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Robert Reich | Five Ways Trump's "News Conference" Wasn't a News Conference 
Robert Reich. (photo: Getty) 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog 
Reich writes: "Tyrants don't allow open questioning, and they hate the free press. They want total control. That's why Trump's so-called 'news conference' - the first he's held in six months - wasn't really a news conference at all." 
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Justice Department Report: Chicago Police Have Pattern of Using Excessive, Unconstitutional Force 
Mark Berman and Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "A sprawling federal investigation into the Chicago police found that officers engage 'in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force,' part of larger, ingrained failures in how the department trains officers and reviews misconduct, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced Friday." 
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Obama Opens NSA's Vast Trove of Warrantless Data to Entire Intelligence Community, Just in Time for Trump 
Alex Emmons, The Intercept 
Emmons writes: "With only days until Donald Trump takes office, the Obama administration on Thursday announced new rules that will let the NSA share vast amounts of private data gathered without warrant, court orders or congressional authorization with 16 other agencies, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Department of Homeland Security." 
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Day Laborers Have Become an Easy Target for Anti-Immigrant Vigilantes 
Jason McGahan, LA Weekly 
McGahan writes: "Day laborer organizers in L.A. say a recent incident at the Hollywood center is part of a backlash against day laborers since the election. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport from the United States as many as 3 million undocumented immigrants. And the president-elect's inciting rhetoric - calling Mexicans drug dealers, murderers and rapists - is emboldening vigilantism against day laborers across the country." 
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Paul Ryan Confronted by Cancer Patient Who Says Obamacare Saved His Life 
Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress 
Culp-Ressler writes: "House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was confronted at a town hall on Thursday night by a man who said Obamacare saved his life after he was diagnosed with cancer - and asked Ryan why the GOP is currently trying to dismantle the law." 
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Thousands Protest Power Cuts in Gaza 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "Thousands of people took to the streets on Thursday to protest chronic power cuts in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, in one of the largest unauthorized protests in the territory since the Islamic militant group took power a decade ago." 
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Dakota Access Protestors Start to Move Camp Amid Frigidly Cold Temperatures 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Many water protectors will relocate to other reservations and continue their fight against the pipeline." 
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