The Weekend Off – News You Missed

A Donal Trump protestor yells back at Trump supporters in Cleveland, OH. -Copyright Zach D Roberts

Alaska

USAToday – Snowmobiler suspected of hitting Alaska Iditarod dogs arrested after confessing

A snowmobiler who said he was driving “blackout drunk” when he apparently struck and killed a sled dog competing in Alaska’s famed Iditarod has been arrested, according to multiple media reports.

Phys.org – Alaska scientists continue researching seabird death mystery

The common murre on Sarah Schoen’s examination table lived a short, hungry life. Measurements of its beak and leg indicated it hatched in June. Its stomach and breast showed how it died. The 3-inch-long stomach was empty, and the pectoral muscles that powered its wings, allowing it to “fly” underwater after forage fish, were emaciated.

ThinkProgress – Record-Shattering February Warmth Bakes Alaska, Arctic 18°F Above Normal

How hot was it last month globally? It was so hot that the famed Iditarod sled race in Alaska brought in extra snow from hundreds of miles away by train.
It was so hot that NASA now reports that last month beat the all-time global record for hottest February by a stunning 0.85°F, when such records are usually measured in hundredths of a degree.

National (Sorry, It’s all Trump)

VOX – I can’t be contrarian about Donald Trump anymore: He’s terrifying

I was a liberal Donald Trump apologist. Not a liberal enjoying the chaos Trump was sowing in the Republican Party, but someone who welcomed his ideological heterodoxy as a step away from the cliff of endless polarization that offered a more moderate substantive agenda than Marco Rubio’s. I held on to that conviction through Friday’s protest violence and Saturday’s torrent of “enough is enough” takes.

NY Times – Trump Supporter Who Made Nazi Salute Explains Why She Made the Gesture

The photo, taken outside the arena where Donald J. Trump’s appearance had just been canceled on Friday in Chicago, circulated far and wide: A woman in a Donald Trump T-shirt, eyes locked with a protester, her right arm raised skyward, her palm faced down.

BuzzfeedNews – Breitbart Editor Reached Out To Former Trump Staffer About Speechwriting Job

“I’m wondering if he needs a speechwriter,” editor-at-large Joel Pollak wrote to a former Trump staffer earlier this year. He confirmed he reached out to the Trump campaign, and said he’d reached out to other campaigns about speechwriting, in an email to BuzzFeed News.

International

Vice News – German Anti-Immigrant Far-Right Party Makes Gains in Regional Elections

Germany’s far-right nationalist and anti-immigrant group AfD, or “Alternative for Germany” won seats in three states holding regional elections, exit polls indicated on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), suffered losses in all three states, but held onto its status as the largest party in Saxony-Anhalt. However, even Merkel’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt was undercut by the creeping popularity of the AfD, who slid neatly into second place with 23 percent of the vote – six percent more than pre-election polls had indicated.

BBC – Ivory Coast: 16 dead in Grand Bassam beach resort attack

Al-Qaeda-linked militants have killed at least 16 people in a gun attack on a beach resort in southern Ivory Coast. The attackers fired on beach-goers in Grand Bassam, about 40km (25 miles) from the commercial capital Abidjan.

Al Jazeera – Portrait of an Afghan drone victim

The food stand was completely destroyed. So, too, was the body of its owner, 21-year-old Sadiq Rahim Jan. “My brother was torn to pieces. Almost nothing was left of him,” says Islam Rahim Jan.

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