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Frank Rich | NBC Still Has a Lot to Answer For





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Frank Rich | NBC Still Has a Lot to Answer For 
Matt Lauer. (photo: Al Pereira/WireImage) 
Frank Rich, New York Magazine 
Rich writes: "We should not let Trump's tweets distract us - either from his own history as a sexual predator or NBC News' own dubious history in dealing with alleged sexual predators, including both Trump and Lauer." 
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Trump Transition Official in Email: Russia 'Has Just Thrown the USA Election' 
Julie Manchester, The Hill 
Manchester writes: "President Trump's former deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland told a friend in an email when she was on Trump's transition team that Russia 'threw' the U.S. election to Trump, The New York Times reported Saturday." 
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Did Trump Just Incriminate Himself by Saying He Knew Flynn Lied to the FBI? Maybe. 
Chas Danner, New York Magazine 
Danner writes: "The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Trump' personal lawyer, John Dowd, was responsible for crafting the Flynn tweet. Assuming that's true - and it's not at all clear why any lawyer would put those words in Trump's mouth - the president could conceivably pass the blame." 
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The Republican Tax Bill Will Exacerbate Income Inequality in America 
Dylan Scott and Alvin Chang, Vox 
Excerpt: "Donald Trump said he was going fix it - that he would represent the forgotten men and women, the people who had been left behind in this widening of income inequality. But the tax overhaul his Republican Party passed through the Senate early Saturday morning would make America's income inequality worse. Maybe a lot worse, economists say." 
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New York District Attorney Indicted in Cover Up of Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Man 
Monique Judge, The Root 
Judge writes: "A New York District attorney was indicted by a state grand jury Friday afternoon on charges of official misconduct and perjury in relation to the investigation of an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of an unarmed black man following a traffic stop." 
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Fighting Impunity, Seeking Justice in Guatemala 
Jeff Abbott, NACLA 
Abbott writes: "As historic anti-corruption protests continue in Guatemala, another battle over impunity in the Central American country is unfolding." 
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National Audubon Society | Passage of Senate Tax Bill Opening Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Drilling Is Simply Shameful 
National Audubon Society 
Excerpt: "The Arctic Refuge isn't a bank - drilling there won't pay for the tax cuts the Senate just passed." 
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