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Noam Chomsky: Alternative Media Is Extraordinarily Useful, but It's Under Attack From Silicon Valley's Advertising Model 
Noam Chomsky. (photo: e-flux)
Robert Hackett, National Observer
Hackett writes: "In recent years, Chomsky has turned his prodigious mind to the existential threat of global warming, a 'threat to the perpetuation of organized human life,' on par with nuclear war."
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Michael Cohen, center, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, leaves federal court after pleading guilty to charges related to lying to congress in New York on November 29, 2018. (photo: Justin Lane/EPA)
Michael Cohen, center, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, leaves federal court after pleading guilty to charges related to lying to congress in New York on November 29, 2018. (photo: Justin Lane/EPA)

Cohen Gave Prosecutors New Information on the Trump Family Business
Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer and fixer, met last month with federal prosecutors in Manhattan, offering information about possible irregularities within the president's family business and about a donor to the inaugural committee, according to people familiar with the matter."
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Bernie Sanders and Carmen Yulín Cruz in Puerto Rico. (photo: André Kang)
Bernie Sanders and Carmen Yulín Cruz in Puerto Rico. (photo: André Kang)

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz to Co-Chair Bernie Sanders 2020 Campaign
Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News
Gamboa writes: "Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, an adversary of President Donald Trump, has signed on to be one of four national co-chairs of Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign."
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Leslie McCrae Dowless, the man who made election fraud talk come to life in North Carolina. (photo: Travis Long/Getty Images)
Leslie McCrae Dowless, the man who made election fraud talk come to life in North Carolina. (photo: Travis Long/Getty Images)

GOP Finally Has Documented Case of Election Fraud - Committed by Republicans
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Kilgore writes: "The irony is pretty rich. For years, and with ever-increasing intensity, Republicans have claimed with virtually no evidence that our democracy is menaced by election fraud."
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Pro-choice activists rally in support of Planned Parenthood. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Pro-choice activists rally in support of Planned Parenthood. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Trump Admin Cuts Off Planned Parenthood From Federal Family Planning Funding
Axios
Excerpt: "The Trump administration issued a rule Friday barring Planned Parenthood and other groups that offer abortions or abortion referrals from participating in the $286 million federal family planning program, reports the Washington Post."
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Young Saudis in front of a poster of Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, the capital. (photo: Fayez Nureldine/Getty Images)
Young Saudis in front of a poster of Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, the capital. (photo: Fayez Nureldine/Getty Images)

Trump's Cronies Are in Secret Talks to Sell Nuclear Tech to Saudi. The Risks Are Clear
Simon Tisdall, Guardian UK
Tisdall writes: "The idea that the US might sell state-of-the-art nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, potentially enabling Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's reckless regime to build nuclear weapons, sounds so far-fetched as to be almost grotesque."
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Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, one of the plaintiffs in the Juliana v. US climate lawsuit, speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017. (photo: Robin Loznak/Our Children's Trust)
Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, one of the plaintiffs in the Juliana v. US climate lawsuit, speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017. (photo: Robin Loznak/Our Children's Trust)

The Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Want to Halt Fossil Fuel Extraction
Umair Irfan, Vox
Irfan writes: "The attorneys representing young people who are suing the federal government in a major climate change lawsuit recently took the unusual step of filing an injunction to stop all new leases for fossil fuel production."
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