PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Starbucks and the San Antonio Spurs: a tale of two misguided boycotts - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/24/starbucks-spurs-popovich-kareem-abdul-jabbar?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=272556&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Democrats fight over Ryan Zinke's plan to use energy revenue to fix national parks
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/democrats-fight-over-ryan-zinkes-plan-to-use-energy-revenue-to-fix-national-parks

HUMOR
The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/hamilton.php3

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Our PC Culture Just Got Even More Ridiculous
https://townhall.com/columnists/bernardgoldberg/2018/04/24/our-pc-culture-just-got-even-more-ridiculous-n2473821?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

SPACE
Eerie Images Reveal What it’s Like to Live on a Comet
https://weather.com/science/space/video/eerie-images-reveal-what-its-like-to-live-on-a-comet?pl=pl-the-latest

ICHTHYOLOGY
Stunning Manta Ray Sighting Off Florida Coast
https://weather.com/science/video/stunningly-manta-ray-sighting-off-florida-coast?pl=pl-the-latest

CYBER SECURITY
Experts Warn ‘Trust This Computer’ Is a Massive iPhone Security Risk
https://www.idropnews.com/news/researchers-discover-trust-computer-massive-security-risk/69678/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=04232018&utm_term=Newsletter

What to do if your child was one of the 1 million whose identities were stolen in 2017
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/more-than-1-million-children-had-their-identities-stolen-in-2017-2018-04-24

NATIONAL SECURITY
Inside the secret US stockpile meant to save us all in a bioterror attack
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/secret_warehouse.php3

MEDIA
Jim Acosta says voters too stupid to grasp Trump ‘act’: ‘Their elevator might not hit all floors’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/24/jim-acosta-says-voters-too-stupid-to-grasp-trump-a/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

New York Times Issues Massive Correction About Palestinian Terrorism
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29803/new-york-times-issues-massive-correction-about-ben-shapiro?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=042418-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

SOCIAL MEDIA
James Woods Has Epic Day On Twitter Slamming Leftists
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29795/james-woods-blasts-joe-scarborough-ryan-saavedra?utm_medium=email&utm_content=042418-news&utm_campaign=position2

Global crackdown on fake news raises censorship concerns
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/apr/24/global-crackdown-on-fake-news-raises-censorship-concerns?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=272556&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

How academic at center of Facebook scandal tried – and failed – to spin personal data into gold
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/24/aleksandr-kogan-cambridge-analytica-facebook-data-business-ventures?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=272556&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

IRAN
Macron blinks on Iran nuclear pact, wants to work with Trump on ‘new deal’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/24/emmanuel-macron-blinks-iran-nuclear-deal-wants-wor/

NORK
Trump calls Kim Jong Un 'very honorable'
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384600-trump-calls-kim-jong-un-very-honorable?userid=288549

Rocket Man's travel plans imperil the summit
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden042418.php3

RUSSIAGATE
DNC lawsuit against Trump campaign divides party – but could reveal key facts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/24/dnc-lawsuit-trump-campaign-election-russia-democrats?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=272556&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Is 'Can't Prove Untrue' The New Standard In Trump Probe?
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2018/04/24/is-cant-prove-untrue-the-new-standard-in-trump-probe-n2474077?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Chris Coons' 'present' vote to advance Mike Pompeo was a gesture to a mourning colleague
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chris-coons-present-vote-to-advance-mike-pompeo-was-a-gesture-to-a-mourning-colleague

DNC's hacking suit is a missed opportunity
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0418/carter042418.php3

'Real Indian' Running Against Liz Warren in Massachusetts
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/04/24/real-indian-running-against-sen-warren-in-massachusetts-n2474007?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

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"Political language - and with variations this is true of all political 
parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists - is designed to make lies 
sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of 
solidity to pure wind."
          - George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language", 1946