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Andy Borowitz | Former Hippies Put in Horrible Position of Rooting for FBI 
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Former hippies across the United States have been put in the unbearable position of rooting for the F.B.I., hippies have confirmed." 
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The Trump White House's Laughable Spin That the Release of the Nunes Memo Is All About 'Transparency' 
Aaron Blake, The Washington Post 
Blake writes: "President Trump is just trying to be forthcoming, you see. He wants to get it all out there! Except he clearly doesn't." 
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I Was a Guantanamo Detainee - This Is What I Think of Trump's Plan to Keep It Open 
Moazzam Begg, The Independent 
Begg writes: "Sixteen years ago today, at midnight, agents of the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, and the CIA kidnapped me at gunpoint in front of my family. They took me on a torturous odyssey of secret prisons that ended in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay." 
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The Trump Tax Cut Isn't Trickling Down to Workers 
Rick Paulas, VICE 
Paulas writes: "Despite some highly touted bonuses, companies are mostly using their windfalls to buy back stock - and some are laying people off." 
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"They Repress Us Because We're Poor": Immigrant Rights Activist Speaks From Sanctuary in Colorado 
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Goodman reports: "We hear from another immigrant rights leader who has taken sanctuary: Sandra Lopez, now facing deportation to Mexico after living in Colorado for 17 years, mother of three U.S. citizen children - Alex, Edwin and Areli." 
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Rex Tillerson Invokes Possibility of Pinochet-Style Coup in Venezuela 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday raised the prospect of a military coup against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and seemingly praised past military dictatorships as 'agents of change.'" 
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Europe Lost More Than Half Its Forests Over Last 6,000 Years 
Mongabay 
Excerpt: "In just six thousand years, more than half of Europe's central and northern forests have disappeared, according to the results of new research. In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, scientists showed how most of the land there - more than two-thirds - was once covered by forests." 
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