JP Sottile with James Moore: "Talkback" with the Newsvandal.

It's SOTTILE Time!

What's up this week? The drama continues. We'll dissect the wake in The Donald's one of his first weekends away from Mar-a-Lago, where he sold vast quantities of American arms to the House of Saud and other Gulf monarchs, refusing to lecture the human-rights-challenged Saudis, saving that for lecturing the heads of NATO.

Meanwhile, son-in-law Jared Kushner has become a person of interest in the ever-ready Russia collusion investigation that follows the Trump administration like a faithful shadow.

And much more like FOX Network's faltering, MSNBC's rise, the GOP's latest assault on an enemy often derided by the president--the media.

Tune in for Talkback with Newsvandal JP Sottile as he and James Moore go INSIDE THE HEADLINES for another WEEK THAT WAS.

And it most surely was another week in Trumplandia USA.

Will Trump be able to make headway on Middle East Peace on his trip abroad? Will the Russian collusionI investigation continue on its trajectory? Will Joe LIeberman be the new FBI Director? Who will replace Chaffetz to oversee the oversight committee? Will the Pope and The Donald hit it off? How about that embassy move to Jerusalem for Israel?

Talkback with JP Sottile and James Moore. We'll try to dissect this incredible WEEK THAT WAS, as the President's head begins to spin at the speed of light.

Above the law? What law? Fire the law! Fire the judges! Fire the press!

As the Russian nuisance tightens around his neck, Trump summarily fires the FBI Director, who finds out about it on TV.

"Look, he's a showboat. He's a grandstander."

--Donald J. Trump, talking to the mirror, er, I mean, about firing James Comey, which the president admits may have had something to do with "this Russian thing" after all

The so-called realDonaldTrump also tweeted that...

James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!

..Maybe the best thing to do would be to cancel all future "press briefings"...

JP Sottile, of newsvandal.com fame, goes inside the headlines for a talkback on the week that was with James Moore.

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

_____The US Strike on Syria Underscores Trump’s Media-Fueled Worldview
https://www.wired.com/2017/04/us-strike-syria-underscore-trumps-media-fueled-worldview/

Is Assad to blame for the chemical weapons attack in Syria?
http://www.dw.com/en/is-assad-to-blame-for-the-chemical-weapons-attack-in-syria/a-38330217

How the US destroyed Iraq: On Mosul's civilian deaths
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/04/destroyed-iraq-mosul-civilian-deaths-170405072214906.html

Afghanistan War: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/afghanistan_war_out_of_sight_out_of_mind_201704062

Jared Kushner hires ‘The Purge’ publicist for Office of American Innovation
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/324948/jared-kushner-hires-purge-publicist-office-american-innovation/

Bannon’s Booting From NSC May Not Mean Much After All
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/national-security-experts-caution-bannon-removal-nsc-not-a-move-toward-normalcy

Empty Seats at Regulators Hold Back Trump Bid to Undo Dodd-Frank
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-05/empty-seats-at-regulators-hold-back-trump-bid-to-undo-dodd-frank

A Brief Fact Check of Trump’s Claim to Have Enjoyed 13 Weeks of Historic Success
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/trump-boasts-historically-successful-13-weeks-of-presidency.html

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

White America is tops in the developed world when it comes to death by drugs, alcohol, and suicide
https://qz.com/940408/white-middle-aged-americans-are-much-more-likely-to-die-of-a-drug-overdose-than-their-peers-in-more-developed-countries-a-brookings-study-finds/

Many Americans are woefully unprepared for a surprise medical expense
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/21/many-americans-are-woefully-unprepared-for-a-surprise-medical-expense.html

White House Preparing to Blame Ryan If Health Bill Fails, Official Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-24/white-house-said-to-prepare-to-blame-ryan-if-health-bill-fails

No, over there! Our case-by-case guide to the Trump distraction technique
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/21/donald-trump-distraction-technique-media

