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June 3, 2016
The Mexican Flag: An All-American Symbol?
(John Hinderaker) Violent mobs who have attacked Donald Trump supporters at one rally after another wave Mexican flags while burning American flags. The vast majority of Americans will disapprove, to say the least, so the Associated Press felt called upon to assure us that Mexican flags are really OK: "Mexican flag, seen at Trump protests, has long history in US." The flag of Mexico has a long history in the United States,
EXCLUSIVE: McAuliffe's Former Green Car Company Hasn't Sold Any Cars [VIDEO]
'The company has not met its jobs and investment totals'
Via: The Daily Caller
Crunch Report | Tony Fadell Exits Nest
Tony Fadell the Founder and CEO of Nest has Stepped down and is being replaced by Marwan Fawaz, Seene a 3D Modeling App was acquired by Snapchat, Glassdoor raises 40 Million Dollars valueing it at a cool billion, Amazon Alexa now has over 1000 Skills, and instagram has enabled their algorithm All of this on Crunch Report Read More 
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With All Due Respect: Best of the Week (06/03/16)
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)
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Obama calls on Democrats to stop violence at Trump rallies
President Obama said Friday night that Democrats should stop assaulting Donald Trump supporters at political rallies, even as the president told wealthy donors that Mr. Trump is exploiting voters' resentment of immigrants and gays.
The president said opponents of Mr. Trump shouldn't resort to violence, as occurred at a rally ...
German Company To Help Russia Scout For Moon Base
Airbus Defense will ensure a safe landing for Russian moon rover.
Via: The Daily Caller
Alaska Senate OKs bill to help stabilize insurance market
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Senate has passed legislation aimed at helping stabilize an individual health insurance market that's been plagued by rising rates and, starting next year, will be down to one insurer.
Under the bill, claims for high-cost conditions would be ceded to a high-risk pool funded ...
VIDEO: Michelle Obama Swipes At Trump In Commencement Speech
'We don't build up walls to keep people out'
Via: The Daily Caller
Facebook is disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger
Facebook is removing the messaging capability from its mobile web application, according to a notice being served to users: "Your conversations are moving to Messenger," it reads. Welcome news to the millions like me who switched to the web app in order to avoid Messenger in the first place! Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Obama Decries Violence Associated With Trump Rallies
President Barack Obama criticized the violence that's happened inside and outside of rallies for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying "that's not what our democracy is about." Obama speaks in Miami at Democratic National Committee fundraiser at home of attorney Robert Rubenstein "That's not what we do. There's no room for violence. There's no place for shouting. There's no room for politics that fails to at least listen to the other side even if you vehemently disagree. I belie
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Romania: Poking Putin In The Eye
Committed to Black Sea security and to raising its defense spending to 2 percent of GDP, Romania is in it for the long haul.
Via: The Daily Caller
Snapchat secretly acquires Seene, a computer vision startup that lets mobile users make 3D selfies
Snapchat has acquired Seene (also known as Obvious Engineering) a couple of months ago, TechCrunch has learned. Seene lets you capture 3D models from your phone with a simple smartphone camera. Snapchat could use Seene's format for a brand new category of selfie lenses, a new 3D photo format and potentially virtual reality projects. According to our sources, Snapchat was interested in… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
JPMorgan CEO Says Presidents Shouldn't Point Fingers
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said the next president of the U.S. should collaborate with other nations and avoid assigning blame for problems.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Videos and Photos of Fascist Violence in San Jose
(John Hinderaker) When people refer to fascism, they generally mean "opinions I disagree with." But the real thing, sadly, is not extinct. For the first time in our modern history, Brownshirts are on the march. As always, they are on the Left. We have written (a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2016/05/electing-trump-one-riot-at-a-time.php">here and elsewhere) about liberal Democrats who have rioted at or after Donald Trump rallies. Last night in San Jose, liberals attacked Trump supporters in the
Source: Power LinePower Line
Report: Agents faced delay entering building in terror probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government report says Homeland Security agents were improperly delayed from entering a federal building during a probe of last year's terror attack in San Bernardino.
The report by the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General says agents looking for the shooter's friend Enrique Marquez a day ...
Obama: 'The Notion That I … Am Hell-Bent On Taking Away Folks' Guns Is Just Not True' [VIDEO]
'I don't care how many times the NRA says it'
Via: The Daily Caller
MLB All-Star Ivan Rodriguez is joining a VC fund
Baseball legend Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, who is now up for nomination for the 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame, is joining a venture capital fund. Pudge is joining z9 Capital, a $25M fund based out of South Florida that focuses on making seed investments between $250k – $4M. He will be taking a VP spot, and focus on both looking for new investments, as well as using things he… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
California AG's Office Says It's Probing Trump University Complaints: Politico
Office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris says it's investigating consumer complaints about Trump University, Politico reports. Spokeswoman confirms investigation is ongoing Related: Trump School Assailed as 'Scam' by New York's Schneiderman
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Prosecutors split over Messi's guilt as tax fraud trial ends
MADRID (AP) - Lionel Messi's tax fraud trial has concluded with a public prosecutor calling for the player's acquittal and the government prosecutor renewing his demand for a conviction.
