PLATT - MISC News

John Wayne 1970 Variety Show Celebrating America's History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFv-fqQ9D_Y

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: Dogs Helping Bees, a Blind Dragon Boat Team, Benjamin Pavard
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/briefing/week-in-good-news-dragon-boat-festival-dogs-honeybees-benjamin-pavard.html?emc=edit_nn_20180706&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180706&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (7 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/06/briefing/06weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180706&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180706&te=1

This 29-year-old couple lives, works and travels in a van, and they love it
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-29-year-old-couple-lives-works-and-travels-in-a-van-and-they-love-it-2018-07-06

Woman caught shooting fireworks at pedestrians
https://nypost.com/2018/07/06/woman-caught-on-video-launching-fireworks-at-pedestrians-in-brooklyn/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

PG&E Plans To Cut Electricity To Some California Residents To Prevent Wildfires
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-06/pge-plans-cut-electricity-some-california-residents-prevent-wildfires

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Thanks, DW ... 


BUSINESS
Job Growth Slows in June Due to Qualified-Worker Shortage
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/job-growth-slows-june-qualified-worker-shortage/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

IMMIGRATION
Trump DOJ Asks Court to Extend Deadline for Reuniting Immigrant Families
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/department-of-justice-asks-court-to-extend-deadline-for-reuniting-immigrant-families/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-06&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

NKOR
Is North Korea already balking at denuclearization?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-north-korea-already-balking-at-denuclearization-2018-07-05

UNIONS
Teachers buck labor leader on giving 'allies' bigger role in union
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/teachers-buck-labor-leader-on-giving-allies-bigger-role-in-union?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/06/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

SCOTUS
Senate Democrats walk a 2018 tightrope on Supreme Court confirmation vote
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/senate-democrats-walk-a-2018-tightrope-on-supreme-court-confirmation-vote?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/06/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

POLITICS
The System Doesn’t Need to Be ‘Fixed’ Every Time Democrats Lose
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/fix-the-system-democrats-all-purpose-solution-to-losing/

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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