Saturday, January 20, 2018

In the news, Friday, January 12, 2018


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from Asia Times Online

The history and politics behind Trump’s Jerusalem decision
US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6 surprised the international community and triggered the wrath of Palestinians and many Arab states. We do no have an absolute explanation at the moment why the president acted in this way, overthrowing traditional US policy and the international consensus on this issue, but at first sight it seems that internal calculations prevailed over other variables.

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from BBC News (UK)
LEFT-CENTER BIAS

Germany coalition talks: Merkel welcomes breakthrough
German politicians have achieved a breakthrough in talks aimed at forming a new coalition government. A blueprint for formal negotiations was agreed between Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their former coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD).

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from The Heritage Foundation
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, think tank in Washington, D.C

7 Ways Congress Can Rein in Out-of-Control Spending
Congress achieved major success in 2017 by passing the first meaningful tax reform in decades, but fell short in other areas of the budget and spending. This year, important issues loom, including defense and non-defense appropriations for the remainder of the year, the debt limit, an infrastructure plan, and health care and entitlement reforms, among others.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from Tribal Tribune
Media/News Company in Nespelem, Washington

Since Europeans: Two-thirds of Chinook lineages lost
The last people on the Columbia River you need tell that there has been a loss of salmon returning to the traditional fisheries are the tribes – especially those of the Upper Columbia where salmon have been blocked since construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in 1941.

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