Be Not Afraid – The Atlantic
"When President Obama tells Americans to stop worrying, he’s accused of fecklessness. But he has a point: we have never been safer."
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"In a competitive field of contestants, no single Cabinet member so fully, so unapologetically inhabits the swamp President Trump vowed to drain than Environmental Protection Administrator Scott Pruitt — which is about as far as his concern for wetlands goes. Oh sure, Pruitt’s not the only one to gorge on travel privileges, insisting on first-class flights, if you please. But he brews a uniquely toxic stew of personal entanglements with industries he regulates, extreme pro-polluter policies that mock the EPA’s mission, and — neatly encapsulated in a $43,000 soundproof privacy booth — contempt for the public he serves. A more functional White House would have sent this Swamp Thing packing long ago. Trump instead reportedly called Pruitt Monday to coo sweet encouragement in the face of calls for his resignation.
‘Our worst fears seem to be coming true’
"Pork exports to China are smaller, but growing. Nationally, more than $660 million in pork — including “variety meats” like ears, hooves and organ meat — was exported to China last year, according to Tamara Nelsen, senior commodities director for the state farm bureau. Because those products are sold to smaller-budget, price-sensitive Chinese consumers, the tariffs could hurt demand and therefore pricing, Nelsen said."
China Hits Back On Trade Dispute, Slapping Tariffs On 128 U.S. Products
"China announced late Sunday that it would retaliate for the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum by imposing its own import charges on a list of 128 U.S. goods, including agricultural products ranging from fruit to frozen pork."
These teens were shooting as others were protesting guns
The Gun Owners of the Parkland Generation
"All but one were born in the decade after Columbine; like the student gun-control advocates activated by the recent massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, most are in their teens. But the children depicted here—hunters, target shooters, competitors in trap and skeet—occupy a parallel realm, where guns signify not danger, alienation, and the threat of death but safety, discipline, and trust."