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RSN: Elizabeth Warren Promises to Introduce Legislation That Will Force Trump to Divest From His Business Empire




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Charles Pierce | Here's an Electoral College Prediction You Can Take to the Bank
Donald Trump speaks at Drake University, January 28. (photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "I don't believe that the creaky, antiquated creature that is the Electoral College is going to save us from the onrushing catastrophe. This is largely because it will take 37 brave souls to make a difference, and I don't know if there are 37 principled political actors left in American politics these days."
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Obama on Russian Hacking: 'We Need to Take Action. And We Will'
Scott Detrow, NPR
Detrow writes: "President Obama says the United States will respond to Russian cyberattacks that the intelligence community has concluded were part of an effort to influence the 2016 presidential election."
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Robert Fisk | Samantha Power Grandstands on Human Rights at UN, but Forgets to Mention All the Massacres Done in America's Name
Robert Fisk, The Independent
Fisk writes: "When Samantha talked about 'barbarism against civilians' in Aleppo, I remembered climbing over the dead Palestinian civilians massacred at the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in 1982, slaughtered by Israel's Lebanese militia friends while the Israeli army - Washington's most powerful ally in the Middle East - watched."
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Elizabeth Warren Promises to Introduce Legislation That Will Force Trump to Divest From His Business Empire
Allan Smith, Business Insider
Smith writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts promised on Thursday that she, along with four other Democratic senators, would introduce legislation to force President-elect Donald Trump to divest entirely from his business empire."
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How Police Are Watching You on Social Media
George Joseph, CityLab
Joseph writes: "Documents from Chicago's Cook County Sheriff's Office reveal the undercover techniques law enforcement uses to monitor - and manipulate - social media users."
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Feds Deliberately Hid Documents Discussing Danger of Dakota Access Pipeline From Standing Rock Sioux
Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News
Shogren writes: "In its consultations with the Standing Rock Sioux about the pipeline crossing underneath Lake Oahe within a half mile of the reservation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers purposefully withheld key studies that could have helped the tribe evaluate the risks."
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There's a New Water Contamination Crisis Unfolding in This Texas City
Rafi Schwartz, Fusion
Schwartz writes: "Residents of Corpus Christi, TX, are being advised by local officials to avoid drinking the city's tap water after an incident at a nearby industrial site which may have resulted in a serious contamination of the water supply."
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