Taibbi: Latest Fake News Panic Appears to Be Fake News - Rolling Stone
We Americans are clearly too dumb to read our own news, and quite capable of destroying ourselves over nonsense without the help of outside parties.
9.30.2017
Discovering fake fake news
9.29.2017
We say flying cabinet members to, say, Asia econo-class would be a totally good use of their time, not
Questions Pile Up for White House About Top Officials' Private and Military Aircraft Use
Bloomberg
The White House's travel headache is growing with new revelations about top officials' use of military aircraft. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, whose use of taxpayer-funded private jets drew the ire of President Donald Trump, now faces scrutiny for using military jets that reportedly put his total travel tab above $1 million. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is also drawing attention, as a report said he took private or military planes at least four Read the full story
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Give the racist books to the poor kids, says Cambridge, MA, school librarian
'Racist propaganda': Librarian rejects Melania Trump's gift of Dr. Seuss books
The Washington Post
A White House spokeswoman said it is "unfortunate" that sending books to children has been turned into "something divisive."
Menu notes from all over
Legalized Cannabis May Be a Windfall for McDonald's and Taco Bell - Bloomberg
The munchies are driving up fast-food sales in states where marijuana is legal.
9.28.2017
Read on
Banned Books Week: 'In 2017, censorship comes from an outraged public' | Books | The Guardian
"It's particularly true in the US. It's not as prevalent in the UK but it's not unheard of," said Ginsberg. "We aren't branding cheeks for seditious libel; we no longer have a censor in chief. But we have a different kind of censorship … that allows the anger of the mob to force both publishers and authors to censor themselves out of fear.
Moments we're sorry we missed
These NYC curmudgeons are a dying breed | New York Post
Mimi's was among Bricker's first jobs when she moved to the city from Long Island at age 20. Most nights she sings with the bar's pianist, Chicken Delicious…
9.27.2017
Thanks, Captain Obvious! You too, Reuters!
Reuters:
Trump urges NFL to ban players kneeling during anthem
Hillary Clinton, Trump's Democratic rival in the 2016 election, called Trump's comments "a huge, loud dog whistle to his supporters" in an interview with CBS.
And here's how you spin a news story, boys and girls
Sounds like the good guy won, right? Yay!
But no, the guy who won is Roy Moore and he's worse than Trump. Yikes!
So me, I'm not much encouraged by this trouncing here.
(Also it was a Senate race primary, might as well mention that.)
9.26.2017
OK, I’m confused
Using private email accounts is bad now?
Shame on them!
At Least 6 White House Advisers Used Private Email Accounts - The New York Times
9.25.2017
Wow! Does this mean Bernie is off the hook?
Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl in a case that rocked Hillary Clinton's campaign for the White House in the closing days of the race and may have cost her the presidency.
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$0.002 of this is MY MONEY and I WANT IT BACK
Tom Price to halt taxpayer-funded travel on private jets - POLITICO
POLITICO has identified more than $400,000 in charter jet spending for the HHS secretary's travels since May.
9.24.2017
TWO football games today…
…on my one-channel TV app; New England v Houston and Cincinnati v Green Bay (oh oh, sorry Cinci). A football orgy, and better watch as many as possible before Trump shuts the whole thing down. (He couldn't, could he? I mean, a nuclear war is one thing but shutting down the NFL? I don't think so.)
Melania's first solo foreign trip is to…Canada
Melania takes first solo foreign trip as first lady | New York Post
She traveled to Toronto at the head of a seven-person US delegation to the Invictus Games, an international competition for wounded veterans organized by Britain's Prince Harry.
I wonder if she needs a passport to get back home.
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