Good morning, to those near and far. Fittest? DC ranked fittest city in America: http://t.co/BPRK6LGl5H pic.twitter.com/CyZpscTErq — The Hill (@thehill) May 19, 2015 Snowden: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/600626993189822464 Ukraine: #Russia's aggression against #Ukraine is helping to erode #Ukraine's east/west divide: http://t.co/VUDsQuijyN pic.twitter.com/k3c0f2rHPe — Brookings (@BrookingsInst) May 19, 2015 Seas: The U.S. and China are in confrontation over a…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Crime: https://twitter.com/CNNWire/status/600257306253746176 Militarization: Obama admin sets new limits on military hardware supplied to police departments: http://t.co/C5KN8Vjef7 pic.twitter.com/grbxdPCSlv — The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2015 Assault: US military should protect service members who report sexual assault from retaliation http://t.co/xF9EHDe2xl pic.twitter.com/N00Jl1lu3J — Iain Levine (@iainlevine) May 18, 2015 Beyond Politics: https://twitter.com/organizedcchaos/status/599970639991021569…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Market: My sister has me watching "Flea Market Flip." Not gonna lie, these folks are impressive. — deray (@deray) May 17, 2015 Offices: A Fourth: Being deaf. https://t.co/mfYIphijWh — Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) May 17, 2015 Nothing: After 10+ years of payments, mobile home buyers can still owe more…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Habits: 5 Weekend Habits of Highly Successful People (via @Inc) http://t.co/6LpDFXB2KI — Quartz (@qz) May 16, 2015 Taxes: The @WHO is wrong to argue Europe needs more food taxes, writes @keepfoodlegal's @baylenlinnekin. http://t.co/4WC6rNexJ0 — reason (@reason) May 16, 2015 Walker, Iraq: ICYMI: Scott Walker: 'Knowing what we know…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Unquestioned: It's been 6 months since Tamir Rice died and the cop who killed him still hasn't been questioned http://t.co/ik8tZA9sWL — Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) May 15, 2015 Rest in Peace: https://twitter.com/ajam/status/599181864969105410 Video reveals official lies: Another leaked video captures a fatal police shooting and contradicts the official narrative.…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Lion’s share: Of all the funding on-demand startups raised in 2014, Uber took 60% http://t.co/0Ov40mW9c7 pic.twitter.com/RURMNyT83H — Quartz (@qz) May 14, 2015 Television: 'The Simpsons' apparently just fired Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, and more: http://t.co/oTIBhlKUAh pic.twitter.com/L9yxUaWCMJ — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 14, 2015 Madison, WI:…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Unelectable: Conservative group targets Jeb Bush as ‘unelectable’ in five-figure ad campaign: http://t.co/iO65rr7bOF pic.twitter.com/Wb2DkPi9bs — The Hill (@thehill) May 13, 2015 Accidents: NEW: Death toll rises to 6 in Philly Amtrak crash; eight reported critical http://t.co/dCIHWRAwjf pic.twitter.com/b9lzAsz5dm — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 13, 2015 War: Sinking the…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Deal: BREAKING: Verizon is buying AOL, in $4.4B deal http://t.co/pcwZSQpjsi pic.twitter.com/5UnzCNkgGC — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 12, 2015 Valuation: Both Apple and Verizon were worth $115 billion in 2007. Today Apple is worth $735 billion, Verizon $204 billion. http://t.co/JbXazXlYE8 — Dennis K. Berman (@dkberman) May 12, 2015…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Two years: Probe of IRS scandal drags on two years later: http://t.co/9fVj0wo8mi pic.twitter.com/XggPzypcVR — The Hill (@thehill) May 11, 2015 Ethics: A look at Virginia's new ethics legislation. http://t.co/1y2sfEAhi5 pic.twitter.com/dKdm90mXim — The Center for Public Integrity (@Publici) May 11, 2015 Ebola: Experts criticize the World Health Organization’s "slow"…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Culpability: How @GovernorOMalley Helped Create the Baltimore Riots: LEAP's @NeillFranklin http://t.co/LF6noHhAnb — reason (@reason) May 10, 2015 Common Law: The charge of ‘depraved-heart murder’ in the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore stems from English common law http://t.co/DfMEfJcFJ9 — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 10, 2015 Health: American…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Not soon enough: Texas students take aim at Jefferson Davis campus statue http://t.co/Y8goMOHCvV #fox5atl — FOX 5 Atlanta (@FOX5Atlanta) May 9, 2015 NSA: The courts stood up to #NSA mass surveillance. Now it's Congress's turn | @aclu @AlexanderAbdo @GuardianUS http://t.co/g4dFxy0rma — Jameel Jaffer (@JameelJaffer) May 9, 2015 Warfare:…
