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GENERAL INTEREST
Freedom of Assembly Under Fire
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/07/31/freedom-of-assembly-under-fire-n2550935?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=07/31/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Switzerland???s Once-in-a-Generation, Over-the-Top Party
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/travel/switzerlands-once-in-a-generation-over-the-top-party.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190731&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11287&segment_id=15704&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

Rare White Lion Cub Spotted in South Africa
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/rare-white-lion-cub-spotted-in-south-africa?pl=pl-the-latest

PHYSICAL HEALTH
Woman who thought itchy eyes were allergy symptom diagnosed with brain tumor
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/fox_news-woman_who_thought_itchy_eyes_were_allergy_symptom-rfoxnews/category/news

MENTAL HEALTH
The Boxing Champion Who Battles O.C.D.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/sports/virginia-fuchs-boxing-ocd.html?te=1&nl=evening-briefing&emc=edit_ne_20190731?campaign_id=57&instance_id=11310&segment_id=15746&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=5893540820190731

Today's selection -- from The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
https://mailchi.mp/delanceyplace.com/the-gravest-health-crises-of-our-time-1147497?e=a218d00c99

HEALTH CARE
US to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada
https://news.yahoo.com/health-chief-says-trump-working-040438346.html

BUSINESS
A shocking number of food-delivery drivers admit to munching on customers??? orders
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-shocking-number-of-food-delivery-drivers-admit-to-munching-on-customers-orders-2019-07-30

TRAVEL
A Room en Route to the Service
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-room-en-route-to-the-service-11564526969?emailToken=9acf9234617d248d860abfdb17c4d857venP4wCEDfslTbCkYenRy9zKXIfR9qQfE72184L+POs+wvboE80MaVVFEWah+7E/iYjzea++DeQrB+Qu9E6aWQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

Life Can Get Weird When You???re Married to The Middle Seat
https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-can-get-weird-when-youre-married-to-the-middle-seat-11564565401?emailToken=a7ca091d2b0203b41d35634a13e2c1e9WJeE4WQjFPKGNxLzfHZo6YUOIZdNPPgjjCMa9zEHkpD/IEnfA/qhBSmasvlvUNiqjiaK0jKYOlZDb9HPkvDxQWNBsHF2kSz+7/QzUzQqHhjTTh/oRKVGurZlKFESDKwn&reflink=article_email_share

SPORTS
Caster Semenya Barred From 800 Meters at World Championships
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/sports/caster-semenya-world-championships.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190731&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11287&segment_id=15704&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

ENVIRONMENT
A-listers flock to Google summit in private jets, mega yachts to talk climate change
https://pagesix.com/2019/07/30/a-listers-flock-to-google-summit-in-private-jets-mega-yachts-to-talk-climate-change/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CYBER SECURITY
Here???s What You Need to Know About the Capital One Breach
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/business/capital-one-breach.html?login=email&auth=login-email#link-dddea1d?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190731&section=topNews?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11287&segment_id=15704&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408tion=topNews

Apple still hasn't patched an iOS flaw discovered by Google's elite bug team despite rolling out update last week to correct other issues
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7302535/Apple-patched-iOS-flaw-discovered-Googles-bug-team-despite-rolling-update-week.html

LAW AND ORDER
Todd Starnes: A kid who stole Old Glory gets a second chance
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/todd-starnes-teen-american-flag-old-glory-lesson

LAW AND THE COURTS
ASAP Rocky Trial Begins in Sweden, With a Special Envoy From America
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/arts/music/asap-rocky-sweden.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20190731&section=whatElse?campaign_id=9&instance_id=11287&segment_id=15704&user_id=534895be791870e2f49b8be32ff6f7ab&regi_id=58935408ion=whatElse

DEFENSE
The F-35 'is kind of like the iPhone,' according to the Air Force's operational testing wing commander
https://taskandpurpose.com/f35-iphone-air-force

U.S. Navy is testing a radical new drone that can take off and land vertically with just a few feet of clearance
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7301959/U-S-Navy-testing-radical-drone-land-vertically-feet-clearance.html

MILITARY
US troops definitely want to keep deploying to Afghanistan, enlisted leaders say
https://taskandpurpose.com/us-troops-definitely-want-to-keep-deploying-to-afghanistan-enlisted-leaders-say

After Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher was found not guilty of murder, the prosecutors who lost the case received awards for 'superb results'
https://taskandpurpose.com/gallagher-prosecutors-awards

Trump orders Navy to rescind medals from lawyers who prosecuted SEAL Eddie Gallagher
https://nypost.com/2019/07/31/trump-orders-navy-to-rescind-medals-from-lawyers-who-prosecuted-seal-eddie-gallagher/

TERRORISM
Report: Hamza bin Laden, Osama???s Son and Potential Successor, Is Dead
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/report-hamza-bin-laden-osamas-son-and-potential-successor-is-dead/

MIDDLE EAST
Israel backs West Bank homes for settlers and Palestinians
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-49181534

IMMIGRATION
Mexico Touts 39 Percent Reduction in Central American Migrants Traveling through to U.S.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mexico-touts-39-percent-reduction-in-central-american-migrants-traveling-through-to-u-s/

Trump???s Bad Immigration Math
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-bad-immigration-math-11564526852?emailToken=113d99e2a58966706b15bd57f410042fPQi7VnAUysLQGDG0hXedMYtPXLPfmWdLtHRuYfkE7Xl/dYkq42idOWTd20bm1ssnj1QJDfr7Y7/0fYBl7yjkdw%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share

TRUMPGATE
Judge leaning toward order that would keep Trump's tax returns with NY for now
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-leaning-toward-order-that-would-keep-trumps-tax-returns-with-ny-for-now/ar-AAF8Hyd?ocid=spartandhp

POLITICS
Winners and losers from the second night of the CNN debate
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/cnn-winners_and_losers_from_the_second_night_of_the_cn-cnn2/category/news

Free Stuff!
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0719/stossel073119.php3

"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