From Jenna Orkin

Scientists Resume Efforts To Create Deadly Flu Virus, With US Government's Blessing

Brought to you by the notorious conspiracy theorists at Forbes.

Meet MSNBC's Federal Law Enforcement Handlers

Almost Certain Extinction:  Almost 1200 Species Under Threat
No doubt, as we eliminate approximately 10000 each year.

How America's Food Giants Swallowed the Family Farms

Dick Cheney Argues Foreign Policy With Mike Pence At Leaked "Off the Record" GOP Gathering

"I'm Giving It A Shot" - Biden Reportedly Confirms Run For Presidency

Theresa May's Brexit deal rejected in landslide defeat

Pilots complained about issues with the Boeing 737 Max for months before the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash

The FBI busted rich parents for allegedly bribing their kids into elite schools. Here's the not-so-secret way the super-rich game college admissions.

Finland's Government Collapsed Under Weight Of Socialized Healthcare

Stormy Daniels & Lawyer Michael Avenatti Sever Ties "For Undisclosed Reasons"

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is better-known by Americans than the highest-ranking House Republican and some of Trump's most important cabinet members

Her heart's in the right place and she's smart, savvy and getting more so every day.  Yet whenever I think of her, the phrase "where angels fear to tread" always floats through my head.  She's on a mission to save the world.  Will the world let her? - JO

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just revived a classic argument by conservative economist Milton Friedman about who pays for pollution

AOC's tense exchange with a Wall Street CEO is a glimpse of a plan to completely redefine how banks operate

Update on the Facebook Zero Hedge Ban.  See yesterday's post.

Facebook Reverses Zero Hedge Ban, Says It Made A "Mistake"

A New Escobar Emerges: Ton And A Half Of Colombian Cocaine Seized At Port Of New York