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Bernie Sanders: Trump Won Because Democrats Are out of Touch 
Sen. Bernie Sanders talks to reporters about preserving the Affordable Care Act with fellow Democrats from both the House and Senate after a meeting with President Obama at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) 
Meg Anderson, NPR 
Excerpt: 'The Democratic Party swallowed the bait,' he argued. 'They became hooked on big money.'" 
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Netanyahu on Secret Tape: Negotiated Favorable Press Coverage With Media Mogul 
Nati Tucker, Haaretz 
Excerpt: "Media tycoon Arnon Mozes is the businessman who negotiated a quid pro quo with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in conversations caught on tape that came to light on Sunday." 
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Ethics Official Warns Against Confirmations Before Reviews Are Complete 
Ed O'Keefe and Sean Sullivan, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "A top ethics official has warned that plans to confirm Donald Trump's top Cabinet choices before background examinations are complete are unprecedented and have overwhelmed government investigators responsible for the reviews." 
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Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, Google Home 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Privacy experts are keeping a close watch on the case of a Bentonville, Arkansas, man who was charged with murder after prosecutors obtained a warrant to receive data from his Amazon Echo, a voice-activated device that is always listening and often recording." 
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Standing Rock and the Return of the Nonviolent Campaign 
George Lakey, Yes! Magazine 
Lakey writes: "Nonviolent campaigns are often dramatic and catch the attention of millions - think of Standing Rock water protectors resolute in the face of a brutal police force. All the more puzzling that the concept of a 'nonviolent campaign' is little known and often ignored when people talk about how to mobilize power." 
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Turkey in Grip of Fear as Erdogan Steps Up Post-Terror Attack Crackdown 
Andrew Finkel, Guardian UK 
Finkel writes: "Turkey's strongman president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rarely goes on the defensive. Yet in his first public appearance since the New Year's Eve massacre in an Istanbul nightclub, he felt obliged to publicly reject the notion that his government's intolerant approach to civil society could possibly have encouraged the attack claimed by Islamic State that left 39 people dead." 
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China's Ivory Ban Opens Questions About Its Massive Legal Stockpiles 
Mark Scialla, PBS Newshour 
Scialla writes: "On the surface, China's complete ban of ivory sales seems to fulfill a 2015 pledge made with the U.S. to end the ivory trade. But so far, Beijing hasn't released details on what will happen with the nation's massive legal and illegal stockpiles. The government alone maintains an estimated 20 to 30 tons of ivory." 
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