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Donald Trump has fulfilled so few campaign promises as he nears his first 100 days in office that he’s “cramming like a college kid” to dredge up something as he races to the deadline, quipped CNN’s Jake Tapper.

The president is obviously edgy about the milestone that he’ll hit Saturday. He’s already anticipating bad reviews from the press, insisting in a tweet that no matter how good a job he’s done, the media won’t appreciate it. Besides, 100 days is such an arbitrary period that it’s a “ridiculous standard,” he has complained.

But that’s not what he said during the campaign, when he promised on video that he would honor a “contract” with the American voter — “my 100-day action plan” — to deliver much in his first 100 days, noted Tapper, who replayed Trump’s campaign vow on “The Lead.”

“I’m not saying that contract’s in breach, but most of those items on that action plan have yet to come to fruition,” said Tapper. “So the Trump administration is right now cramming like a college kid during finals week in an attempt to deliver on some of the promises that brought his voters to the polls.” For those “keeping score,” only one of the promises for legislation has even emerged: the failed Obamacare replacement.

So Trump has gone from “I alone can fix it” to “nobody knew issues like health care could be this complicated,” scoffed Tapper. 

In the last several days, the Trump’s administration has stepped up the pressure to shake loose a commitment from Congress to pay for the border wall, which threatens to unhinge funding talks to keep the government operating past Friday. Trump also said he would unveil his basic tax reform plan this week — but Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said actual details won’t be ready until June.

At least Trump has the polls, which he somehow finds comforting, even though they show that he has the lowest approval ratings (41 percent, according to Gallup) of any president elected to his first term since World War II. But his bedrock supporters seem to be holding strong, with 96 percent saying they would vote for him again.

Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8, prompting Tapper to note about Trump’s tweet: “Still beat Hillary in popular vote? Kind of an odd comment, ’cause he never beat Hillary in the popular vote.”

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While Elon Musk is running around cautioning the world about the real danger of Skynet-style warrior robots, Jack Ma would like you to consider another possible problem: CEOs might lose their overpaid gigs and there will be no golden parachute. Well, let’s be honest, there probably will be a golden parachute……

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Xiaomi is a company that is making a name for themselves, having catch up to the likes of Apple and Samsung in China, and also pushing affordable handsets with amazing specs, and also pushing the envelope in terms of design, like with the Xiaomi Mi Mix. However the company has for the most part operated in Asia, and it is expected to remain that way.

In an interview with Richard Lai at Engadget, Xiaomi’s Senior Vice President, Wang Xiang (who took over Hugo Barra’s role as Global VP), he revealed that the company isn’t quite ready to break into the US market yet due to the fact that Xiaomi’s resources are being stretched quite thin due to the company serving as many as 30 regions.

According to Wang, “Even though we don’t sell [in the US or Western Europe], we feel very sorry for not serving them well. What we’re after is a mass market, a massive impact, as opposed to a premium, elite thing. We want innovation for everyone.” While Wang did not close the door on expanding to the US or Europe, his statement certainly does not sound like they will be ready anytime soon.

Back in 2016, it was suggested that the company could be 1-2 years away from breaking into the US, but based on this it sounds like it could be longer.

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Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft is easily one of the most iconic females in the gaming industry. And although she started out as a rather inappropriate icon, she eventually matured into something more befitting a modern female lead. But despite the advancements in the game’s series and lore, the original Tomb Raider game still holds a special place in fans’ hearts. … Continue reading

Arkansas has executed the first of two men scheduled to die in the first U.S. double execution since 2000. 

Jack Jones Jr., 52, was the first prisoner put to death Monday night. Jones was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 7:20 p.m. CDT at the Arkansas Department of Corrections’ Cummins Unit outside of Little Rock.

Lawyers for Jones petitioned all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but were ultimately denied both a stay of execution and a petition to have the high court hear his case. His lawyers argued that Jones’ previous attorneys failed to present mitigating evidence that could have spared him a death sentence and said evidence of mental health issues Jones suffered should have been presented at trial. 

Jones had been on death row for 22 years after he was convicted of the 1995 rape and murder of 34-year-old bookkeeper Mary Phillips in Bald Knob, Arkansas. 

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge called Jones’ execution justice in a statement following his death. “The Phillips family has waited far too long to see justice carried out, and I pray they find peace tonight,” said Rutledge, a Republican, whose office had vigorously opposed the inmate’s petitions for a stay.

Earlier this month, Jones did not appear for a clemency hearing. At the hearing, his attorney, Jeff Rosenzweig, read a letter addressed to Phillips’ daughter.

“Your wish is and always has been that I die,” he wrote. “And I could never, ever deny you this.”

Marcel Williams, 46, was scheduled to be execution one hour after Jones. The executions are part of the state’s unprecedented effort to kill eight inmates over 11 days before its supply of one of the execution drugs expires.

Last week, Ledell Lee, 51, was the first Arkansas prisoner to be executed in more than a decade. Four other prisoners have received individual stays of execution. Kenneth Williams, 38, is scheduled to be executed on April 27. 

Amnesty International, which opposes capital punishment, called the state’s efforts “shameful.”

“The sentences of Jack Jones and Marcel Williams are another heinous example of how the death penalty is applied to people with severe mental impairments and history of abuse. This conveyer belt of death must stop immediately by commuting the remaining sentences, and abolishing the death penalty once and for all.”

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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