“Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.” ― Edith Cavell
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| WOMEN |
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| WHIMSEY |
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| VETERANS |
TO MARK THE OCCASION: Today marks the 74th
anniversary of the GI Bill, which offers
educational assistance to service members, veterans and their dependents.
"Since 1944, the GI Bill has served veterans by empowering their
transition from military to civilian life," said Jared Lyon, president and
CEO of the group Student Veterans of America, which represents a network of
student veterans. [POLITICO's Morning Education, June 22, 2018]
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| U.S. SUPREME COURT |
BLOW YOUR HORN: In another tax case wrapped up Thursday, the Supreme
Court took the side of railroads and their workers in a dispute with the IRS
over whether stock options given to the workers could be taxed under the
Railroad Retirement Tax Act of 1937. For the court's majority, which ruled against the IRS, it came down to whether stock options fell into the
category of "money remuneration," which is taxable under the
Depression-era law. Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch said no.
When Congress passed the law, money was understood to be a medium of exchange,
he wrote. "While stock can be bought or sold for money, few of us buy
groceries or pay rent or value goods and services in terms of stock. When was
the last time you heard a friend say his new car cost '2,450 shares of
Microsoft'? Good luck, too, trying to convince the IRS to treat your stock
options as a medium of exchange at tax time," Gorsuch wrote.[ POLITICO's
Morning Tax, June 22, 2018]
— Another SCOTUS justice questions Chevron: Supreme
Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, seen as the court's moderate swing vote, became
the latest SCOTUS justice to question whether the court should re-examine the
decades-old doctrine requiring courts to defer to agencies on many regulatory
decisions, Alex Guillén reports . The so-called Chevron
doctrine arose out of a 1984 case in which the justices ordered federal courts
to defer to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes passed by
Congress. That way, judges without specialized knowledge could not second guess
agency decisions. [POLITICO's Morning Agriculture, June 22, 2018]
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| U.S. MILITARY |
THE ARMY PAYS ITS MORTGAGE: The
Army is shifting its focus to more high-end capabilities, which it has invested
fewer resources in since the global war on terrorism, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark
Milley said Thursday.
"The Army essentially leveraged or mortgaged our future
when it came to modernization," Milley said at the Capitol Hill National
Security Forum, noting that Russia and China had made significant investments.
"So we put modernization aside while we were engaged in combat operations
in the Middle East." [POLITICO's Morning
Defense, June 22, 2018]
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| TECHNOLOGY |
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| SCREEN |
On DVD
Death
Wish
DVD Release Date: June 5th
Based on: DEATH WISH by Brian Garfield
DVD Release Date: June 5th
Based on: DEATH WISH by Brian Garfield
Love,
Simon
DVD Release Date: June 12th
Based on: SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA by Becky Albertalli
DVD Release Date: June 12th
Based on: SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA by Becky Albertalli
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| MEDICINE |
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| READ |
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| FROM THE PORCH |
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| CYBERSECURITY |
Emily Gould
Retweeted Sarah Chavez “Amnesty International reports that suicide now
accounts for 57 percent of deaths of pregnant females ages 10-19 in El
Salvador.” That’s what a “culture of life” looks like. 5:39 PM - 27 Jun 2018
How Trump triggered HB40: When President
Trump announced in a campaign debate that Roe v. Wade should be overturned,
state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz says she was shaken to her core.
"I immediately knew that if this guy got elected we had to
protect choice and the women of Illinois," she told me. "Once he won,
we had to work smart and we had to work quick before the court flipped on us to
assure that abortion be kept safe and legal" in Illinois.
She decided to tweak a bill already in the works that focused on
insurance coverage for abortion care for state employees and women on Medicaid.
Added to the bill, now called HB40, was a provision asserting that abortion
remain legal in Illinois even if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Governor Bruce Rauner even (eventually) signed the measure.
When news broke of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's
retirement, Feigenholtz said her "heart sank" at what could happen to
abortion rights nationwide. But there's "a sense of relief that Illinois
had passed HB40." [POLITICO Illinois Playbook, July 2,
2018]
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| U.S. AGRICULTURE |
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