PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
GovDeals
https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm

5 Simple Tips to Handle a Wild Animal Encounter on Vacation
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/travel/how-to-deal-with-animal-encounter.html?emc=edit_nn_20180712&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180712&te=1

Pro athletes who were war heroes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/pro-athletes-who-were-war-heroes/

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HEALTH
Emergency Declared in Florida Over Toxic Algae Bloom
https://weather.com/science/environment/video/emergency-declared-in-florida-over-toxic-algae-bloom?pl=pl-the-latest

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Alternative Math | Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=366&v=Zh3Yz3PiXZw

Green Weenie of the Week: “Petro-Masculinity”??
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/07/green-weenie-of-the-week-petro-masculinity.php

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FINANCE
Another company just cut its pension plan — what to do if it happens to you 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-company-just-cut-its-pension-plan-what-to-do-if-it-happens-to-you-2018-07-11

ENVIRONMENT
House votes to shed limits on commercial and sport fishing
https://survivalist101.com/house-votes-to-shed-limits-on-commercial-and-sport-fishing/

POWER PLANTS
Puerto Rico's fossil fuel power plants fared better than solar and wind, say feds
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/puerto-ricos-fossil-fuel-power-plants-fared-better-than-solar-and-wind-say-feds?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/12/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

TECHNOLOGY
Walmart patents surveillance tool that can eavesdrop on workers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-patents-surveillance-tool-eavesdrop-144200070.html

SOCIAL MEDIA
Battling Fake Accounts, Twitter to Slash Millions of Followers
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/technology/twitter-fake-followers.html?emc=edit_nn_20180712&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180712&te=1

IMMIGRATION
Immigrants find non citizen voter registration easy
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/12/immigrants-find-noncitizen-voter-registration-easy/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=agQSS/iNSK8ZOvpU6gypWnQlPgF9yHfDjnUi1AVcsTRQY5+BqxoaT91qBN1ZCSgz&bt_ts=1531422723704

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KAVANAUGH
Brett Kavanaugh piled up huge debt buying baseball tickets
https://nypost.com/2018/07/11/brett-kavanaugh-piled-up-huge-debt-buying-baseball-tickets/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Brett Kavanaugh has saved almost nothing — so does he actually understand business? 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/brett-kavanaugh-has-saved-almost-nothing-so-does-he-actually-understand-business-2018-07-11

Schumer just failed the Kavanaugh test
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0718/VonDrehle071118.php3

FBI-GATE
Gowdy slams Strzok: 'I don't give a damn what you appreciate'
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/12/gowdy-slams-strzok-dont-give-damn-what-appreciate.html

Trump calls out Sessions over FBI lawyer Lisa Page's no-show at Congress
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/12/trump-calls-out-sessions-over-fbi-lawyer-lisa-pages-no-show-at-congress.html

TRUMPGATE
Is Trump Correct That Mueller’s Appointment Was Unconstitutional?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-says-robert-mueller-appointment-was-unconstitutional/

POLITICS
Dems seek to rebuild Rust Belt 'blue wall' in governor races
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/396552-battleground-governor-races-preview-2020-white-house-fight?userid=288549

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"When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;
they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along."
           - Carl Sandburg