The Creators Who Also Destroy

Mike Juhasz is nothing short of the classic American Renaissance man; the 32-year-old grandson of a tool and die worker who lost two of his fingers to a press, he began adulthood working in manufacturing. Ten years later he still is, only now with advanced technology that promises to reinvent manufacturing and bring skills and jobs to a Rust Belt city he calls home.

How we got played by the Russians on Facebook

Facebook and Twitter say organizations linked to the Russian government used their platforms to influence American voters during the 2016 election. The Washington Post reports that " Russian Facebook ads showed a black woman firing a rifle, amid efforts to stoke racial strife.

CALmatters Commentary: Maybe California has a couple of reasons to be paranoid

Nevertheless, two events last week bolster the notion that California is being targeted by the Trump administration, a Republican Congress and even the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court. The first was a rollout of a Republican plan, backed by the White House, to overhaul the federal tax system.

Op-Ed: Iowa Senators Should Regret Voting For EPA Administration Pruitt, Ethanol’s Decline

ED: IOWA SENATORS SHOULD REGRET VOTING FOR EPA ADMINISTRATION PRUITT, ETHANOL'S DECLINE Oct. 2, 2017 by the Quad City Times Editorial Board There's no doubt, Iowa's U.S. senators are regretting their votes in February to confirm Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. Thing is, their massive error was obvious from the outset to anyone who wasn't solely interested in being a good partisan soldier.

Niall Ferguson: Facebook, Twitter won the day on Election Day

Shortly after last year's presidential election, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, dismissed as "a pretty crazy idea" the notion that fake news might have decided the contest in Donald Trump's favor. Last week he had to admit that he regrets those words.

With long lines for food, water and fuel and noa

With long lines for food, water and fuel and no electricity, Puerto Ricans help each other Daylong waits for necessities have become a way of life for Puerto Ricans after of Hurricane Maria. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: https://usat.ly/2yC4sL3 San Juan Mayor Carmen YulA n Cruz had some sharp words about the "inefficiency" of federal response to Hurricane Maria.

Court sends wake-up call

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As DOJ rolls back monitoring of police conduct, more prosecutors…

As DOJ rolls back monitoring of police conduct, more prosecutors should be like Baltimore's Mosby Attorneys can and must do more to curb questionable behavior from bad cops Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2kcLloJ On Tuesday, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced her office's decision to dismiss a large number of drug cases in response to troubling police body-camera footage - bringing the total to 213 cases that have been or will be dropped since this issue first emerged over the summer. Mosby's decision should be neither surprising nor controversial.

Joe’s Take: Trump crowd shows its ugly side

Who are you? I've got to say that I really don't know anymore. It's kind of a strange turn of events since we went to the same public schools across the Deep South, then attended the same state colleges, cheering wildly on Saturdays for our favorite SEC teams and spent Sunday mornings together in the same Southern Baptist pews.

FEMA’s religious discrimination is a disaster4 hours, 53 minutes | Contributors

FEMA's religious discrimination is a disaster FEMA is not helping houses of worship rebuild after natural disasters. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2k9vFm0 Over 2,000 people lined up in San Juan, Puerto Rico Thursday to try and board the Royal Caribbean ship "Adventure of the Seas."