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Andy Borowitz | Poll: Americans Hope Trump Follows Pence's Example and Leaves Early 
Mike Pence. (photo: Rex/AP/Shutterstock)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "A poll taken after Vice-President Mike Pence made headlines on Sunday with an abrupt early departure reveals that a broad majority of Americans hope that Donald Trump follows Pence's example and leaves early, as well."
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Google Uncovers Russian-Bought Ads on YouTube, Gmail and Other Platforms
Elizabeth Dwoskin, Adam Entous and Craig Timberg, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Google for the first time has uncovered evidence that Russian operatives exploited the company's platforms in an attempt to interfere in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with the company's investigation."
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The 15th-Century Doctrine That Let Columbus 'Discover America' Is Now the Basis of Indian Policy in the US
Rebecca Nagle, ThinkProgress
Nagle writes: "The Supreme Court turned a backwards, racist papal bull into American law. It's preventing this country from confronting a genocide."
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Trump's Immigration Proposals Threaten 'Dreamers' Deal
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "US president seeks border wall funding in exchange for a deal to protect some 690,000 immigrants known as 'Dreamers.'"
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It Shouldn't Surprise Anyone That Breitbart Had Help From Mainstream Media
Sarah Jones, New Republic
Jones writes: "The simple fact is that Cernovich is a bigot, and Yiannopolous is a bigot, and Breitbart News has always been a bigoted website. They can reject the alt-right label all they want; their politics are no less malicious for the disavowal. The main reason they've been able to get away with this cynical bait-and-switch maneuver for so long is that too many journalists just don't care."
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Colombian Officials Admit to Police Killing of Campesinos
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The Colombian Ombudsman's Office has determined that members of the national police - not dissident FARC guerrillas or local gangs as the government had earlier alleged - were responsible for the killing of campesinos in the southern town of Tumaco on Oct. 5."
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Scientist Warns of Mass Marine Extinction
Tim Radford, EcoWatch
Radford writes: "The world will be condemned to, or at imminent risk of, a 'great dying' of the kind that characterized the end of the geological period called the Permian, in which 95 percent of marine species vanished, or the Cretaceous era that witnessed the last of the dinosaurs."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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