PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
Travel fraud is on the rise: what to watch for 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/travel-fraud-is-on-the-rise-what-to-watch-for-2018-08-09

12 of the Worst Places to Live in the U.S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGYkEBDjX8

Flight trying to leave D.C. delayed - by 1,400 pounds of paperwork
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0818/plane_grounded.php3

HEALTH CARE
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez: Medicare For All Is Cheaper Because It Reduces Funeral Costs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-medicare-for-all-is-cheaper-because-it-reduces-funeral-n2508254?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Christian group kicked off campus for requiring its leaders to be Christian
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/christian-group-kicked-off-campus-for-requiring-its-leaders-to-be-christian

FINANCIAL
Federal deficit spikes 20 percent in months after tax cuts, spending bill
https://nypost.com/2018/08/08/federal-deficit-spikes-20-percent-in-months-after-tax-cuts-spending-bill/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

DEFENSE
Space-Based Missile Defense Can Be Done: DoD R&D Chief Griffin 
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/08/space-based-missile-defense-is-doable-dod-rd-chief-griffin/?utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65079883&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_hqg1gFhK1AZde7iQfkQeLB7fsGNgOErcxuFX3s7S0B_6lc7hbbKJxOsNqc6FDgfMhyofzKHFPIOUFL2ozhW31TEQbbw&_hsmi=65079883

Russian submarine threat largest since Cold War: top US Navy admiral
https://nypost.com/2018/08/09/russian-submarine-threat-largest-since-cold-war-top-us-navy-admiral/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

NATO fighter jet loses secret missile near Russian border
https://nypost.com/2018/08/08/nato-fighter-jet-loses-secret-missile-near-russian-border/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

MEDIA BIAS
Twitter Forced to Admit to Censoring Conservatives
https://libertyvideonews.com/twitter-forced-to-admit-to-censoring-conservatives/

NEVADA
Battle of the billionaires drives Nevada contest
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/401162-battle-of-the-billionaires-drives-nevada-contest?userid=288549

TERRORISM
Elephant in the Room: John Tory’s Grand Deflection
https://www.ammoland.com/2018/08/elephant-in-the-room-john-torys-grand-deflection/?utm_source=Ammoland+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ceb1a68322-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f6fac3eaa-ceb1a68322-21266153

SCOTUS
Did Democrats Overreach On Their Strategy To Block Trump's SCOTUS Nominee? 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/08/09/did-democrats-overreach-on-their-strategy-to-block-trumps-scotus-nominee-n2508067?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Dems eyeing smaller magic number for House majority
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/400993-dems-eyeing-smaller-magic-number-for-house-majority?userid=288549

Dems flip economy script on GOP amid stagnant wages
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/400867-dems-flip-economy-script-on-gop-amid-stagnant-wages?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