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Michael Stoker, best known for coining the "lock her up" chant against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Republican National Convention, will soon head the EPA's regional office that oversees the Pacific Southwest.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/388368-man-who-coined-lock-her-up-chant-to-lead-epas-pacific-southwest


Trump’s aides defend civil service pay freeze and retirement cuts, but raise unanswered questions
May 10, 2018
[How long will it be before we are told that immigrants are necessary to fill positions in civil service because Americans won't take these jobs?]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/05/10/trumps-aides-defend-pay-freeze-and-retirement-cuts-but-raise-questions/?utm_term=.1c60ed6c705e


Like everything else, Congress is underfunding the Social Security Administration
Jan. 19, 2018
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/369714-like-everything-else-congress-is-underfunding-the-social-security


Senators, watchdog hit Social Security over closed offices and poor service
May 15, 2018
[Congress underfunds them, then criticizes them for the predictable results. Conservatives are parasite, not wanting to pay for services they expect. ]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/05/15/senators-watchdog-hit-social-security-over-closed-offices-poor-service/?utm_term=.581e5423b9a3


Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/18/fake-facebook-accounts-and-viral-lies-multiply-in-hours-after-santa-fe-school-shooting/?utm_term=.c03a9fd776c1


The FBI didn’t use an informant to go after Trump. They used one to protect him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/05/18/if-the-fbi-used-an-informant-it-wasnt-to-go-after-trump-it-was-to-protect-him/?utm_term=.0e28a2ab60f0


At least 15 People killed as cyclone Sagar hits the coast of Somaliland
Tropical cyclones moving from the Arabian Sea into the Gulf of Aden aren’t rare.
However, few tropical cyclones have penetrated the western Gulf of Aden in the satellite era.
http://www.horndiplomat.com/2018/05/20/somalilandat-least-15-people-killed-as-cyclone-sagar-hits-the-coast-of-somaliland/

Tropical Cyclone 1A, which developed late Wednesday between Yemen and Somalia, could become one of the first tropical storms on record to cross the entire Gulf of Aden—perhaps affecting even the tiny nation of Djibouti, where tropical cyclones are virtually unknown. TD 1A was named Cyclonic Storm Sagar by the Indian Meteorological Department, the agency with primary responsibility for tropical cyclone forecasting in the North Indian Ocean, including the Arabian Sea.
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/rare-tropical-storm-gulf-aden-may-affect-yemen-somalia-djibouti


NHC Track Forecasts Were Best Ever in 2017; No Improvement in Intensity Forecasts
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/nhc-track-forecasts-best-ever-2017-no-improvement-intensity-forecasts


April 2018: Earth's 3rd Warmest April on Record
[Since the U.S. was colder than average, the rest of the globe was even higher than the average for the globe.]
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/april-2018-earths-3rd-warmest-april-record