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Charles Pierce | This Is Going to Get Spectacularly Ugly 
Trump's newly renovated Oval Office. (photo: Carolyn Kester/AP)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "If you were a disgruntled employee of an utterly dysfunctional operation, and you wanted to revenge yourself on the incompetent at the top of the company depth chart."
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Stacey Abrams. (photo: John Bazemore/AP)
Stacey Abrams. (photo: John Bazemore/AP)

Stacey Abrams | Identity Politics Strengthens Democracy
Stacey Y. Abrams, Foreign Affairs
Abrams writes: "Recent political upheavals have reinvigorated a long-running debate about the role of identity in American politics - and especially American elections. Electoral politics have long been a lagging indicator of social change."
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As acting secretary, Bernhardt drew criticism for continuing to process paperwork for oil and gas projects while other agencies were closed during the partial government shutdown. (photo: David Zalubowski/AP)
As acting secretary, Bernhardt drew criticism for continuing to process paperwork for oil and gas projects while other agencies were closed during the partial government shutdown. (photo: David Zalubowski/AP)

David Bernhardt: Trump Selects Former Oil Lobbyist to Oversee Interior Department
Emily Holden, Guardian UK
Holden writes: "David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas and water lobbyist, will be nominated to run the interior department, Donald Trump tweeted."
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Geoffrey Okamoto. (photo: U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Geoffrey Okamoto. (photo: U.S. Department of the Treasury)

Trump Treasury Nominee Wrote In Favor of Torture and Bombing Al Jazeera
Jesse Seidman, VICE
Seidman writes: "Among the hundreds of unfilled positions in the Trump administration is the Under Secretary for International Finance, a slot that is one of the top advisers to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and President Trump on global financial markets and international monetary affairs."
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'The decision to terminate a pregnancy is never a political one, it is a personal one.' (photo: Susi Vetter)
'The decision to terminate a pregnancy is never a political one, it is a personal one.' (photo: Susi Vetter)

We Are Later Abortion Patients.
Abortion Patients
Excerpt: "Recent legislation regulating abortion in New York and the fervor around a similar proposed bill in Virginia have ignited a national conversation around later abortion."
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Women walk past a mural of Hugo Chávez on January 31, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)
Women walk past a mural of Hugo Chávez on January 31, 2019, in Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)

Venezuela and the Left
Gabriel Hetland, Jacobin
Hetland writes: "How should we respond to the fraught situation in Venezuela? The question has sparked heated debate on the Left, both in the US and around the world."
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A gigantic cavity is growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, according to a new NASA-led study. (photo: NASA/OIB/Jeremy Harbeck)
A gigantic cavity is growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, according to a new NASA-led study. (photo: NASA/OIB/Jeremy Harbeck)

A Hole Opens Up Under Antarctic Glacier - Big Enough to Fit Two-Thirds of Manhattan
Denise Chow, NBC News
Chow writes: "Scientists have discovered an enormous void under an Antarctic glacier, sparking concern that the ice sheet is melting faster than anyone had realized - and spotlighting the dire threat posed by rising seas to coastal cities around the world, including New York City and Miami."
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