Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutPolitics Trump Whines That Senate Republicans Are Failing Him on Impeachment and Not Owning Nearly Enough LibsThe Daily Beast - Sam Stein President Trump, his advisers, and his most fervent media allies have grown increasingly irritated with Senate Republicans for failing to counter …
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think About ‘Don’t take Jews, Christians’ as allies, Turkish ad warnsjpost.com - JERUSALEM POST STAFF The city is dominated by the Justice and Development Party [AKP] which is led by current Turkish President Recep Erdogan. Turkey's President Recep …
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think About Trump says U.S. will lift sanctions on Turkey, calling cease-fire in Syria ‘permanent’The Washington PostPresident Trump is set to deliver a statement from the White House on Wednesday morning about conditions along the Turkey-Syria border, hours after he declared the situation a “big success.” A day earlier,
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think About The Note: GOP weariness grows as Trump defenses give wayABC News - Rick Klein and MaryAlice Parks The deeper things get and the more likely impeachment is, the more President Donald Trump needs his Republican Party to stay loyal. That's not lost on …
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutDonald Trump Live updates: Trump again lashes out at ‘terrible’ Democrats as another witness prepares to testify in the impeachment inquiryThe Washington Post - By John WagnerA group of House Republicans barged into a secure room at the Capitol on Wednesday where the latest witness in the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry was set to testify, temporarily shutting down the proceedings.
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutJim Mattis ‘The White House is not to be trusted right now’POLITICOFormer Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, "iced out” and blindsided by presidential decisions he disagreed with, grew increasingly wary of President Donald Trump's leadership, even losing his cool in private
Benson Bakerflipped into SPACE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUFFGoogle Nest Google knows a whole lot about you. Here’s how to make it forgetCNET - by Dale Smith Google will let you opt-out of data tracking, but you have to tell it.
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutNews The diplomat took notes. Then he told a story.Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A secret cable. A disembodied voice. A coded threat. William Taylor, a career diplomat, went behind closed doors in the basement of the Capitol on Tuesday and told a tale that added to
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutTrump Administration Will Trump shut down the government to fight impeachment?NBC News - Jonathan AllenAnalysis: Washington is bracing for the prospect that president may seek to let funding lapse in a bid to blame Democrats. With funding for federal operations set to expire Nov. 21, the political class
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutOpinion Why the Senate might actually remove Trump from officeThe Washington Post - By Megan McArdleOn Tuesday morning, after President Trump tweeted that the House impeachment inquiry is “a lynching,” Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) concurred: “Yes, this is a lynching, and in every sense. This is un-American.”
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutDonald Trump Bill Taylor's Ukraine testimony leaves Trump struggling to respondGuardian US - Joanna Walters in New York and Julian Borger in WashingtonDonald Trump launched a relatively lackluster attack on Wednesday morning against the impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine and the devastating testimony on Capitol Hill the previous day the
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutU.S. Politics Chris Coons and Mike Braun launch bipartisan Senate climate change caucusAxios - Ben Geman Democratic Sen. Chris Coons (Del.) and Republican Sen. Mike Braun (Ind.) are launching the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus aimed at fostering …
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutPolitics Pentagon official overseeing special operations resigns after 4 months - Business InsiderBusiness Insider - Task & PurposeMark Mitchell is stepping down as the acting assistant defense secretary for special operations and low-intensity conflict, a position he has held since late June, a defense official confirmed on Tuesday.
