PLATT -MISC News

The Secrets of a Great First Spouse
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/the-secrets-of-a-great-first-spouse-1524177700-lMyQjAxMTI4NjI4MDQyOTA4Wj/

NORK
This is becoming too easy ... 

North Korea’s Kim Strikes Milder Tone on Nuclear Tests, Detainees 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/north-korea-suspends-nuclear-long-range-missile-tests-and-plans-to-close-nuclear-test-site-1524264301-lMyQjAxMTA4MDI3MDQyNDA5Wj/

North Korea announces end to missile testing as Trump cites 'big progress'
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/20/north-korea-suspends-missile-testing-closing-nuclear-test-site-reports-say.html

Sanctions Are Hurting North Korea. Can They Make Kim Give In?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/world/asia/north-korea-trump-sanctions-kim-jong-un.html?emc=edit_nn_20180420&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180420&te=1

GENERAL INTEREST
Today’s Sad Feminism — and Two Breaths of Fresh Air 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/tammie-jo-shults-barbara-bush-rose-above-todays-feminism/

The Week in Good News: The Boston Marathon, Kendrick Lamar, a Honeybee Delivery
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-boston-marathon-kendrick-lamar.html?emc=edit_nn_20180420&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180420&te=1

Mobile Home Transported Across Tiny Bridge in Turkey
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/mobile-home-transported-across-tiny-bridge-in-turkey?pl=pl-the-latest

TV Tower Collapse Kills 1, Knocks Out Weather Station in Fordland, MO
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/collapsing-tv-tower-kills-one-injures-others-in-fordland-missouri?pl=pl-the-latest

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (11 out of 12)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/20/briefing/20weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180420&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180420&te=1&mtrref=undefined&gwh=10B09E5A4C0286066FAB3A2E35B70A8F&gwt=pay

HEALTH
The Importance of Lifestyle Changes and Immunotherapy
http://www.freedomsback.com/the-importance-of-lifestyle-changes-and-immunotherapy

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
The Rush to Condemn Jordan Peterson as Racist 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/jordan-peterson-racism-accusations-misguided-views-mischaracterized/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-04-20&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

SCHOOL SECURITY
Parkland Victim's Brother Suggests a Different Kind of March
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/04/19/parkland-victims-brother-suggests-marching-against-law-enforcement-failures-n2472520?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

BUSINESS
The War on Big Retail Is Nothing New
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/amazon-critics-same-arguments-against-retail-innovation/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-04-20&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Engine on Southwest Jet Not the Only One to Develop Cracks
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/business/engine-on-southwest-jet-not-the-only-one-to-develop-cracks.html?emc=edit_nn_20180420&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180420&te=1

The tech titans must have their monopoly broken – and this is how we do it 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/20/tech-monopoly-apple-facebook-data-extreme-content?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=272129&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

CLIMATE CHANGE
U.S. Cuts 'Global Warming' Gases Faster Than Anyone Else, But Media Ignore It
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/u-s-cuts-global-warming-gases-faster-than-anyone-else-but-media-ignore-it/

Rising Sea Levels Reshape Miami’s Housing Market 
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/climate-fears-reshape-miamis-housing-market-1524225600-lMyQjAxMTA4MDI3MDQyNDA5Wj/

Can Dirt Save the Earth?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html?emc=edit_nn_20180420&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180420&te=1

SCIENCE
A solar shock wave cracked Earth’s magnetic field last night, but everything is fine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/04/20/an-interplanetary-shock-wave-cracked-earths-magnetic-field-last-night-everything-is-fine/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7b33397f05b5

CYBER SECURITY
How North Korea’s Hackers Became Dangerously Good
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/how-north-koreas-hackers-became-dangerously-good-1524150416-lMyQjAxMTI4NzIxMDgyOTA0Wj/

Reclaim Your Screen From Scammers
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/technology/personaltech/scammers-pop-up.html?emc=edit_nn_20180420&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180420&te=1

DEFENSE
Israeli Firms Scramble As Trump Administration Restricts Military Aid 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/israeli-firms-scramble-as-us-restricts-aid/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20Defense%20Air%20&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62264047&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_OhH9oM1YoUMTyVbx9zPyIuFnWbdkkciZwcY-VaRBUULJgwfEDv9jn4JWzLIjxHq_P7Y30FWkLMXihK1OVDRp8lAR28A&_hsmi=62264047

FOREIGN POLICY
Pompeo In The Clear: Thanks to Red State Democrat, Senate GOP Have The Votes To Confirm Him
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/04/19/pompeo-in-the-clear-thanks-to-red-state-democrat-senate-gop-have-the-votes-to-c-n2472611?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Baltimore police chief attends hip-hop show, apologizes for ‘200 years’ of abuse by cops
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/20/baltimore-police-chief-attends-hip-hop-show-apolog/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

MEDIA
Untold Story of Broadcast Ownership
https://townhall.com/columnists/armstrongwilliams/2018/04/20/untold-story-of-broadcast-ownership-n2472748?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

IMMIGRATION
Trump's 'extreme vetting' is muzzling activists and shutting them out
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/20/trump-extreme-vetting-activists-censorship-immigration?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=272129&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

COLLUSION
The Real Case of Collusion
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/mueller-russia-investigation-real-collusion-obama-hillary-clinton/

TRUMPGATE
Bloomberg: Deputy AG Rosenstein Told Trump He Has Nothing to Worry About With Russia Probe 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/04/19/bloomberg-deputy-ag-rosenstein-told-trump-he-has-nothing-to-worry-about-in-russia-probe-n2472626?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

CUOMO
Backlash: Progressives Torch NY Governor's Shameless Politicking In Restoring Voting Rights For Felons
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/04/20/backlash-progressives-torch-ny-governor-for-restoring-voting-rights-for-felons-n2472829?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Cuomo Likens Himself to an 'Undocumented Immigrant'... Immigrant Groups Fire Back (This guy is gonna give Pocahontas a run for her money ... )
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/04/20/cuomo-likens-himself-to-an-undocumented-immigrant-n2472775?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Why Clinton’s Donors May Be Investigated In $84 Million Money Laundering Scheme
https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2018/04/20/why-clintons-donors-may-be-investigated-in-84-million-money-laundering-scheme-n2472549

-- "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