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Anil Ambani
Ericsson Teaches Anil Ambani – and India – a Lesson
Bloomberg - Andy Mukherjee
Anil Ambani’s not going to jail after all, and Ericsson AB got its money. The Swedish company’s lawyers should take a bow. While the future of the …
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Jared Kushner
Who Do Jared and Ivanka Think They Are?
The New York Times - By MICHELLE GOLDBERG
Many high achievers, particularly women and people of color, suffer from impostor syndrome, the fear that they don’t belong in the rarefied realm to which they’ve ascended and that they will soon be found
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American Psychiatric Association
Want to Delete Depression From Your Brain? Listen to OZY's New Podcast
OZY - Molly Fosco
The first season of The Future of X, in partnership with Providence St. Joseph Health, delves into a subject that touches us all: health. Over four …
CNNadded this to Voices
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren nailed it
CNN - By Jill Filipovic
(CNN) — Big ideas? Check. Complex solutions broken down into digestible sound bites? Check. Heart-tugging anecdotes? Check. Authenticity? In spades. Elizabeth Warren nailed her CNN town hall Monday night.
Devin Nunes
Co-sponsor of the ‘Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act’ brings lawsuit against people who are mean to him online
washingtonexaminer.com - Becket Adams
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., is very mad online that people make fun of him on Twitter. He’s so mad, in fact, that he’s bringing a $250-plus million …
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Opinion (UK)
Why climate action is the antithesis of white supremacy
The Guardian - Rebecca Solnit
Fighting against climate change is the equivalent of fighting against hatred Hoda Baraka Climate action has been and must be nonviolent. It is a movement to protect life As the news of the Christchurch
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Deutsche Bank AG
President Trump Has Some Stories to Tell About Deutsche Bank
Bloomberg - Timothy L. O'Brien
In 2006, Donald Trump sued me for libel, claiming that a biography I wrote, “TrumpNation,” lowballed his wealth and misrepresented his track record …
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College & University
I know college admissions offices from the inside — schools basically sign off on scandal
USA TODAY - Sara Harberson
I would warn student-athletes that even if the coach assured them of admission, the decision was ours. Admissions offices must be held accountable. Schools and their admissions officials are not the target
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China
China’s Boeing Threat Has More Bite Than Bark
Bloomberg - Brooke Sutherland
The trade war may finally start to bite for Boeing Co. The aerospace giant is the only non-consumer, non-tech U.S. company that gets more than $5 …
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Conservative View
Activists are in our schools and they're numbing Generation E to socialism
Fox News - Laura Ingraham
What do carbon, ice and an egg all have in common? They're all connected to recent stories involving "Generation E" - the Entitlement Generation. We received a lot of emails last week after our coverage
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Michael Jackson
Don’t throw out your DVDs. They’re your best protection against corporate censorship.
The Washington Post - By Sonny Bunch
Samsung’s announcement last month that it was not producing any new 1080p or 4K players for the U.S. marketplace is troubling news for partisans of physical media. But anyone who worries about the impermanence
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Jamal Khashoggi
Shedding Any Last Illusions About the Saudis
The New York Times - By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
It comes as little surprise, sadly, that the Saudi thugs who slaughtered Jamal Khashoggi were a secret crew of enforcers for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They had been watching, kidnapping, detaining
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Trump University
Deutsche Bank, George Conway, and the black hole of Trump’s corruption
The Washington Post - By Paul Waldman and
There are two ways to deal with President Trump and the gravitational pull of his corruption. One is exemplified by Deutsche Bank. The other is exemplified by George T. Conway III, the husband of top adviser
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Donald Trump
What progressives should know about Trump voters
CNN - By Victor Davis Hanson
(CNN) — Progressives wonder how in the world could anyone still support President Donald Trump. So here are ten reasons why more than 40% of the electorate probably does -- and will. 1. Voters appreciate
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The real reason Trump won’t be remembered as a great president
The Washington Post - By Letters to the Editor
In his March 15 op-ed, “Is Trump a great president?,” Gary Abernathy missed the point entirely — and gravely — when he boiled disagreements about President Trump down to those who are “polite and considerate”
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Middle East
Natural Born Settlers
The New York Times - By IRIS ZAKI
Op-Docs By Iris Zaki This video is part of a series by independent filmmakers supported by the Pulitzer Center. To someone like me, the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories had always seemed
Donna Brazile
Fox News is wise to add Donna Brazile to its punditry gumbo
washingtonexaminer.com - Quin Hillyer
My colleague Becket Adams was right on target in saying that it was “shrewd” for Fox News to hire former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman …
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Mainstream Media
The mainstream media falls in love with - and provides cover for - Beto O'Rourke. Sound famil...
