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Friday March 15, 2019

Young People Feel Betrayed by Adults Over the Climate Crisis. Today, They're Going on Strike.
TheIntercept | Sharon Lerner | 03/15/19

Fernands has been struggling with that sense of helplessness since she first became keyed into the accelerating timetable of climate change in seventh grade. "It seemed like the end of the world," she said. "But the apocalyptic message wasn't being broadcast. Nobody was taking correct action to put us on a path away from climate catastrophe." Because her parents and teachers didn't seem to share her urgency, Fernands decided that she herself would have to sound the alarm over climate.

Over the past year, Fernands, now a sophomore in high school, has connected with other young people around the country and the world who grasp how dire the climate crisis is. And today they'll be taking to the streets in at least 105 countries. In the U.S., youth will strike in more than 100 cities, taking time off from school to demand radical legislative action to combat climate change and a transition to a 100 percent renewable economy. ... Read more

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas

An insider's groundbreaking investigation of how the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve.

Former New York Times columnist Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, where the rich and powerful fight for equality and justice any way they can--except ways that threaten the social order and their position atop it. We see how they rebrand themselves as saviors of the poor; how they lavishly reward "thought leaders" who redefine "change" in winner-friendly ways; and how they constantly seek to do more good, but never less harm. We hear the limousine confessions of a celebrated foundation boss; witness an American president hem and haw about his plutocratic benefactors; and attend a cruise-ship conference where entrepreneurs celebrate their own self-interested magnanimity.

Giridharadas asks hard questions: Why, for example, should our gravest problems be solved by the unelected upper crust instead of the public institutions it erodes by lobbying and dodging taxes? He also points toward an answer: Rather than rely on scraps from the winners, we must take on the grueling democratic work of building more robust, egalitarian institutions and truly changing the world. A call to action for elites and everyday citizens alike.

A chaotic Brexit is part of Trump's grand plan for Europe
TheGuardian | Natalie NougayrÃ¨de | 03/14/19

The president and his outriders want Europe weak and divided. Brexit will deliver some of that

If Brexit is halted, both the UK and the rest of Europe will reap the benefit -- and Donald Trump, for one, will suffer a defeat. The sect of Brexit has passionate adherents far beyond Britain's hardline leavers. It includes vocal and influential preachers in the Trumpian world of Washington -- and the reality of Trump is having a deep impact on Europe, with the Brexit mess a key part of it all.

The Brexit saga isn't just about a negotiation gone awry, nor about the impasse a country finds itself in having fallen prey to a movement based on lies and deception. The wider question is about what kind of world we want to live in. To fully see this, it helps to keep Trump's US in mind, not just the intricacies of British parliamentary arithmetic or Michel Barnier's latest statement. Because Trump's US is intimately intertwined with the Brexiter vision of Britain. ... Read more

49 killed in terrorist attack on New Zealand mosques
Axios| Dave Lawler | 03/15/19

New Zealand police said Friday a man in his late 20s had been charged with murder after 49 people were killed and 48 others injured in shooting attacks at 2 mosques in the city of Christchurch.

It's the worst terrorist attack in the region. Many Kiwis are reeling from the news that such a tragedy could unfold in their backyard, a quiet country of fewer than 5 million people.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said people with such extremist views have "absolutely no place in New Zealand." ... Read more

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

Sandy Hook Families Can Now Sue The Remington Gun Manufacturer | Velshi & Ruhle | MSNBC | 03/15/19 | 8:04

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children between six and seven years old, as well as six adult staff members. Before driving to the school, he shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home.
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Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Friday, March 15 [11:08]

Anand Giridharadas: College Bribery Scandal Highlights How America is Rigged for Wealthy & Powerful | DN | 03/15/19 | 12:04

Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Friday, March 15 (FULL) | 59:02

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White Supremacist Kills 49 Muslim Worshipers in New Zealand as Islamophobic Hate Crimes Rise Globally
Anand Giridharadas: College Bribery Scandal Highlights How America is Rigged for Wealthy & Powerful
Journalist's Struggle to Find Bone Marrow Match Exposes Racial Disparity in National Registry

