PLATT - CURATED News

Washington’s Dirty Little Secret: No One Is Running the Show 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/washington-dc-no-one-running-show/

GENERAL INTEREST
LA Writer Wore A MAGA Hat Into An Ultra-Liberal Vegan Restaurant. Here’s What Happened.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/47004/la-writer-brought-maga-hat-vegan-restaurant-heres-paul-bois?utm_medium=email&utm_content=051019-news&utm_campaign=position1

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (11 out of 11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/10/briefing/10weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190510&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse&te=1

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Get Busy Living (... a cancer cure ???)
https://www.mycancerstory.rocks/

Woman dies of rabies after bite from puppy she rescued 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/10/woman-dies-of-rabies-after-bite-from-puppy-she-rescued/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

There's a Bizarre Link Between Losing Your Appendix And Parkinson's, Huge Study Shows
https://www.sciencealert.com/now-we-have-a-study-saying-appendectomies-put-us-at-risk-of-parkinson-s-and-we-re-confused

MENTAL HEALTH
My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/08/magazine/cousin-kill-me-male-violence.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190510&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DlongRead&section=longRead&te=1&login=email&auth=login-email

HEALTH CARE
Biden says U.S. has 'obligation' to give health care to everyone including ILLEGAL immigrants
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7012321/Biden-says-U-S-obligation-health-care-including-illegal-immigrants.html

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Texas LGBTQ Caucus Kills ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ Bill 
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-lgbtq-caucus-kills-save-chick-fil-a-bill/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-05-10&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

****** COMPLETELY UNHINGED
Annual Grass Valley Fundraiser Canceled after Conspiracy Theorists ‘Twist’ James Comey Tweet
https://fox40.com/2019/05/09/annual-grass-valley-fundraiser-cancelled-after-conspiracy-theorists-twist-james-comey-tweet/

BUSINESS
Facebook Objects to Chris Hughes Essay Calling for Its Breakup
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/business/facebook-response-chris-hughes.html?emc=edit_NN_p_20190510&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408ion%3DwhatElse&section=whatElse&te=1

Worldwide Helium Shortage to Blame for the Closure of 45 Party City Stores, Company Claims 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/people-worldwide_helium_shortage_to_blame_for_the_closure-rtime

TECHNOLOGY
Desktop Computer Cleanup
https://biggeekdad.com/2018/03/desktop-computer-cleanup/

DEFENSE
The US missile that minces jihadis: CIA develops terrifying 'Ninja' drone weapon that deploys SIX deadly blades instead of explosives to chop enemies apart
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7012355/US-government-developed-secret-missile-six-BLADES-kill-terrorists-not-civilians.html

NKOR
Missiles launched by North Korea this week 'have Russian technology fingerprints all over them', experts warn
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7013805/Experts-Russia-fingerprints-North-Koreas-new-missile.html

RUSSIA
Anti-Putin journalist dies in mysterious motorbike accident days after criticising Russian authorities over fatal plane crash
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7013975/Journalist-dies-mysterious-motorbike-accident-days-criticising-Russian-authorities.html

TRUMPGATE
Against the Persecution of Bill Barr 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/against-the-persecution-of-bill-barr/

Nadler says Mueller will not testify next week
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/443128-nadler-says-mueller-will-not-be-testifying-next-week?rnd=1557506297

POLITICS
Should Democrats Avoid Female Candidates? 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/democratic-party-female-presidential-candidates/

2020 Dems: Trump doesn't deserve credit for the economy
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443180-2020-dems-trump-doesnt-deserve-credit-for-the-economy

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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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