Trump's early policy moves benefit the industries he knows best — his own
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-business-policy-moves-ethics-236392

Congressman’s Trump Surveillance Claims Have an Obvious, Mundane Explanation
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/22/congressmans-trump-surveillance-claims-have-an-obvious-mundane-explanation/

Aid Officials Beg Congress to Help Yemen, While Trump Sends More Bombs
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/22/aid-officials-beg-congress-to-help-yemen-while-trump-sends-more-bombs/

'We are not afraid': Londoners defiant after parliament attack
http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/22/we-are-not-afraid-londoners-defiant-after-parliament-attack

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

Stephen Bannon wants to dismantle your government
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/03/16/stephen-bannon-wants-to-dismantle-your-government-administrative-state-ross-baker-column/99180638/

Trump Gambles With Cuts to Programs His Base Relies On
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget.html

Trump boosts security budget while slashing anti-poverty programs
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/03/16/trump-boosts-security-budget-while-slashing-anti-poverty-programs-medical-research-education/dkOh0GCX5rL5O0dcGeRPcP/story.html

Trump’s Mideast surge has Pentagon debating ‘mission creep’
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/pentagon-syria-mission-creep-trump-236156

Tillerson’s Asia Trip Could Signal the End US Soft Diplomacy
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2017/03/17/Tillerson-s-Asia-Trip-Could-Signal-End-US-Soft-Diplomacy

US makes formal apology to Britain after White House accuses GCHQ of wiretapping Trump Tower
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/17/us-makes-formal-apology-britain-white-house-accuses-gchq-wiretapping/

Sean Spicer’s angry, lonely defense of Trump’s wiretapping claim, annotated
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/03/16/sean-spicers-angry-lonely-defense-of-trumps-wiretapping-claim-annotated/

Rachel Maddow Turned a Scoop on Donald Trump’s Taxes Into a Cynical, Self-Defeating Spectacle
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/03/15/rachel_maddow_s_trump_taxes_scoop_was_a_cynical_self_defeating_spectacle.html

Scandal Fatigue and the Trump Ethical Swamp
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-14/scandal-fatigue-and-the-trump-ethical-swamp

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

Here are all the factions opposed to the GOP’s Obamacare replacement plan
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article137516488.html

Paul Ryan Fundraised With Health Insurance Lobbying Firm Just Before His PowerPoint
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/09/paul-ryan-fundraised-with-health-insurance-lobbying-firm-just-before-his-powerpoint/

Longtime allies, sworn enemies and temporary bedfellows collide on Syria battlefield
http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/longtime-allies-sworn-enemies-and-temporary-bedfellows-collide-on-syria-battlefield

No 'Incompetence' or 'Bad Judgment' in Yemen Raid, Probe Finds
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/03/09/no-incompetence-bad-judgment-yemen-raid-probe-finds.html

The Marine Corps' nude-photo-sharing scandal is even worse than first realized
http://www.businessinsider.com/nude-photo-marine-corps-pentagon-scandal-2017-3

Donald Trump unaware Michael Flynn was a 'foreign agent', Sean Spicer says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/09/michael-flynn-foreign-agent-sean-spicer

With Trump in White House, His Golf Properties Prosper
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/us/politics/trump-golf-courses.html

CEOs Widen Income Gap Over Staff as Survey Shows 5.5% Pay Jump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-08/ceos-widen-income-gap-over-staff-as-survey-shows-5-5-pay-jump

A Tiny Bit Of Good News On Inequality Before It All Goes To Hell
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/a-tiny-bit-of-good-news-on-inequality-before-it-all-goe-1793119444

The CIA can hack your TV? So what else is new?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article137272958.html

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

A Who's Who of the Trump Campaign's Russia Connections
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/a-whos-who-of-the-trump-campaigns-russia-connections-w469977

Sergey Kislyak, Russian Envoy, Cultivated Powerful Network in U.S.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/world/europe/sergey-kislyak-russian-ambassador.html

