Garrison Keillor | Idealists Can't Win
Garrison Keillor, The Washington Post
Keillor writes: "Idealists don't do as well in politics as gamers do. Idealists are in a grim struggle to save mankind from itself, and gamers are just trying to capture your bishop with two pawns. A crafty old fox can beat the goddess of light two out of three times."
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Garrison Keillor, The Washington Post
Keillor writes: "Idealists don't do as well in politics as gamers do. Idealists are in a grim struggle to save mankind from itself, and gamers are just trying to capture your bishop with two pawns. A crafty old fox can beat the goddess of light two out of three times."
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Paul Ryan Says GOP Will Defund Planned Parenthood as Part of Obamacare Repeal
Melissa Chan, TIME
Chan writes: "Republicans will move to defund Planned Parenthood as part of a process to dismantle Obamacare, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Thursday."
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Melissa Chan, TIME
Chan writes: "Republicans will move to defund Planned Parenthood as part of a process to dismantle Obamacare, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Thursday."
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Sources: Trump Will Ask Congress, Not Mexico, to Pay for Border Wall
Mary Pascaline, International Business Times
Pascaline writes: "President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is working on making his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, the cornerstone of his 2016 presidential campaign, a reality. However, there is a slight change in plans."
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Mary Pascaline, International Business Times
Pascaline writes: "President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is working on making his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, the cornerstone of his 2016 presidential campaign, a reality. However, there is a slight change in plans."
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The Story of the 16-Year-Old Who Died in Custody After Being Arrested for Arguing With Her Mother
Caroline Preston, Jezebel
Preston writes: "Police officers arrested Gynnya McMillen for a domestic-violence related offense, and took her to Lincoln Village Juvenile Treatment and Detention Center, a troubled state-run facility 70 miles away. Approximately 28 hours later, Gynnya was found dead in the cell where she'd been detained."
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Caroline Preston, Jezebel
Preston writes: "Police officers arrested Gynnya McMillen for a domestic-violence related offense, and took her to Lincoln Village Juvenile Treatment and Detention Center, a troubled state-run facility 70 miles away. Approximately 28 hours later, Gynnya was found dead in the cell where she'd been detained."
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People Are Blaming the Chicago Kidnapping on Black Lives Matter With Zero Evidence
Tasneem Nashrulla, BuzzFeed
Nashrulla writes: "Mike Cernovich, a vocal alt-right member, wrote an article referring to the four suspects as 'Black Lives Matter supporters,' without offering any evidence of their affiliation with the movement."
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Tasneem Nashrulla, BuzzFeed
Nashrulla writes: "Mike Cernovich, a vocal alt-right member, wrote an article referring to the four suspects as 'Black Lives Matter supporters,' without offering any evidence of their affiliation with the movement."
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The US Dropped More Than 26,000 Bombs on Muslim-Majority Countries in 2016
Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations
Zenko writes: "In President Obama's last year in office, the United States dropped 26,171 bombs in seven countries. This estimate is undoubtedly low, considering reliable data is only available for airstrikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya, and a single 'strike,' according to the Pentagon's definition, can involve multiple bombs or munitions."
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Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations
Zenko writes: "In President Obama's last year in office, the United States dropped 26,171 bombs in seven countries. This estimate is undoubtedly low, considering reliable data is only available for airstrikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya, and a single 'strike,' according to the Pentagon's definition, can involve multiple bombs or munitions."
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Washington State Has Blocked Plans for the Nation's Largest Coal Export Terminal
Sabrina Imbler, Grist
Imbler writes: "Washington state has blocked plans for the nation's biggest coal export terminal. The Millennium Bulk Terminals project - proposed to be built in Longview, Washington, along the Columbia River - would have exported up to 44 million tons of coal a year from Montana and Wyoming to Asia."
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Sabrina Imbler, Grist
Imbler writes: "Washington state has blocked plans for the nation's biggest coal export terminal. The Millennium Bulk Terminals project - proposed to be built in Longview, Washington, along the Columbia River - would have exported up to 44 million tons of coal a year from Montana and Wyoming to Asia."
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