Zealot or insane: shades of grey

PASTICHE:

a compelling compendium

ENVIRONMENT

Smog Will Choke Crops If Climate Plan Is Scrubbed

CONGRESS

Congress may give Trump legal authority to fight the Islamic State

NORTH KOREA

North Korea’s leader is a lot of things — but irrational is not one of them

Ex-U.S. ambassador: 'No good military options' against North Korea

U.S. Preparing Cases Linking North Korea to Theft at N.Y. Fed

YEMEN

Trump administration weighs deeper involvement in Yemen war

Beggar thy neighbour Yemen’s war enters its third bloody year

SYRIA

Trump Is Dragging Us Into Another War And No One Is Talking About It

The war and Syria’s families

We’ll find you and kill you, UK’s commander in Syria warns would-be IS fighters

Furazhka meets keffiyeh In the Middle East, Russia is reasserting its power

Forecast updates

Ankara, Damascus Must Unite' to Halt US-Backed Kurdish State in Northern Syria

IRAN

Iran Strikes Back At US With 'Reciprocal' Sanctions

Rouhani: Iran-Russia Efforts to Help Strengthen Global, Regional Stability

MILITARY

Trump’s Military Buildup Promises Little For The Working Grunts

Senate lawmakers eye hearing next week for Air Force secretary: report

M1 Abrams vs. T-90: Top US General Admits Russia Has Achieved Tank Parity

CYBER SECURITY

Democrats step up calls that Russian hack was act of war

USA can afford golf for Trump. Can't afford .com for FBI infosec service

Did you know: Crimelords behind DDoS attacks offer customer loyalty points?

RUSSIAN CONNECTION?

The Long, Twisted, and Bizarre History of the Trump-Russia Scandal

Some Call for Independent Investigation Into Russian Meddling. Here's the History You Should Know

BANKS

How UK’s biggest banks ‘laundered £600m of Russian cash’

TRUMP STAFF

Trump aide Boris Epshteyn leaving White House, officials say

Democrats Question Potential Kushner Deal With China's Anbang

THE WALL

Mexicans Who Help Build Trump Wall 'Traitors,' Top Archdiocese Says

Profiting from the wall The battle to build Donald Trump’s wall

IMMIGRANTS

Empty Labs: What Medical Research Without Immigrants Looks Like

Along the watchtower: The rise and fall of U.S. low-skilled immigration

HEALTHCARE

Bernie Sanders, Top Progressives Announce New ‘Medicare For All’ Push

More States To Expand Medicaid Now That Obamacare Remains Law

First, He Blamed Them. Now President Trump Wants Democrats Support for Health Care Reform

Lawmakers signal fight for healthcare reform is not over

TAXES

Tax Avoidance Costs The U.S. Nearly $200 Billion Every Year

Amazon dodges $1.5bn US tax bill: It's OK to run sales through Europe out of IRS reach – court

Divisions threaten Trump’s hope of winning his next big legislative battle: Taxes

SCIENCE

Scientists convert spinach leaves into human heart tissue — that beats

Recovery: Bats with Your Tequila

Researcher hopes to teach infants with cochlear implants to speak – with an app

Open science The findings of medical research are disseminated too slowly

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

Every Book Recommendation Bill Gates Has Ever Published

Great reads from Shanghai’s recent lit fest

Female Helicopter Pilot Took on the Taliban—and the Pentagon

The Knowledge Illusion WHY WE NEVER THINK ALONE

What really went on in Laos

YOU DECIDE

Florida man charged after eating pancakes in busy intersection

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Grab 'em by the pussy! Trump's lawyers 'send cease-and-desist letters' to a KITTEN website

TRUMP LIES

Donald Trump's Constant Lies May Start To Rub Off On Us

How Fake News Tricks Your Brain

FCC chairman: Whether NY Times, CNN, NBC are 'fake news' is a ‘political debate’

TRUMPATERIA

Trump is building an interstate system all the way to dystopia

Trump likes to pretend he knows where he’s going

Poor Trump voter

So many distractions

WORDS MATTER

"Democrats are smiling in D.C. that the Freedom Caucus, with the help of Club For Growth and Heritage, have saved Planned Parenthood & Ocare!" — President Trump in a Sunday tweet

The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. -- Marcus Arelius

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you.