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SPECIAL

How Lincoln Changed the World in Two Minutes
https://www.prageru.com/videos/how-lincoln-changed-world-two-minutes

GENERAL INTEREST
Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai's ultimate folly
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/feb/13/not-end-the-world-return-dubai-ultimate-folly?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263891&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

U.S. transportation chief: Weighing all options to fund infrastructure
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/02/13/us-transportation-chief-weighing-all-options-to-fund-infrastructure-n2448714?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
Researchers found an easy way to kill the flu virus
https://bgr.com/2018/02/13/flu-symptoms-2018-vs-cold-how-to-fight-the-flu/

Thelazia gulosa: US woman becomes first human infected with parasitic eye worm
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/thelazia-gulosa-us-woman-becomes-010718939.html

Scientists Unearth Hope for New Antibiotics
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/genetic-sequencing-unearths-hope-for-new-antibiotics-1518451201-lMyQjAxMTE4NjE2MzQxNzM1Wj/

This Goop expert thinks she's nailed down all the reasons you're still overweight
https://moneyish.com/upgrade/this-goop-expert-thinks-shes-nailed-down-all-the-reasons-youre-still-overweight/

HEALTH CARE
When a health insurer rejects your claim, here’s how to fight back 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-a-health-insurer-rejects-your-claim-heres-how-to-fight-back-2018-02-13

When Does the Right to Die Become the Duty to Die?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456362/euthanasia-netherlands-mentally-ill-woman-killed?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-13&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
'Peter Rabbit' Creators Apologize For Depicting Villain's Blackberry Allergy
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27023/pc-run-amok-peter-rabbit-creators-apologize-ben-shapiro?utm_medium=email&utm_content=021218-news&utm_campaign=position5

Outrage! Liberals Blew A Gasket When AG Sessions Said Law Enforcement Was Part Of 'Anglo American Heritage'
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/13/outrage-liberals-blew-a-gasket-when-ag-sessions-said-law-enforcement-was-part-of-n2448163?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Powderpuff Football Under Attack by PC Police
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddstarnes/2018/02/12/powderpuff-football-under-attack-by-pc-police-n2447887?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUDGET
Shakespeare's advice for free spending GOPers 
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas021318.php3

Trump releases federal budget with big increases for military, border security
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/trump-releases-new-federal-budget-with-big-hike-fo/

The 22 agencies and programs Trump's budget would eliminate
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/373441-the-federal-programs-trump-proposes-cutting-in-2019-budget?userid=288549

The Deficit Problem in a Chart
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-deficit-problem-in-a-chart-1518481020-lMyQjAxMTE4ODEyMzcxMzMxWj/

ENVIRONMENT
A Wilderness Like No Other: Chile’s New Patagonia National Park 
https://www.ecowatch.com/patagonia-national-park-2532195321.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-85328381

TECHNOLOGY
This four-legged robot can open doors and we’re all doomed
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-four-legged-robot-can-open-doors-and-were-all-doomed-2018-02-12

As China Marches Forward on 
A.I., the White House Is Silent
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/technology/china-trump-artificial-intelligence.html?emc=edit_nn_20180213&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

FOREIGN POLICY
U.S., in Shift, Signals Readiness to Talk With North Korea
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/tillerson-too-early-to-assess-latest-north-south-korea-overtures-1518443910-lMyQjAxMTE4NjE2MzQxNzM1Wj/

NATIONAL SECURITY
DNI Coats Calls National Debt 'Dire Threat' to National Security 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/02/13/dni-coats-calls-national-debt-dire-threat-to-national-security-n2448623?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Let's Make America a Mineral Superpower
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2018/02/13/lets-make-america-a-mineral-superpower-n2448170?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

LAW ENFORCEMENT
How Not to Fix the FBI
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-not-to-fix-the-fbi-1518478919-lMyQjAxMTE4ODEyMzcxMzMxWj/

SOCIAL MEDIA
As Facebook repels young users, can Instagram and Snapchat capitalize?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-facebook-repels-young-users-can-instagram-and-snapchat-capitalize-2018-02-12

IMMIGRATION
California Employers in a Bind Over Immigration Enforcement 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/on-immigration-california-businesses-are-pinched-between-white-house-statehouse-1518519600-lMyQjAxMTI4MDEyMzgxOTM2Wj/

Carefree life in Philadelphia masks bloodthirsty Liberian warlord's past, suit says 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/liberian-civil-war-warlord-lawsuit?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263891&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

McConnell wants to wrap up immigration debate this week
http://thehill.com/latino/373583-mcconnell-senate-should-finish-immigration-debate-this-week?userid=288549

NORK/SOUK
North Korea's cheerleaders amaze and appal at Winter Olympics 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/north-korean-cheerleaders-winter-olympics?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263891&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

