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Pence met with silence after mentioning Trump in Munich speech
thehill.com - Tal Axelrod
Vice President Pence was met with silence on Friday when he mentioned President Trump at a security conference in Munich. “I bring greetings from the …
Donald Trump
Ann Coulter responds to Trump: ‘The only national emergency is that our president is an idiot’
philly.com - by Rob Tornoe,
While announcing his controversial decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border, President Donald Trump delivered a rambling …
USA TODAY
News
Vatican defrocks ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after finding him guilty of sexual crimes
USA TODAY - Joel Shannon
Former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been defrocked by Pope Francis after Vatican officials found him guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Vatican said Saturday. McCarrick was
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Music
Jenny Lewis ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Ryan Adams’ ‘Alleged Behavior’
Rolling Stone - Ilana Kaplan
Jenny Lewis has issued a statement in response to the allegations of sexual misconduct and emotional abuse against Ryan Adams. On Friday, the “Heads …
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Liberal View
Trump faced with GOP Senate rebellion over emergency declaration putting approval in doubt
rawstory.com - Noor Al-Sibai
Some Republicans in the Senate are angry that President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to get his wall built while circumventing Congress …
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Instant Pot
The 20 Best Things to Cook with an Instant Pot or Multicooker
gearpatrol.com - By Will Price
Instant Pots can cook anything. But what are they truly great at? The answer, most of the time, is anything that usually takes a while but that you’d …
Elite Daily
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Donald Trump's Response To The Aurora, Illinois Shooting Is Missing One Thing
Elite Daily - Lara Walsh
Alex Wong/Getty Images News/Getty Images By After a gunman opened fire at an Illinois-based manufacturing plant on Friday, Feb. 15, killing five people …
Culture
How Colin Kaepernick Beat the NFL
slate.com - Jeremy Stahl
The quarterback's settlement with the league is vindication, though it's unclear whether he'll play in the NFL again.
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Golf
Matt Kuchar apologizes, agrees to pay Mayakoba Classic caddie 'El Tucan' full amount requested
CBS Sports - by Kyle Porter
Finally (?) this saga has come to a close I'm not sure this entire incident could have been handled any more poorly than it was, but Matt Kuchar …
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PlayStation
Dance can’t be copyrighted, government tells Carlton
Polygon - Owen S. Good
Application refused in December; video game company moves to dismiss suit Bad news, Carlton. Your namesake dance can’t be copyrighted. That is according to the U.S. Copyright Office. The ruling was filed
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Boyfriend Riley Roberts?
Marie Claire - By Katherine J. Igoe
Newly elected New York congresswoman and notoriously amazing dancer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, is making history as the youngest woman to serve in Congress. She's pretty tight-lipped about her private
CNNadded this to Top Stories
She used to scrub toilets for $9 an hour. Now her book about it is a best-seller
CNN - By Ryan Prior, CNN
(CNN) — Five years ago, Stephanie Land was slumped over on her hands and knees scrubbing a bathtub. The single mom was a semester away from graduating college and pregnant with a second child. She was
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Obituaries
Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy's Younger Sister, Dies at 85: Reports
People - Liz McNeil
Her daughter-in-law is Real Housewives of New York alum Carole Radziwill Lee Radziwill, the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and mother-in-law of Real Housewives of New York alum Carole Radziwill,
FOX Business
Bill de Blasio
Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart
FOX Business - JOSEPH PISANI
In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new campus. The city was eager to lure the company and its thousands of high-paying tech jobs, offering
SFGate
Tariffs
Trump’s trade war leaves American whiskey on the rocks
SFGate - By Alan Rappeport
A distiller moves barrels around the warehouse at Catoctin Creek distillery in Purcellville, Va. As President Trump’s global trade war approaches a pivotal moment, American industry is trying to use his
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Viral Photo Shows Donald Trump Casually Getting An Omelette At Golf Course After Declaring National Emergency
The Inquisitr - Nathan Francis
There may be a national emergency at Donald Trump’s golf course — they’re out of sausage at the omelette bar. One day after his controversial …
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U.S. Politics
5 ways Trump’s national emergency declaration could be stopped
Vox - Li Zhou
House Democrats could file a resolution — and a lawsuit. President Donald Trump has officially declared a national emergency in order to secure funding for his border wall. But he’s also ready to be challenged
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Catholicism
McCarrick abuse trial: A CNA timeline
catholicnewsagency.com - Follow
Washington D.C., Feb 16, 2019 / 01:43 am (CNA).- Theodore McCarrick has been laicized, nearly 10 months after sex abuse allegations against him were …
National Review
Conservative View
Let’s Chill about Hate Crimes
National Review - Kyle Smith
Outsiders should regard purported hate crimes that sound like crafted narratives with skepticism until they're proven true. ‘Jussie Smollett, one of …
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Kellyanne Conway’s husband retweets comment comparing Donald Trump to bumbling Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks following
dailymail.co.uk - Leah Mcdonald
Kellyanne Conway's husband thinks Donald Trump is a ringer for the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks following his 'rambling' emergency …
The Guardianadded this to World News
World News
Academic Robin DiAngelo: 'We have to stop thinking about racism as someone who says the N-word'
The Guardian - Nosheen Iqbal
We grant white people the individuality that we don’t afford people of colour. Whiteness is seen as the norm for humanity’ Robin DiAngelo Why is it so hard for white people to talk about racism? It is
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Israeli Companies
What you can learn about design from the baby bottle
freep.com - Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press Business Columnist
Ayal Lanternari was facing the same angst and frustration that millions of other parents endure. His infant son was crying for food in the middle of …
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Culture
Sex Scenes Didn’t Kill Meg Ryan’s Career. Being a Woman in Hollywood Did.
slate.com - Christina Cauterucci
Her wholesome appeal was a fickle cultural currency. Sex appeal is, too.
HuffPostadded this to News & Politics
Nobel Peace Prize
Trump Claims Japanese Prime Minister Nominated Him For A Nobel Peace Prize
huffpost.com - By Mary Papenfuss
President Donald Trump said Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize because Trump said he made Japan …
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President Trump is the national emergency
Los Angeles Times
Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. Let’s take a look back at the week in Opinion Threatening to declare an emergency is akin to scheduling an unexpected event, so by definition
FOX Sports
Basketball Hall of Fame
Basketball Hall of Fame announces finalists for 2019 | FOX Sports
FOX Sports
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Paul Westphal says it’s an honor these days to have anyone remember that he played basketball. The Hall of Fame obviously …
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World News
A new documentary about Lorena Bobbitt sheds light on the weirdness of the 90s
The Guardian - Hadley Freeman
I was born at the end of the 1970s, which means I am somewhat in a no man’s land, generationally – at the fag end of Gen X, too old to be a millennial. “Xennial” someone suggested recently, and what that
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U.S. Politics
Trump seems worried about falling short on a US-China trade deal. He has good reason to be, according to experts.
Business Insider - Gina Heeb
• The Trump administration said levying tariffs would pressure China to address intellectual-property transfer and other policies.• Experts have long seen the second-largest economy as unlikely to budge
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Trump issues signing statement on medical marijuana provision of funding bill
bostonglobe.com - www.bostonglobe.com
Marijuana Moment is a wire service assembled by Tom Angell, a marijuana legalization activist and journalist covering marijuana reform nationwide. …
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Social Media
The problem with broadcasting your romance on social media
Quartz
Instagram users have taken to issuing “weekiversary posts,” where they diligently mark the duration of their romances. An article in The New York Times explained how weekiversary posts have the unintended—or