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Bill McKibben | Trump's Pipeline and America's Shame
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
McKibben writes: "The Trump Administration is breaking with tradition on so many fronts-renting out the family hotel to foreign diplomats, say, or imposing travel restrictions on the adherents of disfavored religions-that it seems noteworthy when it exhibits some continuity with American custom."
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Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
McKibben writes: "The Trump Administration is breaking with tradition on so many fronts-renting out the family hotel to foreign diplomats, say, or imposing travel restrictions on the adherents of disfavored religions-that it seems noteworthy when it exhibits some continuity with American custom."
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Trump Muslim Travel Ban Hits Major Setback After Judges Uphold Temporary Restraining Order
Ben Jacobs, Guardian UK
Jacobs writes: "A federal appeals court has unanimously rejected a Trump administration request to allow its travel ban to take effect."
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Ben Jacobs, Guardian UK
Jacobs writes: "A federal appeals court has unanimously rejected a Trump administration request to allow its travel ban to take effect."
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Leaked Trump Presidential Memo Would Free US Companies to Buy Conflict Minerals From Central African Warlords
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "The leaked draft of a presidential memorandum Donald Trump is expected to sign within days suspends a 2010 rule that discouraged American companies from funding conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo through their purchase of 'conflict minerals.'"
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Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "The leaked draft of a presidential memorandum Donald Trump is expected to sign within days suspends a 2010 rule that discouraged American companies from funding conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo through their purchase of 'conflict minerals.'"
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Trump Struggling to Fill One of the Worst Jobs in Washington
Eliana Johnson, Politico
"'The communications director job in the White House has always functioned as the strategic planning job, understanding the necessity of building and maintaining public approval for the president's policies, and when you look at the complete and total chaos emanating from the White House on a number of issues, it's clear they have no strategic planning function,' said Steve Schmidt."
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Eliana Johnson, Politico
"'The communications director job in the White House has always functioned as the strategic planning job, understanding the necessity of building and maintaining public approval for the president's policies, and when you look at the complete and total chaos emanating from the White House on a number of issues, it's clear they have no strategic planning function,' said Steve Schmidt."
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Conway May Have Broken Key Ethics Rule by Touting Ivanka Trump's Products, Experts Say
Drew Harwell, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump's official counselor, Kellyanne Conway, may have broken a key ethics rule Thursday morning when she told TV audiences to 'go buy Ivanka's stuff.'"
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Drew Harwell, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump's official counselor, Kellyanne Conway, may have broken a key ethics rule Thursday morning when she told TV audiences to 'go buy Ivanka's stuff.'"
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First They Marched, Now More Than 13,000 Women Are Planning to Run for Office
Claire Landsbaum, New York Magazine
Landsbaum writes: "The day after Women's Marches swept the country, 500 women gathered in an auditorium in Washington, D.C.'s Grand Hyatt Hotel. Each one had registered to complete EMILY's List's candidate training program, which would better equip them to run for public office."
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Claire Landsbaum, New York Magazine
Landsbaum writes: "The day after Women's Marches swept the country, 500 women gathered in an auditorium in Washington, D.C.'s Grand Hyatt Hotel. Each one had registered to complete EMILY's List's candidate training program, which would better equip them to run for public office."
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Somalis Celebrate Surprise Election of President With Dual Citizenship From New York State
Geoffrey York, The Globe and Mail
"Only about 14,000 people were allowed to participate in the election, and there was widespread evidence of bribery and vote-buying. But even a badly flawed election gave a sliver of hope to Somalis, who have suffered decades of poverty, war, terrorism, anarchy and foreign invasion."
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Geoffrey York, The Globe and Mail
"Only about 14,000 people were allowed to participate in the election, and there was widespread evidence of bribery and vote-buying. But even a badly flawed election gave a sliver of hope to Somalis, who have suffered decades of poverty, war, terrorism, anarchy and foreign invasion."
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Republican Elders Call for New National Carbon Tax to Replace Federal Regulations
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "A group of senior Republicans will meet with White House officials on Wednesday to call for a new national carbon tax to replace federal regulations as a way to combat climate change."
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Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "A group of senior Republicans will meet with White House officials on Wednesday to call for a new national carbon tax to replace federal regulations as a way to combat climate change."
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