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Over the past several years there have been a number of reports, many of them chronicled here at Outside The Beltway in one form or another, about the manner in which technology and habits are changing the way that we interact with businesses, and even how we pay for the things we want to pay. The latest example of that to jump out at me came early this morning when I was perusing headlines at The New York Times regarding a number of new restaurants or eateries that were refusing to accept cash as a form of payment and instead mandating that customers can only pay via either credit card or a mobile app, be it one tied to the restaurant itself or something such as Apple Pay or Android Pay.
Retailers are reporting record holiday sales this season of $598 billion as of Christmas Eve, fueled by confidence in the pro-business, pro-jobs economic polices of President Donald Trump of cutting Obama-era regulations and enacting major tax cuts and reforms. Yet media reports by CBS, AP and the Wall Street Journal all failed to mention President Trump in their reports on the record sales.
Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. - the middle of the day in Moscow. - "Hello, my name is Alice Donovan and I'm a beginner freelance journalist Tribune Editorial: Why Orrin Hatch is Utahn of the Year - These things are often misunderstood.
A crazed Femen protester was shut down by police while trying to steal the statue of baby Jesus from the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square Monday. A Reuters photographer said the woman jumped over guard rails and rushed onto the larger-than-life Nativity scene shouting "God is woman".
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is seriously considering compiling a 'warts and all,' report detailing alleged corruption at the FBI. Such a report would focus on the conduct of FBI officials during the probe into Russia's meddling in last year's American presidential election, according to people familiar with the plans.
Man who left manure at Treasury Secretary Mnuchin's house comes forward, speaks out - A man who appears to be the person who left a gift-wrapped box of horse manure outside the home of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Saturday spoke with AL.com via phone late Sunday evening, calling the incident an "act of political theater." 'A gift-wrapped package of poo': Why a man left a box of manure for Steven Mnuchin - It was one of those gag cards you can buy in a drugstore.
President Donald Trump personally paid for hundreds of Christmas dinner meals to be served Monday to law enforcement officers charged with protecting him throughout the day at his residence in Mar-A-Lago, CNN reports. President Trump is spending Christmas day w/ family at Mar A Lago, while providing feast for military & law enforcement, a source tells me Hundreds of meals being served throughout the day for members of Secret Service, WH Military Office, & Palm Beach Sheriff working the trip https://t.co/4l9Gy3JU6W Meals offered from 1p-7p so all shifts working the trip can be served.
A member of a radical feminist group attempted to steal a statue of the baby Jesus from the Vatican's nativity scene on Christmas day but was intercepted by police as she grabbed it. A Reuters photographer happened to witness the incident as the topless woman, shouting "God is woman," climbed over a guard rail and scrambled up to the scene in a brazen attempt to take the statue of Jesus from its crib.
"Guatemala was one of nine nations that voted with the United States and Israel on Thursday when the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a non-binding resolution denouncing Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital," reports NBC News. "Dear people of Guatemala, today I spoke with the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda WASHINGTON - Late to his own meeting and waving a sheet of numbers, President Trump stormed into the Oval Office one day in June, plainly enraged. - Five months before, Mr. Trump had dispatched federal officers Facing Republican attacks, FBI's deputy director plans to retire early next year Andrew McCabe, the FBI's deputy director who has been the target of Republican critics for more than a year, plans to retire in a few months when he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits, according to people familiar with the matter.
Stoking Fears, Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda WASHINGTON - Late to his own meeting and waving a sheet of numbers, President Trump stormed into the Oval Office one day in June, plainly enraged. - Five months before, Mr. Trump had dispatched federal officers Facing Republican attacks, FBI's deputy director plans to retire early next year Andrew McCabe, the FBI's deputy director who has been the target of Republican critics for more than a year, plans to retire in a few months when he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits, according to people familiar with the matter.
Trump signed the tax bill yesterday evening. There had been reports that he was going to hold off until January to sign it - but he claimed that he changed his mind simply to keep a promise.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? When I saw that headline, I immediately had a hunch and - surprise! surprise! - my hunch was correct: As the year comes to a close, Hollywood releases its final batch of films, many of which will go on to earn plenty of Oscar nominations. One of them is Call Me By Your Name , a coming-of-age drama about a 17-year-old boy who develops a romantic relationship with a 24-year-old man .
The NFL has been on the losing end of the culture war since players from around the league began kneeling during the National Anthem. Started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the ill-placed form of protest has lead to failing stadium attendance, lackluster ratings and the scorn of the most powerful in the world - President Donald Trump.
As previously reported , FBI officials in San Francisco arrested a man named Everitt Aaron Jameson for planning a Christmas terrorist attack, targeting people on Pier 39. Officials have stopped a man who reportedly stated that "Christmas was the perfect day" for a terror attack in San Francisco and "did not need an escape plan because he was ready to die." We've learned the FBI has arrested a man by the name of Everitt Aaron Jameson from Modesto.
The DNC hacking story just took another strange turn. According to the BBC , alleged Russia hackers responsible for infecting DNC systems, used servers linked to a company based in Pakistan.
"I Have Power": Is Steve Bannon Running for President? - On a whirlwind tour around the globe, Trump's former aide and alter ego reveals what really went down in the White House, his unfettered thoughts on Javanka, his complicated relationship with his erstwhile boss - and his own political ambitions.
U.N. resoundingly rejects U.S. decision on Jerusalem in pointed rebuke The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a measure rejecting the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a stunning rebuke of a U.S. decision that allies and adversaries alike warned Congress races to fund the government and avert a shutdown - Congress races to pass a short-term spending bill aimed at averting a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday.
"I Have Power": Is Steve Bannon Running for President? - On a whirlwind tour around the globe, Trump's former aide and alter ego reveals what really went down in the White House, his unfettered thoughts on Javanka, his complicated relationship with his erstwhile boss - and his own political ambitions.