How much longer can Republicans defend Trump over Russia?
http://theweek.com/articles/683374/how-much-longer-republicans-defend-trump-over-russia

Russia asserts growing ambitions in Middle East with Libya talks
http://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/russia-asserts-growing-ambitions-in-middle-east-with-libya-talks

US Launches a Flurry of Airstrikes Against al-Qaeda in Yemen
http://news.antiwar.com/2017/03/02/us-launches-a-flurry-of-airstrikes-against-al-qaeda-in-yemen/

Trump pledges ‘great rebuilding’ of military on visit to new carrier
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/2/donald-trump-pledges-great-rebuilding-military/

Palantir Provides the Engine for Donald Trump’s Deportation Machine
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/02/palantir-provides-the-engine-for-donald-trumps-deportation-machine/

EPA moves confirm Trump's climate hostility, but what of the Paris Agreement?
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/3005760/epa-moves-confirm-trumps-climate-hostility-but-what-of-the-paris-agreement

Our Oceans Are Garbage
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/scientists-predict-there-could-be-more-plastic-than-fish-in-the-oceans-by-2050

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

Amnesty: 'The world in 2016 became a darker place'
http://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-the-world-in-2016-became-a-darker-place/a-37646634

Why Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Sink U.S. Home Prices
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-22/why-trump-s-immigration-crackdown-could-sink-u-s-home-prices

Trump’s ‘big fat bubble’ trouble in the stock market
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-stock-market-bubble-235328

GOP Obamacare Plan Would Cover Fewer People; Blowback Grows
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-02-24/gop-obamacare-plan-would-cover-fewer-people-blowback-grows

Town hall protesters scoff at Trump admin's claim they're paid agitators
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-town-hall-protesters-scoff-at-paid-allegations/

Trump's former campaign staff fed him positive news to keep him from rage-tweeting
http://theweek.com/speedreads/681654/trumps-former-campaign-staff-fed-positive-news-keep-from-ragetweeting

Trump Condemns FBI Leakers for Leaking That He Asked Them to Leak
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/trump-decries-leakers-for-leaking-that-he-asked-them-to-leak.html

CPAC expels ‘alt-right’ leader, declares war on movement
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/23/alt-right-ethno-nationalists-tossed-from-cpac-boun/

Bannon rips 'corporatist, globalist media' at CPAC
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/23/media/steve-bannon-media-cpac/index.html?iid=hp-stack-dom

Majority of Americans trust the media more than Trump: poll
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/02/23/president-trump-media-quinnipiac-poll/98283962/
 
We're consuming too much media. It's time to detox our brains.
http://www.recode.net/2017/2/23/14669710/reprogram-brain-media-overload-political-fake-news

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

Trump vs. the Very Fake News Media
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/trump-vs-the-very-fake-news-media/516561/

Journalists Whisper at Trump’s Crazy Press Conference: ‘This Is Insane’
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/16/journalists-whisper-at-trump-s-crazy-press-conference-this-is-insane.html

Sorry media — this press conference played very different with Trump's supporters
http://nypost.com/2017/02/16/sorry-media-this-press-conference-played-very-different-with-trumps-supporters/

The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk
https://www.thenation.com/article/the-trump-bibi-murdoch-love-triangle-puts-us-all-at-risk/

WHOA: Harward Calls National Security Adviser Offer a “Sh** Sandwich”, Says CNN
http://www.redstate.com/absentee/2017/02/16/whoa-harward-calls-national-security-adviser-offer-sh-sandwich-says-cnn/

Trump’s blatant cronyism turns to national security: The president taps billionaire investor to overhaul the spy agencies
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/17/trumps-blatant-cronyism-turns-to-national-security-president-taps-billionaire-investor-to-overhaul-the-spy-agencies/

