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Andy Borowitz | Kim Jong Un Taunts Trump With Photo of Hair Withstanding Gale-Force Wind 
North Korean leader Kim Jung Un. (photo: Reuters)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "In a week when Donald J. Trump suffered the worst hair day of his Presidency, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un taunted his American nemesis by releasing a photo of his own hair easily withstanding a gale-force wind." 
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Devin Nunes's Laughable Spin to Protect Trump Crashes and Burns 
Greg Sargent, The Washington Post 
Sargent writes: "One of the most comical - or perhaps deeply troubling - aspects of the massive effort by President Trump and his allies to create an alternate narrative to the Russia probe is that it continues unabated, even as the numerous conspiracy theories created to bolster it have, one after another, fallen like dominoes." 
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The Trump Effect: ICE Immigrant Arrests Rose by 30% in 2017 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Arrests of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. rose by 30 percent in 2017 compared to a year earlier under the administration of Donald Trump who has expanded the authority of immigration agents and ramped up anti-immigration policies in the United States, an analysis by the Pew Research Center showed Thursday." 
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Protestors demand Medicare for all in Bakersfield, California. (photo: ufcw770/Twitter)
Protestors demand Medicare for all in Bakersfield, California. (photo: ufcw770/Twitter)


Amazon's Health Care Experiment Shows Exactly Why We Need Medicare for All 
Richard Master, USA TODAY 
Master writes: "This is an existential threat to our businesses and our economy." 
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Neo-Nazi and anti-fascist activists engaged in major brawls in Sacramento in June 2016. (photo: Kevin Cortopass/Flickr)
Neo-Nazi and anti-fascist activists engaged in major brawls in Sacramento in June 2016. (photo: Kevin Cortopass/Flickr)

California Cops Collaborated With Knife-Wielding Neo-Nazi to Go After Stabbed Protesters 
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress 
Pyke writes: "Highway Patrol officers tried to protect neo-Nazis' identities while asking their help to build case against their enemies." 
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The unified Korean team marches in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. (photo: James Hill/The New York Times)
The unified Korean team marches in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. (photo: James Hill/The New York Times)


Olympics Open With Koreas Marching Together, Offering Hope for Peace 
Motoko Rich, The New York Times 
Rich writes: "The opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympics unfurled in frigid temperatures and high spirits on Friday, as athletes from the two Koreas marched into the stadium together less than 50 miles from the heavily-fortified border between their nations, offering hope of a breakthrough in a tense, geopolitical standoff that has stirred fears of nuclear conflict." 
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Navajo Generating Station, a massive power plant in the Four Corners region. (photo: Gary Kavanagh/ISTOCK)
Navajo Generating Station, a massive power plant in the Four Corners region. (photo: Gary Kavanagh/ISTOCK)

Hopi and Navajo Miners Protest the Closure of the Largest Coal Plant in the West 
Justine Calma, Grist 
Calma writes: "The plant has become a point of contention for nearby Native American communities." 
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