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Michael Moore | What Would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Say About Trump?
The filmmaker Michael Moore, near a closed factory in Flint, Mich., where his father worked. (photo: Fabrizio Costantini/NYT)
Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page
Moore writes: "What would Martin Luther King, Jr. say about all of this today? How sad would he be that 63% of white men and 53% of white women voted for Donald J. Trump?"
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Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed After 36 Years in US Prison
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Oscar López Rivera, whose commutation was announced with 208 others, has been incarcerated for 35 years for his role in fighting for Puerto Rico’s independence."
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13 Million Pages of Declassified CIA Documents Were Just Posted Online
Jason Koebler, Motherboard
Koebler writes: "A nonprofit organization, a persistent rabble-rouser, and their pro-bono attorney have succeeded in getting the Central Intelligence Agency to post the full contents of its declassified records database online, meaning it’s now possible to access roughly 13 million pages of CIA documents dating back to the beginnings of the Cold War."
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Elizabeth Warren Grills Betsy DeVos at Confirmation Hearing
Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press
Manzullo writes: "In one exchange, Warren asked DeVos if she or any family members had ever taken out a loan or been awarded a grant from the federal government to pay for college. DeVos said she hadn’t."
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Worried About the Direction of Our Government? Run for Office
Osita Nwanevu, Slate
Nwanevu writes: "You already have a critical advantage over most of the people running today. You are not a creature of Washington. You are an everyday working American with a job outside of politics. You are exactly the person most candidates spend time and money to appear to be."
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'It’s Our Standing Rock': First Nations Sue Canadian Government
teleSUR
Excerpt: "On Tuesday three First Nations announced their lawsuit over a massive pipeline project recently approved for Canada’s West Coast."
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Environmental Groups Unite Around a Common Goal: Stop Trump’s Climate Denying Nominees
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "Environmental groups around the country are mobilizing to oppose Trump’s picks for EPA administrator, Secretary of State, and more."
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