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Dan Rather | It's One Thing to Curse the Darkness. It's Another Thing to Light a Candle. 
 
Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page 
Rather writes: "It's one thing to curse the darkness. It's another thing to light a candle. This maxim - my rough paraphrase of a quote I have seen attributed to the founder of Amnesty International - has been echoing in my mind in recent days as I hear and talk to many people about the approaching ascension of the Trump Administration." 
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The Damage Already Done by Trump's Presidency 
Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone 
Dickinson writes: "Donald Trump moves into the White House already having done damage to the presidency, our democracy, the economy and America's place in the world." 
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Black Lives Matter Activists Block Inauguration Checkpoints 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Inauguration attendees can no longer enter a security checkpoint on Fourth and C streets, as Black Lives Matter and other activists have assembled a human barricade, Washington Post reported as of 9:00 a.m. this morning." 
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Bernie Sanders: Don't Despair. Fight Back. 
Max Greenwood, The Hill 
Greenwood writes: "Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday released an Inauguration Day message urging supporters to 'fight back' against Donald Trump's agenda." 
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Major Fake News Operation Tracked Back to Republican Operative 
Robert Mackey, The Intercept 
Mackey writes: "Cam Harris, a recent college graduate hoping to build a career as a political consultant, received an unwelcome email from a New York Times reporter this month. As the reporter, Scott Shane, recounted on the front page of Thursday's Times, he had discovered that Harris was the publisher of a fake news site dedicated to smearing Hillary Clinton." 
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Trump's WhiteHouse.Gov Disappears Civil Rights, Climate Change, LGBT Rights 
Justin Miller, The Daily Beast 
Miller writes: "WhiteHouse.gov immediately wiped pages on LGBT rights, civil rights, climate change, and health care from its 'issues' section after Donald Trump took the oath of office." 
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Trump's Pick for Agriculture Secretary Believes You Can Pray Drought Away 
Katie Herzog, Grist 
Herzog writes: "Sonny Perdue is a climate change denier who called global warming a 'running joke among the public' in a 2014 editorial in the National Review." 
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