RUSSIAGATE
Susan Rice Email: Obama Met With FBI/DOJ About Russia, Discussed Steele Dossier
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/13/susan-rice-email-n2448167?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
36 people who could challenge Trump in 2020
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/373534-36-people-who-could-challenge-trump-in-2020?userid=288549

Senate candidate’s parents max out donations to his opponent
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/12/kevin-nicholsons-parents-max-out-donations-tammy-b/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1Vd05qWTRNekptWVRFMiIsInQiOiJDSVpXYmFyclJoUU03NW9lcm1odFlpUUpyMzNEQndcL1wvbjJQN1pVaGdZZlRESDJmVWx0aDZKbE83U2tPV0xibWUxRXZ5aDB3SzdsN2dWMnJLU250TlM2QmJsM2tUZmdjTWNNMFE4V0lTeTZGWkw1aytBNkd3bzNUd2NWR1FEcHM0In0%3D

No, #MeToo Isn’t Going to Chase Trump from Office
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/456340/metoo-donald-trump-kirsten-gillibrand-bill-clinton-al-franken-sexual-harassment?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=180213_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Liberal group with ties to Obama, Hillary calls to restrict overseas U.S. military voting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/13/liberal-group-restrict-overseas-military-voting/

-- 
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues,
the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great
intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which
yields most painfully to change."
          - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929ll to Arms, 1929

SPECIAL
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2018/02/11/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-n2447387?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

GENERAL INTEREST
Kim Jong Un, Trump Cause Scene at Winter Olympics
http://www.newser.com/story/255242/kim-jong-un-trump-cause-scene-at-winter-olympics.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_world_syn

This server was mad when a church didn’t tip her for a $735 order. Now she’s fired.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article199502284.html

Talk is cheap: the myth of the focus group 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/06/talk-is-cheap-the-myth-of-the-focus-group?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263571&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

From the Green Book to Facebook, how black people still need to outwit racists in rural America
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/11/green-book-facebook-black-motorists-racist-america-road-trip-pitstops-safe?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263686&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

HEALTH
‘I could hear things, and I could feel terrible pain’: when anesthesia fails (This happened to me.)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/09/i-could-hear-things-and-i-could-feel-terrible-pain-when-anaesthesia-fails?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=The+Long+Read+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263571&subid=20430811&CMP=longread_collection

Controversial supplement kratom is an opioid, FDA says
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/controversial-supplement-kratom-is-an-opioid-fda-says-2018-02-07

FEMA
'We've been forgotten': Hurricane Harvey and the long path to recovery 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/11/hurricane-harvey-recovery-texas?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263686&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

OLYMPICS
The Dutch have fun with Katie Couric's strange comments about speedskating
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/dutch-fun-katie-courics-strange-comments-speedskating-005148155.html

ENVIRONMENT
Rodent from hell: They weigh 20 pounds, breed like rabbits – and they’re on the move
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article199582284.html

CLIMATE CHANGE
EPA chief’s questions about climate science draw new scrutiny
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/373169-epa-chiefs-questions-about-climate-science-draw-new-scrutiny?rnd=1518305828

NATIONAL SECURITY
U.S. Spies, Seeking to Retrieve Cyberweapons, Paid Russian Peddling Trump Secrets
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/politics/us-cyberweapons-russia-trump.html?emc=edit_nn_20180211&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

JUDICIARY
Judge's Ruling May Give Roughly 10,000 Sex Offenders Early Parole
https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/02/10/judges-ruling-may-give-roughly-20-000-sex-offenders-early-parole-n2447322?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BIG BROTHER
Fake news has a long history. Beware the state being keeper of ‘the truth’ 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/11/fake-news-long-history-beware-state-involvement?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=263686&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SYRIA
Why Is the Syrian War Still Raging?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/08/world/middleeast/war-in-syria-maps.html?emc=edit_nn_20180211&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

RUSSIAGATE
What They Will Not Tell You About 'The Memo'
https://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2018/02/11/what-they-will-not-tell-you-about-the-memo-n2446344?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Here's the Truth Behind the FISA Memo & the Criminal Referral Letter to the DOJ
https://freedomoutpost.com/heres-truth-behind-fisa-memo-criminal-referral-letter-doj/

Devin Nunes wants ‘ridiculous’ Democratic memo released
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/11/devin-nunes-wants-ridiculous-democratic-memo-relea/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRoaE1qY3pZemd4TldNdyIsInQiOiJXdkxNWFMyV1hcL2s1SlhiSG1HN3E5cVZQVVdxS0hBUWtzUDk1WlNmZ0VJVzJsMVVXZmZVaHE2YmhhTkNLbFNiQWl6ejhNMmtuWlkrV003b1NpTmhJbGhPNndkZnEzOW1HY1o0Y1RiY3htZmZMWDl6Vk5RaVhsOHExTkVVekJmM1wvIn0%3D

-- 
"Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues,
the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great
intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality of those who seek to change a world which
yields most painfully to change."
          - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929ll to Arms, 1929