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XFL Commish Oliver Luck: Colin Kaepernick’s Contract Request Was ‘Exorbitant’ Colin Kaepernick

XFL Commish Oliver Luck: Colin Kaepernick’s Contract Request Was ‘Exorbitant’

Carmen Mandato/Getty ImagesXFL Commissioner Oliver Luck said the league had talks with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick about potentially signing with it, but his salary request exceeded what the league was willing to offer. "We spoke with his representative, and the salary requirements that were broached in that conversation were exorbitant…
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February 10, 2020
From Pétain to Macron, from the Resistance to the Yellow Vests…: 1944-1945, France’s Fake Purge of “The Collaborators” Yellow Vests

From Pétain to Macron, from the Resistance to the Yellow Vests…: 1944-1945, France’s Fake Purge of “The Collaborators”

In her most recent book, La Non-épuration en France de 1943 aux années 1950 (“France’s Non-Purge from 1943 to the 1950s”), historian Annie Lacroix-Riz challenges a view of the Liberation of the country in 1944-1945 – and its aftermath – that has been trending recently in a historiography increasingly dominated…
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February 10, 2020
Morgan Stanley thinks Amazon is poised to surge 15%, making it a top ‘buy’ pick for 2020 (AMZN) NASDAQ

Morgan Stanley thinks Amazon is poised to surge 15%, making it a top ‘buy’ pick for 2020 (AMZN)

ReutersMorgan Stanley on Monday added Amazon to its "fresh money buys" list of favorite stocks to own. The addition followed Amazon's solid fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report at the end of January. Shares surged nearly 3% to an all-time high Monday.  There's evidence that boosts to Amazon's growth and profitability are…
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February 10, 2020
Ex-CIA senior officer blasts Trumpification of the agency — exposes Pompeo’s role in shielding the president Jamal Khashoggi

Ex-CIA senior officer blasts Trumpification of the agency — exposes Pompeo’s role in shielding the president

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), founded in 1947 under President Harry Truman, has been in existence for 73 years and has dealt with foreign intelligence under 13 different presidents — the most recent being Donald Trump. In a February 10 article for Just Security, Douglas London (a retired CIA senior…
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February 10, 2020