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Andy Borowitz | Obama Cruelly Taunted Trump in Letter Riddled With Multisyllabic Words
The Trumps and the Obamas. (photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Barack Obama used the occasion of Donald Trump's Inauguration to viciously taunt the incoming President by writing him a letter riddled with multisyllabic words, sources revealed on Sunday."
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The Trump Administration's Case Against the DACA Program Is Nonsense
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows approximately 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to live and work openly without fear of deportation. The White House also plans to delay the end of DACA for six months."
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Why Trump Will Likely Be Watching Senator Robert Menendez's Corruption Trial Closely
Amber Phillips, The Washington Post
Phillips writes: "On Wednesday, a U.S. senator will sit before a jury of his peers and face charges that his friend bribed him to settle disputes for the government."
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Thousands of Criminal Cases in New York Relied on Disputed DNA Testing Techniques
Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica
Kirchner writes: "Over the past decade, the DNA laboratory in the office of New York City's chief medical examiner emerged as a pioneer in analyzing the most complicated evidence from crime scenes. It developed two techniques, which went beyond standard practice at the FBI and other public labs, for making identifications from DNA samples that were tiny or that contained a mix of more than one person's genetic material."
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The Nashville Statement Is the Religious Right's Death Rattle
Sarah Jones, New Republic
Jones writes: "American Evangelicals should feel as though they have inherited the earth. By helping put Donald Trump in the White House, they are in a position to implement the agenda of their dreams."
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Mexico Govt Diverted $192 Million Worth of Public Funds: Report
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The government of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto diverted roughly US$192 million worth of public funds between 2013 and 2014 as part of a corruption scheme, according to a new report by Animal Politico and Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity."
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To Soften a Hurricane's Blow, Don't Drain the Swamp
Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic
Meyer writes: "If a hurricane-addled storm surge is barreling toward your coastline, there aren't many ways to stop it. There are no ocean-sized sump pumps. Giant, Squarepants-style coastal sponges don't exist either."
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