Benson Bakerflipped into SPACE, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY STUFFQuantum Computing Google scientists say they’ve achieved ‘quantum supremacy’ breakthrough over classical computersThe Washington PostThe achievement has been compared to the Wright brothers’ 12-second first flight at Kitty Hawk — an early, aspirational glimpse at a revolution to come. By providing exponentially greater calculation than
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutPolitics How Bill Taylor gave Democrats their biggest bombshell yetNBC News - Chuck ToddFirst Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. WASHINGTON — Almost three weeks ago, we saw the “smoking
Benson Bakerflipped into Health StuffFlu The 15 Best Foods to Eat When You Feel SickRunnersWorld - By Lauren Del TurcoHate to break it to you, but cold and flu season is right around the corner—and that means it’s time to stock your pantry with the comfort foods and immune-boosting nutrients your body needs to stay strong
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutTrump Administration Trump administration sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and elsewhereThe Washington Post“I don’t care about politics, but I do care about corruption. And this whole thing is about corruption,” Trump told reporters earlier this month when discussing the Ukraine issue. “This whole thing — whole
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutWorld News Russian military units patrol northeastern Syria in agreement with TurkeyThe Washington Post - By Erin CunninghamISTANBUL — Russian military police began patrolling parts of northeastern Syria on Wednesday in an agreement with Turkey to push Kurdish-led fighters from the border, as the head of the Pentagon negotiated
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutDonald Trump Republicans are finally realising Trump is his own worst enemy – and theirsThe Guardian - Richard WolffeThere was a time, not so long ago, when it was widely considered suicidal for an American politician to pay hush money to porn stars, cosy up to Russian leaders, or use national security dollars to buy
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutNews Elizabeth Warren is alarmed about turmoil in overnight lending marketsCNN - By Matt Egan, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) — Elizabeth Warren fears Wall Street will use the recent mayhem in overnight lending markets to convince Washington to relax regulations aimed at preventing a repeat of the 2008
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutWater Trump Plan Weakens Protections For California Fish, Diverts Water To FarmsNPR - Lauren SommerThe Trump administration has announced a plan to divert water to California farmers, fulfilling a campaign promise by the president, but contradicting federal biologists who found the plan would drive
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutDonald Trump Just in time for skating season, Trump’s company scrubs his name from N.Y. ice rinksThe Washington Post - By Philip Bump, David A. FahrentholdNEW YORK — At two of President Trump’s oldest businesses — a pair of ice rinks in Central Park, which Trump has run since the 1980s — Trump Organization employees did something unusual in the past few
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutNews Russia and Turkey to divvy up large parts of Syria as U.S. clears outLos Angeles Times - Patrick J. McDonnellThe presidents of Turkey and Russia outlined a plan late Tuesday to divvy up territory and control of large parts of Syria after the U.S. withdrawal from the region and the Turkish military’s offensive
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutNews The Latest: Pence says 5-day cease-fire in Syria has heldAssociated PressBEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Syria following the Turkish invasion earlier this month into the country's north (all times local): U.S. Vice President Mike Pence says that a five-day cease-fire
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutNews Iraq official: US troops from Syria to leave Iraq in 4 weeksAssociated PressBAGHDAD (AP) — U.S troops withdrawing from northeastern Syria to Iraq are “transiting” and will leave the country within four weeks, Iraq’s defense minister said Wednesday. Najah al-Shammari made the to
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think About For Syrian Kurds, a leader's killing deepens sense of U.S. betrayalReuters - Tom Perry, Ellen FrancisBEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish politician Hevrin Khalaf spent the final months of her life building a political party that she hoped would help shape Syria’s future, drawing the attention of U.S. officials
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutU.S. Politics Poll: Little backing for Trump's Syria withdrawalPOLITICOA Turkish tank moves toward the Syrian border on Oct. 18 as Turkish forces enter northeastern Syria. According to a new poll, 37 percent of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutRussia Putin aims to boost Moscow's clout with Russia-Africa summitAssociated Press - By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin courted dozens of leaders of African nations Wednesday at the first-ever Russia-Africa summit while a pair of nuclear-capable bombers made an unprecedented
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think About Giuliani associates accused of funneling money to pro-Trump group expected in New York courtReuters - By Brendan PiersonNEW YORK (Reuters) - Two foreign-born Florida businessmen who helped President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani investigate political rival Joe Biden are expected to make their first New York
Benson Bakerflipped into Stuff To Think AboutNews Appeals court to hear showdown over Trump taxesNBC News - Pete WilliamsThe 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing the case on a fast track, and lawyers for both sides have agreed to seek immediate review from the U.S. Supreme Court. Lawyers for President Donald Trump on
Benson BakerSignaling a 'new era' in forensic investigation, a man caught through genetic genealogy gets life in prison for 1987 doubleABC News - Emily Shapiro
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Benson Baker Trump campaign operative rewards rightwing activist bloodied at Berkeley protestsThe Guardian - Corey Pein
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