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GENERAL INTEREST
You won’t believe how these 9 shocking clickbaits work! (number 8 is a killer!)
https://medium.com/zerone-magazine/you-wont-believe-how-these-9-shocking-clickbaits-work-number-8-is-a-killer-4cb2ceded8b6

10 UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ibNmOoJE7w

Cheez-Its Has Hidden a Secret Snack Bunker Somewhere In the Country
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/myrecipes-cheezits_has_hidden_a_secret_snack_bunker_somewher-rtime/category/lifestyle

HEALTH
Trump strikes big HIV drug deal to knock out virus
https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/trump-strikes-big-hiv-drug-deal-to-knockout-virus

EDUCATION
Staffers at violent Brooklyn HS fear retaliation from politically connected principal 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/11/staffers-at-violent-brooklyn-hs-fear-retaliation-from-politically-connected-principal/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

FINANCIAL
Why the U.S.-China trade deficit is so huge: Here’s all the stuff America imports
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-all-the-stuff-the-us-imports-from-china-thats-causing-a-huge-trade-deficit-2018-03-23

Tax Reform’s Blue-State Dividend
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

SPORTS
Yankees fans threaten boycott after ban of Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/11/yankees-fans-threaten-boycott-after-ban-of-kate-smiths-god-bless-america/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

ENVIRONMENT
Famed Thai Beach Closing to Tourists Until 2021
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/famed-thai-beach-closing-to-tourists-until-2021?pl=pl-latest-forecasts

WEATHER
California May Go Dark This Summer, and Most Aren't Ready 
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/bloomberg_news-california_may_go_dark_this_summer_and_most_arent-rbloomberg/category/finance

Excessive Rain and Flooding Lead to Train Derailment in Mississippi
https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/excessive-rain-and-flooding-lead-to-train-derailment-in-mississippi?pl=pl-latest-forecasts

SCIENCE
Cheers! How the physics of fizz contributes to human happiness
https://aeon.co/ideas/cheers-how-the-physics-of-fizz-contributes-to-human-happiness?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=atom-feed

NATIONAL SECURITY
US charges intelligence analyst for leaking information on drone program
https://www.dw.com/en/us-charges-intelligence-analyst-for-leaking-information-on-drone-program/a-48680748

DEFENSE
Congress readies for battle over nuclear policy
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/443197-congress-readies-for-battle-over-nuclear-policy

The CIA designed a secret Hellfire missile that's basically a meteor filled with swords to minimize civilian casualties
https://taskandpurpose.com/cia-r9x-hellfire-missile

The Pentagon wants to outsource military moves to one single company and it's making people nervous
https://taskandpurpose.com/moving-companies-pentagon

What The Hell Is Going On With UFOs And The Department Of Defense?
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27666/what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-ufos-and-department-of-defense

SOCIAL MEDIA


MEDIA BIAS
Google's left-leaning media bias revealed: How CNN, The New York Times and The Washington Post were promoted over their right-wing counterparts by the search engine which has more power than ever over what readers see
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7020081/Googles-left-wing-media-bias-CNN-New-York-Times-Washington-Post-favorites.html

VENEZUELA
'It's time to rise up,' Venezuelan general tells military officers in video
https://www.yahoo.com/news/time-rise-venezuelan-general-tells-military-officers-video-023535124.html

TRUMPGATE
Dem leaders feel squeeze on Trump strategy
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/443191-dem-leaders-feel-squeeze-on-trump-strategy

POLITICS
The troubling reason why Biden is so soft on China (A rather convoluted MUST READ.)
https://nypost.com/2019/05/11/the-troubling-reason-why-biden-is-so-soft-on-china/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Rudy Giuliani Cancels Trip To Push For Probe Of Joe Biden’s Son In Ukraine
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-cancels-ukraine-trip_n_5cd6c9a7e4b0705e47dce689

A more disciplined Biden learns not to take the bait 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443125-a-more-disciplined-biden-learns-not-to-take-the-bait?userid=288549

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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)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-reforms-blue-state-dividend-11557528446?emailToken=eff2cf0a6dded4c24b54b0b2763ce843bczqg1NcMJpWIrxIT88qV2qs7KzVvXOD76ijAM0Jt7q62mHXDs5xM8raX6kXHhZp0RmtaPy1N2clU9iLGeP9Qw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Tax Reform’s Blue-State Dividend

Look whose budgets are benefiting from the Trump tax reform.

By

The Editorial Board

May 10, 2019 6:47 p.m. ET

California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2019-2020 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, May 9.Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press

Democrats claim that Republican economic policies are sinking blue-state budgets. But it turns out a rising economic tide from tax reform and deregulation is lifting tax revenue in most states, including those governed by Democrats.