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Chris Reed, Katarzyna Budzynska, Rory Duthie, Mathilde Janier, Barbara Konat, John Lawrence, Alison Pease, and Mark Snaith (Dundee): The Argument Web: An Online Ecosystem of Tools, Systems and Services for Argumentation. Is the Trump administration objecting to a big merger to punish CNN? Yeah, CNN is getting stepped on. Brave enough to be angry: Women are seething, and we are a force. Thread: “I have some things to say about the Texas shooting. It’s gonna piss some people off, and that’s too bad. It needs to be said”. In reversal, Notre Dame will continue to cover contraception for employees. ObamaCare signups surge in early days to set new record. Judith Butler being called a witch in Brazil.

Trump’s know-nothing approach to foreign policy isn’t just embarrassing — it’s also dangerous. China isn’t the first country to flatter its way to Trump’s heart — it won't be the last. “Flattery never hurts, of course, but what Abe and Xi are doing is so obvious that it’s hard to believe it would work even on Trump. But apparently it does. Trump is so titanically un-self-aware that he apparently has no idea that his hosts are all but openly mocking him”.