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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

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Monday, December 19, 2016

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Matt Taibbi | The Vampire Squid Occupies Trump's White House 
Trump at an August campaign rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) 
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone 
Taibbi writes: "One surprise election result and a mountain of jubilant #draintheswamp hashtags later, Donald Trump has filled his White House with, you guessed it, Goldman veterans." 
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Senators Call for Panel to Investigate Russian Hacking 
Sarah N. Lynch and Julia Harte, Reuters 
Excerpt: "Four Senators on Sunday called for the creation of a bipartisan investigative panel that would investigate U.S. government allegations that Russia and other foreign countries tried to hack the U.S. elections." 
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Fatal Corrections: Inside the Deadly Mississippi Riot That Pushed the Justice Department to Rein in Private Prisons 
Janosch Delcker, The Intercept 
Delcker writes: "In a wrongful death lawsuit later filed against CCA, the Carithers family argued that the company 'maintained a less than adequate staff,' 'was underequipped,' 'did not properly train its officers,' and 'created a dangerous atmosphere for the correction officers by depriving the inmates of basic needs and treating them inhumanely.'" 
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The Kim Davis of Indiana Just Lost in Court 
Zack Ford, ThinkProgress 
Ford writes: "Kim Davis of Rowan County, Kentucky became famous last year for her ultimately failed battle to avoid providing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but she wasn't the only clerk fighting for the right to discriminate. Now, a federal court has just ruled against her Indiana equivalent." 
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The Marijuana Industry Needs to Stand Up to Jeff Sessions 
Alex Halperin, Slate 
Halperin writes: "Initially, President-elect Donald Trump's surprise win didn't seem to pose an immediate threat to the legal pot industry; Trump isn't popular in the cannabis world, but he's not seen as a committed prohibitionist either. That outlook changed after Trump picked Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, as his nominee for attorney general." 
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Europeans Debate Nuclear Self-Defense After Trump Win 
Der Spiegel 
Excerpt: "For decades, American nuclear weapons have served as a guarantor of European security. But what happens if Donald Trump casts doubt on that atomic shield? A debate has already opened in Berlin and Brussels over alternatives to the U.S. deterrent." 
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Does Glyphosate Cause Cancer? EPA Panel Meets to Find Out 
Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch 
Spear writes: "From Dec. 13 - 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) to evaluate 'the carcinogenic potential of the herbicide glyphosate,' the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup." 
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