Friday, August 5, 2016

RSN: The Danger of Excessive Trump Bashing, Mormon Distrust of Donald Trump Runs Deep. Could Utah Go to Clinton?





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Robert Parry | The Danger of Excessive Trump Bashing 
Hillary Clinton at Democratic National Convention. (photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) 
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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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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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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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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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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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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