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- Would you judge me if you knew?
- Weekend Roundup: Pope Francis Resurrects Liberation Theology -- Without Marx
- Netflix plans
- 10 amazing LGBTQ children's books
- We're talking about God all wrong (PODCAST)
- Who's A "Serious" Candidate?
- HUFFPOST HILL - Financial Wrongdoing By Mid-2000s GOP Leadership Back En Vogue
- EE.UU. retira a Cuba de lista de patrocinadores de terrorismo
- Rugby : le Stade Français en demi-finale
- FBI: Hastert Hushed Up Sex Abuse
- It's the weekend, baby, and we're alive!
- Le Figaro vient d’être publié sur tous vos écrans
- Happy Obscura Day! Who Wants To Play With This 3-Eyed Dog?
- Why Carly Fiorina Keeps Talking About Porn
- Most wealthy Americans say giving back is 'essential' to them: report
- Is this the world's oldest murder case?
- How the Hell Did Sepp Blatter Win?
- Culture Beast: The Duggar Effect: The End of Hicksploitation TV
- After 15 years as "father" and "son," gay couple weds
- EN IMAGES. Ben Affleck et Jennifer Garner, couple solide d'Hollywood, bientôt divorcés?
- Russia's Troll Campaign Goes Into Overdrive
- There's still time to support the causes that will shape the next decade.
- Rennes: les squatteurs expulsés de la maison de l'octogénaire Maryvonne
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| Would you judge me if you knew? Posted: 29 May 2015 07:15 PM PDT
 | Weekend Roundup: Pope Francis Resurrects Liberation Theology -- Without Marx Posted: 29 May 2015 03:59 PM PDT
 | Posted: 29 May 2015 03:10 PM PDT  Friday May 29, 2015 It's Official! 'San Andreas' Is Like 'Taken' With Earthquakes Is the mega blockbuster worth your time and money? Read more.  Why Is Emma Stone Playing A Character Named Allison Ng In 'Aloha'? Stone's casting as a character described as a quarter Hawaiian and a quarter Chinese is a clear snub to the Asian and Pacific Islander community. Read more.  How Jessica Alba Built A $1 Billion Company Selling Parents Peace Of Mind Forbes explains how the actress created an empire and a $200 million fortune. Read more.  Thirty-five years into its existence, what does the band mean now? Grantland explores. Read more.  7 Pop Culture Documentaries To Stream On Netflix We've got your weekend plans right here. Read more.     Get Huffington Post on the Go | 10 amazing LGBTQ children's books Posted: 29 May 2015 03:02 PM PDT
 | We're talking about God all wrong (PODCAST) Posted: 29 May 2015 02:53 PM PDT  Friday May 29, 2015 We've Been Thinking About God All Wrong For theologian and author Diana Butler Bass, the news that Christianity in America has been on the decline is a wake-up call -- for a radical reassessment of the way we understand and talk about God. Read more.  #NotMyAmerica Takes On Phoenix Mosque Biker Protest As bikers gather outside a mosque to protest Islam, interfaith advocates will be on Twitter sending the global community a message of inclusion. Read more.  Iraq, ISIS and Our Need for Repentance "Except for Rand Paul, none of the Republican candidates has been willing to admit that ISIS is a consequence of our complete devastation and destabilization of Iraq -- leaving us with the greatest real threat the international community has faced for some time." Read more.  Biblical Soap Opera Takes Brazil By Storm Swathed in Egyptian robes and sporting lapis lazuli jewelry and Cleopatra wigs, some of the characters are based on biblical or other historic figures, while others are invented. Read more.  How The 'Fairy Godmother Of Makeovers' Did The Biggest Makeover Of All On Herself Imagine having your dream job. And then walking away from it -- on a dare. Read more.  Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Sect Bans Women From Driving The letter, signed by rabbis from the Belz Hasidic sect in Stamford Hill and sent last week to parents in the community, says that female drivers are a violation of "the traditional rules of modesty in our camp." Read more.  The Christian Case For Legalizing Marijuana Texas State Rep. David Simpson (R), a staunch Tea Party member and conservative Christian, made headlines earlier this month when he put forth "the evangelical argument for total legalization of cannabis." Read more.  Classical Music In Israel Is Bringing Jewish And Arab Musicians Together "We always had different stereotypes, each one had a stereotype about the other, and we didn't accept each other," said Mahdi Saadi, a cellist from Nazareth who has been a part of Polyphony for about seven years. "When the project began, it just broke all the stereotypes." Read more.  "I am learning that as long as I care for the suffering of the world, the more anger is going to take up residence in my life, and I might as well get cozy with it." Read more.  Muslims And Jews Spent A Day Of Prayer Together And The Result Was Beautiful (VIDEO) The worshippers laid out prayer mats and the sounds of their chanting, in both Hebrew and Arabic, mingled with the crashing of the waves. Read more.  