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In the news, Tuesday, July 17, 2018


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from Alex Jones (INFOWARS.COM)
CONSPIRACY-PSEUDOSCIENCE,  LOW,  radio program and website run by Alex Jones

Democratic Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) pressured Facebook to ban Infowars during a hearing into social media censorship today on Capitol Hill. During the House Judiciary Committee inquiry into social media bias, Deutch attempted to lobby Facebook’s Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, into banning Infowars content. People may differ on their views about Infowars but this is clearly a foot in the door on censoring other Alternative Media outlets and thus Christians, patriots, conservatives, constitutionalists...etc. If they are attacking one source we must treat it as an attack on all.

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from Asia Times Online
News & Media Website

Brushing Russia probe aside, Trump, Putin lay groundwork for future talks
Leaders dismiss questions on investigation into Russian meddling; closed-door discussion touched on areas of possible cooperation, including Syria.

Trump is right about who’s to blame for bad relations with Russia
Washington’s naiveté regarding Moscow comes not from the current administration, but from previous presidents who foolishly designed to reshape Russia in America’s image.

EU, Japan put Trump on defensive with ‘historic’ trade deal
The two countries were expected to sign deal on Tuesday, sending a message that free trade lives on despite US protectionism.

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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS

CEI Report: EPA's Science Transparency Rule Makes Science Stronger
The Environmental Protection Agency uses so-called "secret science" to justify burdensome regulations on consumers. Now, the Trump Administration is considering a rule that would promote transparency of scientific data used to write major regulations.

House Bipartisan JOBS Act 3.0 Act Will Cut Red Tape for Investors, Small Companies
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will likely pass by a substantial margin a legislative package — backed by both House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) — being called the “JOBS Act 3.0.”

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from Miami Herald

Tribe begins negotiations with possible new coal plant owner
The Navajo Nation continues to press to bring back coal. The Associated Press reports President Russell Begaye told members of the Navajo Nation Council that an agreement could be ready for them to consider by October. Environmental groups have said the coal plant is not worth saving and have urged tribal officials to focus on renewable energy projects.

After almost two years of unending chaos, the only shocking thing about Donald Trump’s disastrous Helsinki press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin is that some people were apparently shocked. That suggests they expected better, which, in turn, suggests they still don’t understand what we’re dealing with. They don’t get that there’s no pivot coming, no magic moment when Trump becomes thoughtful, intelligent, presidential. He will not grow into the job, or change, or improve. What you see is what you get. What you see is what there is.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from Washington Examiner

Helsinki update: Russia ready ‘to charge’ US officials for financial ‘crimes’
Russia wants to charge former Ambassador Michael McFaul and several U.S. intelligence officials with financial crimes, Russian officials revealed Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin broached the topic during his summit with President Trump, when he offered to allow Special Counsel Robert Mueller to attend the questioning of Russian spies accused of conducting cyberattacks against the Democratic Party in 2016. In exchange, Putin’s team wants to question McFaul and at least three National Security Agency officials in connection to a case involving Bill Browder, a hedge fund manager who has led an international effort to impose sanctions on Russian officials implicated in human rights abuses.

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