13 February 19 PM
Andy Borowitz | El Chapo Says He Is Victim of Phony Witch Hunt
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In his first interview since being found guilty on all counts in his U.S. trial, the Mexican drug lord Joaquín (El Chapo) Guzmán called himself the victim of a 'phony witch hunt.'"
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In his first interview since being found guilty on all counts in his U.S. trial, the Mexican drug lord Joaquín (El Chapo) Guzmán called himself the victim of a 'phony witch hunt.'"
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National debt clock. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)
Trump Said He'd Cut the National Debt 'Very Quickly.' It Just Hit a Record $22 Trillion.
Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Koronowski writes: "The Treasury Department released a report Tuesday evening confirming that the national debt had hit a record $22 trillion - nearly four years after then-candidate Donald Trump promised his supporters he would reduce the national debt from $18 trillion, if elected president."
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Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Koronowski writes: "The Treasury Department released a report Tuesday evening confirming that the national debt had hit a record $22 trillion - nearly four years after then-candidate Donald Trump promised his supporters he would reduce the national debt from $18 trillion, if elected president."
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Rep. Ilhan Omar. (photo: Getty)
Ilhan Omar Fires Back at Trump: 'You Have Trafficked in Hate Your Whole Life'
John Wagner, The Washington Post
Wagner writes: "Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) responded Wednesday to President Trump's call for her resignation by accusing him of having 'trafficked in hate your whole life' and questioning when he would learn from his experiences, as Omar said she has."
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John Wagner, The Washington Post
Wagner writes: "Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) responded Wednesday to President Trump's call for her resignation by accusing him of having 'trafficked in hate your whole life' and questioning when he would learn from his experiences, as Omar said she has."
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House Foreign Relations Committee Democratic Ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel. (photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Lawmaker: US Military Intervention in Venezuela 'Not an Option'
Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Excerpt: "Congress will not support U.S. military intervention in Venezuela despite hints by President Donald Trump that such action had not been ruled out, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday."
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Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Excerpt: "Congress will not support U.S. military intervention in Venezuela despite hints by President Donald Trump that such action had not been ruled out, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday."
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A range of Halloween costumes that are successfully NOT blackface! (photo: Conner Baker/Unsplash)
Many Americans Think Blackface Isn't Racist Because Many Americans Don't Understand Racism
Rachelle Hampton, Slate
Hampton writes: "A Pew Research survey reveals that, contrary to the popular belief that blackface persists as a relic of Southern regressivism, only a very slight majority of Americans (53 percent) think that 'it is generally unacceptable for a white person to use makeup to darken their skin to appear to be a different race as part of a Halloween costume.'"
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Rachelle Hampton, Slate
Hampton writes: "A Pew Research survey reveals that, contrary to the popular belief that blackface persists as a relic of Southern regressivism, only a very slight majority of Americans (53 percent) think that 'it is generally unacceptable for a white person to use makeup to darken their skin to appear to be a different race as part of a Halloween costume.'"
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Apple, Google are being asked to review a Saudi App that is being used to track Women. (photo: Getty)
Apple, Google Criticized for Carrying App That Lets Saudi Men Track Their Wives
Laura Sydell, NPR
Sydell writes: "An app that allows Saudi men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in the Apple and Google app stores in Saudi Arabia."
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Laura Sydell, NPR
Sydell writes: "An app that allows Saudi men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in the Apple and Google app stores in Saudi Arabia."
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A ground pangolin is shown here in Namibia, which supported greater protections for the vulnerable animal. (photo: Cedric and Elyane Jacquet)
Massive Pangolin Seizure in Borneo Smuggling Operation Bust
Mongabay
Excerpt: "Police and wildlife officials confiscated nearly 30 metric tons (33 tons) of pangolin carcasses, meat and scales, as well as dozens of the live animals, in Malaysian Borneo on Feb. 7, according to multiple media reports and the NGO TRAFFIC."
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Mongabay
Excerpt: "Police and wildlife officials confiscated nearly 30 metric tons (33 tons) of pangolin carcasses, meat and scales, as well as dozens of the live animals, in Malaysian Borneo on Feb. 7, according to multiple media reports and the NGO TRAFFIC."
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