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Vox 

Bernie Sanders wants world peace and prosperity. But he has no idea how to get there.

His big foreign policy speech shows the limits of idealism.

Standing on stage at Westminster College, the very place where Winston Churchill delivered his famous 1946 “Iron Curtain” speech and Mikhail Gorbachev declared the end of the Cold War in 1992, Sen. Bernie Sanders offered up his grand vision of US foreign policy.

He spoke of how we can build an idealistic world free of war and famine and terrorism and bloodshed, “a world of peace and economic security for all” in which “people have the decent jobs... Читать дальше...

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Iowa Sen. Ernst hopes, but isn't sure, health bill has votes

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst isn't sure the GOP's last-ditch effort to repeal Barack Obama's health care law has the votes to pass in the Republican-led Senate. The GOP senator said after a public meeting in Iowa Thursday, "If it fails, it fails." Ernst says she is leaning toward supporting the bill, which would repeal much of the Affordable Care Act and limit funding for Medicaid. It also would end insurance subsidies, and distribute money to states. Ernst says the bill is the only chance to control increasing premiums... Читать дальше...

HotNewHipHop.com 

5 NFL Teams That Should Consider Signing Colin Kaepernick

NFL free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned although many teams can use his help.
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/5-nfl-teams-that-should-consider-signing-colin-kaepernick-news.37511.html

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Top education official backing university tuition lawsuit

PHOENIX (AP) — A top education official is supporting the Arizona attorney general's lawsuit over steep increases in university tuition. Mark Brnovich's lawsuit against state Board of Regents claims that increasing in-state tuition and mandatory fees by "315 to 370 percent" is dramatic and unconstitutional. The lawsuit also addresses the board's decision to offer in-state tuition to recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows young immigrants living in the country... Читать дальше...

TheRepublic.com 

Vegas police change neck restraint policy after man’s death

LAS VEGAS — Police in Las Vegas have changed use-of-force policies to stop routine use of neck restraints that render people unconscious after the death of a man and findings that a department-taught technique was used 632 times over a decade, officials said Thursday. The revision to the use-of-force rules followed the death in May

BusinessInsider.com 

RAY DALIO: Bitcoin is a speculative bubble

Business Insider

Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget sat down with Ray Dalio, the chairman and co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates and author of the newly released book "Principles: Life and Work."

Blodget asks Dalio about Jamie Dimon's recent comments referring to bitcoin as a fraud.  Dalio says bitcoin is not an effective medium of exchange, calls the currency a speculative bubble, and says even the privacy aspect will be stress tested. 

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

Trump piles economic action onto his NKorea military threats

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans' nuclear weapons advances. He said China was imposing major banking sanctions,…

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

Trump piles economic action onto his NKorea military threats

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump added economic action to his fiery military threats against North Korea on Thursday, authorizing stiffer new sanctions in response to the Koreans' nuclear weapons advances. He said China was imposing major banking sanctions,…