GENERAL INTERESTNews Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (9 out of 11 ... missed Grammys and Rappler)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/briefing/15weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_ne_20190215&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190215&te=1
HEALTH CARE
Voters are souring on 'Medicare for all'
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/voters-are-souring-on-medicare-for-all-180225270.html
BUSINESS
A billion-dollar empire made of mobile homes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-billion-dollar-empire-made-of-mobile-homes/2019/02/14/ac687342-2b0b-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html?utm_term=.05599f2323c1
Payless ShoeSource to shutter all of its remaining US stores
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-payless_shoesource_to_shutter_all_of_its_remaining-ap/category/finance
TECHNOLOGY
5G and the FCC: 10 Reasons Why You Should Care
https://www.ecowatch.com/5g-and-federal-communications-commission-2628949483.html
CYBER SECURITY
Software pirates exploit feature in Apple's App Store to upload fake versions of popular apps like Spotify and Minecraft to iPhones
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6703049/Software-pirates-use-Apple-tech-hacked-apps-iPhones.html
Deepfake videos: Inside the Pentagon’s race against disinformation
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/01/business/pentagons-race-against-deepfakes/
Revolutionary AI fake text generator is 'too dangerous' to release: Project backed by Elon Musk won't publish its research for fear of potential misuse
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6705699/Computers-write-wrong-news-stories-researchers.html
NATIONAL SECURITY
In Germany, a Cold War Deal to Host U.S. Nuclear Weapons Is Now in Question
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.
BORDER SECURITY
If Trump declares an emergency, here’s where the money to build a border wall might come from
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/if-trump-declares-an-emergency-heres-where-the-money-to-build-a-border-wall-might-come-from-2019-02-14
Declaration raises fears of legal battles, constitutional crisis
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=7ef39d294c5e15e5a0e2946cbfd12b3f_5c67028c_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190215&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button
BIG BROTHER
Google is telling police where your phone was
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/google-is-telling-police-where-your-phone-was
SCOTUS
Ginsburg back at Supreme Court
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/430168-ginsburg-back-at-supreme-court?userid=288549
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Census Citizenship Question
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/us/politics/supreme-court-census-citizenship.html?a=&emc=edit_ne_20190215&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=58935408_ne_20190215&te=1
TRUMPGATE
Mueller recommends Manafort serve at least 19 years in prison
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/430302-mueller-recommends-prison-time-for-manafort
POLITICS
Trump gets a Republican primary challenger as former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld signals he's entering 2020 campaign and blasts president as 'too unstable' to be re-elected
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6709065/Trump-gets-Republican-primary-challenger-Bill-Weld-soft-launches-campaign.html
Sherrod Brown Is Not an Idiot
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0219/lowry021519.php3
Poll: Capitalism Trounces Socialism Among American Voters
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/02/15/fox-news-poll-capitalism-trounces-socialism-trump-approval-rises-n2541497?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809
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"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end –
which you can never afford to lose – with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
- VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)
FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission) full story at WSJ LINKhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/in-germany-anger-at-trump-throws-cold-war-nuclear-pact-into-question-11549976449?emailToken=b06228ebdaf3d0638baef4c739a8657cA8cAw+GZrsRysXJFF4dksFD+opGkpyUbNvp7qdq7yxEn39LDUIsQj8ry+OVFsaNzkuz5GWvw9ja7KoEy9Iv3fJyhNG0NcR4MiaghKXRMK2CxnSHsLnkM92Ijq1+gqEJ2/3KDZwB4BxWHeNsDy8RJMg%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share
In Germany, a Cold War Deal to Host U.S. Nuclear Weapons Is Now in Question
Debate about U.S. nuclear weapons in Germany flares up for the first time since the 1980s
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Trump attend a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day in Paris in November 2018.Photo: benoit tessier/Reuters
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling partners are reconsidering their support for a decadesold arrangement that puts Germany under the U.S. nuclear shield, a development that could further undermine the country’s already-tense relationship with the Trump administration.
The center-left Social Democrats, or SPD, have appointed a commission to re-evaluate their positions on strategic, foreign and security policy, including the merits of “nuclear sharing,” a Cold War-era agreement under which German warplanes would be used to launch U.S. nuclear weapons in case of a Russian attack on Europe, a senior party official said.
The center-left Social Democrats, or SPD, have appointed a commission to re-evaluate their positions on strategic, foreign and security policy, including the merits of “nuclear sharing,” a Cold War-era agreement under which German warplanes would be used to launch U.S. nuclear weapons in case of a Russian attack on Europe, a senior party official said.
The deliberations came partly as a result of President Trump’s withdrawal from a treaty with Russia that regulates the presence of nuclear missiles in Europe, according to SPD officials. The U.S. plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty after accusing Russia of violating it for years.
Write to Bojan Pancevski at bojan.pancevski@wsj.com
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