congressional Review Act to consider a joint resolution of disapproval aimed at eliminating the Department of Interior’s Stream Protection Rule, a coal mining regulation issued under the Obama Administration.
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will use the Congressional Review Act to consider a joint resolution of disapproval, sponsored by Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), aimed at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ‘‘Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers” rule. CEI supports the elimination of this harmful rule that is the second attempt to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The rule would force publicly-traded U.S. energy companies to disclose in their financial filings any payments to foreign governments. The rule, and the provision of the law on which it is based, stigmatizes routine payments such as fees to foreign governments by putting them in the same category as bribes of foreign officials.
Last October, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency reached a settlement with Volkswagen over Clean Air Act violations attendant to the company’s installation of “defeat devices” on almost 500,000 cars sold in the U.S. The agreement includes a stipulation that VW work with EPA to invest $1.2 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure.
The real problem isn’t these chemicals – it’s dumb classification systems and the misleading impact of “right to know” laws
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from Conservative Review
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
3 REASONS WHY THE LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP IS NOTHING BUT FAUX MORAL OUTRAGE
A lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) claims President Donald Trump is violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Not only does CREW lack standing to bring the suit, but there is also virtually no constitutional basis for the claim.
3 REASONS WHY THE LAWSUIT AGAINST TRUMP IS NOTHING BUT FAUX MORAL OUTRAGE
A lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) claims President Donald Trump is violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Not only does CREW lack standing to bring the suit, but there is also virtually no constitutional basis for the claim.
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from The Daily Beast
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Jon Stewart Rips Apart President Trump: ‘The New Official Language of the United States Is Bullshit’
The former ‘Daily Show’ host came out of hiding on Tuesday to give his take on the first 11 days under President Trump.
Jon Stewart Rips Apart President Trump: ‘The New Official Language of the United States Is Bullshit’
The former ‘Daily Show’ host came out of hiding on Tuesday to give his take on the first 11 days under President Trump.
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In conversation with ABC News in his first televised interview since taking office, President Donald Trump spoke in strikingly frank terms about the possible use of torture as a tool for interrogation. “I have spoken as recently as twenty-four hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence,” Trump said. “And I asked them the question, ‘Does it work? Does torture work?’ And the answer was, ‘Yes, absolutely.’” What’s immediately striking here is the open use of a word—“torture”—that is eschewed in official conversation by most of those who support what it describes. Under the Bush administration, the American government admitted to practicing “enhanced interrogation.”
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from Forbes
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from The Heritage Foundation
Iran’s Ballistic Missile Test Defies UN, Trump Administration
The more things change, the more they stay the same. On Sunday, Iran “welcomed” President Donald Trump into office by conducting a medium-range ballistic missile test in defiance of United Nations Resolution 2231, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (i.e. the Iran nuclear deal) and lifted nuclear-related sanctions on Iran.
How Republicans Can Break a Supreme Court Filibuster
The two-speech rule would limit Democratic speeches and force a vote on the president's nominee.
Keeping America Safe Involves Morally Difficult Decisions
It is quite rare for governments to be able to craft a policy that contains no moral complexities. When it comes to national security policy, this is especially so.
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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]
Florida Congressman Drafts Bill To ‘Completely Abolish’ The EPA
And here you thought Donald Trump’s plans would devastate the agency.
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Florida Congressman Drafts Bill To ‘Completely Abolish’ The EPA
And here you thought Donald Trump’s plans would devastate the agency.
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from Intellectual Takeout
Nonprofit Organization in Bloomington, Minnesota
People of Color Can't Be Racist Says New College Guide
The idea that people of color cannot be racist is not a new idea. (I learned it as a college freshman in a “Race, Gender, Class” course 20 years ago.) But I’m somewhat surprised to see it has made its way from classroom theory to official educational handbooks. There is some disagreement on what racism actually is. So let's look at the history.
People of Color Can't Be Racist Says New College Guide
The idea that people of color cannot be racist is not a new idea. (I learned it as a college freshman in a “Race, Gender, Class” course 20 years ago.) But I’m somewhat surprised to see it has made its way from classroom theory to official educational handbooks. There is some disagreement on what racism actually is. So let's look at the history.
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from Military Times
and Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Don't compare incomes today to incomes of long-ago time periods. The wealth and choices available to income-earners has changed drastically over time.
CBS reports that "California may prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, creating a border-to-border sanctuary in the nation’s largest state as legislative Democrats ramp up their efforts to battle President Donald Trump’s migration policies." California says it may refuse to enforce federal immigration laws. But why stop with immigration laws? Many other federal laws should be ignored, too.
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from NBC News (& affiliates)
Warren Buffett purchased $12 billion of stock since Trump election victory
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett revealed he beefed up his stock portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway after Donald Trump's election win. In an interview with talk show host Charlie Rose that aired Friday, Buffett said, "We've, net, bought $12 billion of common stocks since the election." Buffett added it was "in large part" his decision.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from Trains Magazine
This past Thursday was a special day on the BNSF Scenic Sub in Washington State. It was the first usage of the BNSF snow dozer in the past few years after a near record snowfall for the season in the Cascades. It had been a few years since the snow dozer was used on Stevens Pass due to lighter than normal snowfalls the previous winters.
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from United States Constitution
News/Media Website
On Monday’s episode of Fox & Friends co-founder of “The Muslim Reform Movement,” Asra Nomani, spoke out in defense of President Donald Trump and his recent executive order pressing pause on immigration from certain Muslim majority countries. It’s not just Ms. Nomani who argues that many Muslims support the President’s order, the Independent Journal Review also asked Johnny Walker, a former Iraqi soldier who worked very closely with the American Sniper, Chris Kyle, about the order.
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from The Washington Post
Trump picks Colo. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
President Trump nominated Colorado federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, opting in the most important decision of his young presidency for a highly credentialed favorite of the conservative legal establishment to fill the opening created last year by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism) [Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Senate Democrats Boycott Key Votes On Trump Nominees
Amid rising turmoil among party lines, Senate Democrats boycotted hearings Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s nominees for secretaries of the treasury and health, Steven Mnuchin and Thomas Price, respectively.
(Western Journalism) [Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Senate Democrats Boycott Key Votes On Trump Nominees
Amid rising turmoil among party lines, Senate Democrats boycotted hearings Tuesday for President Donald Trump’s nominees for secretaries of the treasury and health, Steven Mnuchin and Thomas Price, respectively.
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