Class Struggle Over Brexit -- Costas Lapavitsas | TRNN | 03/14/18 | 28:54

The Brexit process is in chaos after a series of votes concludes with the government asking the EU for a three-month extension; Jeremy Corbyn calls for an election to let people decide on their future -- Paul Jay and Costas Lapavitsas

Ana's Incredible UN Speech! | TYT | 03/14/19 | 3:19

*Ivanka and Jared In Big Trouble | TYT | 03/14/19 | 10:54

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez GRILLS Banker | TYT | 03/14/19 | 10:14

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Friday News Roundup -- Domestic | 1a.org | 03/15/19 | 1hr

On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all Boeing 737 Max planes operated by American companies or flying in U.S. territory, after a deadly crash involving a 737 Max aircraft in Ethiopia.
That's only one of several investigations we've been following this week. On Wednesday, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison -- an additional 43 months on top of his original sentence for charges of federal conspiracy and obstruction.
Meanwhile, Andrew Weissmann, a prominent member of Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation into the 2016 election, will leave the team and the Justice Department, according to two sources who spoke to NPR's Carrie Johnson. Does this mean the Mueller investigation is wrapping up? And if so, will the report be made available to the public?
In the midst of increasing calls for President Trump's impeachment, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi elaborated on her position this week. "I'm not for impeachment," she told The Washington Post. "Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. And he's just not worth it."

Friday News Roundup -- International | 1a.org | 03/15/19 | 1hr

Authorities in New Zealand charged a 28-year-old Australian with murder after at least 49 people were killed during Friday prayers at a mosque in Christchurch.
The Brexit legislative boondoggle also dominated the global news headlines this week. On Thursday, news broke about the March 29th deadline for Brexit. Namely, that it wouldn't be happening.
BuzzFeed News described the conditions in London this week as a "national political situation best described as a rollercoaster of burning garbage that takes in purgatory and all nine circles of Dante's Inferno on its way to its final destination of [s--t] creek, where they are fresh out of paddles."
**And students in 40 countries planned to protest government inaction on climate change this week. Reuters reported that this Friday's demonstrations are expected to be the largest yet.

Conservative Praises 12 GOP, Calls Out Others Who Backed President Trump | Morning Joe | MSNBC | 03/15/19 | 12:09

Fmr Fox News Reporter Asks Congress: Subpoena Me To Override NDA | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC | 03/12/19 | 9:06

Cuomo and Conway spar over Trump's 'tough people' remark | Cuomo | CNN | 03/14/19 | 10:56

Democrats Call On Wilbur Ross To Resign | All In | MSNBC | 03/14/19 | 8:31

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

A Republican Rebuke Of The President | Stephen Colbert | 03/14/19 | 5:28

Trump Denounces 'Very Boring Late Night Shows' | Stephen Colbert | 03/14/19 | 3:19

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Beto Announces 2020 Bid and Trump Attacks Him | SethMeyers | 03/14/19 | 11:47

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Lindsey Graham Mashups

Lindsey Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the quiet part aloud on why he’s still so close to former President Donald Trump: because we can use him for our goals. "President Trump has gotten people who wouldn't give me or Romney or anybody else the time of day. They believe he is on their side," the senator told the America First Agenda Summit crowd on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

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Environment & Climate Change

Environment

The term "climate change" is often used to refer specifically to anthropogenic climate change (also known as global warming). Anthropogenic climate change is caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes.

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AI - Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Deep Learning

AI - Artificial Intelligence

AIArtificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans. AI research has been defined as the field of study of intelligent agents, which refers to any system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals.

