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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

RSN: Why Is Trump Siding With Assange Over the CIA?




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Why Is Trump Siding With Assange Over the CIA? 
Julian Assange. (photo: Peter Nicholls/Reuters) 
Aki Peritz, Politico 
Peritz writes: "We are through the looking glass now. The next president of the United States is siding with Julian Assange, a man who wears his anti-Americanism proudly and acts like the textbook definition of a Russian asset." 
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Republican Senators Threaten to Cut Worldwide Embassy Security If US Doesn't Move Its Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem 
Zaid Jilani, The Intercept 
Jilani writes: "Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem would be seen as a green light to some Israeli government officials, such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who seek to make Jerusalem the undivided capital of the state of Israel. That, in turn, would preclude the Palestinians from establishing a state that includes East Jerusalem." 
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Nixon Tried to Spoil Johnson's Vietnam Peace Talks in '68, Notes Show 
Peter Baker, The New York Times 
Baker writes: "Richard M. Nixon told an aide that they should find a way to secretly 'monkey wrench' peace talks in Vietnam in the waning days of the 1968 campaign for fear that progress toward ending the war would hurt his chances for the presidency, according to newly discovered notes." 
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New York Gov Enlists Bernie Sanders to Unveil Free Public College Proposal for Low-Income Students 
Keshia Clukey and Conor Skelding, Politico 
Excerpt: "Over chants of 'Bernie! Bernie!,' Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined Sen. Bernie Sanders in Long Island City on Tuesday to roll out a proposal to make New York's public universities tuition-free for students whose families earn less than $125,000 per year." 
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Dakota Access Pipeline Protester Subpoenaed to Federal Grand Jury, Resists Testifying 
Caroline Grueskin, Bismarck Tribune 
Grueskin writes: "A federal grand jury session has been opened in Bismarck for Sophia Wilansky, the 21-year-old New York woman who nearly lost her arm during a November pipeline protest, according to court documents obtained by the Tribune." 
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Top Prosecutor in Leonard Peltier Case Urges Clemency in 'Extraordinary' Move 
Sam Levin, Guardian UK 
Levin writes: "A senior US attorney who was involved in the prosecution of Native American activist Leonard Peltier has requested that Barack Obama grant clemency, with a rare plea that has energized the campaign to free the high-profile indigenous prisoner." 
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Trump's State Dept Pick Gets $180 Million Payout for Helping Exxon Make Billions by Polluting the Planet 
John Upton, Grist 
Upton writes: "ExxonMobil has agreed to provide an investment package worth about $180 million to its outgoing chief executive, Rex Tillerson, letting him cash in on benefits that he would have been required to give up in order to serve as President-elect Trump's top diplomat." 
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