PLATT - MISC News

Being Inspired by U.S. Achievements Shouldn’t Be Partisan
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/neil-armstrong-movie-flag-omission-should-outrage-americans/

GENERAL INTEREST
The one skill that’s most connected to being wealthy 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-one-skill-thats-most-connected-to-being-wealthy-2018-09-04

There's a New Problem at San Francisco's Leaning Tower
http://www.newser.com/story/264240/sinking-tilting-and-now-a-new-crack.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

How Far You Can Drive Your Car on Empty, In One Chart
https://lifehacker.com/how-far-you-can-drive-your-car-on-empty-in-one-chart-1786455985

That hole in the International Space Station was caused by a drill, not a meteorite, and the search is on for the culprit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hole-international-space-station-caused-drill-not-meteorite-132934282.html

Left or Liberal?
https://www.prageru.com/videos/left-or-liberal

Rubio Dismisses Confrontational Alex Jones in Senate Hallway 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/marco-rubio-dismisses-confrontational-alex-jones-senate-hallway/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-09-05&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Death Be Not Loud
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2018/09/05/death-be-not-loud-n2515871?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

HEALTH
Over a dozen men who were near Ground Zero have breast cancer
https://nypost.com/2018/09/04/over-a-dozen-men-who-were-near-ground-zero-have-breast-cancer/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Nestle wants your DNA
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0918/nestle_dna.php3

Those Airport Security Bins Are Even Filthier Than You Thought 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fortune-those_airport_security_bins_are_even_filthier_than-rtime/category/lifestyle

EDUCATION
2 Words Uttered in NYC Classroom Caused a Firestorm 
http://www.newser.com/story/264241/at-a-50k-a-year-nyc-school-2-words-caused-a-firestorm.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

BUSINESS
Congress rolls back tariffs
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/congress-passes-bill-rolling-back-some-tariffs?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_09/05/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

There Is No Wage Stagnation. It's a Liberal Myth
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0918/morris090518.php3

Toyota Recalls 1 Million Prius, C-HR Hybrids on Risk of Fire
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bloomberg_news-toyota_recalls_1_million_prius_chr_models_on_risk-rbloomberg/category/finance+

GEOLOGY
Injecting Wastewater Underground Can Cause Earthquakes Up to 10 Kilometers Away 
https://www.ecowatch.com/wastewater-earthquakes-2600759443.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=34e5c29a7d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-34e5c29a7d-85328381

NATIONAL SECURITY
House votes to let foreign governments screen terrorist suspects against US databases
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-passes-bill-to-allow-foreign-governments-to-screen-suspected-terrorists-traveling-to-us-against-fbi-dhs-databases?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_09/05/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

DHS may soon have to draft list of threats at all 300 US ports and waters around Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dhs-may-soon-have-to-draft-list-of-threats-at-all-300-us-ports-and-waters-around-puerto-rico-virgin-islands?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_09/05/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

DOJ
The President’s Shameful Attacks on His Attorney General 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/president-trump-attacks-on-jeff-sessions-shameful/

LAW AND ORDER
Now police are catching criminals with Facebook
https://nypost.com/2018/09/05/now-police-are-catching-criminals-with-facebook/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

SOCIAL MEDIA
Conservatives blame McCarthy for Twitter getting before favorable committee
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/405228-conservatives-blame-mccarthy-for-twitter-getting-before-favorable-committee

NKOR/SKOR
N.Korea media: Kim vows nuclear-free Korea amid standoff
https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2018/09/05/south-korean-envoys-leave-for-north-korea-to-set-up-summit-n2515837?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

KAVANAUGH HEARING (not entirely non-confrontational)
Oof: Husband of Smeared Kavanaugh Ally Blasts the Left's 'Idiotic and Sickening' Conspiracies About His Wife 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/09/05/oof-husband-of-smeared-kavanaugh-ally-blasts-idiotic-and-sickening-conspiracies-about-his-wife-n2516009?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

Here's What the Left Doesn't Want America to Know About Brett Kavanaugh
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/09/05/heres-what-the-left-doesnt-want-america-to-know-about-brett-kavanaugh-n2516003?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4

The Kavanaugh Hearings
http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=14942

WHITEHOUSE STAFF
Conservatives rattled by floated names for WH counsel position
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/405070-conservatives-rattled-by-floated-names-for-wh-counsel-position?userid=288549

Anonymous Official in NYT Op-Ed: I’m Working to Control Trump’s ‘Worst Inclinations’ 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/anonymous-trump-administration-official-claims-working-to-control-trumps-worst-inclinations/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-09-05&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

TRUMPGATE
Mueller will reportedly accept written answers from Trump
https://nypost.com/2018/09/04/mueller-will-reportedly-accept-written-answers-from-trump/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POLITICS
Signs grow for Dem wave in House race
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/405073-signs-grow-for-dem-wave-in-house-race?userid=288549

Andrew Gillum is three points ahead of Ron DeSantis in Florida's governor race: Poll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/andrew-gillum-is-three-points-ahead-of-ron-desantis-in-floridas-governor-race-poll?utm_source=Examiner%20Today_09/05/2018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Examiner%20Today

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