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John Kiriakou | Mr. Trump, You're No Beacon





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John Kiriakou | Mr. Trump, You're No Beacon 
John Kiriakou. (photo: The Washington Post)
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Good governance is a form of power. It serves as an example, and in some cases a beacon, for the rest of the world. It says, 'Look at what you can achieve.'"
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US Senate Passes Tax Cuts for America's Richest in Late-Night Vote
Erica Werner and Damian Paletta, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Senate Republicans passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill early Saturday morning that bestows massive benefits on corporate America and the wealthy while delivering mixed blessings to everybody else."
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Reports: Kushner Is Senior Transition Official Who Ordered Flynn to Contact Russia
Brandon Carter, The Hill
Carter writes: "President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is the 'very senior member' of the president's transition team who told Michael Flynn to contact Russian officials about a United Nations resolution before Trump took office, multiple news outlets reported Friday."
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Hurricane Maria Leaves More Than 50% of Puerto Ricans in Poverty
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Poverty levels have spiked in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico in the wake of the Category 5 storm that battered the island on September 20."
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Judges Begin Releasing Immigrant Teens Who Were Locked Up on the Flimsiest of Evidence
Rafi Schwartz, Splinter
Schwartz writes: "A group of immigrant teenagers who were rounded up and detained by federal authorities on suspicion of being members in a violent street gang have begun to be released after a series of judges found the evidence against them to be extremely flimsy."
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Honduras Suspends Constitution as Contested Election Triggers Lethal Violence
ABC News
Excerpt: "Ebal Diaz, a high official for the council of ministers, spoke on a Honduran news program shortly after the Central American country's electoral tribune said it would aim to resume a controversial presidential vote count on Saturday."
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GOP Quietly Moves to Open Arctic Refuge to Oil and Gas Drilling While Earth Undergoes 6th Extinction
Subhankar Banerjee and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "As the GOP tax bill heads to a potential vote today, a little known provision tucked into the Republican tax bill would open one of the world's last pristine wildernesses - the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - to oil and fracked gas drilling. The amendment was added during negotiations to win votes for the larger tax bill."
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