Fox News - Sean Hannity
Over a dozen 2020 presidential hopefuls have already thrown their hats in the ring. Many more are expected to declare before the year's end. Late last week, former failed senatorial candidate Robert Francis
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U.S. Army
Many of the soldiers securing our borders are immigrants who are proud to defend the U.S.
dallasnews.com
In 2010, while leading a U.S. Army command post in Afghanistan, I was struck by how the immigrants in our ranks made our unit stronger. As we set up …
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Scott Gottlieb
Needed: A Real Crackdown on E-Cigarettes
Bloomberg - Editorial Board
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb recently proposed new limits on sales of many fruit- and candy-flavored e-cigarettes. If the new rules are adopted, …
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Salaries & Wages
Mourning the Loss of Alan Krueger
The New York Times - By PAUL KRUGMAN
This article is part of Paul Krugman’s newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it each week. Normally this newsletter would be concerned with events in the wider world. But right now I just have to
The Washington Postadded this to Opinions
Witchcraft
Trump is right. This is a witch hunt!
The Washington Post - By Dana Milbank
President Trump is right. This is a witch hunt. Monday morning, he used the term for the 261st time as president (according to the Factba.se database), this time tweeting: “50% of Americans AGREE that
CNNadded this to Top Stories
Unlike US, New Zealand isn't just offering thoughts and prayers
CNN - By Igor Volsky and Joseph V. Sakran
(CNN) — Just hours after a suspected white nationalist terrorist used five firearms, including two semi-automatic weapons, to kill 50 people and injure dozens of others at two mosques in Christchurch,
New York Postadded this to Opinion
Bill de Blasio
Will some progressive please tell de Blasio not to run? and other commentary
New York Post - By Post Editorial Board
From the left: Someone Please Tell de Blasio Not To Run Molly Jong-Fast, a self-professed “very, very progressive Democrat,” says at The Bulwark that …
The Washington Postadded this to Opinions
New York has a bold plan to ease traffic. Other cities should follow its lead.
The Washington Post - By Editorial Board
SOME OF the most vibrant cities in the world have done it — just none in the United States. In busy places such as London and Singapore, drivers must pay a fee to enter central business districts, a policy
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Conservative View
Gutfeld on Beto's apology
Fox News - Greg Gutfeld
If you already thought the Democratic 2020 candidates were a frightened pack of cocktail weenies, get a load of Beto, a guy as sturdy as a gummy worm. You want pathetic? Here's pathetic: He felt he had
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Habitats
Along a reborn South Dallas street in Bonton, how does an old 'game room' still stand?
dallasnews.com - Robert Wilonsky, City Columnist
2718 Silkwood Street, in the heart of the Bonton neighborhood in South Dallas, is not the likeliest landmark. Far, far from it. For most in this …
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Kazakhstan
Kazakh Strongman Shows Putin a Path for Staying in Power
Bloomberg - Leonid Bershidsky
Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan since 1990, announced that he is stepping down at age 78. The way he is ostensibly relinquishing …
The New York Timesadded this to Opinion
New Zealand Labour Party
Why Jacinda Ardern Matters
The New York Times - By SUSHIL AARON
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Jacinda Ardern, the prime minister of New Zealand, has been exemplary in her response to the massacre in Christchurch, where 50 Muslims were killed in two mosques by an Australian
Constitutional Law
The Constitution Is an Obstacle to Realizing the Democratic Agenda
commentarymagazine.com - Noah Rothman
For the first two years of this presidency, Democrats alleged that Trump was a unique threat to the American constitutional order. His disregard for …