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Jonathan Alter and Nick Akerman | This Time, the Crime Is Worse Than the Coverup 
Donald Trump. (image: Elizabeth Brockway/Daily Beast) 
Jonathan Alter and Nick Akerman, The Daily Beast 
Excerpt: "Recall the Watergate cliche that the cover-up is worse than the crime. That may have been true then." 
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Scores of Democratic Lawmakers Join GOP to Back Budget Bill With No Protection for DREAMers 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "I think that at United We Dream, we are clear that we continue to demand a DREAM Act that does not harm people, to help us. We continue to be committed to this country and to our - again, our democracy. And we will not allow ourselves to be used as bargaining chips in this process." 
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Jared Kushner. (photo: Getty)
Jared Kushner. (photo: Getty)

Kushner Companies Decides to Fight Tenants in State Court Rather Than Reveal Its Investors' Identities 
Alec MacGillis, ProPublica 
MacGillis writes: "Jared Kushner's family real estate company has backtracked on its effort to have a lawsuit filed against it by tenants of its Baltimore-area apartment complexes moved to federal court, after a judge ruled that this transfer would require it to reveal the identities of its investment partners." 
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Anna Chambers. (photo: Nicole Craine/BuzzFeed News)
Anna Chambers. (photo: Nicole Craine/BuzzFeed News)



Does Your State Allow Police to Have Sex With People They Arrest? 
Sejal Singh, Feministing 
Singh writes: "In 35 states, it's legal for cops to detain and have sex with someone in their custody. Is your state one of them?" 
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Senators Finally Agreed on a Deal to Fund Disaster Relief. Is It Too Little, Too Late? 
Justine Calma, Grist 
Calma writes: "In an effort to avert another government shutdown, Senate leaders on Wednesday hashed out a budget agreement that includes $90 billion in disaster relief to help communities affected by last year's unprecedented hurricanes and wildfires." 
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Honduras: Over 2,000 Nasralla Supporters Protest at UN Building 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "The Honduran opposition organized a mobilization Friday expressing concerns over the efforts initiated this week by a United Nations mission to try to overcome the political crisis stemming from the reelection of President Juan Orlando Hernandez in the controversial November elections." 
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Can Red Wolves Be Saved Again? 
Darryl Fears, The Washington Post 
Fears writes: "This sprawling mix of swamp and forest is the only place in the world where red wolves live in the wild, and on a breezy afternoon Ron Sutherland set out to find one." 
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