Wednesday, August 16 Welcome to Editors’ Picks, FP’s round-up of the day’s best articles. Today, we look at Berliners condemning the neo-Nazis who marched on Charlottesville, Virginia, accusations that the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen killed hundreds of children, and whether Germany’s car industry is deflating. 1 THE MADMAN’S DILEMMA: President Donald Trump may prize “unpredictability,” butContinue reading “FP Editor’s picks 8-16-2017”
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra took Donald Trump’s E.P.A.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is at the frontline of the fight for fairness and opportunity in the Trump era. To receive his most important email updates, click here. To unsubscribe, click here. Donald Trump’s E.P.A. tried to END critical protections curbing harmful smog pollution. So California Attorney General Xavier Becerra took them to court! And ConnieContinue reading “California Attorney General Xavier Becerra took Donald Trump’s E.P.A.”
Possible Roots of Schizophrenia Uncovered
New York Times 8-17-2017
Trump Opens Breach With Party, Military and Industry By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN In the wake of his defense of white supremacists, President Trump was abandoned by executives, contradicted by military leaders and shunned by Republicans. According to close aides, the president said he felt liberated by his news conference andContinue reading “New York Times 8-17-2017”
Washington Post Today’s WorldView
BY ADAM TAYLOR Trump’s Charlottesville response puts his foreign friends in an awkward position President Trump’s defiant and seemingly sympathetic reaction to far-right violence during protests in Charlottesville last weekend has left his domestic allies scrambling. But don’t forget the foreign leaders who count Trump as an ally: Some had tried to overlook the president’s remarkable globalContinue reading “Washington Post Today’s WorldView”
Prioritize health prevention forum on Aug 23 in Los Altos
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Daily News and Headlines Thousand-year-old Viking fortress reveals a technologically advanced society By Michael Price | Wed, 16 Aug 2017 Watch this soft robot heal like Wolverine By Andrew Wagner | Wed, 16 Aug 2017 Water ice found near Mars’s equator could entice colonists and life-seekers By Sid Perkins | Wed, 16 Aug 2017 Zika has all but disappeared in theContinue reading “Science”
Tell Twitter: Crack down on @RealDonaldTrump
Tell Twitter: Crack down on @RealDonaldTrump Petition to Twitter, Inc.: “Revoke Donald Trump’s Twitter account for violations of the Twitter terms of service and institute safeguards to prevent a single tweet from sparking armed conflict.” Add your name: Hi, Twitter’s terms of service bans hateful conduct and making violent threats.1 If threatening nuclear war –Continue reading “Tell Twitter: Crack down on @RealDonaldTrump”
Letter to DEMAND so called President resigns
Donald Trump has proven without a doubt that he is UNFIT to be President of the United States. So we’re sending him this letter to DEMAND he resigns. If Trump refuses, we will devote all of our resources and every dollar we have to decimating the Republican party in 2018. We WILL replace Republicans with Democrats in aContinue reading “Letter to DEMAND so called President resigns”
The New York Times confirms Trump is not only a racist in public, but ‘in private’
Tucker Carlson lost his mind last night in an attempt to defend slavery and white supremacy Donald Trump’s morning Twitter rant attacks Republicans who dare to say his name The New York Times confirms Trump is not only a racist in public, but ‘in private’ Daily Kos is prepared to resist Trump every single dayContinue reading “The New York Times confirms Trump is not only a racist in public, but ‘in private’ “
Washington Post 8-17-2017
Trump mourns loss of ‘beautiful statues and monuments’ in wake of Charlottesville rally over Robert E. Lee statue Trump’s support for some participants in a white supremacist march has provoked widespread outrage. By David Nakamura • Read more » Steve Bannon says rivals ‘wetting themselves,’ calls supremacists ‘clowns,’ contradicts Trump on N. Korea Bannon gave an unsolicited albeitContinue reading “Washington Post 8-17-2017”
Our condolence to the family of Anniek Henk
Dear family, friends and colleagues, It is with overwhelming sadness that I’m informing you that yesterday my beloved Anniek passed away. She was my best friend and my spouse. She passed away peacefully, without pain and at home while being on hospice care and being taken care of by me, Henk, just as she alwaysContinue reading “Our condolence to the family of Anniek Henk”
Stop being President for all colors and creed
PLUS: Robots aren’t taking all of our jobs, and how I befriended my Instagram hacker 8.16.17 https://youtu.be/b1h9p3zt530 TRANSPORTATION Ford’s New GT Supercar Is Yet Another Homage to 1960s Glory Time for another victory lap. BUSINESS Everybody Chill: Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs Everyone thinks automation will take all our jobs. The evidence disagrees. SECURITYContinue reading “Stop being President for all colors and creed”
Boston’s mayor: Please immediately shut down the so-called “Free Speech” by hate groups rally on Saturday
The alt-right “Free Speech” rally is still moving forward as scheduled despite incredible public pressure and multiple controversial speakers dropping out of the line-up. But this decision should not be left to white nationalists. The event’s organizers now have the permits necessary to rally on public grounds. But their presence is a threat to public safety and they areContinue reading “Boston’s mayor: Please immediately shut down the so-called “Free Speech” by hate groups rally on Saturday”