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@Snowden highlighting a Barlow AMA
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/11/rashida-tlaib-islamophobica-is-very-much-among-the-democratic-party/
Tlaib: ‘Islamophobia Is Very Much Among the Democratic Party’
I am trying to figure it out. It’s just this past week, I feel, and I know this would be somewhat shocking for some, but I think Islamophobia is very much among the Democratic Party as well as the Republican Party. And I know that’s hard for people to hear, but there’s only been four members of Congress that are of Muslim faith. Three of them currently serve in this institution. More of us need to get elected, more of us need to understand as we come into this institution that I have a lot of work to do with my colleagues.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/03/11/budgetforecast/
Carney: The White House’s Economic Forecast Has a Better Track Record than the Fed’s
The Trump administration’s budget forecasts gross domestic product to 3.2 percent in 2019, 3.1 percent in 2020 and 3 percent in 2021.
The Federal Reserve, at its December interest rate policy meeting, forecast 2.3 percent this year, 2.0 percent next year, and 1.8 percent in 2021.
So who has a better track record? The Trump administration nailed 2018’s 3.1 percent GDP growth in its 2018 budget. The Federal Reserve at its December 2017 meeting forecast 2.5 percent growth for the following year–six-tenths of a percentage point too low.
The prior year, the Fed forecast 2.1 percent growth for 2017. The economy grew 2.5 percent. So the Fed was four-tenths of a percentage point too low.
Ahead of Donald Trump’s election, the Fed’s forecast missed in the other direction. In December of 2015, the Fed’s median forecast for the next year’s growth was 2.1 percent. In fact, the economy grew just 1.8 percent in the final year of Barack Obama’s presidency
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/03/11/report-youtube-alters-search-algorithm-to-deter-captain-marvel-critics/
YouTube Alters Search Algorithm to Deter ‘Captain Marvel’ Critics
CNET reports that following the release of Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster film Captain Marvel, YouTube tweaked its algorithm to dissuade critics of the film. Over the weekend, searches for the film’s star Brie Larson were marked as “news,” which ranked “authoritative sources” higher in search rankings.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/433561-emergency-workers-summoned-to-amazon-warehouses-189-times-for-suicidal
Emergency workers summoned to Amazon warehouses 189 times over suicide concerns, breakdowns: report
“It’s this isolating colony of hell where people having breakdowns is a regular occurrence,” Jace Crouch, a former warehouse employee from Florida, told The Daily Beast, adding that it is “mentally taxing to do the same task super fast for 10-hour shifts, four or five days a week.”
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/433560-whitaker-to-meet-with-house-committee-privately-on-wednesday
Whitaker to meet with House Committee privately on Wednesday
Matthew Whitaker will meet with the House Judiciary Committee privately on Wednesday after Democrats demanded he provide more answers about his interactions with President Trump and other issues following his explosive appearance on Capitol Hill last month.
[RR]'s been speaking as he gets ready for his exit.
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Gives Opening Remarks at Briefing on the FY 2020 Justice Department Funding Proposal
[RR]
Keeping Tabs on, Q?
Never let him out of your sight?
Flipped, washed and wrung out like laundry. Either playing by our rules or not playing by the other side's rules.