J Bernardflipped into News StoriesPolitics Donald Trump keeps making history -- but not how he wants to CNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large(CNN) — President Donald Trump is uniquely focused on his place in history. He's forever comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln or tweeting out -- as he did Friday morning -- that his popularity among is
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesDonald Trump Trump’s slurs against the FBI endanger agents, former employee says The Washington Post - Joe Davidson● “They’ve destroyed the lives of people that were great people, that are still great people,” he said Tuesday about FBI agents investigating his 2016 presidential campaign. “Their lives have been destroyed
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesDonald Trump Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani spotted at White House amid House Judiciary impeachment vote USA TODAY - John FritzeWASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, was seen entering the White House Friday, just as the House Judiciary Committee was taking a historic series of votes to approve
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesU.S. Politics Kamala Harris Aims Her Truth-Seeking Missiles At Barr And Giuliani crooksandliars.com - Aliza Worthington The DOJ's Inspector General's report came out on the origins of the Mueller report. Led by IG Michael Horowitz, the report's findings concluded that …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesOpinion Democracy Grief Is Real The New York TimesThe despair felt by climate scientists and environmentalists watching helplessly as something precious and irreplaceable is destroyed is sometimes described as “climate grief.” Those who pay close attention
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesPolitics Letters to the Editor: Are Republicans passing up a chance to make Mike Pence president? Los Angeles TimesTo the editor: Robert Stern argues that Republican lawmakers are afraid that if they vote to impeach and remove President Trump from office, their base won’t turn out to reelect them. Don’t the Republicans
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesDonald Trump Trump Has Successfully Gamed the Courts The Atlantic - David A. GrahamChoosing to treat Trump-related cases as normal, even when there are signs of a national emergency, is a choice. At its simplest level, the impeachment of President Donald Trump looks like a collision
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesDonald Trump McConnell said he's 'in total coordination' with the White House on impeachment, sparking Democratic call for his recusal theweek.com - Kathryn Krawczyk Mitch McConnell has declared himself judge, jury, and White House coordinator in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial. As the House Judiciary …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesU.S. Politics Rapper Scarface in runoff for Houston City Council seat Associated Press - JOHN L. MONE, Associated PressHOUSTON (AP) — As a member of Houston’s pioneering rap group The Geto Boys, Brad Jordan co-wrote the early 1990s hip-hop anthem “Mind Playing Tricks on Me.” Now, the 49-year-old rapper better known as
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesU.S. Politics Tulsi Gabbard among likeliest House Democrats to oppose Trump impeachment washingtonexaminer.com - Joseph Simonson Of all the House Democrats undecided about voting to impeach President Trump, Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii has the least incentive to stick to the party …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesTechnology India shuts down internet once again, this time in Assam and Meghalaya TechCrunch - Manish SinghIndia maintained a shutdown of the internet in the states of Assam and Meghalaya on Friday, now into 36 hours, to control protests over a controversial and far-reaching new citizen rule. The shutdown the
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesLiberal View ‘Let’s have Stormy Daniels week’: MSNBC’s Morning Joe urges Dems to call GOP bluff and expose all of Trump’s crimes rawstory.com - Travis Gettys MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough urged House Democrats to call the Republicans’ bluff and expose President Donald Trump’s alleged crimes, week after week, in …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesChina Trump and Beijing officials announce tariff rollback deal; farm... Reuters - Reuters EditorialBEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials said Friday that they have agreed to a “phase one” trade deal that included cutting U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. Chinese
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesOpinion Barr allegedly wanted to avoid public confusion. But he caused more. The Washington Post - Harry LitmanThose two findings should put to rest persistent allegations from Trump and his champions that the bureau’s scrutiny of the contacts with Russia was illegal or, worse, a plot of the “deep state” to derail
