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In the news, Thursday, January 16, 2020


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from Breitbart
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, American conservative news and opinion website

Seven Times the GAO Found the Obama Administration Violated Federal Law
Democrats and journalists were excited Thursday when the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a legal opinion that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had violated the Impoundment Control Act by withholding congressionally appropriated aid to Ukraine last summer. The non-binding opinion was disputed by the OMB, which released a memo last month arguing that the “programmatic” delay sought to fulfill, not oppose, congressional intent. The GAO decision, which had been requested by Democrat Senator Chris van Hollen of Maryland, disagreed, concluding that the delay had been for “policy reasons,” not “programmatic delay.” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) cited the decision in her morning press conference — though she had trouble pronouncing the word “impoundment” — and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) likewise trumpeted the GAO decision as a vindication of the House impeachment. Though the GAO works for Congress, it is not the finder of fact in impeachment cases. Moreover, it is not even clear that the Impoundment Control Act is constitution. Nevertheless, if a mere GAO finding is sufficient to justify impeachment, then President Barack Obama ought to have been impeached at least seven times over for each of the following cases in which the GAO found that the Obama administration had violated federal law.

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from The Guardian (UK)

JRR Tolkien's son Christopher dies aged 95
Christopher Tolkien, the son of Lord Of The Rings author JRR Tolkien, has died aged 95, the Tolkien Society has announced. The society, which promotes the life and works of the celebrated writer, released a short statement on Twitter to confirm the news. The statement said: “Christopher Tolkien has died at the age of 95. The Tolkien Society sends its deepest condolences to Baillie, Simon, Adam, Rachel and the whole Tolkien family.” Tolkien, who was born in Leeds in 1924, was the third and youngest son of the revered fantasy author and his wife Edith. He grew up listening to his father’s tales of Bilbo Baggins, which later became the children’s fantasy novel, The Hobbit.

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from The Inlander
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA

Odes to 11 favorite pies served at pizza spots across the Inland Northwest
In the spirit of this collection of pizza-focused content, Inlander staff and contributing writers got seriously into the details of our personal favorite pies on local menus. From well-executed takes on simple classics to international flavor mashups, the following 11 pizzas offer something for everyone.

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from Oregon Public Broadcasting- OPB

Bayocean: The Lost Resort Town That Oregon Forgot
Bayocean, "the town that fell into the sea," stands as a warning to the hubris of our ever-spreading society. If you drive to the very edge of Oregon and then get out and walk, you can stand where developers built Bayocean, what they called the “Atlantic City of the West.” It rose up in the early 1900s on a narrow sand spit that forms the western edge of Tillamook Bay. Built at a time when the West Coast was clamoring for the refined lifestyle of the Eastern Seaboard, Bayocean had a hotel, a bowling alley, a neighborhood of homes and even a small railroad. But then, in what amounts to a slow-motion disaster, it was swept away.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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