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Andy Borowitz | Ben Carson Says People Pushed out of Windows Get Unique Opportunity to Fly Through Air
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. (photo: USA TODAY)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "At a press conference on Tuesday morning, Ben Carson, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, told reporters that people who are pushed out of windows are 'extremely lucky' because they get 'a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly through the air.'"
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ACLU Files Ethics Complaint Against Sessions Over Communications With Russian Ambassador
Kristine Phillips, The Washington Post
Phillips writes: "The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his testimony to a Senate committee that he had no communications with the Russian government."
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Washington State Wants Judge's Restraining Order From Trump's Previous 'Muslim Ban' Applied to His New One
Colin Dwyer, NPR
Dwyer writes: "In an announcement Thursday, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson contended that Judge James Robart's Feb. 3 ruling - which suspended Trump's first ban nationwide until a challenge brought by Washington and Minnesota could be heard in court - ought to cover the second ban, despite revisions that narrowed who would be affected. The new ban is currently slated to go into effect on March 16."
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Native Nations March on DC: 'This Is a Standing Rock Moment'
teleSUR
Excerpt: "On Friday thousands of Indigenous peoples from hundreds of nations will march on Washington, D.C. along with their allies as part of 'the call set forth by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to defend our inherent rights to protect Mother Earth and our water.'"
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In an Angry and Fearful Nation, an Outbreak of Anti-Semitism
A.C. Thompson and Ken Schwencke, ProPublica
Excerpt: "The incidents have taken place in big cities and small towns, along the country's liberal coasts and in deep red states. Some of the episodes have included swastikas and threatening messages spray-painted at schools and colleges around the nation."
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Israeli Minster Threatens to Send Lebanon Back to 'Middle Ages' in Next War
Amos Harel, Haaretz
Harel writes: "Lebanon must realize another war with Israel means Lebanon will be sent back to Middle Ages, Naftali Bennet tells Haaretz."
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Governments Wasted Trillions on Fossil Fuels Without Even Noticing Because of Bad Math
Nafeez Ahmed, Motherboard
Ahmed writes: "Government subsidies for fossil fuels over the last three decades have been far larger than anyone previously thought, according to a new study published by the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy in March."
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