Trump's Repeal of Bipartisan Anti-Corruption Measure Proves He's a Fake
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/trumps-repeal-of-anti-corruption-measure-proves-hes-a-fake-w467240

Private Prisons to Profit Handsomely Off Trump Immigrant Raids
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Private-Prisons-to-Profit-Handsomely-Off-Trump-Immigrant-Raids-20170214-0031.html

Federal immigration raids net many without criminal records, sowing fear
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/federal-immigration-raids-net-many-without-criminal-records-sowing-fear/2017/02/16/a37e5e76-f486-11e6-a9b0-ecee7ce475fc_story.html

White House denies National Guard plan for deportations
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320090-wh-strongly-denies-report-national-guard-will-be-used-to-round-up

How San Diego Built a Bridge Over the Wall
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/san-diego-bridge-border-wall-airport-tijuana-214788

THE WEEK THAT WAS w /the Newsvandal

Americans Still See Big Government as Top Threat
http://www.gallup.com/poll/201629/americans-big-government-top-threat.aspx

Republicans call Obamacare a 'failure.' These 7 charts show they couldn't be more wrong
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-obamacare-charts-20170104-story.html

Conservatives jittery over Obamacare repeal plan
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/conservatives-jittery-over-ocare-repeal/article/2611039

Decoding McCain’s Hearing on Trump vs. Spies
http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/decoding-mccains-hearing-on-trump-vs-spies

Donald Trump Is Preparing to Unravel a Century of GOP Trade Policy
https://psmag.com/donald-trump-is-preparing-to-unravel-a-century-of-gop-trade-policy-7be4f9daee75

Donald Trump Admits U.S. Taxpayers Will Pay For The Wall, Claims Mexico Will Reimburse Costs
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-border-wall-mexico-reimburse_us_586f882de4b02b5f85883e44

Mexico’s climate migrants are already coming to the United States
http://grist.org/article/mexicos-climate-migrants-are-already-coming-to-the-united-states/

What It’s Like to Live Where It’s Not Even Safe to Breathe
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/05/airpocalypse-has-become-a-seasonal-tradition-in-beijing/

THE YEAR THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

The Year of Disruption
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1224/The-Year-of-Disruption

2016: The Mainstream Media Melted Down as Fake News Festered
https://www.wired.com/2016/12/2016-mainstream-media-melted-fake-news-festered/

2016: The year the world stopped caring about refugees
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/12/2016-year-world-stopped-caring-refugees-161227090243522.html

Palestine 2017: Time to bid Farewell to Washington and embrace the globe
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20161226-palestine-2017-time-to-bid-farewell-to-washington-and-embrace-the-globe/

9 last-minute Obama moves to stymie Trump's agenda
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/30/politics/barack-obama-last-minute-final-actions-donald-trump/index.html

Wall Street’s Trump Bonanza Won’t Stop Job Cuts at Banks in ’17
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-30/wall-street-s-trump-bonanza-won-t-avert-job-cuts-at-banks-in-17

Will 2017 be the turning point for robots and jobs?
http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/will-2017-be-the-turning-point-for-robots-and-jobs

Humans Marrying Robots? Experts Say It’s Really Coming
http://fortune.com/2016/12/26/human-robot-love-marriage-relationships/

Valley of the dolts
https://theoutline.com/post/351/valley-of-the-dolts

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

In a day of tweets, Trump suggests major change on national security issues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-a-day-of-tweets-trump-suggests-major-change-on-national-security-issues/2016/12/22/4d709da8-c873-11e6-8bee-54e800ef2a63_story.html

Trump shares letter from Putin: 'His thoughts are so correct'
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/311653-trump-shares-letter-from-putin-his-thoughts-are-so-correct
 
No one ‘except us’ believed Trump would win: Vladimir Putin
http://www.asianage.com/world/europe/231216/no-one-except-us-believed-trump-would-win-vladimir-putin.html

