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demmiblue's JournalA beautiful photograph of Brie Larson at the Captain Marvel premiere (London):
https://twitter.com/brielarson/status/1100883882822512640
Representative Mark Meadows spotted carrying prop into congressional hearing:
https://twitter.com/skolanach/status/1101225976350953472
Ellen DeGeneres: I got my hands on the trailer for the new Mueller report.
https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/1101214933306363904A poster of Colin Kaepernick was taken down in a Florida H.S. due to "controversy".
https://twitter.com/sahluwal/status/1101182775183368192If it was a lose/lose situation, at least fucking lose on the right side of history!
U.S. House Oversight Committee (visualized):
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1100846070333165568This too, also:
https://twitter.com/BeaudrySinclair/status/1101136252496011264
North Korea's foreign minister says country seeks only partial sanctions relief, contradicting Trump
Source: WaPo
HANOI — President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit Thursday amid contradictory accounts over why they were unable to reach an agreement to dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons.
Talks collapsed unexpectedly amid a disagreement about economic sanctions, with the two leaders and their delegations departing their meeting site in Vietnam’s capital without sitting for a planned lunch or participating in a scheduled signing ceremony.
Kim said he was prepared in principle to denuclearize, and Trump said an agreement was “ready to sign.” But Trump said the main impediment to a deal was Kim’s requirement that the United States lift all economic sanctions on North Korea in exchange for the closure of only one nuclear facility, which still would have left Pyongyang with a large arsenal of missiles and warheads.
“We had some options, but at this time we decided not to do any of the options,” Trump said. He added, “Sometimes you have to walk, and this was just one of those times.”
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-kim-downplay-expectations-as-key-summit-talks-begin/2019/02/28/d77d752c-3ac5-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.0da2e1b2e076
https://twitter.com/axios/status/1101189099241816064
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on bribe and fraud charges
Source: NBC News
Israel's attorney general announced Thursday that his office had indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges after a two-year investigation.
The prime minister faces one count of bribery and two counts of fraud and breach of trust.
Police have previously recommended indicting Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different cases.
Police recommended an indictment in the case based on evidence collected that confidants of Netanyahu promoted regulatory changes worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Bezeq. In exchange, they believe Netanyahu used his connections with Elovitch to receive positive press coverage on Bezeq's popular subsidiary news site, Walla. Police have said their investigation concluded that Netanyahu and Elovitch engaged in a "bribe-based relationship."
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-bribe-fraud-charges-n977571?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
How to get $10 'Hamilton' tickets in the Detroit ticket lottery
It’s the hottest ticket in town. You could actually purchase tickets to see “Hamilton” in Detroit for just $10 each. Here’s how the Detroit ticket lottery works.
“Hamilton” will be at the Fisher Theatre from March 12 through April 21, 2019. Season ticket holders purchased tickets through their membership package. Individual tickets went on sale on January 25 through Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan service, but sold out fast.
The ticket lottery: 40 tickets will be sold for every performance for $10 each, beginning with the March 12th show. The digital lottery for that show, for example, will open at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.
How to enter: Download and use the official app for “Hamilton,” now available for IOS and Android devices in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. If you don’t have the app, you can also register here.
https://www.mlive.com/life/2019/02/how-to-get-10-hamilton-tickets-in-the-detroit-ticket-lottery.html?utm_campaign=mlivenews_sf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks
Source: NBC News
HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. negotiators are no longer demanding that North Korea agree to disclose a full accounting of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs as part of talks this week between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, according to current and former senior U.S. officials.
The decision to drop, for now, a significant component of a potential nuclear deal suggests a reality that U.S. intelligence assessments have stressed for months is shaping talks as they progress: North Korea does not intend to fully denuclearize which is the goal Trump set for his talks with Kim.
Disclosure of a full, verifiable declaration of North Korea’s programs is the issue over which the last round of serious negotiations between Pyongyang and world powers, including the U.S., fell apart a decade ago.
Negotiations between U.S. and North Korean officials in advance of Trump and Kim’s second summit, which begins Wednesday night over dinner in Hanoi, have focused heavily on a core component of Pyongyang’s program, the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, officials said. Dr. Siegfried Hecker, a nuclear scientist who has visited the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center numerous times to assess their capabilities, said dismantling elements of the facility would be the most significant step North Korea could take toward denuclearization.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/u-s-drops-demand-full-accounting-n-korea-nuclear-program-n977251
Detroit police officer fired for racially insensitive Snapchat video
Police Chief James Craig, in a press conference via Facebook, said 11 of 24 allegations against former officer Gary Steele were introduced during a chief's hearing this last week.
Craig said the 11 allegations fell under three categories, the social media post incident, improper characterization of community members and knowingly made false statements in interviews during the investigation.
Craig said a chief's hearing for Steele's former partner is tentative for next week. He remains suspended with pay.
Steele shared a video after stopping 23-year-old Ariel Moore for an expired license plate tag. The video, posted on Steele's Snapchat account, showed Moore walking and the video included the captions, "What black girl magic looks like" and "Celebrating Black History Month."
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2019/02/27/detroit-police-officer-fired-racially-insensitive-snapchat-video/3005411002/
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