PLATT - CURATED News

ENERAL INTEREST
Finally standing up to the horrors of horse racing
https://nypost.com/2019/05/23/finally-standing-up-to-the-horrors-of-horse-racing/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

When my time comes, this is how I want to go
https://twitter.com/EddieZipperer/status/1132365855956897792

Glacier National Park Avalanche Traps 13 Cyclists
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/glacier-national-park-avalanche-traps-13-cyclists?pl=pl-the-latest

Angry alligator busts through kitchen window in Florida 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/angry-alligator-busts-through-kitchen-window-in-florida/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

HEALTH CARE
More Choice, Not Less Will Improve Health Care
https://townhall.com/columnists/elaineparker/2019/06/01/more-choice-not-less-will-improve-health-care-n2547179?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=06/01/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

WEATHER
Children Play Baseball as Tornado Looms in Background
https://weather.com/news/weather/video/children-play-baseball-as-tornado-looms-in-background?pl=pl-the-latest

ENVIRONMENT
Why Don???t We Hear About More Species Going Extinct? 
https://www.ecowatch.com/species-extinction-time-2638407846.html

SPACE
Bored Teenagers Built a Rocket to Launch Into Space??????It???s Truly a Miracle??? 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bored-teenagers-found-each-other-online-and-built-a-rocket-to-launch-into-space-11559143865

The night sky in X-ray: Stunning image reveals the swirling observations of NASA's neutron star-tracking instrument on the ISS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7091791/The-night-sky-X-ray-Image-reveals-observations-NASAs-neutron-star-tracking-instrument.html

After SpaceX Starlink Launch, a Fear of Satellites That Outnumber All Visible Stars
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/science/starlink-spacex-astronomers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

This is what it would look like if the biggest asteroid in the Solar System collided with Earth.
https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/status/1126491904470683648

DEFENSE
The 'hard landing' that destroyed a Chinook in Afghanistan sounds a whole lot like a crash 
https://taskandpurpose.com/chinook-afghanistan

The Navy admits it DID receive a request to hide the USS John McCain during Trump's trip to Japan - but says no sailors from the ship were excluded from participating in the state visit
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7093889/Navy-admits-DID-receive-request-hide-USS-John-S-McCain-Trumps-visit.html

LAW AND ORDER
Four sentenced to prison for defrauding hundreds of people who believed they were helping wounded warriors 
https://taskandpurpose.com/veteran-charity-scheme

LAW AND THE COURTS
Supreme Court to decide what happens when a U.S. border agent shoots someone on the other side
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/scotus-border-agent-shoots-someone

Judge finds Navy SEAL???s fair trial rights violated in war crimes case 
https://nypost.com/2019/06/01/judge-finds-navy-seals-fair-trial-rights-violated-in-war-crimes-case/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

TRUMPGATE
Why Jerry Nadler insists on wasting everyone???s time 
https://nypost.com/2019/05/31/why-jerry-nadler-insists-on-wasting-everyones-time/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Dershowitz: Supreme Court could overrule an unconstitutional impeachment
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/446394-dershowitz-supreme-court-could-overrule-an-unconstitutional-impeachment

Democrats 'nowhere near' the amount of votes they need for impeachment
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chad-pergram-democrats-nowhere-near-the-amount-of-votes-they-need-for-impeachment

POLITICS
Fact-Checking Elizabeth Warren on the Campaign Trail
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/us/politics/fact-check-elizabeth-warren-campaign.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&login=email&auth=login-email

Has Biden Peaked?
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.

Democrats for the Electoral College
See the second Wall Street Journal article, below.

Congress Can???t Outsource Impeachment
See the third Wall Street Journal article, below.

-- 
"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/has-biden-peaked-11559332742?emailToken=8a7ccc4978ffad513b0aab863b0a43caCFKiE94l03S+sT9xUs3bU5msBnr+wiVYFdfMj04Nxg/Fgsx3wPEeRuQtnA8WOKPC&reflink=article_email_share

Has Biden Peaked?

There are reasons why he doesn???t trust polls.

By

James Freeman

May 31, 2019 3:59 p.m. ET

Former Vice President and current presidential candidate Joe Biden (D., Del.) at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia earlier this month.Photo: Matt Rourke/Associated Press

???Is Biden???s Bounce Over?,??? asks Geoffrey Skelley of the website FiveThirtyEight today. While former Vice President Joe Biden (D., Del.) enjoyed an exceptional increase in support following his latest presidential campaign announcement on April 25th, more recent polls suggest a popularity plateau. This column expects that the candidate will not be deterred. If Mr. Biden paid attention to polls, he never would have run for President in the first place.

???We???re not looking at polls,??? says Biden