China says Trump's pick of hostile trade adviser is 'no laughing matter'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/23/china-says-trumps-pick-of-hostile-trade-adviser-is-no-laughing-matter

Obama to destroy travel registry targeting Muslims before Trump revives it
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/barack-obama-scrap-nseers-donald-trump-muslim-registry-immigration-a7491146.html

AI could boost productivity but increase wealth inequality, the White House says
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/21/ai-could-boost-productivity-but-increase-wealth-inequality-the-white-house-says.html

U.S. inequality keeps getting uglier
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/22/news/economy/us-inequality-worse/index.html

The Coming Water Crisis
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2200779-dont-post-water-world-intro-2/

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

How Did We End Up With Such Unpopular Candidates?
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-did-we-end-up-with-such-unpopular-candidates/

Wells Fargo CEO Stumpf, Head of Community Bank Hit With Multi-Million in Clawbacks
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/09/wells-fargo-ceo-stumpf-hit-with-41-million-in-clawbacks-head-of-community-bank-dinged-19-million.html

Cracks in the Kingdom: Saudi Arabia Rocked by Financial Strains
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/09/28/cracks-in-the-kingdom-saudi-arabia-rocked-by-financial-strains/

U.S.-led Airstrikes Have Allegedly Killed Over 850 Syrian Civilians. So Where Is the Outrage?
http://inthesetimes.com/article/19501/the-u.s.-recently-apologized-for-killing-syrian-soldiers.-why-wont-it-do-th

Nuclear-armed neighbors, both U.S. allies, exchange fire
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-pakistan-trade-fire-kashmir-border-pakistani-troops-killed/

Over 90% of world breathing bad air: WHO
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-world-bad-air.html

World's first baby born with DNA from 3 people
https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-first-baby-born-3-parent-technique-report-175637487.html

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

How violence in North Carolina could help Donald Trump
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2016/09/clashes-charlotte

Tulsa Police Officer Arrested on Manslaughter Charges, Released on $50,000 Bond
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tulsa-police-officer-betty-shelby-charged-degree-manslaughter/story?id=42290178

Ahmad Khan Rahami: New York bombings suspect arrested after shootout
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/19/new-york-bombing-suspect-ahmad-khan-rahami
 
Obama: ‘Israel cannot permanently occupy Palestinian land’
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160921-obama-israel-cannot-permanently-occupy-palestinian-land/

Congress is grandstanding on Wells Fargo and Mylan
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/congress-is-grandstanding-on-wells-fargo-and-mylan-172118468.html

How Big Pharma Lobbyists Make the Opioid Crisis Worse
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/09/20/How-Big-Pharma-Lobbyists-Make-Opioid-Crisis-Worse

The Invisible American
http://www.gallup.com/opinion/chairman/195680/invisible-american.aspx

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

This Trump-Putin bromance is getting seriously weird - but so is the polling
http://www.smh.com.au/world/hilary-clinton-attacks-donald-trump-for-his-praise-of-vladimir-putin-20160909-grcgqn.html

Hillary Clinton’s National Security Advisers Are a “Who’s Who” of the Warfare State
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/08/hillary-clintons-national-security-advisors-are-a-whos-who-of-the-warfare-state/

North Korea accused of 'maniacal recklessness' after most powerful nuclear test yet
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/09/north-korea-believed-to-have-carried-out-nuclear-test-after-smal/

Obama Won’t Promise Not to Launch Nuclear First Strikes
http://news.antiwar.com/2016/09/06/obama-wont-promise-not-to-launch-nuclear-first-strikes/

Remembering the Man Who Got Obama to Talk Openly About America’s Most Violent Secret War
http://www.alternet.org/world/americas-most-violent-secret-war

Facebook 'napalm girl' row mounts as Norway PM posts picture
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/84121869/facebook-napalm-girl-row-mounts-as-norway-pm-posts-picture

5,300 Wells Fargo employees fired over 2 million phony accounts
http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/investing/wells-fargo-created-phony-accounts-bank-fees/

