PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
The Week in Good News: Marriage in Cyprus, France’s World Cup Win, Opera for Children
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/briefing/the-week-in-good-news-marriage-cyprus-france-world-cup.html?emc=edit_nn_20180720&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180720&te=1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (6 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/20/briefing/20weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180720&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180720&te=1

This is exactly how filthy rich the 1% is in every state in America
https://moneyish.com/upgrade/this-could-be-the-reason-the-1-keeps-getting-richer/

Risk your life for a shot at billions? Millennials answer with gallows humor
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/would-you-risk-your-life-for-a-shot-a-billions-millennials-answer-with-gallows-humor-2018-07-19

Vaping pilots who caused flight to plunge 21,000 feet lose licenses
https://nypost.com/2018/07/19/vaping-pilots-who-caused-flight-to-plunge-21000-feet-lose-licenses/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
PHYSICAL HEALTH
A Florida man died of bacteria that can cause flesh-eating disease after eating raw oysters — here's how concerned you should be
https://www.businessinsider.com.au/flesh-eating-bacteria-eating-raw-oysters-florida-man-2018-7?r=US&IR=T

MENTAL HEALTH
The upside of suffering 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-upside-of-suffering-2018-07-20

HEALTH CARE
Why not try 'Medicare for all'? Glad you asked 
http://jewishworldreview.com/0718/McArdle072018.php3

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Maxine Waters supporters chant 'black power,' burn American flag outside her office
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/19/maxine-waters-supporters-burn-american-flag-outsid/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=L7D3YeXFJCOueWvbhWmAueEgaVl6eqF5u+pnis8j8f0MRJWvV3DmJmlMvo1AegMZ&bt_ts=1532102796617

BUSINESS
The Next American Farm Bust Is Upon Us
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-next-american-farm-bust-is-upon-us-1486572488?mod=djmc_pkt_ff

Trump's 'economic miracle' threatened by tariff wars, Fed interest rate hikes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/19/donald-trump-economy-threatened-tariff-wars-federa/

WEATHER
Tornado Sends Debris Flying as it Moves Through Bondurant, Iowa
https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/tornado-sends-debris-flying-as-it-moves-through-bondurant-iowa?pl=pl-the-latest

DEFENSE
Russia's new hypersonic missiles were reportedly leaked to Western spies — and the Kremlin is furious
http://www.businessinsider.com/russias-hypersonic-kinzhal-avangard-reportedly-leaked-to-western-spies-2018-7

EXCLUSIVE: What Multi Domain C2 May Look Like
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/07/exclusive-what-multi-domain-c2-may-look-like-raytheons-rick-yuse/

US Navy’s ponytail stance prompts men to ask for beards
https://nypost.com/2018/07/20/us-navys-ponytail-stance-prompts-men-to-ask-for-beards/

FOREIGN POLICY
Trump demoralizes his own team with dizzying Russian moves
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/397981-trump-demoralizes-his-own-team-with-dizzying-russian-moves?userid=288549

Trump on the rebound: President can flip the script against his opponents
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/20/donald-trump-on-the-rebound-president-can-flip-the/?bt_ee=rMjyGJ2BtfnHSX0pZXKPPQ4XROXTD/xZw5Aue24XCKcTrgY4KefWbU2niJX4BSRe&bt_ts=1532111826737

NATIONAL SECURITY
Russia Campaign ‘Just One Tree in a Growing Forest,’ Rosenstein Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/us/politics/rosenstein-justice-russia.html?emc=edit_nn_20180720&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180720&te=1

Trump Has Been Set Up, Framed And Relentlessly Persecuted By The American Intelligence Community
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/19/trump-has-been-set-up-framed-and-relentlessly-persecuted-by-the-american-intelligence-community/

LAW ENFORCEMENT
What happens when a guy is tased, and the taser hits a loaded magazine in his back pocket. Next time maybe he will do as told -- or not!
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/949109023688634368/pu/vid/1280x720/04WCi3g3_pmAtBgk.mp4

IMMIGRATION
ICE Just Arrested Dozens of Illegal Aliens in a Sanctuary City, the Majority Have Serious Criminal Records 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/07/20/ice-just-arrested-dozens-of-illegal-aliens-the-majority-have-criminal-records-n2502180?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

Wait–Did Anti-ICE Ocasio-Cortez Imply That She Wants Jeff Sessions To Be More Involved In Immigration Policy?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/07/19/waitdid-nyc-lefty-ocasio-cortez-imply-that-she-wants-jeff-sessions-more-involved-n2501337?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

HELSINKI
Republicans Block Anti-Putin Resolutions Before Senate Approves One Rebuke
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/us/politics/trump-putin-congress.html?emc=edit_nn_20180720&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180720&te=1

Who Heard What Trump Said to Putin? Only One Other American
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/us/politics/trump-putin-interpreter.html?emc=edit_nn_20180720&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820180720&te=1

RUSSIA
Russia Should Beware the Unintended Consequences of Election Meddling
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/russian-election-meddling-american-blowback/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-07-20&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

TRUMPGATE
NYT: Cohen taped Trump on payment to ex-Playboy model
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/398057-cohen-recorded-conversation-with-trump-on-payment-to-ex-playboy-model?userid=288549

POLITICS
So Many Democrats Want To Turn Texas Blue That They Can’t Find Enough Campaign Staffers
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/19/democrats-texas-campaign-staffers/

Here's how Trump's possible 2020 Democratic challengers stack up
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/heres-how-trumps-possible-2020-democratic-challengers-stack-up?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_07/20/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

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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