It’s been three days since Attorney General Bill Barr sent Congress a four-page summary of the “principal conclusions” of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Trump-Russia investigation. That’s not a long time, but it has been long enough for a passionate debate to arise between partisans who have not seen the report, played out for a public that has not seen the report, either. Uninformed arguments are everywhere.
The Mueller report should have been prepared from the very beginning with public release in mind, and then made public the moment its completion was announced. [Read More]
Teen boys rated their female classmates based on looks. The girls fought back. (The Washington Post)
Yasmin Behbehani had just walked into her third-period health class when her friend asked her if she had seen the list.
“There’s a list of the girls’ names,” her friend Nicky Schmidt, a fellow senior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland, said. “And we’re ranked.”
Behbehani didn’t want to see the list, or know whether she was on it. She had spent the past four years recovering from an eating disorder, working hard to avoid comparing herself with others, she said. But by her sixth-period class on that Monday earlier this month, a text message appeared on her phone with a screenshot of the list, typed out on the iPhone Notes app. [Read More]
Mueller report conclusion raises question of Trump pardons (FOX News)
Speculation is mounting over whether President Trump will grant pardons to his campaign associates charged during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, now that the report has turned up no evidence of collusion with the Russians during the 2016 presidential election.
The White House, in the past, has said that there had been no discussion of pardons for any of the players indicted in the Mueller investigation. But with the conclusion of Mueller’s investigation, the question is front-and-center once again, especially as one prominent former aide publicly seeks clemency. [Read More]
This year is quickly shaping up to be the year government and other businesses hit the anti-vaxxer movement with major setbacks. Now, a county in New York has declared a State of Emergency due to a measles outbreak and has banned unvaccinated children from public spaces, reports NBC. [Read More]
61 Hacks Who Peddled Russian Collusion And Should Never Be Trusted Again (The Federalist)
Since 2016, some big names—both inside the government and out—have peddled the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy with such vigor you’d think they invested their life savings in Reynolds Metal Company. Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has closed the door on such hysteria, let’s take a look back at the Most Mistaken Men and Women in America (and the world). [Read More]
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