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RSN: A Call to the World: Boycott Trump's America




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Steve Weissman | A Call to the World: Boycott Trump's America 
Anti-Trump protesters in front of the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN) 
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News 
Weissman writes: "No surprise, I back the protesters and feel sad that distance and a gammy lung keep me from joining in. Trump may - or may not - have won an Electoral College majority fair and square. But belief in democracy does not require us to endorse the decision of our fellow citizens or the scapegoating of immigrants and Muslims. We need instead to find nonviolent ways to resist Trump and the worldwide ultra-right he encourages." 
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Trump to Pay Victims $25 Million in Fraud Lawsuit
Merrit Kennedy, NPR 
Kennedy writes: "A $25 million settlement agreement has been reached in the civil fraud lawsuits against President-elect Donald Trump and Trump University, according to New York's state attorney general." 
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Bernie Sanders Rallies Supporters With Call for New Direction in Democratic Party 
Lauren Gambino, Guardian UK 
Gambino writes: "On a gorgeous fall day, surrounded by changing trees, a group of Bernie Sanders' most ardent supporters held a political bonfire for the doomed Trans-Pacific Partnership outside the US Capitol building." 
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Obama Refuses to Pardon Edward Snowden. Trump's New CIA Pick Wants Him Dead. 
Alex Emmons and Naomi LaChance, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "President Obama Indicated on Friday that he won't pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, even as President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick to run the CIA: Kansas congressman Mike Pompeo, who has called for 'the traitor Edward Snowden' to be executed." 
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Michigan Fights Court Order to Give Flint Residents Bottled Water 
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress 
Covert writes: "Last week, a federal judge ordered the state of Michigan and the city of Flint to begin delivering bottled water to all residents' homes to ensure that everyone has access to safe drinking water. Now the state is fighting back." 
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Bolivia's Water Warriors, Reignited 
Nasya Razavi, NACLA 
Excerpt: "'They're charging for air,' laments a Cochabamba resident. It is July 2016, and a serious drought has affected Cochabamba and its surrounding municipalities. After the levels of the reservoirs and subterranean waters dropped by 30%, Semapa, the municipal water company, has begun rationing water." 
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The Problem With Abandoning the Paris Agreement 
Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic 
Meyer writes: "If the Trump administration withdraws the United States from the Paris Agreement, the country would face a massive global diplomatic backlash and permanently cede worldwide leadership on climate and renewable-energy issues to China, experts warn." 
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