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesSocial Media Italian Court Orders Facebook to Restore Neo-Fascist Party's Account Gizmodo - Victoria Song Back in September, Facebook blocked the account of Casapound, an Italian far-right party. Now, an Italian judge has ruled in favor of Casapound on …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesU.S. Politics Rep. Cicilline Delivers The Death Blow To GOP Arguments crooksandliars.com - Karoli Kuns After over 12 hours of the impeachment markup hearing -- the interminable, unnecessarily long impeachment markup hearing -- tempers were short. Eric …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesDonald Trump Democrats face post-impeachment dilemma: What if Trump offends again? POLITICO - By KYLE CHENEYDemocrats describe President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine as a “crime in progress” and a smoking gun that is “already reloaded.” In fact, Democrats say, the need to remove Trump from office is
J Bernardflipped into Wearable, VR, AR, AI & IoTApps eBay Motors’ AI-powered tools will let you list a car in minutes The Verge - Jon PortereBay Motors is a new app from the auction site aimed at streamlining the process of buying and selling used cars, and it includes a couple of AI-powered features that eBay claims will help sellers list
J Bernardflipped into Wearable, VR, AR, AI & IoTLearning AI has bested chess and Go, but it struggles to find a diamond in Minecraft The Verge - James VincentWhether we’re learning to cook an omelet or drive a car, the path to mastering new skills often begins by watching others. But can artificial intelligence learn the same way? A new challenge teaching agents
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesDonald Trump For 3rd time in US history, full House to vote on impeachment of a president USA TODAY - Bart Jansen, Ledyard King and Nicholas WuWASHINGTON – For the third time U.S. history, the House of Representatives will vote on the impeachment of a president after the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against Donald
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesPolitics For America’s black politicians, winning an election can lead to jail Guardian US - Cliff AlbrightOn 5 November, Hester Jackson-McCray, a black woman, narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Ashley Henley by 14 votes in a heated race for a seat in the Mississippi house of representatives. Shortly after,
J Bernardflipped into Tech & ScienceAstronomy Cyclone size of Texas discovered on Jupiter by NASA's Juno mission CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — NASA's Juno mission spotted a new cyclone the size of Texas during a close flyby of Jupiter in November. The gas giant is already home to several giant cyclones, and this newly discovered storm
J Bernardflipped into Cellular News And DevicesAndroid News How to transfer data from your old Android phone to your new one androidcentral.com - Harish Jonnalagadda When it's time to switch from your older Android phone to a new one, you'll want to make sure all of your data makes it way across safely. …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesDonald Trump U.S. Supreme Court takes up Trump bid to shield financial records Reuters - By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew ChungWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trump's appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records, including tax returns, being handed over
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesPolitics Why today's impeachment hearing worked CNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-largeWashington (CNN) — The House Judiciary Committee is in the midst of a marathon session that will, eventually, end with a final vote on the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. You
J Bernardflipped into Tech & ScienceNuclear Energy The Next Nuclear Plants Will Be Small, Svelte, and Safer WIRED - Daniel Oberhaus A new generation of reactors will start producing power in the next few years. They're comparatively tiny—and may be key to hitting our climate goals. …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesOpinion Column: Matt Gaetz tosses rocks at Hunter Biden — from a glass house built by his dad Los Angeles Times - Robin AbcarianLast week, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz worked himself into an angry lather after Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan alluded to President Trump’s youngest child, Barron. How dare she mention the president’s
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesLiberal View Experts stunned as Mitch McConnell brags he’s handing control of impeachment trial to Trump rawstory.com - David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is bragging that he’s handing over control of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump to …
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesImpeachment Mitch McConnell says there’s ‘no chance’ Trump will be removed from office AOL - Tristan AnthonySenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that he didn’t believe any Republicans in the Senate planned to vote to remove President Donald Trump from office should the House impeach next
