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Charles Pierce | Republicans in Florida Are Running Every Play From Their 2000 Recount Playbook 
Florida recount. (photo: Greg Lovett/Getty)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "The people covering these recounts shouldn't fall for the same tricks."
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Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has also come under fire for past comments he made that were critical of the special counsel's probe. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has also come under fire for past comments he made that were critical of the special counsel's probe. (photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)

Incoming Committee Chairs Launch Probe Into Whitaker's Involvement With Patent Company
Rebecca Morin, Politico
Morin writes: "A team of House Democrats who will assume high-profile committee chairmanships next year has opened an investigation into Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker's involvement with a patent firm that allegedly defrauded customers out of millions of dollars."
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Come January, Democrats will once again be in control of the U.S. House. (photo: Zach Gibson/Getty)
Come January, Democrats will once again be in control of the U.S. House. (photo: Zach Gibson/Getty)

It Was a Big, Blue Wave: Democrats Pick Up Most House Seats in a Generation
Domenico Montanaro, NPR
Montanaro writes: "That means, more than a week after Election Day, Democrats have increased their House gains to a net of 33 seats — and, when all the vote is counted, they may get to 39."
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Democrats Chuck Schumer and Bill Nelson on Tuesday. Nelson, whose Senate race with Rick Scott is too close to call, called on Scott to recuse himself. (photo: Alexander Drago/Reuters)
Democrats Chuck Schumer and Bill Nelson on Tuesday. Nelson, whose Senate race with Rick Scott is too close to call, called on Scott to recuse himself. (photo: Alexander Drago/Reuters)



'Stop Lying' About Florida Recounts, Democrats Warn Trump
David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "Democratic leaders have demanded that Donald Trump 'stop bullying, harassing and lying' about election recounts in Florida before American democracy is put at risk."
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Protesters call for the release of two activists with Migrant Justice and a detained migrant worker in Boston, Massachusetts, on 27 March 2017. (photo: CJ Gunther/EPA)
Protesters call for the release of two activists with Migrant Justice and a detained migrant worker in Boston, Massachusetts, on 27 March 2017. (photo: CJ Gunther/EPA)

Immigration Activists File Lawsuit Saying They Were Targeted by US Government
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK
Holpuch writes: "Activists in Vermont filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging they were targeted by federal immigration authorities in a multi-year operation that included the use of a civilian informant and retaliatory arrests."
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Colombian soldiers patrol along a dirt road in Miranda, Colombia, on January 18, 2012. (photo: Getty)
Colombian soldiers patrol along a dirt road in Miranda, Colombia, on January 18, 2012. (photo: Getty)

Colombian Soldiers Implicated in Social Leader's Murder
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Communal leader and human rights defender Alvaro Gomez Garzon was reportedly murdered by members of the Colombian Army Monday night in the Cauca department."
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A child drinks water from a sink. (photo: iStock)
A child drinks water from a sink. (photo: iStock)

Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer Taints Tap Water for Millions in Corn Belt
Environmental Working Group
Excerpt: "Seasonal spikes of atrazine – a weed killer that can disrupt hormones and harm developing fetuses – contaminate drinking water in corn-growing areas of the Midwest and beyond, according to an analysis of federal records by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)."
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