Daily News Thread 4/8

Trump calls out Putin by name after at least 40 'suffocated to death' and hundreds more injured in suspected chemical attack in Syria

Dozens were brutally killed and hundreds more were injured from a suspected chemical attack in Syria on Saturday.
businessinsider.com/syria-chemical-attack-suspected-douma-east-ghouta-2018-4

Russia Warns Against Strike in Syria as U.S. Calls for Response

Reports of a chemical attack outside Syria’s capital thrust the U.S. and Russia into new confrontation on Sunday, with Washington calling for an immediate international response and Moscow warning against any military strike.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-08/u-s-calls-for-response-after-alleged-chemical-attack-in-syria

Police Attack Supporters As Lula Arrives at Prison

Chaotic scenes greeted Brazil's leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he arrived at a prison in Curitiba. Thousands of supporters, who amassed outside the facility, were set upon by police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Police-Attack-Supporters-As-Lula-Arrives-at-Prison--20180407-0004.html

3 people dead, 20 injured after van plows into crowd in Germany

A vehicle drove into a group of people in the western German city of Münster on Saturday, killing three people and injuring 20, German authorities confirmed.
businessinsider.com/reports-of-casualties-after-car-drives-into-crowd-in-german-city-of-muenster-2018-4

French train strikes resume as unions square off with Macron

Travelers grappled with another crippling wave of transport strikes in France on Sunday, as train workers protested President Emmanuel Macron’s economic reforms and a stand-off between the government and rail unions hardened.
reuters.com/article/us-france-reform-sncf-strike/french-train-strikes-resume-as-unions-square-off-with-macron-idUSKBN1HF04D

Hungary election: Viktor Orban's Fidesz party hopes for third straight term

Voting is under way in Hungary, with opinion polls pointing to a third consecutive term for Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
bbc.com/news/world-europe-43687870

Trump Vows China `Will Take Down Its Trade Barriers'

President Donald Trump said China will relax its trade restrictions in response to U.S. pressure “because it’s the right thing to do,” as the world’s largest economies teeter on the brink of a trade war that’s unsettled global financial markets and sent the U.S. stock market reeling.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-08/trump-vows-that-china-will-take-down-its-trade-barriers

South Korean university boycotted over 'killer robots'

Leading AI experts have boycotted a South Korean university over a partnership with weapons manufacturer Hanwha Systems.
bbc.com/news/technology-43653648

2 US Army soldiers killed in Apache helicopter crash at Fort Campbell

Two US Army soldiers were killed in an Apache helicopter crash late Friday during routine training at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the Army announced Saturday morning.
businessinsider.com/us-army-soldiers-killed-apache-helicopter-crash-fort-campbell-2018-4

One killed in apartment fire at Trump Tower in New York

One man was killed and six firefighters received minor injuries in an apartment fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York on Saturday, in a blaze that was quickly extinguished, fire officials said.
reuters.com/article/us-new-york-fire-trumptower/one-killed-in-apartment-fire-at-trump-tower-in-new-york-idUSKBN1HE0TN

John Kelly reportedly threatened to quit because he was so fed up with Trump

White House chief of staff John Kelly is reportedly so frustrated with President Donald Trump that he threatened to quit last month after blowing up at Trump in the Oval Office.
businessinsider.com/john-kelly-threatened-to-quit-because-he-was-fed-up-with-trump-2018-4

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bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-07/manafort-says-fbi-illegally-searched-storage-unit-for-evidence
businessinsider.com/scott-pruitts-security-team-bulletproof-car-and-furniture-2018-4
businessinsider.com/flint-michigan-bottled-water-program-2018-4
bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-06/when-these-new-pharma-bros-show-up-drug-prices-tend-to-go-monumentally-higher
npr.org/2018/04/07/600482834/oklahoma-teachers-continue-strike
fair.org/home/us-isnt-leaving-syria-but-media-lost-it-when-possibility-was-raised/
itsgoingdown.org/jack-pale-horse-corbin-flees-the-country/
counterpunch.org/2018/04/06/universal-basic-income-left-or-right/
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/trump-tweets-toy-with-stocks-as-trade-bluster-shakes-wall-street?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top-stories
i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/171824-180408-military-to-present-trump-with-syria-strike-options-within-hours-sources
nytimes.com/2018/04/08/us/politics/trump-syria-chemical-attack.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
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Manafort Says FBI Illegally Searched Storage Unit for Evidence

Paul Manafort, the indicted former campaign chairman to President Donald Trump, claims the FBI illegally searched a storage unit that held his business and tax records and is asking a judge to throw out all evidence from that search.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-07/manafort-says-fbi-illegally-searched-storage-unit-for-evidence

Scott Pruitt's staff asked for a bulletproof vehicle and $70,000 in bulletproof furniture for his office — the request was denied

The Environmental Protection Agency reportedly incurred $3 million in taxpayer-funded expenses for administrator Scott Pruitt's security detail and travel arrangements, according to news reports published on Friday.
businessinsider.com/scott-pruitts-security-team-bulletproof-car-and-furniture-2018-4

Michigan says it will no longer provide free bottled water for Flint

The state of Michigan will no longer supply free bottled water to Flint, the city once plagued with lead-tainted drinking water in a crisis that drew national attention, officials said on Friday.
businessinsider.com/flint-michigan-bottled-water-program-2018-4

These New Pharma Bros Are Wreaking Havoc on Prescription Drug Prices

A Chicago-based duo is selling a simple strategy — and companies they’ve worked with have raised prices on drugs as much as 4,116%.
bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-04-06/when-these-new-pharma-bros-show-up-drug-prices-tend-to-go-monumentally-higher

Oklahoma Teachers Continue Strike

Oklahoma lawmakers approved $40 million in new money for public schools on Friday. But the state's teacher's union says it's still not enough and that it won't end teacher walkouts across the state.
npr.org/2018/04/07/600482834/oklahoma-teachers-continue-strike

OP/ED

US Isn’t Leaving Syria—but Media Lost It When Possibility Was Raised

The very possibility of US withdrawal from Syria rendered apoplectic journalists who are convinced of the legitimacy of Washington’s domination of the country—international law be damned.
fair.org/home/us-isnt-leaving-syria-but-media-lost-it-when-possibility-was-raised/

Jack “Pale Horse” Corbin Flees the Country

Several weeks ago, Jack “Pale Horse” Corbin, real name Daniel McMahon, a prolific Alt-Right and neo-Nazi poster on Gab.ai and Zig Forums, was doxxed by antifascists in Philadelphia.
itsgoingdown.org/jack-pale-horse-corbin-flees-the-country/

Universal Basic Income: Left or Right?

counterpunch.org/2018/04/06/universal-basic-income-left-or-right/

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Thank you NewsAnon for posting a picture of best girl. And of course, thanks for the news.

B-b-but based Don was about to leave Syria and MAGA!!!!

I can't wait for John Bolton's coup so we all get drafted and ride the bombs like Dr Strangelove

We need more Traps tbh

Communism is hentai-styled orgies and nothing else

Natsuki is not a trap.