J Bernardflipped into News StoriesU.S. Politics Michelle Obama tells Greta Thunberg to "ignore the doubters" Axios - Rashaan Ayesh Former First Lady Michelle Obama had some encouraging words on Friday for Greta Thunberg after she was named Time's 2019 Person of the Year, telling …
Crooks and Liarsflipped into Crooks and LiarsU.S. Politics Kamala Harris Aims Her Truth-Seeking Missiles At Barr And Giuliani crooksandliars.com - Aliza Worthington The DOJ's Inspector General's report came out on the origins of the Mueller report. Led by IG Michael Horowitz, the report's findings concluded that …
The Washington Postflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics Michelle Obama tells Greta Thunberg to ‘ignore the doubters’ after Trump’s latest attack The Washington Post - Kayla EpsteinAlthough Obama did not specify who the “doubters” were, the teenage climate activist has a very vocal one in the White House. On Wednesday, Time named Thunberg its Person of the Year for her climate activism,
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsPolitics For America’s black politicians, winning an election can lead to jail Guardian US - Cliff AlbrightOn 5 November, Hester Jackson-McCray, a black woman, narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Ashley Henley by 14 votes in a heated race for a seat in the Mississippi house of representatives. Shortly after,
B Robertsflipped into My StuffTechnology Lyft launches a car rental service with no mileage limit The Verge - Sean O'KaneLyft is getting into car rentals. The ride-hailing company announced Thursday that it’s launching a rental service available in its main smartphone app that will work pretty much just like traditional
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics Gaetz’s effort to make the impeachment hearing about Hunter Biden’s problems backfired spectacularly Vox - Aaron RuparDuring Thursday’s impeachment hearing, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee repeatedly tried to shift the focus from President Donald Trump’s apparent abuse of power to the Bidens — their goal
ilgenfritzkflipped into Popular Science3D Printing A new 3D printing database helps broken toys avoid the landfill Ad Age - I-Hsien Sherwood Just like the oceans, the world’s landfills are being inundated with plastic waste. And this time of year, it gets much worse, as old, broken toys …
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsReligion Millennials Are Leaving Religion And Not Coming Back FiveThirtyEight - Daniel Cox and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux Millennials have earned a reputation for reshaping industries and institutions — shaking up the workplace, transforming dating culture, and …
CNNflipped into PoliticsPolitics Eric Holder says Barr 'unfit' to serve as attorney general CNN - By Devan Cole, CNNWashington (CNN) — Former Attorney General Eric Holder believes William Barr is "unfit" to serve as the nation's top law enforcement officer, writing in a Washington Post op-ed that recent controversial
The News Deskflipped into The Trump AdministrationNews Judiciary panel takes first steps toward impeachment vote Associated Press - By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee took the first steps Wednesday evening toward voting on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, beginning a marathon two-day session to the
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsSouth Carolina Democratic Party Judge: South Carolina GOP can cancel its 2020 primary Associated Press - By MEG KINNARD, Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday upheld the South Carolina Republican Party's decision not to hold a 2020 presidential primary, a move taken by several states in erecting hurdles for the long-shot
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsDonald Trump House panel edits Trump articles of impeachment in rare evening session Guardian US - Tom McCarthy in New York and Maanvi Singh in San FranciscoThe House judiciary committee took the first steps on Wednesday toward voting on articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, beginning a marathon two-day session to consider the charges against him.
The News Deskflipped into NewsNews Pentagon Inspector General reviewing legality of US troop deployments to southern border ABC News - Elizabeth McLaughlin The review will include an evaluation of the deployments' legality. The Pentagon's Office of Inspector General has opened a review of the U.S. …
The News Deskflipped into NewsNews Richmond gets a new soaring statue, this one with dreadlocks Associated Press - By SARAH RANKIN, Associated PressRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A massive bronze sculpture of a young black man with dreadlocks astride a muscular horse was permanently installed Tuesday in Virginia’s capital city, not far from one of the country’s
The News Deskflipped into NewsU.S. Politics Congress finalizes bill restoring black college funding Associated Press - By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education WriterAfter months of negotiation, Congress gave final approval Tuesday for a bill promising to restore more than $250 million a year to the nation's historically black colleges and universities, along with
