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U.S. Naval Academy
Naval Academy professor returns, but not to class
Associated Press - By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — As a civilian tenured English professor, Bruce Fleming believes he has made important contributions to the U.S. Naval Academy during his 30 years on staff, providing views from outside
Trump Order May Open California’s Giant Sequoia Nat’l Monument To Development
cbslocal.com
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Environmentalists and the outdoor recreation industry aren’t standing for President Donald Trump’s new executive order that …
Democrats
Democrats Want to Turn Trump’s Twitter Addiction Into an Election Issue
The Daily Beast - Sam Stein
Donald Trump’s Twitter habit has caused no shortage of controversy during his presidency. Now, Democrats are hoping to turn it into a liability for …
Deep-sea drive, or should we say, dive-thru. 🍟 #molluskmonday #fastfood #mondaymood https://t.co/8FMrnlBIaJ
twitter.com
An Animated Map of the Earth
tabletopwhale.com - Eleanor Lutz
This is one of the very few animated maps I made for my space cartography project! NASA publishes many Earth datasets at monthly time scales, and …
Vitamin D
harvard.edu
Holick MF. Vitamin D deficiency. N Engl J Med. 2007; 357:266-81. Gordon CM, DePeter KC, Feldman HA, Grace E, Emans SJ. Prevalence of vitamin D …
News
FEC chairwoman: Penalty ‘slashed’ for ex-congressman who used leftover campaign money to lobby
Roll Call - Emily Kopp
The law forbids former members of Congress from using old donations like ‘an illegal pension fund’ An ex-congressman who diverted leftover campaign …
Trump Tower
Trump has spent years financially compelling people to attend his rallies
INSIDER - Grace Panetta
President Donald Trump has frequently accused protesters and activists of being paid by powerful liberal forces, but many attendees at his own events …
Eric Garner
Justice for Eric Garner took 5 years. For Jeffrey Epstein? 9 days
Quartz - Annalisa Merelli
It took five years for Daniel Pantaleo—the New York police officer who killed Eric Garner—to be fired. It took only took nine days for Hugh Hurwitz—the US prison chief—to lose his job after Jeffrey Epstein
Impressionism
Renoir’s Problem Nudes
The New Yorker - Peter Schjeldahl
An argument is often made that we shouldn’t judge the past by the values of the present, but that’s a hard sell in a case as primordial as Renoir’s. Who doesn’t have a problem with Pierre-Auguste Renoir?
Long-form Journalism
The American Aristotle
aeon.co - Daniel Everett
Charles Sanders Peirce was a brilliant philosopher, mathematician and scientist. His polymathic work should be better knownBy Daniel EverettRead at …
Baseball
Goose Gossage, Pete Rose and “unwatchable baseball”
nbcsports.com - Craig Calcaterra
There are a lot of things that, in my view and in the view of many others, are suboptimal in today’s game. You’ve either heard me go on about them in …
Mindhunter
The real Mindhunters: why ‘serial killer whisperers’ do more harm than good
The Guardian - Tom Seymour
Douglas actively turned criminal investigations into a media event David Canter, University of Liverpool Mindhunter scorns the many schlocky incumbents of the true crime genre. But does it swim in the
U.S. Politics
Pentagon conducts 1st test of previously banned missile
Associated Press - By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years by a treaty that both the United States and Russia abandoned this month, the Pentagon
North America
Black housekeeper denied work because priest’s German shepherd Ceaser is ‘kinda racist’
South China Morning Post - The Washington Post
The home of a Catholic priest was the last place LaShundra Allen ever would have expected to be denied work because of her skin colour, she …
Liberal View
Trump’s ignorance has touched off a new crisis in Kashmir
rawstory.com - Dana Kennedy, DCReport @ RawStory
While Americans parse conspiracy theories about billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s demise in a Manhattan jail cell, Trump’s sinister role in …
South China Sea
US defence strategy in Indo-Pacific region faces 'unprecedented crisis'
Australia News - Ben Doherty
You can sell your soul for a pile of soy beans, or you can protect your people Mike Pompeo America’s military authority is waning and it is ill-prepared to go to war with China in the Indo-Pacific region,
TSA
The TSA strip searched a grandmother on Mother's Day and now says that she's overreacting because it's no different from
boingboing.net - Cory Doctorow
Last Mother's Day, grandmother Rhonda Mengert was subjected to a pat-down search at Tulsa airport, wherein a TSA agent felt a panty-liner in her …
W. E. B. Du Bois
When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist
The New Yorker - Ian Frazier
Why the Jim Crow-era debate between the African-American leader and a ridiculous, Nazi-loving racist isn’t as famous as Lincoln-Douglas. W. E. B. Du Bois, the twentieth century’s leading black intellectual,
Trump University
Donald Trump and the Republican Party hate America: It's time to say it
Salon - David Masciotra
Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP/Paul Sancya) Unusual times demand unusual measures. If you value Salon's original reporting and commentary, we you
Liberal View
How Trump Is Reshaping American Opinion
The Atlantic - David A. Graham
The president is reshaping Americans’ political views, just not the way he intended. One of the most enduring descriptions of presidential power comes from Teddy Roosevelt, whose description of the office
News Media
Donald Trump's Campaign Is Becoming an Exercise in Public Insanity
Esquire - By Charles P. Pierce
If the economy goes south, as a lot of people are warning us it will, then it's comforting to know that the president* already is only a baby step away from blaming the Gnomes Of Zurich. From The New Times:
The Daily Beast
Pacifica High School Students Sang Nazi Song and Gave Hitler Salute
The Daily Beast - Davis Richardson
A group of high-school students in Southern California gave a Nazi salute and sang a Nazi song during an awards ceremony last year, according to …
Russia
Russian site launches smear campaign against CNN's Clarissa Ward
CNN
CNN's Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is being targeted by a Russian propaganda outfit for her months-long investigation uncovering Putin's secret private army in the Central African Republic.
US Talks Secretly to Venezuela Socialist Boss
voanews.com
The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela's socialist party boss as members of President Nicolas Maduro's inner circle seek …
Amy McGrath
Amy McGrath’s Senate Campaign Manager Helped Get Her Potential Primary Opponent Fired
The Intercept - Ryan GrimAkela Lacy
The manager of Amy McGrath’s Kentucky Senate campaign was behind the recent firing of McGrath’s potential rival in the Democratic primary, according …
Continental Congress
Don't Give Up the Ship
battlefields.org
In the tumultuous years leading to the Revolution, merchants and sailors endured the initial brunt of Parliament’s new taxes and onerous regulations, …
U.S. Politics
Amid failure to topple Maduro, Trump privately proposes a naval blockade of Venezuela
Axios - Jonathan Swan
President Trump has suggested to national security officials that the U.S. should station Navy ships along the Venezuelan coastline to prevent goods …
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren Took On Obama Over Student Debt Forgiveness. How She Won Is Central To Her 2020 Campaign
buzzfeednews.com - Molly Hensley-Clancy
“Her theory of change is that you focus on one or two levers, and you push them hard.” In 2015, when she found herself on Air Force One with …
Reading Guide: Quotes, Key Terms, and Questions
pulitzercenter.org
The 1619 Project, a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to …