Rational Review News Digest, 03/22/18 -- US Senate passes SESTA/FOSTA Internet censorship bill; How Congress censored the Internet

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RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
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Volume XVI, Issue #3,936
Steemit Edition -- Thursday, March 22nd, 2018

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TODAY'S NEWS

US Senate passes SESTA/FOSTA Internet censorship bill
Peru: Kuczynski, facing allegations of corruption, resigns
Sources: McCabe authorized criminal probe of Sessions
Palestine: Teen political prisoner sentenced to eight months in plea deal with occupation regime
Facebook's Zuckerberg admits mistakes, but no apology
Fed raises key rate and foresees two more hikes this year
Trump to level new round of tariffs, investment restrictions against China
Trump defends congratulatory phone call to Russia's Putin
Paul on last-minute federal budget: "A rotten, terrible" way to govern
Tesla boss Elon Musk gets $2.6 billion payday
Kazakhstan: Soyuz launches Russian-US crew to International Space Station
GA: Loch Ness Monster-like creature washes up
ID: Authorities investigate claims teacher fed puppy to turtle
Nigeria: Kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls freed
IL: Holocaust-denying racist becomes GOP Congressional candidate
GA: Fired Atlanta Hawks worker sues, claiming discrimination against white employees
Kaspersky's "Slingshot" report burned a US spy op
CA: School board fires teacher for unacceptable political opinions
UK: YouTuber convicted of hate speech for "Nazi salute" dog video
IL: Billionaire Pritzker, incumbent Rauner to face off in gubernatorial race
Russia: Court orders Telegram to hand its encryption keys to the regime
Whackjob Fox propagandist quits, finally notices that Fox is a "propaganda machine"
TX: Police say suspect in Austin bombing attacks blows himself up
Israel: Regime confirms bombing "Syria nuclear reactor" in 2007
Kenya: World's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, dies

TODAY'S COMMENTARY

How Congress censored the Internet
No, there isn't child porn on the Bitcoin blockchain
Truth the first casualty in war, especially in Cold War
Anti-gun laws good for criminals
Are "sanctuary cities" doing enough? A new report shows how to really fight Trump's deportation machine.
The Democrats' elitist obsession with "qualifications"
NA MSD: The cowardice of their conviction
Calculation and the question of arithmetic
Trump not the problem, he's the figurehead
Why 55 US Senators voted for genocide in Yemen
Alarmist climate researchers abandon scientific method
Four conclusions you can't draw from data on school shootings
Saudi Arabia has become a geopolitical loose cannon
Dear Facebook, I think it's time to quit you
Cambridge Analytica's marketers weren't mind-readers or brain-washers
There's fake news on your television, too
Trump's "tough" drug policies are not smart
Scared of AI? You really shouldn't be ...
ObamaCare bailout: Will Republicans betray their voters?
Free Count Dankula
Xi's power boost raises new risks for Silicon Valley
Profligacy still carries the day in Washington, DC
Are voting ages still democratic?
The public school myth
A left critique of Russiagate
Why do Russian oligarchs hide their money in London?
Quantum Vibe, 03/21/18
Are we headed for a bourbon trade war?
A violently dysfunctional society
If we're going to administer standardized tests, let's make them useful

TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO

Power Problems, 03/21/18
Scott Adams Says, 03/21/18
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 03/21/18
The Libertarian Angle, 03/21/18
Essential Libertarianism, episode 27
Foreign Policy Focus, episode 170
Intercepted, 03/21/18
Free Talk Live, 03/20/18
The Scott Horton Show, 03/19/18
Bloggingheads.tv, 03/20/18

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