Get Huffington Post on the Go | Posted: 29 May 2015 02:47 PM PDT  Friday, May 29, 2015 | View in Browser THE NUTGRAF Political reporters flocked from Burlington to Cabot to Exeter this week for presidential announcements, and tomorrow they'll arrive in Baltimore. Over the next few weeks, the 2016 field could swell to 20 candidates, an unprecedented number that's already tapping news organizations' resources. So what's a news exec to do? You can partner on events, as networks are doing with rotating use of cameras, satellite trucks for campaign kickoffs and "cattle calls." Or, as NBC's Chuck Todd says, news outlets can ignore the "vanity candidates" who suck resources from legitimate contenders. Still, many tough decisions remain, as news outlets decide in the coming months whether or not a candidate's position in the race merits a full-time reporter. And those shut out won't be happy. — Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) PULLQUOTE “Not because I don't have a foolproof plan, I do. I have a foolproof plan that would work 100 percent, save thousands and thousands of lives, but I'm not going to tell you. I'm withholding it for now, because I am a tremendous asshole.” — Jon Stewart, impersonating Donald Trum, who said in a recent interview that he had a "foolproof" plan for defeating ISIS that he would not reveal TOP STORIES News Organizations Grapple With 2016 Presidential Race In Which Everyone Is Running No one will announce they're running for president on Friday, the first workday in this holiday-shortened week without a campaign kickoff. It was Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Tuesday, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, and ex-New York Gov. George Pataki on Thursday. After the announcement-free Friday, the political media circus that already has traveled this week to Burlington, Vermont; Cabot, Pennsylvania; and Exeter, New Hampshire, will arrive Saturday in Baltimore, where former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley becomes the second Democratic challenger to Hillary Clinton. Read more. Pennsylvania Newspaper Apologizes For Letter Suggesting Obama Be Executed The Daily Item, a Pennsylvania newspaper, has apologized for an opinion letter it published Monday that grossly suggested President Barack Obama should be executed. Read more. Roxane Gay: 'We Demand Perfection Of Feminists. We Do Not Need To Do That.' Roxane Gay has become known as a "bad feminist." The label comes from the title of her August 2014 book, a collection of essays that challenged how we define and interact with feminism. In it, Gay discusses why she doesn't live up to the label, all the ways she's a contradiction and how feminism, in many ways, is broken. Read more. Alicia Menendez: Haven't We Seen This Election Before? Alicia Menendez pointed out Thursday that with remakes of "Dirty Dancing" and "Roadhouse" in the pipeline, it's hard not to conclude Hollywood is running out of ideas. But the Fusion host went on to note that Washington doesn't seem to have much more imagination. Read more. Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger Says 'Farewell' To Readers After 20 years as editor, Alan Rusbridger is stepping down. Here he reflects on two decades of sweeping change – from broadsheet to Berliner, Aitken to Snowden, and newsprint to pixels – and recalls his fervent wish when he took the job: "Please, please let me not drop the vase." Read more. WHAT'S WORKING Education Lab: Moving the Needle BBC: China: 'Morality bank' rewards good deeds Thomson Reuters Foundation: World's least-polluting nations aim to set Paris climate bar high If you know a story you think should be on our Honor Roll, please send an email to our editor Catherine Taibi with the subject line "WHAT'S WORKING."  Get Huffington Post on the Go If you'd like to unsubscribe from The Huffington Post please click here. (C) 2014 The Huffington Post PO Box 4668 #22504 New York, NY 10163-4668 | HUFFPOST HILL - Financial Wrongdoing By Mid-2000s GOP Leadership Back En Vogue Posted: 29 May 2015 02:26 PM PDT  By Eliot Nelson and Arthur Delaney The political world was rocked by the news that a Tom Delay acolyte could be a shitty human being. Most Republican speechwriters spent the day trying to come up with a new way of saying “deeply troubling.” And in an alternate universe, former House Speaker Bob Livingston just signed a lease on an even nicer house and regretted absolutely none of his life choices. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Friday, May 29th, 2015: CONGRESS: [0] DAYS WITHOUT A SEXUAL MISCONDUCT SCANDAL - It really does put gawking at Aaron Schock's peacock feathers into perspective. Richard Serrano and Timothy Phelps: "Indicted former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was paying an individual from his past to conceal sexual misconduct, two federal law enforcement officials said Friday. One of the officials, who would not speak publicly about the federal charges in Chicago, said 'Individual A,' as the person is described in Thursday’s federal indictment, was a man and that the alleged misconduct was unrelated to Hastert’s tenure in Congress. The actions date to Hastert’s time as a Yorkville, Ill., high school wrestling coach and teacher, the official said...'It goes back a long way, back to then,' the source said. 