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Andy Borowitz | Cabinet Warns Trump That Shutting Down Government Would Make It Harder to Steal From
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a tense meeting on Monday, leading Cabinet members warned Donald J. Trump that shutting down the federal government would make it exponentially harder for them to steal from."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a tense meeting on Monday, leading Cabinet members warned Donald J. Trump that shutting down the federal government would make it exponentially harder for them to steal from."
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Mike Flynn. (photo: Getty Images)
Michael Flynn Associate Charged With Illegal Lobbying for Turkey
Morgan Chalfant, The Hill
Chalfant writes: "Associates of onetime national security adviser Michael Flynn are being charged with illegally lobbying for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Turkish cleric who has been a frequent public target of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan."
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Morgan Chalfant, The Hill
Chalfant writes: "Associates of onetime national security adviser Michael Flynn are being charged with illegally lobbying for the extradition of Fethullah Gulen, a U.S.-based Turkish cleric who has been a frequent public target of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan."
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Some of the Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues. (photo: Jon Elswick/AP)
Russia Used Every Major Social Media Platform to Help Elect, Support Trump, Report Says
Craig Timberg and Tony Romm, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in office."
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Craig Timberg and Tony Romm, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in office."
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Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-host Colin Jost. (photo: SNL)
Trump Complains That Negative Coverage of Him 'Can't Be Legal' and 'Should Be Tested in Courts'
Frank Dale, ThinkProgress
Dale writes: "President Donald Trump started off his Sunday by suggesting the media should have to answer in court for the 'nothing less than unfair news coverage' that he is subjected to."
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Frank Dale, ThinkProgress
Dale writes: "President Donald Trump started off his Sunday by suggesting the media should have to answer in court for the 'nothing less than unfair news coverage' that he is subjected to."
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Scott Walker. (photo: Andy Manis/Getty Images)
'A Reason to Stand Up': Wisconsin Activists Fight Threat to African American Vote
Eric Lutz, Guardian UK
Lutz writes: "The Milwaukee pastor Greg Lewis spent weeks before the November midterms working to get out the vote."
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Eric Lutz, Guardian UK
Lutz writes: "The Milwaukee pastor Greg Lewis spent weeks before the November midterms working to get out the vote."
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Ali Hassan kisses his dying 2-year-old son, Abdullah, whose mother is stuck in Egypt hoping to be allowed to join them. (photo: Council on American-Islamic Relations, Sacramento Valley)
Trump's Travel Ban Is Preventing a Yemeni Mother From Seeing Her Dying Child
Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle
Allday writes: "The Yemeni mother of a 2-year-old boy on life support in an Oakland hospital is being prevented from coming to the country to say goodbye to her son by the Trump administration ban on travel from certain Muslim countries, the child's family says."
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Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle
Allday writes: "The Yemeni mother of a 2-year-old boy on life support in an Oakland hospital is being prevented from coming to the country to say goodbye to her son by the Trump administration ban on travel from certain Muslim countries, the child's family says."
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Circus elephants. (photo: Becky Phan)
New Jersey Becomes First State to Ban Use of Wild, Exotic Animals in Circuses
Megan Burrow, North Jersey Record
Burrow writes: "New Jersey has become the first state in the nation to bar circuses, carnivals and fairs from featuring elephants, tigers and other exotic animals."
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Megan Burrow, North Jersey Record
Burrow writes: "New Jersey has become the first state in the nation to bar circuses, carnivals and fairs from featuring elephants, tigers and other exotic animals."
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