PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Fat-shamed teen buys all the cupcakes at her local bakery to spite woman behind her in line
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Fat-shamed-teen-cupcakes-petty-12806521.php

This Trader Joe's Shopper Found A Dead Lizard In Her Bag Of Kale
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-this_trader_joes_shopper_found_a_dead_lizard_in_he-rtime/category/lifestyle

Country Music’s New Leaders Struggle to Get on Right Side of History
http://variety.com/2018/music/news/county-music-gun-control-gay-rights-1202742941/

SCHOOL SAFETY- LESSON LEARNED
New England Patriots Player Julian Edelman May Have Helped Stop A Potential School Shooting
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-new_england_patriots_player_julian_edelman_may_hav-rtime/category/sports

NATURE
'Zombie-Like' Raccoons Standing On Their Hind Legs Are Terrorizing A Town In Ohio
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/time-zombielike_raccoons_standing_on_their_hind_legs_ar-rtime/category/news

BUSINESS
Trump Proposes $100 Bln More In Tariffs On China, Cites IP
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/reuters-trump_proposes_100_bln_more_in_tariffs_on_china_ci-newscred2/category/news+

GOVERNMENT ABUSE
Making the Government Less Larcenous
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/civil-asset-forfeiture-gerardo-serrano-lawsuit-reform-needed/

Michigan Lets Nestlé Draw More Groundwater for Bottling 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nestle-water-michigan-2555887499.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=69b8e89b59-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-69b8e89b59-85328381

BUDGET
Pelosi: If We Win, We're Going to Turn Back the Clock By Repealing the New Law and Massively Increasing Taxes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/04/05/pelosi-you-bet-democrats-are-going-inflict-massive-middle-class-tax-increases-if-we-win-n2467855?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Here’s the spending Trump and the GOP could cut — and Democrats couldn’t stop
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/heres-the-spending-trump-and-the-gop-could-cut-and-democrats-couldnt-stop

FOREIGN POLICY
Obama State Dept used taxpayer dollars to fund George Soros group's political activities in Albania, watchdog group says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/04/obama-state-dept-used-taxpayer-dollars-to-fund-george-soros-groups-political-activities-in-albania-watchdog-group-says.html

IMMIGRATION
The Nonexistent Border Crisis
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/caravan-of-immigrants-headed-to-us-trump-overreaction/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-04-05&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

TRUMP WINS: Migrant Caravan Changes Mind After Trump Announces U.S. Forces To Border
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29074/trump-wins-migrant-caravan-changes-mind-after-ryan-saavedra?utm_medium=email&utm_content=040518-news&utm_campaign=position5

We Used to Care About One Another
http://www.freedomsback.com/we-used-to-care-about-one-another

NORK
The 170 mm Koksan, North Korea’s Not-So-Frightening Tool of Terror
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/north-korean-artillery-koksan-gun-could-be-inaccurate-unreliable/

RUSSIAGATE
Ex-CIA Chief Brennan’s Broadsides Against Trump Only Help Putin
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/ex-cia-chief-brennans-broadsides-trump-help-putin

WHITE HOUSE
Kelly said to be losing influence with Trump (Not a good thing, IMHO.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/381713-the-memo-kelly-said-to-be-losing-influence-with-trump?userid=288549&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=14602

CENSUS
The citizenship question isn't the only one the Census should scrap 
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby040518.php3

POLITICS
The demise of the nation state 
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/05/demise-of-the-nation-state-rana-dasgupta?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=270263&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

If Democrats Win Big in November 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/democrat-midterm-victory-could-cripple-trump-agenda/

Bernie Sounds Off on the 'Failure' That Is the Democratic Party
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/04/05/bernie-sounds-off-on-failed-democratic-party-n2468083?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Still Bleeding: The DNC’s Financial Situation Just Got Worse
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/04/04/bleeding-the-dncs-financial-situation-just-got-worse-n2467872?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

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