RRNews 204: 2018 The Year of Our Bezos

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Northwest Wildfires: Are We Seeing a “New Normal” Due to Climate Change or The “Old Normal”?

Taco Bell worker turns away English speaker

George W. Bush Issues Statement Supporting Kavanaugh

Venezuela’s president ate steak at Salt Bae’s restaurant while people in his country are starving

Facebook building a ‘war room’ to battle election meddling

BuzzFeed News Cuts Podcasting Team to Focus on Video

NSA leak fuels rise in hacking for crypto mining: report

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos launches $2 billion ‘Day One Fund’

Castro Valley Man Assaults Republican Congressional Candidate With Switchblade

Nike stock gains back all losses after controversial Kaepernick ad

Tucker Carlson: Google executive clearly wanted Hillary elected in 2016 — What is big tech planning now?

Fahrenheit 2018: Amazon Begins Banning Controversial Books

There Is Nothing More American Than Burning Your Dumb Sneakers

Whole Foods Workers Revolt Against Amazon – Aim To Unionize After Awful Working Conditions

Russell Wilson Asks Seahawks To Modify Play Where He’s Immediately Tackled By Six Players

God Angrily Clarifies ‘Don’t Kill’ Rule

Paul Manafort being held in solitary confinement, lawyers say | Fox News

3 from New Mexico compound could be freed as charges tossed

A satanic idol goes to the Arkansas Capitol building

Blaming Global Warming For Northwest’s Wildfires Is ‘Seriously Misleading,’ Says Climate Scientist

A former Facebook moderator says she took down beheadings, child pornography, and animal abuse every day — but was ‘treated like nothing’

Hundreds of Detained Immigrants Join National Prison Strike in Tacoma, WA

The Lost Boys of Bird Island – Wikipedia

K-12 Schools Bringing in Drag Queens to Teach Gender Ideology

China Communist Party Reasserts Absolute Control over Religion

China has turned Xinjiang into a police state like no other

Uighur children fall victim to China anti-terror drive

Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race — ProPublica

Confirmed: DOJ Used False Info To Secure Wiretaps On Trump Associate

Can We Please Just Start Admitting That We Do Actually Want To Indoctrinate Kids?

Goldman Vice President Charged With Insider Trading Scheme

Website flaw exposed most U.S. cellphones’ real-time locations