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Trump Threatens to Censor Cable News, Maine-Size Hole in Antarctic Ice, Bernie Sanders to Open Women's Convention: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.12.2017 10:00 AM


  • Alex Edelman/ZUMA Press/Newscom

    "The government … does not have the right to rummage through the information contained on DreamHost's website and discover the identity of, or access communications by, individuals not participating in alleged criminal activity, particularly those persons who were engaging in protected First Amendment activities," ruled D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Morin ruled D.C. Superior Court Judge Robert Morin in a case involving anti-Trump protest organizers.

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders will be the first speaker at a women's convention organized by the same group that organized the inauguration-weekend Women's March.
  • President Trump has been threatening news media on Twitter for about 24 hours now. He also threatened to pull all emergency personnel from Puerto Rico.

Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017

It would be really nice if the Fake News Media would report the virtually unprecedented Stock Market growth since the election.Need tax cuts

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017

With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017

The Fake News Is going all out in order to demean and denigrate! Such hatred!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2017

  • The Trump administration has announced that the U.S. will pull out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), citing "anti-Israel bias."
  • A "mysterious hole as big as the state of Maine" has appeared in Antarctica.
  • The FBI is investigating the University of Kansas' relationship with Adidas.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.