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Andy Borowitz | Disturbed Man Gets Past White House Security, Give Press Conference 
Sean Spicer. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "A man who was described as 'visibly deranged' eluded the Secret Service on Saturday and gave a five-minute press conference at the White House." 
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Republican Plan to Replace Obamacare Would Turn Medicaid Over to States 
Alison Kodjak, NPR 
Kodjak writes: "Republicans plan to turn control of Medicaid over to the states as part of their replacement for the Affordable Care Act, according to an adviser to President Donald Trump." 
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Jessica Valenti | The Women's March Reminded Us: We Are Not Alone 
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK 
Valenti writes: "It's hard to explain what it feels like to walk alongside a sea of joyful, but fed-up women. My friend Ann Friedman, taking a plane almost entirely filled with women on their way to Washington DC yesterday, described it as 'like drugs.'" 
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Why Is Trump Deriding John Roberts on Twitter 
Liz Goodwin, Yahoo News 
Goodwin writes: "In July 2012, Donald Trump called in to CNBC's 'SquawkBox' show to rant about Chief Justice John Roberts' surprise decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate." 
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Standing Rock Council Approves Order to Evacuate Demonstrators 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Every encampment opposing the Dakota Access pipeline has until Feb. 19 to close and move away, a new Standing Rock Sioux tribal council order has announced. In an unanimous vote, the council voted on Friday to close all camps including the main Oceti Sakowin, Roseby and Sacred Stone camps, Indian Country Media Network reported." 
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Israel Pushes Ahead With Settlements as Trump Takes Office 
Josef Federman, Associated Press 
Federman writes: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a vote Sunday on an explosive proposal to annex one of the West Bank's largest settlements, apparently to coordinate his policy toward the Palestinians with the new administration of President Donald Trump." 
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97% of Endangered Species Threatened by Two Common Pesticides 
Center for Biological Diversity, EcoWatch 
Excerpt: "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its first rigorous nationwide analysis Wednesday of the effects of pesticides on endangered species, finding that 97 percent of the more than 1,800 animals and plants protected under the Endangered Species Act are likely to be harmed by malathion and chlorpyrifos, two commonly used pesticides. Another 78 percent are likely to be hurt by the pesticide diazinon." 
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