'It has nothing to do with public corruption or a corruption scandal. Or to his time in office.' Thursday’s indictment described the misconduct 'against Individual A' as having 'occurred years earlier.' … Asked why Hastert was making the payments, the official said it was to conceal Hastert’s past relationship with the male. “It was sex,’’ the source said. The other official confirmed that the misconduct involved sexual abuse. Hastert has not responded to requests for comment. Representatives of his lobbying firm declined to comment. Federal prosecutors alleged that Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million in apparent hush money to the individual, then lied to the FBI when asked about suspicious cash withdrawals from several banks. The stunning indictment of the longtime Republican powerhouse alleged he gave about $1.7 million in cash beginning in 2010 to the acquaintance." [LA Times] That time Bernie Sanders ran for office while on unemployment. HASTERT ALREADY SUBJECT OF ANOTHER INVESTIGATION - Sam Stein: "Hastert, like all House speakers, was granted what is essentially a taxpayer-funded allowance to settle and conclude his affairs. He did that by renting and furnishing an office in his old congressional district and hiring three administrative personnel. But the complaint… says that Hastert used his office and a government-funded GMC Yukon to conduct private business and travel to lobbying events. He also relied on his taxpayer-funded staff for a variety of private purposes, including planning a trip to Saudi Arabia to 'discuss private corporate opportunities including an ESPN sponsored golf tournament;' prepping a slideshow 'concerning the private proposal to build a racetrack and technology park in Riverside, California;' and meeting with the United Arab Emirates ambassador to discuss hosting an 'ESPN golf outing and other events in Abu Dhabi.' It wasn't just Hastert's lobbying business that was being propped up with federal funds, according to the complaint. Hastert used his public office and email account to work with John on fundraising operations for Hastert's public policy center at Wheaton College and the school's wrestling team...All told, Hastert spent roughly $1.9 million of his allowance, about half of what he could have." [HuffPost] FORMER ABRAMOFF LOBBYIST PISSED ABOUT THINGS CAN'T EVEN - HuffPost Hill's senior political scandal correspondent, the Former Abramoff Lobbyist Pissed About Things (that's really what he is), is at a loss for words over the Hastert indictment. To put that in perspective, FALPAT hasn't been speechless over a Washington scandal since the Capitol Hill Club stopped its annual Most Dangerous Game hunting trip. "I don't have anything funny to say," FALPAT writes. "Been thinking about it and it is so weird I am speechless." Thanks, FALPAT! Almost as good as Boss Tweed being sentenced to a jail he helped fund (all while he was being inundated with giant cartoon barrels with the word "CORRUPTION" written on them): "On Oct. 24, 2001, then-House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), shepherded the Patriot Act through the House of Representatives. It passed 357 to 66, advancing to the Senate and then-President George W. Bush’s desk for signing. Hastert took credit for House passage in a 2011 interview, claiming it 'wasn’t popular, and there was a lot of fight in the Congress' over it. Little did Hastert know at the time that the law he helped pass would give federal law enforcement the tools to indict him on charges of violating banking-related reporting requirements more than a decade later...The indictment suggests that law enforcement officials relied on the Patriot Act’s expansion of bank reporting requirements to snare Hastert. As the IRS notes, 'the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 increased the scope' of cash reporting laws 'to help trace funds used for terrorism.' The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, which was amended by the Patriot Act, had already required banks to report suspicious transactions." [HuffPost's Daniel Marans] "If 90s Sitcom Laugh Tracks Were Replaced With Hillary Clinton’s Laugh " DAILY DELANEY DOWNER - Martin Crutsinger: "The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.7 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, depressed by a severe winter and a widening trade deficit. The government's revised estimate for last quarter was weaker than its initial estimate of a 0.2 percent growth rate. The U.S. trade gap -- the difference between the value of exports and the larger value of imports -- was found to be wider than first estimated. And consumer spending was slower than previously thought." [Associated Press] Does somebody keep forwarding you this newsletter? Get your own copy. It's free! Sign up here. Send tips/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to huffposthill@huffingtonpost.com. Follow us on Twitter - @HuffPostHill KY-GOV BEVIN CINCHES GOP NOMINATION - Samantha Lachman: "Businessman and tea party favorite Matt Bevin on Friday became the official Republican nominee in Kentucky's gubernatorial