The term "artificial intelligence" had previously been used to describe machines that mimic and display "human" cognitive skills that are associated with the human mind, such as "learning" and "problem-solving". This definition has since been rejected by major AI researchers who now describe AI in terms of rationality and acting rationally, which does not limit how intelligence can be articulated.
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Quantum mechanics | AI - Artificial Intelligence

Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. It is the foundation of all quantum physics including quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science.
Classical physics, the collection of theories that existed before the advent of quantum mechanics, describes many aspects of nature at an ordinary (macroscopic) scale, but is not sufficient for describing them at small (atomic and subatomic) scales. Most theories in classical physics can be derived from quantum mechanics as an approximation valid at large (macroscopic) scale.
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Economy, Wall Street and Banksters

Wall Street and Banksters

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry (even if financial firms are not physically located there), or New York-based financial interests.

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Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?

An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis,.

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Daniel Ellsberg | Pentagon Papers

Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg and Paul Jay explore Ellsberg's latest book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. In the introduction to the book, Ellsberg writes: "No policies in human history have more deserved to be recognized as immoral or insane. The story of how this calamitous predicament came about and how and why it has persisted over a half a century is a chronicle of human madness".

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Nukes

Nukes

Nuclear weapons have come a long way and come in all types of different sizes. Some are relatively small while others are enormous, so big they boggle the mind at what they can be capable of, i.e. the Soviet 'Tsar Bomba' is/was 3,000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb.

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Rana Foroohar and Fall of American Business

Rana Foroohar

Ms. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of "Makers and Takers" says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S. economy, but takes around 25 percent of all corporate profit while creating only 4 percent of all jobs.

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The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick | 2014 | 10 Episodes

Oliver Stone and American University historian Peter J. Kuznick began working on the project in 2008. Stone, Kuznick and British screenwriter Matt Graham cowrote the script. It covers "the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America's global role since the fall of Communism." Stone is the director and narrator of all ten episodes.

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Kuznick Interviews

Kuznick Interviews

Historian Peter Kuznick says Eisenhower called for decreased militarization, then Dulles reversed the policy; the Soviets tried to end the cold war after the death of Stalin; crazy schemes involving nuclear weapons and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba put the world of the eve of destruction - with host Paul Jay

The Untold History of the United States by Kuznick, Peter.mobi | Book | 6.99 MB

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China Valley of Tunnels

China Valley of Tunnels

A report written by a Georgetown University team led by Phillip Karber conducted a three-year study to map out China’s complex tunnel system, which stretches 5,000 km (3,000 miles). The report determined that the stated Chinese nuclear arsenal is understated and as many as 3,000 nuclear warheads may be stored in the underground tunnel network.

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911

911

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists attacked the Unites States. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact caused the buildings to catch fire and collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon (the U.S. military headquarters) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Officials believe that the terrorists on that plane intended to destroy either the White House or the U.S. Capitol. Passengers on the plane fought the terrorists and prevented them from reaching their goal. In all, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.

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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides--Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.

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Trump's Mashups

Trump's Mashups

Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? VICE News' "Trump Talk" mashup series tries to answer that. And, we're happy to say, it was just nominated for two Webby Awards. Now you can watch all the nominated videos.

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Trump's Sexcapades

Trump's Sexcapades.

Jessica Leeds (1980s)
Kristin Anderson (1990s)
E. Jean Carroll (1995 or 1996)
Lisa Boyne (1996)
Cathy Heller (1997)
Temple Taggart McDowell (1997)
Karena Virginia (1998)
Mindy McGillivray (2003)
Jennifer Murphy (2005)
Rachel Crooks (2005)
Natasha Stoynoff (2005)
Juliet Huddy (2005 or 2006)
Jessica Drake (2006)
Ninni Laaksonen (2006)
Cassandra Searles (2013)
Allegations of pageant dressing room visits(1997)
Mariah Billado,
Victoria Hughes,
and three other Miss Teen USA contestants
Bridget Sullivan (2000)
Tasha Dixon (2001)
Unnamed contestants (2001)
Samantha Holvey (2006)

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Trump's Speeches | Rallys |Interviews

Trump's Speeches | Rallys

Donald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? Watch Trump at some of his rallys and see what you think.

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