Source: Bloomberg Politics
May 20, 2016
Two Videos Reveal Stark Contrasts in How Clinton and Trump Appeal to Hispanics
Production value showcased at Hispanic evangelical conference
Donald Trump, Social Conservative?
(John Hinderaker) Donald Trump addressed the National Rifle Association's Leadership Forum today. Just before he spoke, the NRA announced its endorsement of him. Trump's speech was good. He contrasted his support for gun rights with "Heartless Hillary"'s effort to disarm women and render them unable to protect themselves. He said that Mrs. Clinton wants to repeal the Second Amendment, which is essentially correct since Clinton says she will appoint justices who will
Source: Power LinePower Line
'Alarming': Fox Sports Reporter Shares 'Very Scary' Uber Story
"Eventually they confirmed they had my keys and asked for my address so they could send them."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Foreign Policy Expert Cynically Refers To Refugee Crisis In Europe As 'Gift From Uncle Sam'
'Refugees are streaming into Europe, threatening to wreck the European Union'
Via: The Daily Caller
Gowdy Endorses Trump: 'My Guy Lost. When the Jury Speaks, I'm Going to Support the Jury'
"As Congressman Gowdy stated months ago, he will support the Republican nominee for president."
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
With All Due Respect: Best of the Week (05/20/16)
Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin and John Heilemann present some of the biggest moments from the political week that was on "With All Due Respect."
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Civil rights activist, Carter administration official dies
Patricia M. Derian, who actively supported Mississippi public school desegregation and served as assistant secretary of state for human rights during the Carter administration, has died.
Derian's son, Michael Derian, confirmed his mother died early Friday. She was 86.
Derian, former President Jimmy Carter's assistant secretary of state for human ...
New Defense Budget Will Drastically Cut National Security Council's Bloated Staff
Over 250 staff to be cut next year
Via: The Daily Caller
Reshaping human health and changing lives through gene editing
Gene editing is going to fundamentally change our lives and how we traditionally think about health throughout the first half of the 21st century. The question isn't "When will gene editing become a significant reality for the majority of the world?" The truth is, this is neither science fiction nor a prediction — gene editing is happening now. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
GOP Veteran Peter Wehner: Trump Is a Danger to the Republican Party
Republican strategist Alex Castellanos and Peter Wehner, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discuss Donald Donald Trump and GOP unity on "With All Due Respect."
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Epic Solar Power Fail Gets Even More Epic-er
(Steven Hayward) Last we checked in on the $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar power facility out in the California desert, it was in danger of being shut down because it was failing to produce the promised amount of electricity, despite all that free desert sunshine. (Before that we reported on how it was merely incinerating birds by the hundreds.) Well it get's better. Yesterday Ivanpah managed the feat of setting itself on fire:
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DC Metro GM Goes Scorched Earth, Fires 20 Managers And Says More Layoffs Coming
'Safety comes first'
Via: The Daily Caller
Sanders' Defiance: Bernie Plays the Leverage Game
On "With All Due Respect," NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell, Bloomberg Politics' Arit John and Sahil Kapur discuss whether Bernie Sanders' aggressive campaign risks party unity.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Ploughshares Fund, group that pushed Iran nuclear, also gave NPR 100K last year
A group that the Obama administration saw as a key ally in the push to win support for its Iran nuclear deal also gave $100,000 to National Public Radio in 2015.
A recent New York Times Magazine article featuring Ben Rhodes, one of Mr. Obama's top foreign policy aides, said ...
Nokia confirms another 1,000 layoffs in Finland
As a late Friday coda to this week's news of Nokia's old feature phone business getting sold once again, today Nokia quietly confirmed it is laying off 1,032 employees in its home market of Finland. The cuts will come across all business units. On top of putting the news out in the evening on the very last day of the week, the announcement was further downplayed by being… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Billionaire Mark Cuban Says He's 'Wide Open' to Talking VP Spot With Clinton
"If she really did come to you, would you listen?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Cameron's Office Denies Inviting Trump to Downing Street
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann discuss the tension between Donald Trump and British Prime Minister David Cameron on "With All Due Respect."
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Marion County GOP chair resigns amid new ethics rules
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The chairwoman of the Marion County Republican Party has stepped down amid new Indianapolis ethics rules that prohibit certain political leaders from doing business with the city.
The Indianapolis Star (indy.st/1WH2jXJ ) reports that GOP Chairwoman Jennifer Ping resigned Friday.
She cited an ethics ordinance approved by ...
