PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST

The Week in Good News: Mars InSight’s Launch, a Secret Fortune, the Citadel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/briefing/week-in-good-news-mars-insight-citadel.html?emc=edit_nn_20180511&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180511&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (8 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/11/briefing/10weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180511&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180511&te=1

INSIGHT
Looking for morality among the senators 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/pruden051118.php3

The Constitution And The Three Little Pigs
https://townhall.com/columnists/hankadler/2018/05/11/the-constitution-and-the-three-little-pigs-n2479679?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

SPORTS
Pete Carroll had controversial psychology professor Jordan Peterson speak with his staff
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/pete-carroll-invites-controversial-psychology-professor-jordan-peterson-speak-staff-034229396.html

BUSINESS
SpaceX launches, then lands, a brand new version of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket
https://mashable.com/2018/05/11/new-falcon-9-spacex-rocket-launch-landing/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed#.eHtmt5P9aqQ

CLIMATE CHANGE
NASA program to track greenhouse gas is canceled
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-cancels-nasa-program-greenhouse-gas-report-221244337.html

ENVIRONMENT
Trees are disappearing — and fast — from American cities
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/trees-disappearing-american-cities

GEOLOGY
The rise, collapse, and compaction of Mt. Mantap from the 3 September 2017 North Korean nuclear test
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/05/09/science.aar7230.full

TECHNOLOGY
Alexa and Siri Can Hear This Hidden Command. You Can’t.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/alexa-siri-hidden-command-audio-attacks.html?emc=edit_nn_20180511&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180511&te=1

Ring’s doorbell cam allowed video access after its password was changed
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/11/rings-doorbell-cam-allowed-video-access-after-its-password-was-changed/

FOREIGN POLICY
Are Bibi and Bolton in the Wheel House Now?
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2018/05/11/are-bibi-and-bolton-in-the-wheel-house-now-n2479625?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

JUDICIARY
Senate Dems: We're Horrified the GOP is Exploiting Our Power Grab on Judicial Confirmations
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/05/11/schumer-come-to-think-of-it-i-now-regret-nuking-the-filibuster-on-judges-n2479839?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

MEDIA
WATCH: Women Of 'The View' Attempt To Give Trump Credit For Freeing Americans From North Korea. It Goes How You'd Expect. 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30500/watch-women-view-attempt-give-trump-credit-freeing-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_medium=email&utm_content=051118-news&utm_campaign=position5

WATCH: CNN Attacks Trump As He Greets Freed American Detainees, Pushes Conspiracy Theory 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30490/watch-cnn-attacks-trump-he-greets-freed-american-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=shapironewsletter-ae&utm_medium=email&utm_content=051118-news&utm_campaign=modelnames

WATCH: CNN's Cuomo Asks If U.S. Provoked Iran Into Attacking Israel. State Dept. Spox Crushes Him. 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/30514/watch-cnns-cuomo-asks-if-us-provoked-iran-amanda-prestigiacomo?utm_medium=email&utm_content=051118-news&utm_campaign=position6

IMMIGRATION
Half of all Americans now live in ‘sanctuaries’ protecting immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/10/half-of-americans-now-live-in-sanctuaries/

Trump close to wiping out TPS program for immigrants
http://thehill.com/latino/387365-trump-close-to-extinguishing-tps-program-for-immigrants?userid=288549

NORK
North Korea's Last Nuclear Test Changed The Height of an Entire Mountain
https://www.sciencealert.com/synthetic-aperture-radar-measures-mountain-collapse-north-korea-nuclear-test?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=36386572ab-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-36386572ab-365889541

South Korea Hands Kim Jong-un a Path to Prosperity on a USB Drive
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/world/asia/kim-jong-un-north-korea-south-usb-economy.html?emc=edit_nn_20180511&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180511&te=1

RUSSIA
House panel votes to put nuclear-arms treaty with Russia in Trump's hands 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0518/trump_russia_treaty.php3

TRUMPGATE
Now Arriving: Porn Feminism
https://townhall.com/columnists/suzannefields/2018/05/11/now-arriving-porn-feminism-n2479634?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Democrats Hold The Advantage Six Months Out From Midterms
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2018/05/11/democrats-hold-the-advantage-six-months-out-from-midterms-n2479593?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Trump Approval Rises as 'Resistance' Narrative Starts to Unravel 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0518/murdock051118.php3

Obama. Erased.
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2018/05/11/obama-erased-n2479680?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

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