In the news, Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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from Center for strategic and foreign policy studies  Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Minsk, Belarus

Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Is Alarmed by Belarusian-Western Normalization
Following predictions by Russian military intelligence (GRU) that the West wants to separate Belarus from Russia and incorporate it into the Western orbit (see EDM, February 22), Moscow’s civilian external spyagency, the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), expressed its own concerns about the ongoing normalization in diplomatic ties between Belarus and the West. And pointedly, the SVR appears to closely echo the GRU’s assessments.

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from Media Research Center (MRC)
(& CNSNews.com & NewsBusters)  RIGHT BIAS, MIXED
nonprofit media watchdog for politically conservative content analysis based in Reston, Virginia

Report: Green New Deal Would Cost More Than $70,000 Per U.S. Household in First Year

A new study by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) shows that the Green New Deal, a federal plan to allegedly combat global warming, would cost American families – in the five states studied -- more than $70,000 for electricity, upgrades in vehicles, housing, and shipping in the first year of the plan’s operation.

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from The Spokesman-Review

Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

President’s Council award recognizes ‘Sit and Be Fit’ creator
Spokane’s Mary Ann Wilson, founder of “Sit and Be Fit,” has gained recognition beyond the nationwide airing of her series on PBS stations. Wilson recently won kudos as a 2019 recipient of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Community Leadership Award. Wilson is the creator and host of the award-winning public television exercise series “Sit and Be Fit.” The program, produced at Spokane’s KSPS-TV, has aired on PBS stations since 1987.

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