memeorandum: Wikipedia blocked in Turkey (Turkey Blocks)

5:05 PM ET, April 29, 2017

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Chris Perez / New York Post:

Times columnist blasted by ‘nasty left’ for climate change piece … A New York Times columnist who was “harangued” for months by “bullying Trump supporters” says he's now being blasted by the “nasty left” — after he penned a piece about how absurd it was to blindly support climate change …

Discussion: Business Insider, The Last Tradition, Instapundit, Mashable and New York Times

Bret Stephens / New York Times:

Climate of Complete Certainty — This is Bret Stephens's first column. — When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that's very good and there's no use wrangling. And if someone is 60 percent right, it's wonderful, it's great luck, and let him thank God. — But what's to be said about 75 percent right?

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Guardian, Watts Up With That?, No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse, Andrew Revkin, Mediaite, Power Line and Grist

New York Times:
100 Days of Noise From Donald Trump

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, Frank Schaeffer, CNBC and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Brooke Seipel / The Hill:

Trump team did background check on Flynn, knew of Turkey ties: report … The White House and President Trump's transition team reportedly did a background check on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in addition to his already approved security clearance, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reported Friday evening.

Discussion: Washington Examiner and portal.liberalamerica.org

The Daily Beast:
White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka

Discussion: AOL and Talking Points Memo

Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump blames Obama for not vetting former national security adviser Michael Flynn

Discussion: Politico and Political Wire

TMZ.com:

Delta Air Lines Pilot Hits Passenger During Fight at Atlanta Airport (UPDATE: NEW VIDEO OF CONFRONTATION) — Delta Air Lines — Pilot Hits Passenger During Fight at Atlanta Airport — EXCLUSIVE — 9:30 AM PT — A rep for Delta tells us ... “We became aware of this incident and a video …

Discussion: AOL and The Root

Turkey Blocks:

Wikipedia blocked in Turkey — The Turkey Blocks monitoring network has verified restrictions affecting the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia in Turkey. A block affecting all language editions of the website detected at 8:00AM local time Saturday 29 April. The loss of availability is consistent …

Discussion: The Atlantic, The Verge, The Daily Caller, Motherboard, RT, IJR and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »

Justin Wier / Vindicator:

Zuckerberg pays surprise visit to Falls family — A Newton Falls family was in shock when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg showed up for dinner at their home Friday evening. — Daniel Moore said he didn't know who was coming for dinner until about 20 minutes before Zuckerberg arrived.

Discussion: The Guardian

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Hacker Leaks Stolen ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 5 Episodes to Piracy Network — An anonymous hacker has carried through on a threat to release “Orange Is the New Black” season five episodes online — after Netflix allegedly failed to respond to the cybercriminal's shakedown demands.

Discussion: The Hill, Refinery29, Fox News, IJR, The Verge, CBS San Francisco, Mashable, AOL, PinkNews and The Last Tradition, more at Mediagazer »

Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:

Chuck Schumer Sees Himself As Trump's Chief Opponent — But Hey, At Least They're Talking Again — The top Democrat in Congress says he's “fueled” by fighting Trump and offered a new idea for opposing the president in his hometown. — Bureau Chief, BuzzFeed DC — Reporting From — Washington, D.C.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, PRI, ABC News, Axios, TheBlaze, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Media Matters for America, Balloon Juice, Raw Story and Daily Wire

Ben Jacobs / The Guardian:

GOP candidate has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies — A Republican congressional candidate has financial ties to a number of Russian companies that have been sanctioned by the United States, the Guardian has learned. — Greg Gianforte, who is the GOP standard bearer …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, mtcowgirl.com, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, USA Today and Politico

Chris Mooney / Washington Post:

EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites …

Discussion: ABC News, NBC News, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Axios, US EPA, Mashable, Politico and Climate Depot

Sam Roberts / New York Times:

Florence Finch, Unsung War Hero Who Took On Japanese, Dies at 101 — Florence Finch was an atypical hometown hero. For nearly 50 years after World War II, virtually no one outside of her family knew that she was a highly decorated Coast Guard veteran and a former prisoner of war whose exploits had been buried in time.

Discussion: JustOneMinute

Ben White / Politico:

Trump's mad dash to 100 days — President Donald Trump has dismissed the idea of measuring the success of his first 100 days in office as “ridiculous.” But the president and his top officials have made a number of startling moves this week with the deadline in mind, and Trump has privately obsessed …

Discussion: Breitbart and ABC News

Peter Baker / New York Times:

How Trump Has Reshaped the Presidency, and How It's Changed Him, Too — WASHINGTON — In his first 100 days in power, President Trump has transformed the nation's highest office in ways both profound and mundane, pushing traditional boundaries, ignoring longstanding protocol …

Discussion: Liberal Values, CNBC and The Guardian

YouTube:

President Trump's First 100 Days … In his first 100 days, President Donald J. Trump has taken bold action to restore prosperity, keep Americans safe and secure, and hold government accountable. At an historic pace, this President has enacted more legislation and signed more executive orders …

Discussion: Axios

Liz Robbins / New York Times:

On Long Island, Sessions Vows to Eradicate MS-13 Gang — CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — The attorney general of the United States, Jeff Sessions, came on Friday to this Long Island area besieged by the transnational gang known as MS-13, and in a 20-minute speech to local police commissioners …

Discussion: SARAH PALIN and The Last Tradition