Capitalist Greece and Socialist Venezuela Both Failing ; Switzerland Welcomes Trump...In His Own Words ... and more Picks for 2/9.
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Bernie Sanders & Ted Cruz Debate Obamacare (Jimmy)
Though both candidates lost in their parties presidential campaign, last night they faced off over the pressing issue of Obamacare and the future of healthcare in America in a CNN hosted debate.
Switzerland Welcomes Trump…in His Words (Mili)
A view of Switzerland in the way only one man could see it.
‘Capitalist Greece’ and ‘Socialist Venezuela’ Both Failing (Jeff C.)
Two nations at opposite economic extremes have impoverished their citizenry to preserve an oligarchy and its cronies.
Is Your TV Watching YOU? (Jimmy)
The FTC and VIZIO reached a settlement in which VIZIO will pay a fine of more than $2m for smart TV’s it sold which were secretly collecting data on what consumers were watching. Vizio then sold that information to third-parties.
Coretta Scott King’s 1986 Statement to the Senate About Jeff Sessions (Trevin)
The New York Times published the full content of the letter Elizabeth Warren tried to read in the Senate Chamber on Tuesday, but was blocked from doing so. It was written to oppose Sessions’ nomination to become a federal judge, and criticized his civil rights record, stating that giving him a position of higher office would demean the record of MLK. Warren later read the entire letter on Facebook Live, logging over seven million views by Wednesday afternoon..
Trump Believes SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch Did Not Make Criticizing Remarks (Dan)
Trump takes aim at Richard Blumenthal (Conn-D.) who imputed Gorsuch’s ‘demoralizing’ comments toward Trump. Trump, however, disagrees…
