Newsworthy By LECadded this to Civil Liberties And Encryption Government drops prosecution of 129 inauguration defendantsapnewsarchive.com - By ASHRAF KHALIL WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government announced on Thursday that it is abandoning its prosecution of more than 120 defendants charged with crimes …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Did Russia funnel money through NRA to help elect Trump?MSNBC - All In It sounds like something out of a liberal conspiracy theory: Vladimir Putin takes advantage of dark money loopholes under the infamous Citizens …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News The Story Behind 'Alice's Restaurant' - the 50-Year-Old Song that Is Forever Youngalternet.org - by (CN) – These days it comes right after intermission. It's ascending, four-note introduction starting even before the stage lights come up. "You still …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Chicken Little Here's How a Bitcoin Crash Could Bring Down the Entire Stock MarketTIME - Paul J. LimConventional wisdom says that even if the Bitcoin bubble pops, as it’s been threatening to lately, the damage won’t spill over into the broad stock market. That’s because in dollar terms, the cryptocurrency
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Fusion GPS interview with House panel leaves huge pile of breadcrumbs for Trump-Russia investigatorsBusiness Insider - Natasha Bertrand• The House Intelligence Committee released the transcript of its interview with Glenn Simpson, the cofounder of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS.• The transcript left a massive pile of breadcrumbs
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Battle For EarthFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Gov't scientists scramble to save research ahead of shutdownapnewsarchive.com - By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's premier medical research institute is in "a scramble" to prepare for a partial government shutdown that could ruin …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News New York Times crowdsources the case for Trump, embarrasses pundit classThe Washington Post - By Erik WempleThere is a monotony to telling the truth about President Trump. He is as unfit for office today as he was in June 2015, in November 2016 and on Jan. 20, 2017. He has failed to school himself on the issues
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Transcript: Trump dossier focused on "opaque" business dealsapnewsarchive.com - By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s “opaque” business deals in the former Soviet Union, history of tax disputes and real estate projects abroad were …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Cyberwar Lebanese hackers stole a ton of data then left it on an open serverEngadget - Mallory LocklearA Lebanese intelligence agency is thought to be behind the massive hacking campaign. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and mobile security company Lookout released a report today detailing a major hacking
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Live Forever YoungPlay button Newly FDA-Approved Platform Will Rapidly “Manufacture” Stem Cells to Repair Our Bodiesfuturism.com - Claudia Geib Stem Cells Fast Up until now, any patient receiving stem cells for a medical treatment has had to wait months for their doctors to create enough cells …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Trump Announces ‘Fake News Awards’ Winners, Celeb Anoints Him ‘Fake President’observer.com - Brandon Katz President Donald Trump announced on Twitter last week that he would be doling out special honors for the “Fake News Awards.” Sadly, there weren’t any …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News On the Presidency’s Fraught Relationship With the PressThe New York Times - By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓNTwo releases this month have put the relationship between the press and the Oval Office on display: “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by Michael Wolff, which caused a media whirlwind and was
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not NewsU.S. Politics Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Breaks Out Into Civil War Over Appalling MLK Day Editorialsplinternews.com - David Uberti Rare is the occasion when a newspaper’s union aligns with much of the family that owns it. But the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette helped build the odd …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Cyberwar Researchers have discovered a new kind of government spyware for hireThe Verge - Russell BrandomThere’s a string of spyware campaigns operating out of a government building in Lebanon, according to new research from Lookout Security and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Dubbed “Dark Caracal,” new
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Cyberwar A newly discovered strain of Android malware contains never-seen surveillance featuresboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow A new research report from Kaspersky Labs details their analysis of Skygofree, a newly discovered strain of malware that offers some of the most …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Battle For Earth One year in, Trump’s environmental agenda is already taking a measurable tollLos Angeles Times - Evan HalperA massive coal ash spill near Knoxville, Tenn., in 2008 forever changed life for Janie Clark’s family and left her husband with crippling health problems. So Clark was astounded late last year when she
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Civil Liberties And Encryption Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store - VICEVICE - Jason KoeblerUpdate: After this article was published, Apple told Dave Choffnes that his iPhone app, designed to detect net neutrality violations, will be allowed in the iTunes App Store. According to Choffnes, Apple
Newsworthy By LECadded this to CyberwarFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo China criticizes US moves on intellectual property, telecomsapnewsarchive.com - By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday criticized recent moves by the U.S. targeting the sale of fake goods and Chinese telecoms equipment, saying …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Civil Liberties And Encryption Rick Perry hugged a coal baron. This photographer got the picture. Then he was placed on leave.The Washington Post - By Steven MufsonEnergy Department photographer Simon Edelman is seeking whistleblower protection after the department placed him on administrative leave and seized personal belongings he kept at the office. In a Jan complaint,
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Battle For Earth EPA eases path for new chemicals, raising fears of health hazardsNBC News - Suzy KhimmWASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is shifting course under the Trump administration on how it assesses new chemicals for health and environmental hazards, streamlining a safety review process
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Trump Hands Out ‘Fake News Awards,’ Sans the Red CarpetThe New York Times - By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUMWASHINGTON — President Trump — who gleefully questioned President Barack Obama’s birthplace for years without evidence, long insisted on the guilt of the Central Park Five despite exonerating proof and
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Michael Rapaport Responds to Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’ by Giving Him the ‘Fake President Award’ (Video)TheWrap - Phil Owen “All the s— that’s going on in the world and you release the ‘Fake News Awards’? You f—ing bum,” he says Comedian Michael Rapaport ripped into Donald …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Fact-checking President Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’The Washington Post - By Glenn KesslerThe “Fake News Awards” announced on the Republican National Committee website and touted by President Trump pose a conundrum: Does it really count if the news organization admits error? Regular readers
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Live Forever Young If Aubrey de Grey is right, you could live foreverboingboing.net - Rob Reid I first met Aubrey de Grey over ten years ago, when he presented at a conference I attended. And his core message blew my mind. It was -- and remains …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Donald Trump faces backlash as he reveals 'Fake News Awards' winnersGuardian US - The GuardianDonald Trump, who has routinely peddled conspiracy theories and mistruths from the office of the presidency, sought to question the accuracy of the media on Wednesday by unveiling the so-called “Fake Awards”.
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News In The Category Of 'Fake News,' The Award Winner Is...NPR - Richard GonzalesPresident Trump's long-awaited announcement of the "Fake News Awards" was temporarily delayed Wednesday when the website of the Republican Party, where the awards were to be listed, crashed. All in all,
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News Trump's Approval Rating Among Black And White Americans is Sinking, Despite What the President Saysnewsweek.com President Donald Trump, contrary to what he told his 46.8 million Twitter followers on Tuesday, is not gaining ground with black voters. "Unemployment …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to News Not News The New York Times gives its editorial page over to Trump supporters, sparking a debateThe Washington Post - By Eli RosenbergThe New York Times will do away with its editorial page on Thursday temporarily to run a full-page of letters from supporters of the president, a move that comes amid a tense climate in the country between
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Adventuring Divers Have Discovered the World’s Longest Underwater CaveBloomberg - Rachel Tepper Paley When exploring new corners of the globe, the common wisdom is to “dive deep,” but rarely is that advice literal. Now it is: A team of divers in …
Newsworthy By LECadded this to Battle For Earth Scientists Just Recalibrated Our Future Climate Scenarios And We Need to Pay AttentionScienceAlert - CHRIS MOONEY, THE WASHINGTON POST Climate scientists on Wednesday suggested that they may be able to rule out some of the most dire scenarios of what would happen if greenhouse gas …
