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RSN: Mort Rosenblum | Like Arab Spring, Gallic Winter Upends Social Order 

Mort Rosenblum, Reader Supported News
Rosenblum writes: "Cafe de la Paix went on war footing, its Belle Epoque windows near the Opera shielded by thick plywood panels. The Champs-Elysees, normally alive in December with a Christmas market full of food and fun, looks as if the Grinch just stormed past in an armored column."
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This February 1 photo shows then-national security adviser Michael Flynn with deputy K.T. McFarland. (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

A Federal Judge Told Michael Flynn "Arguably You Sold Your Country Out," Delays Sentencing
Tom McCarthy and Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The sentencing of Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has been delayed during a live-wire court hearing filled with stunning reversals in which the judge accused him of having 'sold your country out.'"
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Ivanka Trump (R), Donald Trump Jr. (C) and Eric Trump. (photo: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Agrees to Shut Down His Charity Amid Allegations That He Used It for Personal and Political Benefit
David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump has agreed to shut down his embattled personal charity and to give away its remaining money amid allegations that he used the foundation for his personal and political benefit, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced Tuesday."
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President Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington, January 20, 2017. (photo: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Trump's Inauguration Paid Trump's Company - With Ivanka Negotiating
Ilya Marritz and Justin Elliott, ProPublica
Excerpt: "When it came out this year that President Donald Trump's inaugural committee raised and spent unprecedented amounts, people wondered where all that money went."
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The Trump administration is moving to ban bump stocks, like the one attached to the rifle above, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly. (photo: Rick Bowmer/AP)

Justice Department Bans Bump Stocks, Devices Used in Deadly Las Vegas Shooting
Ryan Lucas, NPR
Lucas writes: "The Trump administration is banning bump stocks, the firearm attachment that allows a semiautomatic weapon to shoot almost as fast as a machine gun."
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80 journalists were killed this year according to the 2018 Reporters Without Borders report. (photo: Reuters)

Half of All Journalists Killed in 2018 'Deliberately Targeted'
teleSUR
Excerpt: "In 2018 half of all journalists killed were deliberately targeted, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday, warning of rising hatred against the media."
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Walter Echo-Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, discovered in 2015 that government agencies had approved oil and gas leases on Pawnee land without telling the tribe. (photo: Stuart Isett/Earthjustice)

Ignored and Infuriated, Pawnee Stop Illegal Fracking Plans on Tribal Lands
Jessica A. Knoblauch, Earthjustice
Knoblauch writes: "It was a typical summer day in 2015 when Walter Echo-Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, discovered fracking operations near his home on Pawnee lands about 55 miles west of Tulsa."
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