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Opinion
Trump vs. the Press
“FAKE NEWS media knowingly doesn’t tell the truth,” the president wrote on Twitter.Trump has earned every bit of bad press he receives.
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Technology
Uber Executive, Linked to an Old Harassment Claim, Resigns
Amit Singhal, the head of Uber’s engineering efforts, did not disclose the circumstances of his departure from Google last year, according to a person familiar with the matter.Paper does not forget.
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U.S.
Kellyanne Conway Casually Sits, and Etiquette Arbiters Take a Stand
Photos of the counselor to the president sitting casually on a couch in the Oval Office were all the kindling needed to ignite into a battle over decorum.She should have known better.
Her behavior is not unexpected.
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U.S.
What to Watch: Trump to Speak to a Joint Session of Congress
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/takeaways-president-trump-speech-congress.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/death-and-tax-cuts.html
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Technology
Uber Chief Apologizes After Video Shows Him Arguing With Driver
Travis Kalanick said in an email that the ride-hailing company publicly posted that “I need leadership help and I intend to get it.”Uber underpays the drivers.
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N.Y. / Region
Protesters Gather to Support the Press, From Fox News to The New York Times
A group marched to the offices of The Times, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and NBC News to champion press freedom for all organizations, regardless of political leaning.A good first step.
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Opinion
Donald Trump’s Obsession With Applause
In paying tribute to a fallen Navy SEAL, the president assumes everyone loves adulation.Soldiers die.
It is part of the job.
Good commanders try to minimize the number of dead.
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Opinion
Mischaracterizations, Misrepresentations and Lies
President Trump continues to exaggerate his accomplishments, especially on the economy."At least in the meantime, however, Mr. Trump is busily trying to take credit for positive signs that were in fact nurtured on Barack Obama’s watch."
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World
Fox News and Swedish Guest Spar Over ‘National Security Adviser’ Title
Fox News is defending a lie.
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Business Day
In Case of Shkreli and Lawyer, Finger-Pointing Comes First
The challenge for the two defendants in a conspiracy and securities fraud case will be to persuade a judge that separate trials are necessary.The judge will decide.
I do not know enough.
I suspect both defendants are knowledgeable adults and guilty of fraud.
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U.S.
What to Watch: Trump to Speak to a Joint Session of Congress
"Jam every other day; never jam today"
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N.Y. / Region
Upstate Village Tables Pollution Deal With Saint-Gobain and Honeywell
The value of the lands is gone.
Make the residents whole.
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World
In Taliban Attacks, a Reminder That Winter Offers Afghans No Mercy
On Tuesday, 11 police officers were killed in an assault in the south, but that was only one in a long and not unusual series of attacks against Afghan security forces.The fighting in Afghanistan grinds on.
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Opinion
Video: Long Live Benjamin — Episode 2
Safely back in New York, Allen raises his adopted capuchin monkey as a member of the family, and their friendship becomes “the closest relationship I ever had.”Opinion
Video: Long Live Benjamin — Episode 1
What happens when a man’s best friend is a capuchin monkey? In the first episode of this six-part documentary, the artist Allen Hirsch makes a surprising discovery while on honeymoon in Venezuela.Pet madness.
Opinion
Video: Long Live Benjamin — Episode 4
Allen makes a painful decision, and then must smuggle Benjamin to safety.8
World
Hunting Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Army Is Accused of Massacring Civilians
Some witnesses say that soldiers, seeking insurgents and finding none, started shooting men who had surrendered and burning villages to the ground.Civil war is messy.
"Kill them all. Let god sort them out."
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N.Y. / Region
Nuclear Plant’s Closing Raises New Worries: How and When
With the nuclear plant closest to New York City set to shut down, lawmakers sought assurances that the power supply and communities’ finances would not be hurt.The reasons the plant was built have not gone away.
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Opinion
An English Sheep Farmer’s View of Rural America
As long as society sees farming only as a business and food as just a commodity, we’re all headed for ruin.Farming is high risk.
I see well kept fields and abandoned houses and barns. Scale matters.
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