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America's Leading Scientists DeGrasse Tyson And [Harvard psychologist Stephen] Pinker Have A Solution To School Shootings: Stop Believing In God
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27320/americas-leading-scientists-degrasse-tyson-and-ben-shapiro

GENERAL INTEREST
'Kim Jong-un is hitting on us!': my night out with Dear Leader (sort of) 
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/20/kim-jong-un-my-night-out-with-dear-leader-winter-olympics?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264822&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

A Cat Misses Its Target and Takes a Dives Into Pool
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/a-cat-misses-its-target-and-takes-a-dives-into-pool?pl=pl-the-lift

Creepy Presidential Busts Dot Virginia Farm
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/creepy-presidential-busts-dot-virginia-farm?pl=pl-the-lift

Conservators race against time to save film cels of classic Disney characters 
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/20/conservators-race-against-time-to-save-film-cels-of-classic-disney-characters?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264822&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

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

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Used needles and human feces are found littering downtown San Francisco as infectious disease expert warns the area is becoming dirtier than some slums in India and Brazil
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5413551/Drug-needles-feces-line-streets-San-Francisco.html

MENTAL HEALTH
Psychiatry chief: Mental illness not a precursor to violence; it???s guns
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39773?omhide=true

PARENTING
The Fragile Generation - Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.
https://reason.com/archives/2017/10/26/the-fragile-generation

BUSINESS
The Case Against Google
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/magazine/the-case-against-google.html?emc=edit_nn_20180220&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Budget bloat and big borrowing bother business
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/budget-bloat-and-big-borrowing-bother-business/article/2649211

As Saudis Go Nuclear, U.S. Seeks an Edge Over Great-Power Rivals
https://www.oilandgas360.com/saudis-go-nuclear-u-s-seeks-edge-great-power-rivals/?ct=t(Closing_Bell_Campaign_2016)#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saudis-go-nuclear-u-s-seeks-edge-great-power-rivals

Art of the defense deal: Trump aims to dramatically boost U.S. arms exports
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/20/trump-aims-dramatically-boost-us-arms-exports/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=2018&utm_term=newsletter&utm_content=newsalert

CLIMATE CHANGE
The Falling Carbon Footprint of Acquisitive and Violent Offences
https://academic.oup.com/bjc/article/58/2/351/3064487

The Crisis of Our Time
https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/the-crisis-of-our-time/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-02-20&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

ECOLOGY
???People think the deer are lovely. Then they learn more about it???: the deer cull dilemma 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/20/deer-cull-dilemma-scottish-highlands?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264822&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TECHNOLOGY
Tech upgrades really aren't that great anymore
http://jewishworldreview.com/0218/McArdle022018.php3

After Florida School Shooting, Russian ???Bot??? Army Pounced
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/technology/russian-bots-school-shooting.html

CYBER SECURITY
Study reveals North Korean cyber-espionage has reached new heights
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/20/north-korea-cyber-war-spying-study-fire-eye?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=264822&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NATIONAL SECURITY
New Revelations Raise Worrisome Question: Is Trump Personally Vulnerable to Blackmail?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/02/20/is-trump-vulnerable-to-blackmail-n2450372?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Man Accused Of Breaking Off Terra-Cotta Warrior???s Thumb For Souvenir
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-accused-breaking-off-terra-215601670.html

FLORIDA SHOOTING
Teen Hero Used Body As A Shield During Florida School Shooting
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teen-hero-body-shield-florida-school-shooting_us_5a8ac240e4b004fc31946d11?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313



MASS SHOOTINGS
Most see inaction on mass shootings; mental health screening is a priority (POLL)
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/most-see-inaction-mass-shootings-mental-health-screening-100000553--abc-news-topstories.html

Lawmakers feel pressure on guns
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/374779-lawmakers-feel-pressure-on-guns?userid=288549

Thanks, TM ... 


MIDDLE EAST
Palestinian leader calls for peace conference by mid-2018
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/02/20/palestinian-leader-calls-for-peace-conference-by-mid2018-n2451829?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POTUS
Radioactive Trump 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0218/hanson022018.php3

RUSSIAGATE
Mueller charges N.Y. attorney with false statements in Russia probe (This is exactly the kind of thing that would ensnare Trump, BIG TIME, if he testified.?? He would simple out-smart himself.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=39812?omhide=true

COLLUSION! Michael Moore Attended Anti-Trump Rally Organized By Russian Government Agents
https://www.dailywire.com/news/27343/collusion-michael-moore-attended-anti-trump-rally-ben-shapiro

POLITICS
Trump endorses Mitt Romney for Utah Senate seat
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-endorses-mitt-romney-for-utah-senate-seat/article/2649488

Broken highway system needs to be reconstructed
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/broken-highway-system-needs-to-be-reconstructed/article/2648982

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