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GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: A Helpful Teenager, the Belize Barrier Reef, Bird-Watching
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/briefing/week-in-good-news-belize-barrier-reef-bird-watching.html?emc=edit_nn_20180629&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180629&te=1

Letter written by D.B. Cooper may have revealed hijacker’s identity
https://nypost.com/2018/06/29/letter-written-by-d-b-cooper-may-reveal-hijackers-identity/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Can Trump Make the Bureaucracy Sane Again?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/streamlining-federal-bureaucracy-trump-administration-plan/

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (6 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/29/briefing/29weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180629&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180629&te=1

Silicon Valley billionaires’ favorite nonprofit crumbles beneath mounting greed 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/silicon-valley-billionaires-favorite-nonprofit-crumbles-beneath-mounting-greed-2018-06-28

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Superbugs Found in Nearly 80 Percent of U.S. Supermarket Meat 
https://www.ecowatch.com/superbugs-meat-antibiotic-resistance-ewg-2582103840.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0ed3069508-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0ed3069508-85328381

Meat Allergies on the Rise Because of Lone Star Tick Bites
https://weather.com/health/video/meat-allergies-on-the-rise-because-of-lone-star-tick-bites?pl=pl-the-latest

MENTAL HEALTH
Exercise can help treat mood disorders. Here's why, and how to get started 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0618/exercise_mood_disorders.php3

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
The left’s increasingly unhinged portrayal of Trump as a dictator
https://nypost.com/2018/06/29/the-lefts-increasingly-unhinged-portrayal-of-trump-as-a-dictator/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app





FINANCIAL
How to find a competent, ethical financial adviser 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-find-a-competent-ethical-financial-adviser-2018-06-26

ENVIRONMENT
U.S. Allows Nestlé to Keep Piping Water From Drought-Ridden Southern California 
https://www.ecowatch.com/nestle-water-california-2582073595.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0ed3069508-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0ed3069508-85328381

SPACE
The Universe Is Really Greasy, And We Had No Idea 
https://www.sciencealert.com/greasy-aliphatic-carbon-abundance-in-the-interstellar-medium?utm_source=ScienceAlert+-+Daily+Email+Updates&utm_campaign=676ad38b8e-MAILCHIMP_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fe5632fb09-676ad38b8e-365889541

ENERGY
Solar Value Eclipse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=24&v=shq06IW2wwg

CYBER SECURITY
Cellphone spying has pols rattled. But they don't know how to stop it.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0618/cellphone_spying_pols_rattled.php3

DEFENSE
AI for Good in War; Beyond Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil:’ 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/06/ai-for-good-in-war-beyond-googles-dont-be-evil/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64133218&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_uT9ooqROIoFGxAMcGxORE2s7EYv1Efkzcd-jBDDT3ME6AwSXGo5PCiX370od9PuhQI67dDYhgFWF4BuNl-mCkxPy9Ug&_hsmi=64133218

Eyeing China, Australia Busily Buys Up Frigates, Drones, and Sub-Hunting Planes 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/06/eyeing-china-australia-busily-buys-up-frigates-drones-and-sub-hunting-planes/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=64133218&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_uT9ooqROIoFGxAMcGxORE2s7EYv1Efkzcd-jBDDT3ME6AwSXGo5PCiX370od9PuhQI67dDYhgFWF4BuNl-mCkxPy9Ug&_hsmi=64133218

MEDIA
Newspaper reporter Conor Berry resigns over false claim Annapolis shooter wore MAGA hat
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/29/conor-berry-republican-reporter-resigns-over-false/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert

SOCIAL MEDIA
The March of the Twitter Trolls
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/sarah-huckabee-sanders-red-hen-twitter-trolls/

IMMIGRATION
'Abolish ICE' becomes rallying cry as Democrats move left on immigration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/abolish-ice-becomes-rallying-cry-as-democrats-move-left-on-immigration?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_06/29/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

Thanks, TM ...


SCOTUS
Wanted: Justice Amy Coney Barrett 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-nomination-fight-would-provide-political-lessons/

Battle over Trump court pick to be most expensive ever
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/394745-battle-over-trump-court-pick-to-be-most-expensive-ever

'Living Constitution' faces a mercy killing 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah062918.php3

Senate Dems have little chance to delay Trump's High court pick 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0618/powerless_dems_trump_pick.php3

Scurrilous Attacks on a Potential Trump Nominee — from the Right 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/brett-kavanaugh-conservative-judge-supreme-court/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-06-29&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

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