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Rational Review News Digest, 07/18/18 — EU strikes free trade [sic] deal with Japan amid rising US protectionism; “Trump is a Russian plant”: Birtherism for liberals [sic] Jul 18, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,016 Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) EU strikes free trade [sic] deal with Japan amid rising US protectionism 2) Trump “walks back” criticism of Deep State intel agency credibility 3) Afghanistan: Islamic State bomber kills 20, Taliban kill nine 4) Mueller asks Manafort judge to immunize five witnesses 5) Israel: Regime bans occupation critics from schools 6) Obama slams populist “right-wing billionaires,” touts liberal push for...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/17/18 — Trump accepts [sic] Putin’s denials [sic] of election meddling, prompting lawmaker [sic] outrage; Mr. President, you can slash drug prices without destroying life-saving innovation Jul 17, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,015 Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Trump accepts [sic] Putin’s denials [sic] of election meddling, prompting lawmaker [sic] outrage 2) UK: May caves on Brexiteer amendments to head off rebellion 3) Trump-Putin summit saboteurs fire their next shot with arrest of Russian gun activist 4) IL: Man murdered by Chicago cops because “he reached for his waist” 5) Report: FBI official overseeing “Russian election meddling task”...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/16/18 — Palestine: Gaza ceasefire largely holding after day of fierce fighting; The errors of nostalgi-tarianism Jul 16, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,014 Monday, July 16th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Palestine: Gaza ceasefire largely holding after day of fierce fighting 2) International court ruling supports Assange’s right of movement from embassy to Ecuador 3) CA: Democrats endorse progressive challenger over Feinstein 4) Haiti: Lafontant resigns as PM 5) UK: May says Trump told her to sue the EU over Brexit 6) Pakistan: Sharif arrested at Lahore airport 7) Kevin Smith...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/13/18 — Germany: Court rules Catalonian political prisoner can be extradited to third country on fraudulent warrant; A New World Order Jul 13, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,013 Friday, July 13th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** Dear readers, It’s a “web-only Friday the 13th” at Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily — we’ve got 25 fresh news stories, 30 commentaries, and 10 audio/video links waiting for you at: http://rationalreview.com And of course, I always throw our reader support link into these Friday messages because you are, after all, readers: http://rationalreview.com/support-rrnd Have a great weekend! Yours in liberty, Tom...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/12/18 — Landmark legal shift ends online censorship of gun plans; Helsinki: How about a Fresh START? Jul 12, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,012 Thursday, July 12th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Landmark legal shift ends online censorship of gun plans 2) Ireland: Seanad gives initial approval to ban on products from illegal Israeli squats 3) Trump calls Germany “captive” of Russia; demands higher defence spending 4) Senate takes step to push back on Trump over tariffs 5) Rage Against The Machine sends cease-and-desist letter to top Trump ally who swiped [sic]...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/11/18 — White House announces Trump regime’s latest tax hike on American consumers; Why school vouchers are a terrible idea Jul 11, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,011 Wednesday, July 11th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) White House announces Trump regime’s latest tax hike on American consumers 2) Trump pardons Oregon cattle ranchers whose case inspired takeover of wildlife refuge 3) MO: Pence’s top aide, tied to Greitens, targeted in new ethics complain 4) UN: South Sudan troops, allies killed hundreds in recent attacks 5) Thailand: Final four boys, coach rescued from cave 6) Myanmar: Reporters...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/10/18 — UK: Brexit Secretary Davis, Foreign Secretary Johnson resign; This is so much bigger than Boris Jul 10, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,010 Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) UK: Brexit Secretary Davis, Foreign Secretary Johnson resign 2) Trump nominates Kavanaugh to SCOTUS 3) South Africa: Regime releases Zuma’s son on bail in corruption case 4) IN: Judge dismisses Cannabis Church’s case defending weed as religious sacrament 5) MA: Boston regime weighs giving non-US-citizens voting rights 6) Details emerge on Justice Department meeting with reporters on Manafort 7) Starbucks,...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/09/18 — North Korea: Regime slams US “gangster-like” demands at nuclear talks; The Constitution is not neutral Jul 9, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,009 Monday, July 9th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) North Korea: Regime slams US “gangster-like” demands at nuclear talks 2) Judge rejects Trump regime’s request for extension to reunited abducted migrants 3) Federal judge largely rules for federalism in California “sanctuary state” fight 4) Afghanistan: US occupation trooper killed, two wounded in “apparent insider attack” 5) ME: LePage vetoes medical marijuana reforms, ban on “conversion therapy” 6) FL: Cops...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/06/18 — EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals, citing “unrelenting attacks;” The problem is what they know Jul 6, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,008 Friday, July 6th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** Dear readers, I had planned on putting out a full email edition after the long break over the 4th of July holiday … but there’s not as much content out there as usual. I suspect a number of commentary outfits are on slowdown this week, and there are also fewer big items in the news cycle. Thus, a “web-only Friday” edition with 15 news...

