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Andy Borowitz | Republicans Expose Obama's College Plan as Plot to Make People Smarter
Students rally for free college in New York City. (photo: PopularResistance.org)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The G.O.P., which has benefited from the support of so-called 'low-information voters' in recent years, accused Obama of cynically trying to make people smarter as a way of chipping away at the Republican base."
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FCC Chair Has All But Confirmed He'll Side With Obama on Net Neutrality
Brian Fung, The Washington Post
Fung writes: "President Obama's top telecom regulator just issued his strongest hints yet about a pending plan to regulate Internet providers, and judging by reports from the room, he's leaning hard toward the most aggressive proposal on the table."
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Obama to Propose Free Community College
Justin Sink, The Hill
Sink writes: "President Obama will unveil a new proposal to make the first two years of community college free for students during an event Friday in Tennessee previewing his State of the Union address."
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New Video Shows Tamir Rice's Sister Tackled, Handcuffed by Police
Mark Gillispie, Associated Press
Gillispie writes: "A video released by the city of Cleveland shows a police officer pushing a 14-year-old girl to the ground and handcuffing her with the help of another officer soon after a third officer fatally shot her younger brother."
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Bipartisan Effort to Obtain Report on Saudi Role in 9/11 Attacks
CBS News
Excerpt: "Congressmen Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) and Walter Jones (R-N.C.) spoke to CBSN about their mission to declassify the 28-page report which raises questions about the relationship Saudi Arabia may have had with the 9/11 hijackers."
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The War on Drugs Is Burning Out
Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Dickinson writes: "The people of this country are leading a dramatic de-escalation in the War on Drugs."
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Obama Administration Sued Over Gulf of Mexico Fracking Info
Jason Dearen, Associated Press
Dearen writes: "An environmental advocacy group sued the Obama administration in federal court on Thursday for refusing to release documents detailing the extent of fracking in the Gulf of Mexico."
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