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Joseph Hickman | US Government Attempts to Prevent Abu Zubaydah From Testifying 
A military officer stands near the entrance to Camp VI at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2013. Abu Zubaydah remains imprisoned at Guantanamo. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty) 
Joseph Hickman, Reader Supported News 
Hickman writes: "According to Abu Zubaydah's attorney, the prosecution is attempting to stop him from testifying by presenting evidence claiming he is biased against the United States." 
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Andy Borowitz | Paul Ryan Sets Google News Alert for the Moment When Trump Becomes Unpopular Enough to Betray 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "The alert will inform Ryan of the precise moment 'that I can bail on President Trump at no political cost to me,' he explained." 
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Net Neutrality Going Down in Flames as FCC Votes to Kill Title II Rules 
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica 
Brodkin writes: "The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 today to start the process of eliminating net neutrality rules and the classification of home and mobile Internet service providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act." 
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Trump Campaign Had at Least 18 Undisclosed Contacts With Russians 
Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, Reuters 
Excerpt: "Conversations between Flynn and Kislyak accelerated after the Nov. 8 vote as the two discussed establishing a back channel for communication between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that could bypass the U.S. national security bureaucracy, which both sides considered hostile to improved relations." 
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Will Brief the Full Senate in a Closed Session 
Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post 
Horwitz writes: "A day after Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein appointed a special counsel to investigate possible coordination between President Trump's associates and Russian officials, he is heading to the Senate Thursday afternoon to answer questions in a closed session with all 100 senators." 
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Baylor Athletes Used Gang-Rapes as 'Bonding' Experience: Lawsuit 
Olivia Messer, The Daily Beast 
Messer writes: "At least 17 alleged victims of sexual or domestic violence have reported assaults by 19 Baylor football players, including at least four alleged gang-rapes." 
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Killed for Their Bones 
Al Jazeera 
Excerpt: "In Malawi, people with albinism are being killed and their bodies harvested; children and adults hacked to death with machetes and kitchen knives. More than 115 people have been attacked in the past two years, at least 20, fatally." 
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Trump Plans to Slash Renewable Energy Budget by 70% 
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams 
Germanos writes: "The Trump administration is planning to put the U.S. Department of Energy's budget for its renewable energy and energy efficiency program on the chopping block with a proposal to slash it by 70 percent." 
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Joseph Hickman | US Government Attempts to Prevent Abu Zubaydah From Testifying 
A military officer stands near the entrance to Camp VI at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2013. Abu Zubaydah remains imprisoned at Guantanamo. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty) 
Joseph Hickman, Reader Supported News 
Hickman writes: "According to Abu Zubaydah's attorney, the prosecution is attempting to stop him from testifying by presenting evidence claiming he is biased against the United States." 
READ MORE
Andy Borowitz | Paul Ryan Sets Google News Alert for the Moment When Trump Becomes Unpopular Enough to Betray 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "The alert will inform Ryan of the precise moment 'that I can bail on President Trump at no political cost to me,' he explained." 
READ MORE
Net Neutrality Going Down in Flames as FCC Votes to Kill Title II Rules 
Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica 
Brodkin writes: "The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 today to start the process of eliminating net neutrality rules and the classification of home and mobile Internet service providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act." 
READ MORE
Trump Campaign Had at Least 18 Undisclosed Contacts With Russians 
Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, Reuters 
Excerpt: "Conversations between Flynn and Kislyak accelerated after the Nov. 8 vote as the two discussed establishing a back channel for communication between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that could bypass the U.S. national security bureaucracy, which both sides considered hostile to improved relations." 
READ MORE
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Will Brief the Full Senate in a Closed Session 
Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post 
Horwitz writes: "A day after Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein appointed a special counsel to investigate possible coordination between President Trump's associates and Russian officials, he is heading to the Senate Thursday afternoon to answer questions in a closed session with all 100 senators." 
READ MORE
Baylor Athletes Used Gang-Rapes as 'Bonding' Experience: Lawsuit 
Olivia Messer, The Daily Beast 
Messer writes: "At least 17 alleged victims of sexual or domestic violence have reported assaults by 19 Baylor football players, including at least four alleged gang-rapes." 
READ MORE
Killed for Their Bones 
Al Jazeera 
Excerpt: "In Malawi, people with albinism are being killed and their bodies harvested; children and adults hacked to death with machetes and kitchen knives. More than 115 people have been attacked in the past two years, at least 20, fatally." 
READ MORE
Trump Plans to Slash Renewable Energy Budget by 70% 
Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams 
Germanos writes: "The Trump administration is planning to put the U.S. Department of Energy's budget for its renewable energy and energy efficiency program on the chopping block with a proposal to slash it by 70 percent." 
READ MORE

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