George Lakoff | A Modest Proposal: #ProtectTheTruth




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George Lakoff | A Modest Proposal: #ProtectTheTruth 
Trump has insisted on maintaining his direct access to the public via his Twitter habits. (photo: Best China News)
George Lakoff, George Lakoff's Blog 
Lakoff writes: "America's tweeter-in-chief plans to attack the free press next week. He desperately needs your help to succeed. You can help him by repeating his words and lies. You can help him by focusing outraged attention on his antics." 
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The Senate's Push to Overrule the FCC on Net Neutrality Now Has 50 Votes, Democrats Say 
Brian Fung, The Washington Post 
Fung writes: "Fifty senators have endorsed a legislative measure to override the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to deregulate the broadband industry, top Democrats said Monday." 
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Steve Bannon to Meet With House Intel Committee Behind Closed Doors 
Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters 
Lynch writes: "President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon will meet behind closed doors on Tuesday with a U.S. House of Representatives committee that is probing whether Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election." 
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Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation and Apartheid South Africa 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. The speech was recorded by Saul Bernstein, who was working as the European correspondent for Pacifica Radio. Bernstein's recording was recently discovered by Brian DeShazor, director of the Pacifica Radio Archives." 
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Pentagon Planning Two New Nuclear Weapons: Report 
Max Greenwood, The Hill 
Greenwood writes: "The U.S. is planning to develop two new nuclear weapons, including a 'low-yield' warhead, according to a Wall Street Journal report." 
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Anti-Dam Resistance Faces Death and Detention in Guerrero, Mexico 
Vasundhara Jairath, Upside Down World 
Jairath writes: "As the Mexican village of La Concepcion was still celebrating a local festival, unidentified armed men attacked the local unit of the policia comunitaria or community police in the early hours of Jan. 7." 
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America Needs a Plastics Intervention. Now's the Time. 
Jeff Turrentine, onEarth 
Turrentine writes: "Americans are very good at hiding - or, in this case, exporting - what we throw away." 
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