race after his opponent, Agricultural Commissioner James Comer, conceded the extremely close race. Bevin had led by just 83 votes in last week's primary to succeed Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear, who is term-limited. Comer requested a re-canvass, which was conducted Thursday. But Bevin remained in the lead after election officials checked printed vote totals against the figures sent to the Kentucky Board of Elections. In his concession statement on Friday morning, Comer endorsed Bevin and said he would help him defeat the Democratic nominee, Attorney General Jack Conway, in November...Political experts in the Bluegrass State have hypothesized that Bevin won because his two main opponents -- Comer and businessman Hal Heiner -- both become entangled in a scandal over abuse allegations leveled against Comer by a former girlfriend. Comer denied the accusations, and accused Heiner's campaign of being involved in spreading them. As the infighting between the two Republicans engulfed the race in its final weeks, Bevin presented himself as an untarnished conservative choice." [HuffPost] A Pataki-Chaffee 2016 showdown is all but certain: "Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee will officially enter the presidential race on June 3, a source with knowledge of his plans told POLITICO. He’ll make the announcement in a speech he’s scheduled to deliver next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the George Mason Center for Politics & Foreign Relations in Arlington, Virginia. Following the announcement, Chafee will travel to New Hampshire on June 4 for a previously scheduled event with local Democrats in Grafton County." [Politico's Ben Schreckinger and Jonathan Topaz] NEW HHS CTO WILL TRY TO UN-SUCK HEALTHCARE IT - Welp, the problem is right here *slaps pointer against x-ray of 404 page*. Alexander Howard: "Susannah Fox, an expert on how the Internet affects Americans’ health, is now in charge of improving how the United States government uses technology to deliver and improve health care. On Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell named Susanna Fox, an entrepreneur-in-residence at at the Robert Johnson Wood Foundation, as the health department's new chief technology officer. Fox is the first woman to hold the position. Fox plans to liberate more health data for the public good, nurture entrepreneurial spirit within the immense HHS bureaucracy and highlight how citizens are improving their own health and well-being -- all themes that she’s been passionate about for years. 'The most exciting innovation is not just access to information but access to each other,' Fox told me last June. Digital health care entrepreneurs, academics and patient advocates are thrilled that one of their own will be taking on the role pioneered by former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park and extended by Bryan Sivak, who departed from the HHS CTO role last month. So is Fox’s new boss." [HuffPost] EPA BIOFUEL PROPOSAL ANNOYING EVERYONE - Kate Sheppard: "The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed new volume requirements for biofuels, to a chorus of complaints from all sides… But the changes aren't enough to satisfy critics of the RFS, which include a wide range of both environmental and conservative groups. Groups like the Environmental Working Group have criticized the requirements for continuing to increase the use of corn ethanol, which the group argues actually increases lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. Increasing the ethanol blend, said Emily Cassidy, a research analyst at EWG, 'increases greenhouse gas emissions at a time when we really need to drastically curb carbon emissions.' … Conservative groups like the Competitive Enterprise Institute argued that the biofuels mandate exceeds consumer demand, and also criticized the EPA for delivering its 2014 standard after the year had actually passed. 'Instead of building a predictable market, the RFS has ushered in a reign of regulatory uncertainty,' said CEI senior fellow Marlo Lewis. 'Another testament to the folly of centralized planning.'" [HuffPost] BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR - Here's a newborn tiger. COMFORT FOOD - The Boston Dynamics cheetah robot is getting scarier by the day. - Every inspirational YouTube video ever. - The video to "Single Ladies" syncs pretty well with the "Ducktales" theme TWITTERAMA @jbendery: Josh Earnest confirms Obama is "not spending much time" trolling people on Twitter, now that he's got a Twitter handle. @fordm: a Chrome script that replaces "according to comScore" with "according to the village seer's latest augury" @GrahamDavidA: FIFA'S FUTURE: BACK AND BLATTER THAN EVER, OR BLATTERDAMMERUNG? Got something to add? Send tips/quotes/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to Eliot Nelson (eliot@huffingtonpost.com) or Arthur Delaney (arthur@huffingtonpost.com). Follow us on Twitter @HuffPostHill (twitter.com/HuffPostHill). 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 | FBI: Hastert Hushed Up Sex Abuse Posted: 29 May 2015 01:30 PM PDT Read This, Skip That... 