The future of automation and your job
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2016/09/03/future-automation-job/89857442/

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

The Federal Reserve is living in a fantasyland
http://theweek.com/articles/645903/federal-reserve-living-fantasyland

Solid Hiring Without Wage Jump Tests Fed Hopes for Inflation
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-02/full-employment-without-wage-jump-tests-fed-pining-for-inflation

Apple’s Tax Game Is Hurting Economic Growth
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602269/apples-tax-game-is-hurting-economic-growth/

Global economy faces multiple crises as G20 gathers in Hangzhou
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1004170.shtml

Putin Says DNC Hack Was a Public Service, Russia Didn’t Do It
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-02/putin-says-dnc-hack-was-a-public-good-but-russia-didn-t-do-it

Poll: Record number of Americans dislike Clinton
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/293908-poll-record-number-of-voters-dislike-clinton

Corey Lewandowski: Trump’s Immigration Speech Was For White Men
https://thinkprogress.org/corey-lewandowski-trump-immigration-speech-white-men-ac678d57c88e
 
Is Trump v. Clinton the Baby Boomers’ Last Hurrah?
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/08/30/Trump-v-Clinton-Baby-Boomers-Last-Hurrah

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal

Stephen Bannon, Trump’s New C.E.O., Hints at His Master Plan
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/breitbart-stephen-bannon-donald-trump-master-plan

Clinton Foundation will stop accepting foreign and corporate donations if Clinton is elected
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-foundation-will-stop-accepting-foreign-corporate-donations-if-clinton-is-elected/

Private Prison Companies, Punched in the Gut, Will Keep Most Federal Business
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-08-18/private-prison-companies-punched-in-the-gut-will-keep-most-federal-business

U.S. Concedes $400 Million Payment to Iran Was Delayed as Prisoner ‘Leverage’ 
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/world/middleeast/iran-us-cash-payment-prisoners.html

US Moves Nuclear Weapons From Turkey to Romania
http://news.antiwar.com/2016/08/18/us-moves-nuclear-weapons-from-turkey-to-romania/

More U.S. Weapons for the Saudis’ Atrocious War on Yemen
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/more-u-s-weapons-for-the-saudis-atrocious-war-on-yemen/

What we can say about the Louisiana floods and climate change
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/08/15/what-we-can-say-about-the-louisiana-floods-and-climate-change/

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Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/nine-percent-of-america-selected-trump-and-clinton.html

‘Trump Is Cratering’: New Polls Signal Deep Trouble for Republican Nominee
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-08-05/-trump-is-cratering-new-polls-signal-deep-trouble-for-republican-nominee

Obama says U.S. must boost air power against IS, denies $400M was Iran 'ransom' payment
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/08/04/Obama-says-US-must-boost-air-power-against-IS-denies-400M-was-Iran-ransom-payment/8501470355118/

U.S. Says New Bombing Campaign Against ISIS in Libya Has No “End Point at This Particular Moment”
https://theintercept.com/2016/08/01/u-s-says-new-bombing-campaign-against-isis-in-libya-has-no-end-point-at-this-particular-moment/

US Airstrikes Soaring in Afghanistan Since Obama Loosened Restrictions
http://news.antiwar.com/2016/07/31/us-airstrikes-soaring-in-afghanistan-since-obama-loosened-restrictions/

Payrolls Surge as U.S. Hiring Gains Broad-Based for Second Month
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-05/payrolls-surge-as-u-s-hiring-gains-broad-based-for-second-month

Why Americans Are So Angry Despite America’s Strong Economy
https://hbr.org/2016/08/why-americans-are-so-angry-despite-americas-strong-economy

Poverty in Rio: Why Brazilians Can't Afford Tickets to Their Own Olympic Games
https://mic.com/articles/150500/rio-olympics-summer-2016-poverty-tickets-brazilians-cant-afford-income-inequality-rio-de-janeiro