College Reverses Course, Rehires General Fired For Anti-Transgender Joke
'Fired' for just a few days
Via: The Daily Caller
Twitter and Betaworks are teaming up in a new fund
We're hearing from multiple sources that there's a new fund coming out of Betaworks, and Twitter is chipping money into it. Twitter is investing at least $10 million in the new fund, according to one source. We don't know the total size of the venture. In the past, Betaworks has focused on smaller seed investments and has stayed away from outsized funds. Another previous… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Hillary Clinton Believes Pivotal Gun Rights Ruling Was Wrong, Adviser Says
Hillary Clinton believes a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that is the linchpin of an individual's right to own a gun was "wrongly decided," her policy adviser told Bloomberg Politics on Friday.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
"Minnesota men" go to trial (11)
(Scott Johnson) Conspirator turned FBI informant Abdirahman Bashir testified all day Thursday. Bashir is one of three key witnesses, but if the prosecution has a star witness among them, it is probably Bashir. He is likely to remain on the stand through the half-day of the trial this morning. The highlight of Bashir's testimony derives from his work undercover for the FBI once he turned informant in early 2014. He recorded conversations
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Donald Trump counterpunches Hillary Clinton, plays the 'Bernie card'
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday fired back at likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for saying his offensive remarks and erratic style made him unqualified for the White House.
Taking to Twitter early in the morning, Mr. Trump said that it was Mrs. Clinton who was not qualified ...
Fight For $15 Prepares To March To McDonald's Gates
'FightFor15 is marching on McDonalds HQ next week to fight low pay and the race to the bottom'
Via: The Daily Caller
Minecraft is headed to China
Microsoft is bringing Minecraft, the insanely popular game it acquired when it bought Mojang for $2.5 billion, to China. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
EgyptAir Flight 804 Debris, Passengers' 'Personal Belongings' Found Near Alexandria, Egyptian Army Spokesman Says
The debris was found around 180 miles north of the port city of Alexandria.
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Trump: China 'Killing' U.S. By Lowering Currency Value
When the U.S. gets tough with China, Asian country will stop devaluing it's currency, Donald Trump says on MSNBC. "They are absolutely killing us" by driving down the currency value, "they are absolutely making it impossible for our companies to compete with China," Trump says "If we had a trade war, to be honest with you, it can't be worse" than trade deficit'': Trump
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Hillary Clinton tops Donald Trump as race tightens; voters leery of both: poll
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton held a 6-point lead over likely GOP rival Donald Trump in a new national poll released on Thursday, but it also showed that a majority of voters dislike both candidates.
Mrs. Clinton, who is closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination, topped Mr. Trump 47 ...
This Is How Fascism Comes to America
On "Morning Must Read," Bloomberg's Tom Keene recaps the op-ed pieces and analyst notes that provide insight into today's headlines. Pantheon Macroeconomics Chief Economist Ian Shepherdson and Societe Generale Global Strategist Kit Juckes also speak on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Man arrested in connection with several Charlotte robberies
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Charlotte police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for a series of armed robberies in the area.
Media outlets report that 21-year-old Tommy Joe Harvey Jr. was arrested Thursday and charged with four counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, common law robbery and ...
The Europas — It's time for different type of tech conference
Let's face it. Some tech conferences have lost their way. While TechCrunch Disrupt remains a firmly curated, media-driven, event, with hundreds of journalists attending, a couple of other conferences have really gone for scale. A minimum of 15,000 people, thousands of companies, echoing halls — and a lot of investors (and journalists) turning their badges around so they don't… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Trump, Who Once Backed Gun Restrictions, to Address NRA Conference
Sitting under a Beretta pistol banner roughly the size of a small house, Loran Braught scratches his short white mustache as he considers whether a Manhattan real estate developer will protect his right to carry.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Women Hardest Hit
SEOUL—When my plane landed in South Korea earlier this week, the nation was much occupied with a controversy that seemed, to this American journalist, somewhat perplexing. Families of those killed by South Korea's then-military regime during a 1980 uprising were upset because a conservative government minister had ruled against making a song called "Marching for our Beloved" the official anthem of the government's observance of the anniversary.
The post Women Hardest Hit appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
IMAX to open 'VR experience' centers worldwide and develop its own VR camera
IMAX, one company that has pushed cinema technology forward, is preparing to toss its hat into the virtual reality ring with a set of new initiatives. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Poll Shows Republican Voters Want Party Leaders to Unite Behind Trump — and By a Big Margin
"What do you think Republican leaders should do now?"
Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories
Vietnam Is the Focus of a Fight Between China and the U.S.
Dwarfed by its Communist neighbor and still bearing the scars of a war with the U.S. four decades ago, Vietnam has become a focal point of the race between the two powers for influence in the western Pacific.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Trump, Clinton speeches to highlight US divisions on guns
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will court voters on opposite sides of the gun debate over the next two days in events that will highlight the nation's deep divide on the topic.
Trump and other top Republicans will speak at the National Rifle Association convention Friday in Louisville, where organizers ...
Judicial Watch President: State Dept. Official's Deposition Was 'Embarrassing' For Hillary
'Testimony was not helpful for Clinton'
Via: The Daily Caller
Singapore's Jungle Ventures brings on three new operating partners
Jungle Ventures, the Singapore-based VC firm that launched a $100 million fund last year, has recruited three new operating partners to its team. Michael Smith comes from streaming service HOOQ, where he was chief product officer, joining recent hires Gabriel Lundberg, ex-Spotify, and Tiang Lim Foo, who led Evernote business development in Asia Pacific. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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