Wednesday, February 1, 2017

RSN: Trump Fires Attorney General After Copy of Constitution Is Found on Her Computer, Trump Removed the US's Top Immigration Official From His Job Late Monday Night




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Andy Borowitz | Trump Fires Attorney General After Copy of Constitution Is Found on Her Computer 
Sally Q. Yates. (photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Donald Trump fired the acting Attorney General, Sally Q. Yates, after learning that she had downloaded a copy of the United States Constitution to her computer, Trump told reporters on Monday night." 
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Trump Removed the US's Top Immigration Official From His Job Late Monday Night 
CBS News 
Excerpt: "Soon after firing Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night, President Trump removed the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security says." 
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The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement 
Alice Speri, The Intercept 
Speri writes: "White Supremacists and other domestic extremists maintain an active presence in U.S. police departments and other law enforcement agencies. A striking reference to that conclusion, notable for its confidence and the policy prescriptions that accompany it, appears in a classified FBI Counterterrorism Policy Guide from April 2015, obtained by The Intercept." 
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DeVos Questionnaire Apparently Plagiarizes Uncited Sources 
Mike DeBonis and Emma Brown, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "President Trump's nominee for education secretary, in written responses to questions from senators, appears to have used several sentences and phrases from other sources without attribution - including from a top Obama administration civil rights official." 
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Christian Leaders Question Trump's Promise to Favor Christian Refugees 
Tom Gjelten, NPR 
Gjelten writes: "President Trump is promising to give priority to Christians fleeing persecution - yet some of the strongest criticism of his executive order is coming from Christian leaders themselves." 
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Trump's Travel Ban Bears the Hallmarks of Historic 'Shock Events'; Don't Let It Fool You 
Heather Richardson, Dallas News 
Excerpt: "I don't like to talk about politics on Facebook - political history is my job, after all, and you are my friends - but there is an important non-partisan point to make today." 
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Canadian Mining Giant Violently Evicts Villagers in Mexico 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Villagers from the community of La Colorada in the central northern Mexican state of Zacatecas claim they were violently evicted by armed security forces hired by the Canadian mining company Pan American Silver." 
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