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from Asia Times Online
The US president's opponents in the the upper chamber aim to overturn his carefully constructed compromise with Beijing over the Chinese telecom giant ZTE
$19 billion has been withdrawn from from India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan since January
The Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements says Bitcoin and similar fintech projects are merely Ponzi schemes
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from Conciliar Post
Last time, I covered approaching the topic of illegal immigration (specifically the recent surge of unaccompanied minors across the U.S.-Mexico border) with compassion rather than fear. Today I will discuss turning that compassion into action and what that looks like on a local level.
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from First Things
Religious conservatives have no organizations to rival those of the Left in money and power—but we do have on our side the truth of our beliefs and the laws of nature and of nature’s God. We just need to articulate them forthrightly in the public square.
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from Gizmodo
Public Service Announcement : if this law passes the European Parliament next month, we will have to BLOCK all 28 EU countries, or cease operation altogether, as will many others. Europeans, contact your MEPs and urge them to vote against this dumb law. Nearly everyone who knows anything about the internet, including the people who built it, are opposed to it.
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from Intellectual Takeout
Nonprofit Organization in Bloomington, Minnesota
Pew: 3 in 4 Americans Have Trouble Discerning Between Fact and Opinion
A few years ago, the ACT released a study showing that K-12 teachers and college instructors believe discerning between fact and opinion is one of the most important things students can learn. Unfortunately, less than 20 percent of first-year college students are able to tell the difference between these two items. As it turns out, discerning between fact and opinion doesn’t appear to be the sole problem of millennials. According to a recent Pew report, other Americans struggle with this task as well. Pew explains: “A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,035 U.S. adults examines a basic step in that process: whether members of the public can recognize news as factual – something that’s capable of being proved or disproved by objective evidence – or as an opinion that reflects the beliefs and values of whoever expressed it.”
Pew: 3 in 4 Americans Have Trouble Discerning Between Fact and Opinion
A few years ago, the ACT released a study showing that K-12 teachers and college instructors believe discerning between fact and opinion is one of the most important things students can learn. Unfortunately, less than 20 percent of first-year college students are able to tell the difference between these two items. As it turns out, discerning between fact and opinion doesn’t appear to be the sole problem of millennials. According to a recent Pew report, other Americans struggle with this task as well. Pew explains: “A new Pew Research Center survey of 5,035 U.S. adults examines a basic step in that process: whether members of the public can recognize news as factual – something that’s capable of being proved or disproved by objective evidence – or as an opinion that reflects the beliefs and values of whoever expressed it.”
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.Gowdy Shreds IG’s Reasons for Ignoring ‘Textbook’ Bias
Oversight committee chairman leads penetrating critique of watchdog's rationale for saying FBI partiality kept Clinton out of jail
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from Miami Herald
Illegals” have faces. This is what Republicans are learning to their chagrin amid mounting international outrage over the new policy of separating immigrant children from their families at our southern border. For years, the party has pretended otherwise. It has denied undocumented immigrants their personhood, casting them instead as an abstract threat — rape! gangs! murder! — against anyone who makes the mistake of compassion. Now reality is blasting through that xenophobic fiction like a comet through a sandcastle. The president lies about whose fault the policy is because he has no honor. The secretary of Homeland Security defends it because she has no shame. The attorney general uses scripture to justify it because he has no soul. But none of it is a match for the agonized cries and anguished faces of little kids being torn from their families — by us. The sounds and sights are so painful, even Republicans are turning away.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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Russian Embassy in DC Slams US Demands to Release People Convicted of Terrorism
The United States has no "moral right" to demand from Russia a release of people convicted of terrorism, taking into account the fact Washington has been conducting continuing "hunt" for the Russians in third countries, the Russian Embassy in the United States said on Tuesday.
Palestinian Migrant Who Attacked Jews in Berlin Over Kippas Faces Court
A young man is on trial in Germany after a video filmed back in April emerged on the web showing him attacking people wearing kippas — traditional Jewish skullcaps – in the middle of Berlin.
2,192 Days of Confinement: Assange's 6 Years in Ecuadorian Embassy in Numbers
June 19 marks six years since the founder of WikiLeaks entered the building of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. He hasn't stepped foot outside it since.
Trump's Approval Rating Hits Record High - Poll
US President Donald Trump's approval rating hit record high level of 45 percent during his presidency, a new Gallup Poll revealed on Tuesday.
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
The United States has no "moral right" to demand from Russia a release of people convicted of terrorism, taking into account the fact Washington has been conducting continuing "hunt" for the Russians in third countries, the Russian Embassy in the United States said on Tuesday.
A young man is on trial in Germany after a video filmed back in April emerged on the web showing him attacking people wearing kippas — traditional Jewish skullcaps – in the middle of Berlin.
June 19 marks six years since the founder of WikiLeaks entered the building of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. He hasn't stepped foot outside it since.
US President Donald Trump's approval rating hit record high level of 45 percent during his presidency, a new Gallup Poll revealed on Tuesday.
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