Jon Stewart: Satire Won't Save Us From Trump
Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter
Excerpt: "I think of one of the lessons of this book and what we're talking about is to put satire and culture in its proper place - that controlling a culture is not the same as power. And that while we were all passing around really remarkably eviscerating videos of the Tea Party - that we had all made great fun of - [they were] sitting off a highway at a Friendly's taking over a local school board."
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Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter
Excerpt: "I think of one of the lessons of this book and what we're talking about is to put satire and culture in its proper place - that controlling a culture is not the same as power. And that while we were all passing around really remarkably eviscerating videos of the Tea Party - that we had all made great fun of - [they were] sitting off a highway at a Friendly's taking over a local school board."
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Thousands of Veterans Arrive at Standing Rock to Act as 'Human Shields' for Water Protectors
EcoWatch
Excerpt: "As tensions grow in North Dakota, with multiple eviction orders facing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, U.S. military veterans begin arriving at the Oceti Sakowin protest camp."
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EcoWatch
Excerpt: "As tensions grow in North Dakota, with multiple eviction orders facing the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline, U.S. military veterans begin arriving at the Oceti Sakowin protest camp."
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Donald Trump's White House Counsel Is Proud "Architect" of America's Corrupt Big Money Politics
Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "Don McGahn, soon to be Donald Trump's White House counsel, bears as much responsibility as any single person for turning America's campaign finance system into something akin to a gigantic, clogged septic tank."
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Jon Schwarz, The Intercept
Schwarz writes: "Don McGahn, soon to be Donald Trump's White House counsel, bears as much responsibility as any single person for turning America's campaign finance system into something akin to a gigantic, clogged septic tank."
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How Polls Are a Threat to US Democracy
Mona Chalabi, Guardian UK
Chalabi writes: "The US media and public's shared obsession with polling fueled an entire election season that virtually ignored policy - and perhaps helped Trump win."
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Mona Chalabi, Guardian UK
Chalabi writes: "The US media and public's shared obsession with polling fueled an entire election season that virtually ignored policy - and perhaps helped Trump win."
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Trump's Pick for Key Health Post Known for Punitive Medicaid Plan
Jessica Glenza, Guardian UK
Glenza writes: "Verma - Trump's nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - made her name devising Indiana's Medicaid plan, one of the most punitive in the country."
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Jessica Glenza, Guardian UK
Glenza writes: "Verma - Trump's nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - made her name devising Indiana's Medicaid plan, one of the most punitive in the country."
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Far-Right Camp Concedes Defeat in Austrian Presidential Election
Francois Murphy and Michael Shields, Reuters
Excerpt: "The candidate vying to become Europe's first freely elected far-right head of state since World War Two conceded defeat in Austria's presidential election soon after polls closed on Sunday evening."
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Francois Murphy and Michael Shields, Reuters
Excerpt: "The candidate vying to become Europe's first freely elected far-right head of state since World War Two conceded defeat in Austria's presidential election soon after polls closed on Sunday evening."
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These Refugees Are Building Houses out of Plastic Bottles
Habib Mohamed, ThinkProgress
Mohamed writes: "For many of these refugees plastic bottles offer sustainable housing material in a desert referred to as the devil's garden, where drought, heat, and seasonal floods destroy most adobe houses."
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Habib Mohamed, ThinkProgress
Mohamed writes: "For many of these refugees plastic bottles offer sustainable housing material in a desert referred to as the devil's garden, where drought, heat, and seasonal floods destroy most adobe houses."
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