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Tag: Jefferson Morley

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  • October 24, 2020

The ugly reason ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ didn’t become our national anthem for a century

[First a little introduction. The War of 1812 was fought between the British and their allies and the Americans and their allies. The British burned the White House down and took American prisoners

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https://youtu.be/fQhFX2QqQrY?si=Qy7wEg0dV_7o2xFu

NY Times

  • Rejecting Trump, South Korean Leader Says He Will Not Send Troops to Iran
  • A Timeline of Warren Buffett’s Career Defining Moments
  • Ashley Hinson, a Republican ‘Minivan-Driving Mom,’ Steers Away From Trump in Midterm Elections
  • The A.I. Industry’s New Worry: ‘Liability Exposure’
  • Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman and Names Son to Replace Him
https://youtu.be/WFWkraLx5Xs?si=M5FBb6LZUUM4Tbuo

NPR

  • Could trees developed with gene-editing technology protect Florida's citrus industry?
  • This week in science: T. rex footprints, solar 'superflares,' and benefits of reading
  • Why reshaping memories may hold the key to raising self-esteem
  • Here's why an Arizona medical examiner is working to track heat-related deaths
  • Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?
https://youtu.be/XbnUHYxtYgI?si=2jfd6S2d_MdVaqlC

RSS The Progressive

  • Why Trump’s Renaming Fixation Is Frightening
  • What Declining Purchasing Power Looks Like in Gaza
  • Nature Gets Legal Rights; The Supreme Court Isn't So Supreme
  • Why I Don’t Trust the Anti-Vaxxers—or the Pro- Ones
  • Pathways to Dignity on Colombia’s Border
https://youtu.be/uD8jZQYslik?si=Kz8C1rm1giykowiP

FactCheck.org

  • RFK Jr.’s Faulty Claim that U.S. Measles Response Is ‘Better’ Than ‘Any Other Country’
  • Midterm Ads Clash Over GOP Law’s Impact on Rural Healthcare
  • Paxton’s AI-Heavy Ad Leaves Out Context of Talarico Remarks About Christianity
  • FactChecking Day Two of the GOP Midterm Convention
  • FactChecking Trump’s Midterm Convention Speech

Snopes.com

  • Trump, Clinton, Bezos: 12 bogus images of Epstein with public figures we've debunked
  • Do new laws require booster seats for drivers under 5 foot 2?
  • Video allegedly shows 104-year-old woman Mabel Rose Thompson chiding Trump. Is it real or AI?
  • Macklemore apologized for 2014 costume featuring antisemitic tropes
  • Legal observer said she saw forklift repeatedly hit Kennedy Center pillars
https://youtu.be/F1qykN1Hu20?si=P4T-FaY0gD32evC8

Tradeoffs

  • 911 Fails People in Mental Health Crises. Here's a Plan to Fix It.
  • As SNAP Shrinks, What's the Future of Food Aid in America?
  • Beyond Finger Pointing: The Fight to Lower Health Care Costs
  • The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet HHS Chaos Heads to the Senate
https://youtu.be/lY5V4hSLWY8?si=r3Oa5jmsQLTBq_2Q

RSS Letters From an American

  • Trump Isn’t Taking the News Well
  • Letters from an American
  • Attempting to Establish an Authoritarian Government
  • Asking the U.S. Government to Regulate AI
  • The Writing is Already on the Wall
  • The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of 9/11
  • A Chokepoint for World Trade
  • Self-inflicted Problems
  • Hell-bent
  • Trump’s Frantic Pace

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