| It's the weekend, baby, and we're alive! Posted: 29 May 2015 01:26 PM PDT  Friday May 29, 2015 This Pint-Sized Style Star Has More Instagram Followers Than You It's totally fine to envy a 3-year-old's wardrobe. Read more.  Here's A Good Way To Start Being A Better Version Of Yourself And it all begins with making your bed. Read more.  No Need For Cocktails, We've Got Boozy Popsicles It's the weekend, baby, and we're alive! Read more.  What Your Midnight Bathroom Break Is Really Trying To Tell You And why you should start listening. Read more.  8 Reasons You Need To Travel With Your Best Friend At Least Once Once you've conquered a travel disaster with your best friend, you know you can make it through anything together. Read more.   Get Huffington Post on the Go | Le Figaro vient d’être publié sur tous vos écrans Posted: 29 May 2015 01:11 PM PDT
 | Happy Obscura Day! Who Wants To Play With This 3-Eyed Dog? Posted: 29 May 2015 01:03 PM PDT
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Federal law-enforcement officials have told multiple news outlets that Dennis Hastert paid a former high-school student of his almost $1 million to cover up alleged sexual abuse while Hastert was a wrestling coach and teacher in Illinois. Hastert, who was the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House in history, was charged by federal prosecutors Thursday for allegedly violating financial-disclosure laws by illegally structuring bank withdrawals and for lying to the FBI about it. Buzzfeed quotes a law enforcement official who says there are several potential victims. A grand jury indictment said Hastert agreed to pay an anonymous individual $3.5 million for prior misconduct. 
Incumbent FIFA President Sepp Blatter won re-election Friday, when opponent Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein of Jordan withdrew after receieving a clear minority in the first round of voting. Blatter received 133 votes, according to reports, out of the required 140 for a clear win. "I thank you that you accepted me," Blatter said. "[F]or the next four years I will be in command of this boat and we will bring it back... to the shore." The 79-year-old added that he will not rethink the awarded World Cup locations for 2018 and 2022, Russia and Qatar, because the tournament is "too important." Blatter faced a tough re-election after the U.S. Justice Department's unprecedented corruption investigation led to the arrest of 14 people tied to the organization. Some sports officials called for his resignation. 
The U.S. deployed a version of the Stuxnet computer virus inside North Korea that it first used to sabotage Iran's nuclear program, Reuters reported Friday. Stuxnet told centrifuges in Iran to spin out of control, destroying more than 1,000 machines used to enrich uranium. The U.S. modified the virus to activate "when it encountered Korean-language settings on an infected machine," Reuters reported. "But U.S. agents could not access the core machines that ran Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program...." 
The past 24 hours have been dangerous for flights in and out of New York. On Thursday night, five pilots reported someone illuminated their cockpits with green lasers over Long Island. On Friday morning, a passenger jet bound for LaGuardia Airport narrowly missed a drone being flown out of a Brooklyn park. Authorities said the shuttle from D.C. had to pull up 200 feet to avoid the drone. 
The U.S. removed Cuba on Friday from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, 45 days after President Obama announced his intention to make the change. Congress had to act in that time period to stop the change but did not do so—effectively giving its approval. Practically speaking, the removal will allow the rapprochement to move forward with the lifting of travel and financial restrictions and for each country to open embassies.
The Department of Justice has ruled out homicide in the death of Otis James Byrd, a 54-year-old black man who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi in March. The investigation had been opened to determine whether or not the death was the result of a hate crime. 
The observatory at One World Trade Center opened to cloudy skies Friday, obstructing the 50-mile views that are said to be visible on clear days. About 1,000 lucky winners got free tickets to preview the 102nd-floor attraction Thursday, but regular tickets for admission at 15-minute intervals are now on sale for $32. "It was a little disappointing that we couldn't see everything, but everything else was really nice. It was amazing," a visitor told NY1. "I mean, there is not a single detail that they haven't thought about." 
New York City's Stonewall Inn—the location of the 1969 riots seen as launching point for the modern gay-rights movement—is headed for city landmark status, reports Gay City News. The city's Landmarks and Preservation Commission is set to consider Stonewall's status next week, at which point it may set a date for a public hearing. "The Stonewall Inn is widely known as the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement and holds a truly iconic place in history," said LPC chairwoman Meenakshi Srinivasan. "In addition to its cultural importance, the building still retains its architectural integrity from its period of significance during the Stonewall Rebellion." 
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