Source: Bloomberg Politics
August 1, 2016
U.S. ELECTION WRAP: Bill Clinton's Prospective Role Spurs Debate
Bill Clinton, known for his politicking skills, was kept mostly under wraps by his wife's campaign until his speech last week at the Democratic national convention. He then reverted to a low-key presence as he accompanied Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine on their post-convention bus trip, a possible indication of what his role as first spouse would be. The ex-president is "very much of the mind" that this is his wife's "opportunity to be out there and make her argument," campaign chairman John Pode
New Law to Restrict Millionaires From Receiving Low-Income Housing
The Department of Housing and Urban Development will now have to verify the income of public housing tenants in order to prevent millionaires from receiving subsidized rent from taxpayers.
The post New Law to Restrict Millionaires From Receiving Low-Income Housing appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
The Great Race To The Bottom
Normally a Presidential candidate viewed unfavorably by 60 percent of voters would not stand a chance. But Donald Trump gets to run against Hillary Clinton and her own mind-numbing unpopularity. The 2016 contest for President is not so much a race, but a mutual free fall. Who wins? A dyspeptic Alf Landon? Or a corrupt […]
Via: The Daily Caller
HTC Vive X accelerator opens program to Shenzhen for VR hardware startups
HTC is rapidly mobilizing resources to build the broader ecosystem its own Vive virtual reality hardware will fit into. A big part of this strategy is its Vive X accelerator program which is aiming to train up the next generation of innovative VR companies. For HTC, the onus has largely been on bolstering up outstanding VR content companies. Today, the company announced that it has added… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Obama Gives Indirect Rebuke to Trump in Veterans' Group Address
President Barack Obama issued a barely veiled denouncement of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's feud with the parents of a U.S. serviceman killed in Iraq, saying that such families should be honored by the nation.
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Academic Absurdity of the Week: Sexist Ski Slopes?
(Steven Hayward) Did you know that skiing is a sexist sport? It turns out that even the ski slopes themselves are sexist! Or something. As usual, it's hard to make out exactly what's being said. but you'll never be able to ski down a steep mogul run again, never mind use fast wax on your totally-phallically skis (and don't even ask about ski poles I think), without Freud in your head, according
Source: Power LinePower Line
I'm Speaking at the DNC!
The DNC had a stacked lineup -- the Clintons, the Obamas, the Bidens -- but also speaking were a handful of state representatives who were almost totally unknown. They had horrible time slots, and many delegates in the hall weren't paying full attention to their three-minute speeches. But what if one of them, Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota, was given the treatment that a headliner would get? By Matt Negrin, Sasha Issenberg, and Griffin Hammond. (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers
The Des Moines Register. July 28, 2016
Recent outbreak at ICE facility underscores need to mandate vaccines for some workers
This country's federal government requires anyone seeking legal, permanent residence here to be vaccinated against 14 diseases, including measles, polio and seasonal flu. Because immunizations protect public health, the mandate ...
Clay Travis Hammers NCAA Rules For Social Media Interaction With Recruits
He has a valid point
Via: The Daily Caller
TCV closes $2.5B fund, TCV IX, for growth-stage investments
Technology Crossover Ventures, the VC that has backed the likes of Facebook, Spotify, LinkedIn, WorldRemit and Zillow as well as more nascent investments, has closed a fund that will see the company taking many more bets in the near future. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that it has now closed TCV IX, a $2.5 billion fund that it plans to use for growth-stage investments. "We… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
LIES, LIES, & MORE LIES! Four Pinocchios From WashPo On Hillary's Fox News Sunday Interview
The post LIES, LIES, & MORE LIES! Four Pinocchios From WashPo On Hillary's Fox News Sunday Interview appeared first on DailySurge.
Source: DailySurge
Clinton campaign: FBI said she had no reason to believe emails were classified
The Clinton campaign on Monday maintained FBI Director James B. Comey said he believes there was "no basis" for Hillary Clinton to believe emails she received as secretary of state were classified, a day after Mrs. Clinton indicated Mr. Comey said her answers on the matter were "truthful."
"What Director ...
French Muslims Attending Catholic Mass Is A Breath Of Fresh Air
'We are very moved by the presence of our Muslim friends'
Via: The Daily Caller
Verizon buys Fleetmatics for $2.4B in cash to step up in telematics
Hot off the heels of its acquisition of Yahoo last week for $4.8 billion, today Verizon announced another huge purchase: it's buying Fleetmatics, a telematics company based out of Dublin, Ireland, for $2.4 billion in cash to build out the products that it offers to enterprises in the areas of logistics, or with workforces that are on the move, or for IoT services. The deal will… Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Khizr Khan Urges Trump to 'Join Hands With Good Muslims'
"We are the solution to dealing with the terrorism in the United States," says Khizr Khan, father who spoke at Democratic National Convention about son killed in combat serving in U.S. military. Khan speaks on CNN, is asked to respond to Donald Trump's tweet mid-interview that said, "Mr. Khan, who does not know me, viciously attacked me from the stage of the DNC and is now all over T.V. doing the same - Nice!" "I really want to maintain mine and my family's dignity," Khan says "There was no need
Source: Bloomberg Politics
Taxpayer-Funded University Instructs Students That Using The Wrong Pronouns Is 'OPPRESSIVE'
Failure 'to respect someone else's gender identity' by using pronouns is 'OPPRESSIVE'
Via: The Daily Caller
EU-US Privacy Shield open for sign ups from today
U.S. companies needing to transfer personal data of European customers across the Atlantic can now sign up to a new framework to govern such data transfers, with the so-called EU-US Privacy Shield up and running from today. Read More 
Source: TechCrunch
Political Contempt in the Race to the White House
In today's "Morning Must Read," Bloomberg's Tom Keene highlights comments from Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on Republican support for Donald Trump. He speaks with Ira Jersey, senior client portfolio manager at OppenheimerFunds, on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)
Source: Bloomberg Politics
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