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Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | Trumped by Putin 
Cars pass by a billboard showing US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin placed by pro-Serbian movement in the town of Danilovgrad on Nov. 16, 2016. (photo: Savo Prelevic/AFP/Getty Images) 
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers and Company 
Excerpt: "It is very likely now that Donald Trump will be inaugurated as president of the United States on Jan. 20, in no small part because of the direct intervention in and manipulation of the American electoral process by Vladimir Putin, Russia's strongman who rose to power as a ruthless agent of the KGB, the former Soviet Union's secret police." 
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US Election Agency Breached by Hackers After November Vote 
Joseph Menn, Reuters 
Menn writes: "The U.S. agency charged with ensuring that voting machines meet security standards was itself penetrated by a hacker after the November elections, according to a security firm working with law enforcement on the matter." 
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Trump Finds an Unlikely Partner: Chuck Schumer
Annie Karni, Politico 
Karni writes: "Hours after Sen. Chuck Schumer delivered a hopeful speech to anxious Democrats gathered at the Javits Center on Election Night, the dealmaker was already recalibrating to his new, less powerful reality." 
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Oklahoma Senator Abandons Measure Requiring Anti-Abortion Signs in Public Bathrooms 
Jenni Miller, New York Magazine 
Miller writes: "Earlier this week, Oklahoma's Board of Health met to discuss last June's mandate to provide anti-abortion signs in all public bathrooms, from hospitals and restaurants to hotels and nursing homes." 
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Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge in Appalachia 
Howard Berkes, NPR 
Berkes writes: "Across Appalachia, coal miners are suffering from the most serious form of the deadly mining disease black lung in numbers more than 10 times what federal regulators report, an NPR investigation has found." 
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How Albuquerque Figured Out How to Really Help Its Homeless Population, and Saved Money in the Process 
Colin Woodard, Politico 
Woodward writes: "Since the program began 14 months ago, more than 400 different panhandlers have taken the offer, and many have used it as a stepping stone to get permanent work, housing or treatment for mental health or substance abuse problems." 
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Carl Pope | What's Good for Exxon Is Bad for America 
Carl Pope, EcoWatch 
Pope writes: "Whatever his voters intended, we can abandon the notion that President-elect Donald Trump is a right-wing populist. Right-wing, yes, authoritarian, probably, demagogue certainly. But his cabinet gives the lie to populism as part of his character." 
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