The Skepticrat

68: Skepticrat068 - Dodd-Frankenstein Edition

03.19.2018 - By Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLCPlay

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On this week's episode: High schoolers practice leaving school ALIVE for a change ... Noah will be sick of the term "Blue-nami" even before he hears anyone say it ... And the Senate decides to deregulate piggy banks up to $250 billion in holdings.

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Headline Sources:

Senate votes to roll back Dodd-Frank regulations on all but the largest banks: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43409985

Students hold walkout day in protest of weak-ass gun control: http://abcnews.go.com/US/students-country-world-part-national-school-walkout-today/story?id=53712013

Trump just making shit up during Trudeau meeting about trade balance with Canada: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/theamericas/after-trumps-misleading-remarks-to-trudeau-canada-restates-the-facts/2018/03/15/c4ee54ee-286a-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bcstory.html? https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/politics/trump-trudeau-trade-meeting/index.html

McCabe latest administration dropout: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/andrew-mccabe-fired/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/mccabe-memos-trump/index.html

Conor Lamb wins special election in PA-18: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/politics/pennsylvania-congressional-race-conor-lamb-trump.html

Roundup Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/myanmar-willing-to-take-back-fewer-than-400-rohingya-refugees-bangladesh

http://abcnews.go.com/US/helicopter-crashes-east-river-york-city/story?id=53673315

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-icc/duterte-to-withdraw-philippines-from-icc-after-outrageous-attacks-idUSKCN1GQ0MA

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/15/media/iheartmedia-bankruptcy/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/03/technology/youtube-ads-infowars-alex-jones/index.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43352078

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-say-investigation-found-no-evidence-russia-trump-collusion-n855986

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/us/texas-austin-blasts/index.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/14/toys-r-us-to-close-all-800-of-its-u-s-stores/

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/billionaire-sebastian-pinera-inaugurated-as-chile-s-president

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43369490

http://wgntv.com/2018/03/04/scientists-find-huge-secret-colony-of-penguins/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/5/17080796/facebook-policy-survey-pedophilia-sexual-pictures-mistake-apology

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