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GENERAL INTEREST
At 71, She’s Never Felt Pain or Anxiety. Now Scientists Know Why. 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/at-71-shes-never-felt-pain-or-anxiety-now-scientists-know-why/ar-BBVlpnB?ocid=spartanntp

HEALTH
11 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Black Pepper
https://www.ecowatch.com/black-pepper-health-benefits-2632850836.html

Risk of getting cancer from drinking just one bottle of wine is the same as smoking up to 10 CIGARETTES a week
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6852719/Risk-cancer-drinking-one-bottle-wine-equivalent-smoking-10-CIGARETTES.html

HEALTH CARE
A Losing Health-Care Strategy
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

A Losing Health-Care Strategy
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

‘Medicare for All’ vs. ‘Medicare for Less’?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/medicare-for-all-vs-medicare-for-less/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-03-28&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

BUSINESS
Will Consumers Drive Facebook Out of Business?
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2019/03/28/will-consumers-drive-facebook-out-of-business-n2543880?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=03/28/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

ENVIRONMENT
Anti-Straw Activists Are Now Trying to Get Rid of Plastic Straw Emojis
https://reason.com/blog/2019/03/25/anti-straw-activists-are-now-trying-to-g

HERPETOLOGY
The Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/science/frogs-fungus-bd.html?emc=edit_ne_20190328

MACHINES GONE ASTRAY
Chinese 22-ton rocket 'loses control' and crashes back down to earth
http://carmonreport.com/world-news/chinese-22-ton-rocket-loses-control-and-crashes-back-down-to-earth/

Norway cruise ship engines failed from lack of oil
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/norway-cruise-ship-engines-failed-from-lack-of-oil/287-e743ea74-feec-4e60-b9bc-be8a6cd5f4e8?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

CYBER SECURITY
Researchers find DOZENS of security flaws in LTE networks that let attackers eavesdrop on user data and send fake texts
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6858059/Researchers-dozens-security-flaws-LTE-networks.html

Twitter hoax leaves users locked out of their accounts by claiming to reveal hidden features if they change their birth year to 2007
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6857707/Twitter-users-locked-accounts-popular-hoax.html

Grindr Is Owned by a Chinese Firm, and the U.S. Is Trying to Force It to Sell
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/politics/grindr-china-national-security.html?emc=edit_ne_20190328&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190328&te=1

FOREIGN POLICY
Pompeo takes on critics over funding
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=cc900b1bf2994437ba928cfe68cd740c_5c9ce53e_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190328&goTo=A08&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

BIG BROTHER
AI developed by the US military that tracks EVERYTHING you do online could one day be used by bosses to keep tabs on you, privacy experts say
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6859657/AI-developed-military-tracks-changes-behaviour-online.html

SMOLLETT
Trump: FBI, DOJ to review 'outrageous' Jussie Smollett case
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436197-trump-fbi-doj-to-review-outrageous-jussie-smollett-case
and, 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-doj-fbi-to-review-outrageous-decision-to-drop-charges-in-jussie-smollett-case

Prosecutors group slams State’s Attorney Kim Foxx in Smollett case 
https://pagesix.com/2019/03/28/prosecutors-group-slams-state-attorney-kim-foxx-in-smollett-case/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

How The Post found key evidence in the Jussie Smollett case 
https://nypost.com/2019/03/27/how-the-post-found-key-evidence-in-the-jussie-smollett-case/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Chicago seeks $130G from Jussie Smollett as actor's legal team demands apology from mayor, police chief
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smollets-attorney-demands-apology-from-mayor-police-chief-jussie-has-paid-enough

POLITICS
Fed up constituent announces she's running to oust Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fed-constituent-announces-shes-running-235651134.html

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which you can never afford to Lose – with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
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FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-losing-health-care-strategy-11553726059?emailToken=ac0248fc954dc1c1d7e667fd8a6f5888qxi287Ih0ocfvFPHTCOK4NXcnjRLTJbx8IInVLxRQNO0He5AamWTRytAlaSBu75LjXv4JQJIkcWC3155UZJDiw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

A Losing Health-Care Strategy

The latest ObamaCare lawsuit is bad law and high-risk politics.

By

The Editorial Board

March 27, 2019 6:34 p.m. ET

Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

An abiding mystery of the Trump Presidency is why it can’t stand prosperity. And right on time, after its victory on Russian collusion, the Administration decided this week to elevate a legal fight over health care that it is almost sure to lose.