Monday, January 9, 2017

RSN: The Reports of Russian Election Interference Are Absolutely Serious, Sessions Has Chosen the Wrong Side of History in the Struggle for Justice




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Marc Ash | The Reports of Russian Election Interference Are Absolutely Serious 
Trump secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson appears with Russian president Vladimir Putin. (photo: AP) 
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News 
Ash writes: "Donald Trump should not be, must not be issued a free pass on any assistance he received from the Russian government in his pursuit of power. Right now Democrats, Republicans, and Congress as a whole are driving by this issue with their windows rolled up." 
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Trump Mentioned Wikileaks 164 Times in Last Month of Election, Now Claims it Didn't Impact One Voter 
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress 
Legum writes: "President-elect Trump says that information published by Wikileaks, which the U.S. intelligence community says was hacked by Russia, had 'absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election.'" 
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Sessions Has Chosen the Wrong Side of History in the Struggle for Justice 
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine 
Kilgore writes: "Most liberals look at the prospect of Jeff Sessions serving as attorney general and see a waking nightmare. He's an extremist in a Republican Senate conference that already skews far right." 
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Supreme Court Considers if Exonerated People Can Be Charged the Same Fines and Fees as the Guilty 
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress 
Millhiser writes: "Being exonerated doesn't mean what it used to, at least in Colorado." 
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NYPD Captain: Majority of Rapes Are "Not Total Abomination Rapes" Committed by Strangers 
Christina Cauterucci, Slate 
Cauterucci writes: "It sounds an awful lot like investigators are balancing 'troubling' (read: stranger) rapes with less-'troubling' (read: acquaintance) rapes by spending more effort on the former." 
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LGBT Activists Brace for Efforts to Undermine Their Gains 
David Crary, Associated Press 
Crary writes: "After a string of major victories in recent years, LGBT activists are bracing for a different task in 2017 - trying to prevent Republicans in Congress and state legislatures from undermining those gains." 
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Native Americans Fight Texas Pipeline Using 'Same Model as Standing Rock' 
Sam Levin, Guardian UK 
Levin writes: "The Two Rivers camp, protesting the Trans-Pecos pipeline, is the latest sign that the Standing Rock movement is inspiring indigenous-led activism across the US." 
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