The News Deskflipped into NewsImmigration Federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build border wall CNN - By Priscilla Alvarez, Caroline KellyWashington (CNN) — A federal judge in Texas blocked the Trump administration from using billions of dollars in Pentagon funds for the construction of the border wall. Judge David Briones of the US District
Patrick Brainéflipped into Set GenerationMobile Technology Waze just launched an awesome new feature that Google Maps should totally steal bgr.com - Chris Smith One of the Google Maps trends of 2019 was for Google to bring features from its second-best navigation app over to its top navigation app. Waze’s …
New Atlasflipped into Technology, Gear & GadgetsScuba Diving ExoLung turns body motion into "unlimited" underwater air supply newatlas.com - C.C. Weiss There's a lot of ground between puttering around with your face strapped to a snorkel and managing the dangers, equipment, certification and expenses …
South China Morning Post flipped into TechTechnology (China)Chinese drones are the latest target for a tech ban in the US - DJI and other Chinese drone makers find themselves under abacusnews.com - South China Morning Post In February, police in Fremont, California, used a DJI Technology drone equipped with a thermal imaging camera to locate an emotionally troubled boy …
Bloomberg LawDemocrats Trump’s Openly Gay Ninth Circuit Nominee Poised for Confirmation Bloomberg Law - news.bloomberglaw.com An openly gay prosecutor who aided efforts to appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and consulted on the Trump administration’s zero tolerance …
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsMedia Industry CNN Panel Erupts at Paul Begala’s Stunning Prediction: ‘This Is Not the Last Impeachment We Will Cover of Donald J. Trump’ mediaite.com - Reed Richardson CNN political commentator Paul Begala ignited chaos on a CNN panel when he boldly predicted, tapping his finger on the desk for emphasis, that: “This …
The News Deskflipped into NewsU.S. Politics Joe Biden's campaign ad showing world leaders laughing at Trump goes on TV in Iowa Axios - Alexi McCammond Joe Biden's 2020 campaign is now running a TV version of his viral digital ad — which shows other world leaders laughing at President Trump at NATO — …
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsDonald Trump 'S--- just got real': DOJ watchdog uncovers pro-Trump text messages between FBI agents after 2016 election Insider - Sonam Sheth The Justice Department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, uncovered a series of text messages between two FBI agents expressing support for …
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsDonald Trump Comey takes a victory lap after DOJ report on Trump-Russia probe, says Fox & Friends canceled him CNBC - Kevin Breuninger Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday suggested that Fox News canceled his upcoming appearance on the network because a report from the Justice …
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsPolitics More Than 2 Dozen Senators Are Demanding Trump Fire Stephen Miller VICE - Morgan BaskinKamala Harris and more than two dozen of her Senate colleagues are urging the White House to fire Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump who has heavily shaped the administration’s immigration
The News Deskflipped into PoliticsPolitics Houston police chief criticizes McConnell and Senate Republicans over guns: 'Whose side are you on?' CNN - By Chandelis Duster, CNNWashington (CNN) — Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican lawmakers for not reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act and taking action
The Vergeflipped into AppsAugmented Reality Google shows off stunning new AR features coming to web and mobile apps soon The Verge - Nick StattGoogle has been quietly working to improve its augmented reality platform, ARCore, since its official launch early last year. Now, the company says it’s ready to unveil some of the next-generation upgrades
Quanta Magazineflipped into Top StoriesScience Why the Laws of Physics Are Inevitable Quanta Magazine - Natalie Wolchover By considering simple symmetries, physicists working on the “bootstrap” have rederived the four known forces. “There’s just no freedom in the laws of …
Yanko DesignProduct Design The stuul is a toilet-stool that makes your ‘morning business’ easy-breezy yankodesign.com - By Sarang Sheth The first ‘job’ (we’re a family site and I’ll stay clear of the word!) of the day is usually a tough one. Some people first need their morning …
rude shottaflipped into TechPrivacy Your data has been sold to websites like MyLife and WhitePages. Here's how to remove it USA TODAY - Jefferson GrahamIf you think your privacy is at risk when it comes to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, they're nothing compared to the "people search engines." We're talking WhitePages, MyLife.com, BeenVerified
Media Industry OAN Delivers Bonkers Report of Giuliani Trip, Featuring a Midnight Escape From Ukrainian Military and… George Soros? mediaite.com - Joe DePaolo Rudy Giuliani’s trip to Ukraine with far-right network OAN has been shrouded in much secrecy (for a time, Giuliani wouldn’t even confirm he was in …