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How Clinton quelled an insurgency
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-2016-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-supporters-226415

Assange, Avowed Foe of Clinton, Timed Email Release for Democratic Convention
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/us/politics/assange-timed-wikileaks-release-of-democratic-emails-to-harm-hillary-clinton.html

Khizr Khan, father of Muslim Iraq hero, says Trump 'sacrificed nothing' for US
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/28/dnc-news-khizr-khan-father-of-muslim-iraq-hero-says-trump-sacrificed-nothing-and-no-one-for-us.html

Robert Kagan and Other Neocons Are Backing Hillary Clinton
https://theintercept.com/2016/07/25/robert-kagan-and-other-neocons-back-hillary-clinton/

There’s No Business Like the Arms Business
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176169/tomgram%3A_william_hartung%2C_how_to_arm_a_%22volatile%22_planet/

Mass Killings May Have Created Contagion, Feeding on Itself
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/science/mass-killings-contagion-copycat.html

Humans are the scariest animals in nature, study finds
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1113415187/fear-of-humans-072616/

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Americans' Satisfaction With U.S. Drops Sharply
http://www.gallup.com/poll/193832/americans-satisfaction-drops-sharply.aspx

Trump Accused Of "Apocalyptic" Fearmongering In Speech Promising "Security And Prosperity"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-22/trump-accused-apocalyptic-fearmongering-speech-promising-security-and-prosperity

Police bullet that hit man lying on ground with hands up was aimed at autistic patient
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-charles-kinsey-shooting-north-miami20160722-story.html

US air strike in Syria kills up to 85 civilians 'mistaken for Isil fighters'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/19/us-air-strike-in-syria-kills-up-to-85-civilians-mistaken-for-isi/

28 Pages Raise 'Scores of Troubling Questions' on US-Saudi Ties
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/16/28-pages-raise-scores-troubling-questions-us-saudi-ties

America’s Nukes Aren’t Safe in Turkey Anymore
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/18/americas-nukes-arent-safe-in-turkey-anymore/

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A three-day spasm of violence grips US
http://www.smh.com.au/world/dallas-police-shooting-a-three-day-spasm-of-violence-culminates-in-a-sniper-attack-20160708-gq1m80.html

A Staggering Reminder That Car Bombs Are An Epidemic In Baghdad
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/baghdad-bombings_us_57797e09e4b0416464105b3c

'I will be with you, whatever': Blair's fawning messages to George W Bush reveal how the two plotted to come up with a 'clever plan' to 'deal' with Saddam
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3676771/Chilcot-reports-reveals-emails-Tony-Blair-George-Bush.html

If Hillary Had Been a Soldier in the Army, Here’s How She’d Be Treated
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437536/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-unfit-president-unfit-soldier

State Department reopens internal probe of Clinton emails
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/07/state-department-reopens-internal-probe-clinton-emails.html

Trump Campaign Blames Anti-Semitic Tweet on “Microsoft's Shapes”
http://gawker.com/trump-campaign-blames-antisemitic-tweet-on-microsofts-1783103054

The Economics Behind the Boom in Anti-Immigration Sentiment
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-07/the-economics-behind-the-boom-in-anti-immigration-sentiment

THE WEEK THAT WAS w/ the Newsvandal... it's a whiz-bang half-hour wrap-up of the wacky week. Join JP Sottile and James Moore on the mighty KRUU.

