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Trump Transition Raised Flags About Flynn Russia Contacts 
 
Julie Pace, Associated Press 
Pace writes: "In late November, a member of Donald Trump's transition team approached national security officials in the Obama White House with a curious request: Could the incoming team get a copy of the classified CIA profile on Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the United States?" 
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US Far-Right Activists Promote Hacking Attack Against Macron 
Mark Scott, The New York Times 
Scott writes: "After months of trying to move the political needle in favor of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election, American far-right activists on Saturday threw their weight behind a hacking attack against her rival, Emmanuel Macron, hoping to cast doubt on an election that is pivotal to France and the wider world." 
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Activists in Ferguson Are Dying and It's Time to Ask Questions 
Jason Johnson, The Root 
Johnson writes: "The most iconic photo of the Ferguson, Mo., protests, if not the entire Black Lives Matter movement, is of Edward Crawford defiantly throwing a tear gas canister back at riot police. And now he's dead." 
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Texas Town Greets Murder Charge Over Teen Shot by Police in Moving Car 
Tom Dart, Guardian UK 
Dart writes: "A community that was barely keeping its anger in check got the first step it demanded on Friday when the Dallas-area police officer who shot dead a 15-year-old boy was charged with murder." 
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Trump Campaigned on Ending the Opioid Epidemic. So Why Is He Planning to Cut the Anti-Drug Office by 95%? 
Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY 
Shesgreen writes: "In the midst of an opioid addiction epidemic, the Trump administration is considering a plan that would gut the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a White House office that directs the country's drug prevention efforts." 
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US Senate Bill Allots $20 Million Toward Regime Change in Venezuela 
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Excerpt: "This week's bipartisan Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic Governance Act not only seeks to pump US$10 million to Venezuela as part of a 'humanitarian assistance' package but also looks to provide millions to efforts to undermine the government of President Nicolas Maduro." 
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After DAPL, Pipeline Fight Moves to Louisiana 
Matt Smith, Sierra Club 
Smith writes: "The standoff at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has energized activists in Louisiana, who are trying to keep another crude conduit out of wetlands that Louisianans have fought to restore for decades." 
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RSN: Bernie Sanders | People Who Cannot Afford Health Care Don't Deserve to Die

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Bernie Sanders | People Who Cannot Afford Health Care Don't Deserve to Die 
 
Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News 
Sanders writes: "Last month, we won a very important victory against the Republican health care plan that would have taken away insurance from 24 million Americans, raised premiums for seniors and defunded Planned Parenthood." 
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Trumpcare Is Back From the Dead and It Is Even Worse 
Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress 
Quinlan writes: "House Republicans aren't giving up on their failed health care bill. Vice President Mike Pence, Budget Director Mike Mulvaney, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus met with House Freedom Caucus Republicans on Monday night to find out what changes would be acceptable to the caucus, Politico reported." 
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Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Introduce 'College for All' Plan 
Nidia Cavazos, The Daily Dot 
Cavazos writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday introduced his plan to provide free college tuition along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren." 
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NYPD Officers Accessed Black Lives Matter Activists' Texts, Documents Show 
George Joseph, Guardian UK 
Joseph writes: "Undercover officers in the New York police department infiltrated small groups of Black Lives Matter activists and gained access to their text messages, according to newly released NYPD documents obtained by the Guardian." 
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Trump Pulls Back Obama-Era Protections for Women Workers 
Mary Emily O'Hara, NBC News 
O'Hara writes: "With little notice, President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that advocates say rolls back hard-fought victories for women in the workplace." 
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Brazil Court Launches Trial That Could Boot Temer From Office Over Illegal Campaign Funds 
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Excerpt: "A Brazilian court kicked off a trial Tuesday over illegal election campaign financing that could unseat unelected President Michel Temer less than one year after he was installed as head of state through a parliamentary coup against his predecessor Dilma Rousseff." 
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Louisiana's Bayou Bridge Pipeline Is One Permit Closer to Reality as Groups Plan Continued Resistance 
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog 
Dermansky writes: "On March 30, heavy rain didn't stop dozens of people in New Orleans from marching to the offices of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), where they delivered a letter to the agency opposing the Bayou Bridge pipeline." 
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RSN: At Paris Meeting, Major Powers to Warn Trump Over Middle East Peace

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Dan Rather | Congressional Republicans (Who Receive Generous Federal Healthcare) Prepare to Take Away Heath Care From Millions of Americans

Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page
Rather writes: "'Elections have consequences,' is the mantra of men and women of power and privilege who can go to bed at night with the comforting knowledge that they will not feel the consequences of their actions. But millions upon millions of Americans will. A lot of them voted for Donald Trump and his vague promises of a healthcare Nirvana with doctor choice, low premiums, and excellent care."
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Trump's Attack on John Lewis Is Also a Racist Smear Against Black Communities
Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler writes: "In response to a series of tweets from President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday that attacked civil rights legend John Lewis for taking no action to improve his 'crime infested' district that's in 'horrible shape' and 'falling apart,' much of the country immediately jumped to Lewis' defense."
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Protests Escalate Over Louisiana Pipeline by Company Behind Dakota Access
Michael Patrick Welch, Guardian UK
Welch writes: "Scott Eustis did not stop smiling for hours. The coastal wetland specialist with the Gulf Restoration Network was attending a public hearing in Baton Rouge. Its subject was a pipeline extension that would run directly through the Atchafalaya Basin, the world's largest natural swamp. Eustis was surprised to be joined by more than 400 others."
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More Than 1 Million People Urge Obama to Pardon Snowden
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Excerpt: "More than 1 million people signed onto a petition asking outgoing President Barack Obama to pardon former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, charged with espionage and theft of state secrets and documents."
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How Betsy DeVos Used God and Amway to Take Over Michigan Politics
Zack Stanton, Politico
Stanton writes: "The DeVos family, with Dick and Betsy at the helm, has emerged as a political force without comparison in Michigan. Their politics are profoundly Christian and conservative - 'God, America, Free Enterprise,' to borrow the subtitle of family patriarch Richard DeVos' 1975 book, Believe!"
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At Paris Meeting, Major Powers to Warn Trump Over Middle East Peace
John Irish and Lesley Wroughton, Reuters
Excerpt: "Major powers will signal to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is the only solution, with France warning him that plans to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem could derail peace efforts."
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Erin Brockovich Meets With Oklahoma Residents Impacted by Human-Induced Earthquakes
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "As Pawnee, Oklahoma still picks up the pieces from September's record-breaking earthquake, environmental and consumer advocate Erin Brockovich and lawyers from Weitz & Luxenberg have traveled to the Sooner State to speak with residents about the alarming number of induced earthquakes affecting the area."
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