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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of September 10-16, 2018.
Note: We would like to get the top six placings from the UK Season Opener as the tab sheet shows several ties on tabroom. If you have the top six placings, please send them to [email protected] so we can do some National Points Race calculations!
In a charged media environment, the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III sticks to a stoic approach. https://t.co/1bKnYQxTrw
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) September 13, 2018
Small rural areas are suddenly doing well economically—but it probably doesn’t have much to do with Trump https://t.co/IhrvhOAdUz pic.twitter.com/aSGgS5nY2o
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) September 13, 2018
The bad news: Israel-Hamas deal stalls. The good news: No one wants another war https://t.co/GbHWP9Zfoy
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) September 13, 2018
Important @CrisisGroup report with great overview of past and present US refugee policy and implementation; shows how far current admin deviates from previous Rep and Dem presidents. Also strategies for moving forward. Very informative, worth a read: https://t.co/D515K7rXNL
— Sarah Blodgett Bermeo (@SarahBBermeo) September 12, 2018
I’ve spent the better part of my career obsessing over the actions of Bernanke, Geithner, and Paulson during the crisis.
My view: they got the economics mostly right, and got the politics all wrong.https://t.co/zY9f977KtQ
— Neil Irwin (@Neil_Irwin) September 12, 2018
Emerging market elections may increase volatility: https://t.co/sq58eAXLFh pic.twitter.com/TAwWvXi4Vo
— U.S. News (@usnews) September 13, 2018
Republican-allied “Independent Democrats” face serious primaries today from newly energized, activist candidates vowing to move the state party closer to its leftist base. https://t.co/EI7HSJncrT
— The Nation (@thenation) September 13, 2018
Here are four questions for British Airlines after hackers stole the financial details of 380,000 customers https://t.co/01U8RISMkd
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) September 13, 2018
Perspective | New report: Most teens say social media makes them feel better, not worse, about themselves https://t.co/yfW1KcNtBp
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 13, 2018
“No government in Canada should take the contemptuous step of disregard for the Charter of Rights that the notwithstanding clause offers them,” said Alex Neve, Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada. #OntPoli https://t.co/3rZukvS37r
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) September 12, 2018
With his tweet, the president demonstrated, yet again, that against all odds he retains the capacity to shock https://t.co/wiqw84MbUn
— The Economist (@EconUS) September 13, 2018
Bezos to launch network of preschools: “The child will be the customer” https://t.co/vEUwkt2abs pic.twitter.com/TA3LCPdEZR
— The Hill (@thehill) September 13, 2018
Youth is a defining characteristic of the U.S. Latino population. About six-in-ten Latinos in the U.S. were 35 or younger in 2016. https://t.co/Jfr2gE9GQH pic.twitter.com/29NHSeSu3T
— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) September 13, 2018
Israel is giving China the keys to its largest port – and the U.S. Navy may abandon Israel https://t.co/RW8mAcTuw1
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) September 13, 2018
Is democracy dying? We seek to answer this question in our October issue. https://t.co/Fi4MPApdrs
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 13, 2018