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Good morning,to those near and far. Nature: The race against time to find out where the next earthquake in Nepal might hit. http://t.co/sayJIkDWPp pic.twitter.com/sa9XhvE59q — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 8, 2015 Streaming: Netflix flexes its muscle on other companies' mergers: http://t.co/CR7OksSWXe pic.twitter.com/KfMcBOUMqn — The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2015 Off Limits: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/596639872393314304 Markets:…
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Good morning, to those near and far. The truth about the British: "The next time you think the British sound classy & authoritative with their accents & afternoon tea, remember this" http://t.co/E6xQsY2hk8 — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 7, 2015 Jeb: Did Jeb Bush invest taxpayer money in porn? http://t.co/HpYDiDfAUc pic.twitter.com/lDFb1RbdYp — The Hill (@thehill)…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Voting rights: Georgia's Secretary of State is cracking down hard on minority voter registration, by @spencerwoodman. http://t.co/Pr66XfO6jc — The New Republic (@newrepublic) May 6, 2015 Why remove? So what are the actual negatives to leaving the Mike Brown memorial up? It's not truly a safety hazard. http://t.co/W1WGqL7jM5 —…
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Good morning, to those near and far. New pair of shoes: Bill Clinton refuses to step away from paid speaking circuit: “I got to pay our bills” http://t.co/lS53v7CGmU pic.twitter.com/eQb4d2Zznw — The Hill (@thehill) May 5, 2015 Pilfered: A golden loaf of bread is missing from the mansion of former Ukrainian President Yanukovych http://t.co/Cn8t0PWV8Y pic.twitter.com/kiEJZMUWtk —…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Overperform: Bill Gates told his university professors that he'd be a millionaire by age 30. He became a billionaire at age 31. #random — GreatAmericanDebate (@AmericanDebate) May 4, 2015 Movies: Linda Cardellini on Her Top-Secret ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Character http://t.co/lOrBIie5zU pic.twitter.com/Nty4H1uNSQ — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Less is more: Cut Pesticide Use to Boost Yields? It's Worked for Millions of Farmers in Asia and Africa http://t.co/8kgTaHzQb9 — Truthout (@truthout) May 3, 2015 More is undeserved: White people get polite warnings. Plural warnings. This is…outrageous. I don't think there is any other word. https://t.co/6zYGXHlb3U —…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Security state: More Excuses on the Patriot Act – http://t.co/JcYlxxm70Q http://t.co/CUcexqNdPk — John Adams (@DailyAdams) May 2, 2015 Unions: Baltimore Activists Recount How Police Unions Crushed Accountability Reforms https://t.co/JxIgnenkdD #BaltimoreUprising — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) May 2, 2015 Race, policing: Comparing the race/ethnicity of police forces in 50 US cities…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Contradictions: So the guy in the van with Freddie Gray takes issue with that police report cited by the Washington Post. http://t.co/VLfhlXof3R — Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) May 1, 2015 Hypocrisy: The "You should peacefully protest in the tradition of MLK" people are the same ones who have…
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Good morning, to those near and far. Capitalism: Want to win? Vote socialism http://t.co/6CU7mw73x7 pic.twitter.com/i7NkKxHmgM — Liberty.me (@Libertydotme) April 30, 2015 Deals: The FBI helped facilitate a ransom payment to al Qaeda for Warren Weinstein, the American killed in a US drone strike http://t.co/cM6uhe9fbG — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 30, 2015 Donations: Without a…