Robert Parry | The Danger of Excessive Trump Bashing
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "While that attitude may be understandable given Trump's frequently feckless and often offensive behavior - he seems not to know basic facts and insults large swaths of the world's population - this Trump bashing also has dangerous implications because some of his ideas deserve serious debate rather than blanket dismissal."
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Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "While that attitude may be understandable given Trump's frequently feckless and often offensive behavior - he seems not to know basic facts and insults large swaths of the world's population - this Trump bashing also has dangerous implications because some of his ideas deserve serious debate rather than blanket dismissal."
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A Goldman Sachs Executive Allegedly Stole Government Data to Woo Clients
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The Federal Reserve fined Goldman Sachs $36.3m for what it called the use and disclosure of confidential materials that the US uses in its supervision of banks."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "The Federal Reserve fined Goldman Sachs $36.3m for what it called the use and disclosure of confidential materials that the US uses in its supervision of banks."
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Mormon Distrust of Donald Trump Runs Deep. Could Utah Go to Clinton?
Max Perry Mueller, Slate
Mueller writes: "Despite Trump's claims of massive Mormon support, however, many Mormons have not looked fondly on his candidacy. In fact, most of Trump's Mormon friends must have stayed home on caucus night in Utah. He finished third (14 percent) to Ted Cruz (69.2 percent) and John Kasich (16.8 percent)."
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Max Perry Mueller, Slate
Mueller writes: "Despite Trump's claims of massive Mormon support, however, many Mormons have not looked fondly on his candidacy. In fact, most of Trump's Mormon friends must have stayed home on caucus night in Utah. He finished third (14 percent) to Ted Cruz (69.2 percent) and John Kasich (16.8 percent)."
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US Supreme Court Blocks Transgender Bathroom Choice for Now
David Ingram, Reuters
Ingram writes: "A Virginia school board may temporarily block a student who was born a girl from using the boys' bathroom while a legal fight over transgender rights proceeds on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday."
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David Ingram, Reuters
Ingram writes: "A Virginia school board may temporarily block a student who was born a girl from using the boys' bathroom while a legal fight over transgender rights proceeds on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court said on Wednesday."
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USA Gymnastics Routinely Ignored Warnings of Sexual Abuse by Coaches, Report Alleges
Matt Bonesteel, The Washington Post
Bonesteel writes: "A stunning, detailed investigation published Thursday by the Indianapolis Star found that USA Gymnastics, the sport's governing body in this country, did little to investigate numerous claims of sexual abuse levied against gymnastics coaches across the country, routinely dismissing the allegations as hearsay 'unless they came directly from a victim or victim's parent' because of fears that the allegations would damage the reputations of the coaches in question."
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Matt Bonesteel, The Washington Post
Bonesteel writes: "A stunning, detailed investigation published Thursday by the Indianapolis Star found that USA Gymnastics, the sport's governing body in this country, did little to investigate numerous claims of sexual abuse levied against gymnastics coaches across the country, routinely dismissing the allegations as hearsay 'unless they came directly from a victim or victim's parent' because of fears that the allegations would damage the reputations of the coaches in question."
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Police Body Camera Use - Not a Pretty Picture
Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American
Greenemeier writes: "A report released this week questions how much law enforcement agencies are telling the public about the use of the cameras - and the footage they collect."
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Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American
Greenemeier writes: "A report released this week questions how much law enforcement agencies are telling the public about the use of the cameras - and the footage they collect."
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Anthrax Outbreak in Russia Thought to Be Result of Thawing Permafrost
Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR
Doucleff writes: "Officials don't know exactly how the outbreak started, but the current hypothesis is almost unbelievable: A heat wave has thawed the frozen soil there and with it, a reindeer carcass infected with anthrax decades ago."
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Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR
Doucleff writes: "Officials don't know exactly how the outbreak started, but the current hypothesis is almost unbelievable: A heat wave has thawed the frozen soil there and with it, a reindeer carcass infected with anthrax decades ago."
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