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Rational Review News Digest, 07/05/18 — NZ: Court says Dotcom can be handed over to US as political prisoner; How cryptoanarchy saved the world Jul 5, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,007 Thursday, July 5th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) NZ: Court says Dotcom can be handed over to US as political prisoner 2) Libertarian Party rebuffs Mises uprising 3) Syria: Son of Islamic State “caliph” reported killed 4) Woman climbs base of Statue of Liberty to protest migrant child abductions 5) Panama: Monkeys may have begun their own Stone Age, scientists say 6) Walmart removes “Impeach 45” clothing after...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/29/18 — SCOTUS turns away political prisoner Ross Ulbricht’s appeal; A proposal: Cut the Court Jun 29, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,006 Friday, June 29th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** Dear readers, A nice full “web-only Friday” edition of Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily — 25 news pieces, 35 commentaries, and 10 audio/video links — awaits your reading pleasure at: http://rationalreview.com/ Unless I run into surprising circumstances (plenty of spare time, great wi-fi, etc.), email editions (and quite possibly even email notifications) will not resume again until July 5 — Steve...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/28/18 — SCOTUS rules against government union agency fees; Schools have created a generation of Permit Pattys and BBQ Beckys Jun 28, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,005 Thursday, June 28th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) SCOTUS rules against government union agency fees 2) Kennedy to retire from SCOTUS 3) VA: Accused Charlottesville killer charged with 29 federal hate crimes 4) Report: North Korea continues construction of nuclear research facility 5) FDA approves first drug derived from cannabis 6) US House rejects compromise [sic] bill on border family separations 7) Migrant rescue ship Lifeline docks in...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/27/18 — SCOTUS upholds Trump’s Muslim ban; Civilians around the world become better armed Jun 27, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,004 Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 445 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) SCOTUS upholds Trump’s Muslim ban 2) US political prisoner Reality Winner pleads guilty to informing the American public 3) SCOTUS supports First Amendment versus California regime’s compelled abortion speech rules 4) Mueller allegedly poised to stop fucking around and begin investigation he was actually appointed for 5) UK: Uber wins appeal, gets provisional London license 6) FL: Homeowner has some...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/26/18 — Dow drops more than 300 points as investors brace for further Trump trade war nonsense; Would Donald Trump have deported his own grandfather? Jun 26, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,003 Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Dow drops more than 300 points as investors brace for further Trump trade war nonsense 2) SCOTUS largely backs Texas Republicans’ gerrymander schemes 3) Manafort appeals bond revocation 4) US approves first cannabis-derived drug for epilepsy 5) Librarians remove Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from book award for writing like she was born in 1867 or something 6) Filmmaker David Lynch:...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/25/18 — Turkey: Erdogan victorious in election that grants him unprecedented power; Negative social preferencing, ICE edition Jun 25, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,002 Monday, June 25th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Turkey: Erdogan victorious in election that grants him unprecedented power 2) Trump says remains of 200 US soldiers have been returned from North Korea 3) US Heimatsicherheitsdienst parasites warned of possible backlash from hosts/victims 4) McAfee hospitalized, claims assassination attempt 5) Amazon employees demand company cut ties with ICE 6) Syria: Regime forces pound rebel areas in south, thousands flee...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/22/18 — SCOTUS: State regimes can tax out-of-state businesses because they want the money really, really bad; Happy Birthday, Edward Snowden Jun 21, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,001 Friday, June 22nd, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** Dear readers, It’s a web-only Friday — get your daily dose of news, commentary, and audio/video at: http://rationalreview.com/ I forgot to mention it yesterday, but according to my count, that was our 4,000th edition since we began publication as Rational Review News Digest in late 2002 (not including the previous 11 years as Libernet and Freedom News Daily). My count could be off, of...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/21/18 — Canada becomes second nation in the world to legalize marijuana; How to fight inhumane immigration policies? Better smugglers Jun 21, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #4,000 Thursday, June 21st, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Canada becomes second nation in the world to legalize marijuana 2) Trump ends policy of separating abducted migrant children from families 3) DC: Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop, alleged to have sexually abused minor 4) OH: ICE thugs carry out largest kidnapping exploit in recent history, abducting 146 5) House to vote Thursday on immigration legislation 6) WV: State Supreme...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/20/18 — FBI agent Peter Strzok escorted from building amid internal review; Separation of children: An American tradition Jun 20, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #3,999 Wednesday, June 20th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) FBI agent Peter Strzok escorted from building amid internal review 2) Syria: Turkish, US invaders begin patrols near Manbij 3) Trump threatens American consumers with new tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods 4) German, French leaders propose Eurozone budget 5) Cruz introduces legislation to keep immigrant families together after they cross the border 6) US regime quits UN...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/19/18 — Thai regime extradites political prisoner to US in Silk Road case; Think of the (nearby) children Jun 19, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #3,998 Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Thai regime extradites political prisoner to US in Silk Road cas 2) Foreign regimes start losing appetite for propping up DC regime with debt holdings 3) Trump orders creation of US force to dominate space 4) SCOTUS punts on two gerrymandering cases 5) Banksters’ latest scare tactic: Cryptocurrency could “bring the Internet to a halt” 6) Pew survey: Americans grapple...

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Rational Review News Digest, 06/18/18 — Colombia: Duque beats Petro in presidential election; Ross Ulbricht is serving a double life sentence Jun 18, 2018

***** RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST The Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper Volume XVI, Issue #3,997 Monday, June 18th, 2018 446 email subscribers http://rationalreview.com Please forward this email to your friends so they can subscribe too at http://eepurl.com/bSo8ST ***** In the News: 1) Colombia: Duque beats Petro in presidential election 2) Leading Republicans join Democrats in pushing Trump to halt child abductions 3) Elizabeth Holmes indicted on wire fraud charges, steps down from Theranos 4) NY: Assembly passes single-payer universal health care legislation 5) CDC: Less sex, fewer drugs, more depression among teens 6) AZ: Video shows member of “Border Patrol” gang in...

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