The Daily Populous

Thursday July 13rd, 2017 day edition

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The White House has deleted and reissued a video that misspelled the word "inaccurately" in an attack on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) for being inaccurate.

The 45-second spot, which the White House issued via their YouTube channel, was meant to cast doubt on the independent agency’s health care projections.

Seconds later, another screen declared: “CBO innaccurately [sic] estimated 25 million would be covered under Obamacare.”.

The White House quickly deleted the video and uploaded a version with the correct spelling.

The White House video attempts to cast doubt on the CBO’s projections, claiming they were made with “faulty numbers”.

Former CBO Director Doug Holtz-Eakin told The Independent that the White House's ad “reveals a deep misunderstanding of exactly what’s going on”.

“The people I worked for in the White House would never have done this. »

Join the Battle for Net Neutrality

Authored by battleforthenet.com

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online.

In 2015, startups, Internet freedom groups, and 3.7 million commenters won strong net neutrality rules from the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC).

Now, they're lobbying the FCC and Congress to end net neutrality. »

Racing dogs land 2nd careers as blood donors

Authored by nbcnews.com

Greyhounds represent the bulk of the donors, and with good reason because they typically have a universal blood type that any dog can receive.

Greyhounds also have big neck veins that make drawing blood easy, said veterinarian Guillermo Couto, who works with the animal blood donor program at OSU.

Couto, who works with the animal blood donor program at OSU, said people are surprised to hear dogs — and even cats — donate blood. »

'Batman' Director Matt Reeves Has Dropped Ben Affleck's Script

Authored by hollywoodreporter.com

Matt Reeves is revealing more from his plans for his take on The Dark Knight.

The filmmaker, who stepped into replace star Ben Affleck as director on the project, recently revealed on MTV's Happy Sad Confused podcast that he scrapped the earlier script that Affleck, Chris Terrio and DC's Geoff Johns had worked on.

When asked if he would be working with Affleck's script, Reeves said, "No, it’s a new story. »

Trump intervenes to grant rejected Afghan girls entry to U.S. for robotics contest

Authored by politico.com
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| AP Photo Trump intervenes to grant rejected Afghan girls entry to U.S. for robotics contest.

That criticism swelled as details emerged about the girls’ struggle to build their robot and get visas.

On their team page , the Afghan girls wrote: “Most breakthroughs in science, technology, and other industries normally start with the dream of a child to do something great. »