THE WEEK THAT WAS

>>>Trumpled Wiltskin
A Chaotic Whodunnit Follows the DNC’s Trump Research Hack
https://www.wired.com/2016/06/chaotic-whodunnit-follows-dncs-trump-research-hack/
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Trump’s campaign hits a wall
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/283688-trumps-campaign-hits-a-wall

>>>Running And Gunning
Guns in America: A history of violence
http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21700596-evidence-growing-gun-violence-america-product-weak-gun-laws-guns
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JP Morgan and Bank of America in cluster bomb investors 'Hall of Shame'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/16/jp-morgan-bank-of-america-cluster-bomb-investors-hall-of-shame
 
>>>It's So Easy
Yellen Says Brexit Vote Influenced Fed Call to Hold Rates Steady
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-15/yellen-says-brexit-vote-influenced-fed-call-to-hold-rates-steady
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The Fed Is Learning Just How Hard the Exit From Easy Money Will Be
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/upshot/the-fed-is-learning-just-how-hard-the-exit-from-easy-money-will-be.html

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THE WEEK THAT WAS 

>>>The Worm iTurns
Apple’s iPhone-iPad-Mac Fiasco in 4 Interactive Charts 
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/04/26/heres-apples-iphone-ipad-mac-fiasco-in-4-interactive-charts/
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Is Facebook Turning Into the New Google?
http://247wallst.com/media/2016/04/27/is-facebook-turning-into-the-new-google/

>>>Slippery Slopes
Will Oil And Refugees Force European Intervention In Libya
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Will-Oil-And-Refugees-Force-European-Intervention-In-Libya.html
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State Dep’t Spokesman: Phrase ‘Boots on the Ground’ Has Reporters ‘Wrapped Around the Axle’
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/state-dept-spokesman-phrase-boots-ground-has-reporters-wrapped

>>>Politics & Fleas & Trolls & Devils
The Trolls, the Political Operative, and the Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Pro-Bernie Facebook Groups
http://gawker.com/the-trolls-the-political-operative-and-the-mysterious-1773153353
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Ted Cruz is 'Lucifer'? Why John Boehner's words matter. 
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Decoder/2016/0428/Ted-Cruz-is-Lucifer-Why-John-Boehner-s-words-matter

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THE WEEK THAT WAS

>>>To Bork Or Not To Bork
The messiness of Merrick Garland and the Nov. election
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/16/the-messiness-of-merrick-garland-and-the-nov-election.html

>>>The Grand Chessboard
Putin 'willing to ditch Assad' to end five-year Syria conflict
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-vladimir-putin-willing-to-ditch-president-bashar-al-assads-regime-to-end-five-year-a6933256.html

>>>Mama's Invisible Handiwork
Decoupling of global emissions and economic growth confirmed
http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/pressreleases/2016/march/decoupling-of-global-emissions-and-economic-growth-confirmed.html
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Solar Power Is About To Get MUCH Cheaper
http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/Solar-Power-Is-About-To-Get-MUCH-Cheaper.html

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THE WEEK THAT WAS

>>>War Parties
Donald Trump: 'I think Islam hates us'
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/09/politics/donald-trump-islam-hates-us/
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Libya: Worse Than Iraq. Sorry, Hillary
http://www.unz.com/plee/libya-worse-than-iraq-sorry-hillary/

>>>The Economy Doesn't Suck. It Just Sucks For You.
Don’t Be Fooled By The Best Lousy Jobs Report Ever
http://www.investors.com/news/economy/dont-be-fooled-by-the-best-lousy-jobs-report-ever/
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27 giant profitable companies paid no taxes
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/03/07/27-giant-profitable-companies-paid-no-taxes/81399094/

>>>They Are Women, Hear Them Roar
Celebrating the Power of Environmental Feminists
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Celebrating-the-Power-of-Environmental-Feminists-20160308-0002.html
 
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THE WEEK THAT WAS

>>>The Best Election Ever
This Is the Dirtiest Presidential Race Since ’72
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/02/2016-elections-nastiest-presidential-election-since-1972-213644

>>>People's Court Of Public Opinion
CBS News poll: The next Supreme Court justice, Obama, and the economy
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-the-next-supreme-court-justice-obama-and-the-economy/

>>>Apple Of Your FBI
Inside the FBI's encryption battle with Apple
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/17/inside-the-fbis-encryption-battle-with-apple

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