Andy Borowitz | Trump Says He Will Sue Everyone in Wisconsin
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a sharply worded post-election threat on Tuesday night, the Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump said that he intended to sue the entire population of Wisconsin 'for everything it's worth.'"
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a sharply worded post-election threat on Tuesday night, the Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump said that he intended to sue the entire population of Wisconsin 'for everything it's worth.'"
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A Top Haven for Tax Cheats That May Surprise You: The US
Paul Wiseman and Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Excerpt: "The U.S. lambastes and strong-arms countries that help drug lords and millionaire investors hide their money from tax collectors. Critics say it should look closer to home."
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Paul Wiseman and Marcy Gordon, Associated Press
Excerpt: "The U.S. lambastes and strong-arms countries that help drug lords and millionaire investors hide their money from tax collectors. Critics say it should look closer to home."
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Government Bites Merger, Merger Bites Dust
David Dayen, The Intercept
Dayen writes: "Drugmaker Pfizer's decision to terminate its proposed merger with Irish firm Allergan shows that the federal government does have the ability to prevent market consolidation and blatant tax avoidance - if it just displays a little aggressiveness."
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David Dayen, The Intercept
Dayen writes: "Drugmaker Pfizer's decision to terminate its proposed merger with Irish firm Allergan shows that the federal government does have the ability to prevent market consolidation and blatant tax avoidance - if it just displays a little aggressiveness."
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Mississippi Law Opens a New Front in the Battle Over Gay Rights
Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times
Jarvie writes: "As the state-by-state battle over gay rights rolls on, Mississippi's governor has signed a 'religious freedom' law that may go further than any other state in clearing the way for businesses and government workers to deny basic services to LGBT couples."
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Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times
Jarvie writes: "As the state-by-state battle over gay rights rolls on, Mississippi's governor has signed a 'religious freedom' law that may go further than any other state in clearing the way for businesses and government workers to deny basic services to LGBT couples."
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Border Patrol Agents Allegedly Loot Immigrants Before Deporting Them Back to Mexico
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress
Lee writes: "Federal immigration agents may be looting or failing to return personal belongings to immigrants before deporting them back to Mexico, leaving them vulnerable to extortion without their identification cards or money, alleges a new complaint from various human rights and immigrant advocacy organizations."
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Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress
Lee writes: "Federal immigration agents may be looting or failing to return personal belongings to immigrants before deporting them back to Mexico, leaving them vulnerable to extortion without their identification cards or money, alleges a new complaint from various human rights and immigrant advocacy organizations."
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Land Grabbing Is Killing Honduras' Indigenous Peoples
Andrea Reyes Blanco and Tim Shenk, teleSUR
Excerpt: "Berta Caceres wasn't the first and, unfortunately, she won't be the last. The world-renowned Lenca leader, assassinated last month in Honduras for her opposition to government-backed megaprojects, is one of an increasing litany of fallen fighters for Indigenous and environmental rights in Honduras and around the globe."
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Andrea Reyes Blanco and Tim Shenk, teleSUR
Excerpt: "Berta Caceres wasn't the first and, unfortunately, she won't be the last. The world-renowned Lenca leader, assassinated last month in Honduras for her opposition to government-backed megaprojects, is one of an increasing litany of fallen fighters for Indigenous and environmental rights in Honduras and around the globe."
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The Unexpected Ways Climate Change Harms Your Health
Rebecca Leber, Grist
Leber writes: "Climate change is bad for your health. There's no question that the impacts of a warming world - harsher heat waves, increased flooding - will put a strain on our nation's public health. But other health-related climate consequences have proven more difficult to tease out and thus more difficult to quantify."
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Rebecca Leber, Grist
Leber writes: "Climate change is bad for your health. There's no question that the impacts of a warming world - harsher heat waves, increased flooding - will put a strain on our nation's public health. But other health-related climate consequences have proven more difficult to tease out and thus more difficult to quantify."
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