The four-day trial ended Friday in Barcelona with both prosecutors contending that Messi's father, Jorge Horacio Messi, was the main person ...
Trump: Hillary Supports Obama Because 'She Doesn't Want To Go To Jail' [VIDEO]
'Now it's 'Yes, sir, Mr. President''
Via: The Daily Caller
The woman card
Despite a wide gender gap in polls, she holds only a narrow lead in the general-election match-up.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
94,708,000: Record Number of Americans Not in Labor Force
There were 94,708,000 Americans not participating in the labor force in May, an increase of 664,000 individuals from the previous month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
The post 94,708,000: Record Number of Americans Not in Labor Force appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
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Tucson Border Patrol say Guatemalan kids in car trunk
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The Border Patrol says two kids were among a group of immigrants being smuggled in the trunk of a sedan when agents found them at a checkpoint on Interstate 19 south of Tucson.
Agents found migrants in trunks of two cars within an hour of each ...
You Don't Have The Right To Physically Attack Anyone For Their Political Beliefs
I would've thought this went without saying, but obviously not. Donald Trump is a dumb racist. A lot of his supporters are dumb and/or racist. And the rest of us have to tolerate it — not condone it, not ignore it, but tolerate it — because this is the United States of America. People have […]
Via: The Daily Caller
These are the startups pitching at TechCrunch Stockholm, June 7
We're delighted to announce the startups pitching at the TechCrunch Stockholm Meetup + Pitch-Off . The winner of the pitch will get a booth in Startup Alley at TechCrunch Disrupt in London. Second and third places will respectively get two tickets and one ticket for the big show. If you want to attend the event, you can still grab a ticket. Event Info Date: June 7 Time: 6-10pm Venue:… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Trump Says Judge's 'Mexican Heritage' Is a Conflict: WSJ
Donald Trump says "Mexican heritage" of judge presiding over Trump University cases is "an inherent conflict of interest" because Trump plans to build a U.S.- Mexico border wall if elected president. Trump speaks in WSJ interview published yday NOTE: U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel was born in Indiana to Mexican immigrants; Trump has previously attacked him as a "hater" Curiel assistant says judge declines to comment: WSJ Firm representing Trump, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, didn't respond to r
Source: Bloomberg Politics
CRB: Killers, saviors, heroes
(Scott Johnson) Aristotle wrote a great book — the greatest? — on human greatness, The Nichomachean Ethics. Following in Aristotle's footsteps, Professor Robert Faulkner wrote The Case for Greatness: Honorable Ambition and Its Critics. Now Tod Lindberg has returned our attention to the subject in The Heroic Heart: Greatness Ancient and Modern. Who better to review Lindberg's book than Professor Faulkner? He does so in "Killers, saviors, heroes." Professor Faulkner finds Lindberg's
Source: Power LinePower Line
Drywall company sentenced for immigration violation
SEATTLE (AP) - Authorities say a Woodinville drywall installation company and its owner were sentenced to $100,000 in fines and five years of probation for repeated violations of immigration laws.
The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that 47-year-old David L. Jones pleaded guilty in February to knowingly encouraging and inducing ...
Glassdoor raises $40M, valued around $1B, to bring more transparency to the job market
As the job market becomes more competitive in some industries and unemployment holds steady and even drops in certain regions, job site Glassdoor is reaping some of the rewards. The company — which helps people look for jobs and research companies that interest them based on feedback from others — has raised another $40 million in funding, a Series H round that values the company… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
The Sometimes-Startling Politics of 'O.J.: Made in America'
This story of the O.J. Simpson trial—and of our culture's fascination with it at the time—touches on many of the prominent issues Americans are wrestling with in 2016.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Massachusetts sees boom in applications for US citizenship
BOSTON (AP) - Officials say Massachusetts has experienced a large surge in the number of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship in the state so far this year.
The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/25E8xNs ) 8,000 people applied for citizenship in Massachusetts from January to March. That number represents a 30 percent ...
Clinton Embraces 'Woman Card' But Needs More to Beat Trump
Despite wide gender gap in polls, Clinton holds only narrow lead in general election match-up.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Pure Pleasure
Sometime last year I was driving out Route 50 in the direction of the Blue Ridge as my then-fiancée, riding shotgun, fiddled with the Redfin app on her phone. She was investigating the prices of houses in the area, properties we were idly dreaming about buying one day after I chuck in journalism for something more lucrative and socially acceptable, like high-class art theft, or running guns.
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Samsung Pay debuts in Spain, its first European market
Samsung Pay has launched in Spain, its first European country. This gives the mobile payment service a headstart over competitors Apple Pay and Android Pay, since the two haven't landed in Europe yet. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
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