Uma Thurman Accuses Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Assault



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Uma Thurman Accuses Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Assault 
Uma Thurman. (photo: Damon Winter/NYT)
Maureen Dowd, The New York Times 
Dowd writes: "Yes, Uma Thurman is mad. She has been raped. She has been sexually assaulted. She has been mangled in hot steel. She has been betrayed and gaslighted by those she trusted." 
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Adam Schiff | Memo to the Public: The President Wants to Make the FBI His Instrument 
Adam Schiff, Esquire 
Schiff writes: "In the run-up to the release of a deliberately misleading memo, some Republicans hyped the underlying scandal as 'worse than Watergate.' When it was published, however, it delivered none of the salacious evidence of systemic abuse that it promised 'only a cherry-picking of information from a single FISA court application.'" 
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The Real Damage of the Nunes Memo 
Chas Danner, New York Magazine 
Danner writes: "Two days after the release of the Nunes memo, the only people who still consider it a conspiracy-revealing bombshell are, predictably, the same pro-Trump figures and politicians who oversold its importance in the first place." 
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Jamelle Bouie | The Fight for a White America 
Jamelle Bouie, Slate 
Bouie writes: "President Trump has proposed nothing less than a vast overhaul of the country's immigration policy, seeking an end to the diversity visa lottery and family sponsorship programs in favor of a system that would privilege immigrants from mostly white countries." 
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Why Desperate Families Are Getting Religion on Health Coverage 
Paul Demko and Renuka Rayasam, Politico 
Excerpt: "Health care sharing ministries have become a more entrenched part of the health care system than anyone could have possibly imagined eight years ago, when they were quietly exempted from Obamacare's individual mandate penalty." 
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Mexico Protesters Fear US-Owned Brewery Will Drain Their Land Dry 
David Agren, Guardian UK 
Agren writes: "Since the new year, unrest has flared up again after riot police and private security guards clashed with protesters who had blocked the construction of a new water pipe to the factory. Dozens of activists have set up a protest camp near the construction site, with huge signs reading 'Constellation go home.'" 
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Toxic Air Pollution at US Schools Most Impacts Students of Color 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "A new study finds many schoolchildren across the U.S. face toxic levels of air pollution in their classrooms, with low-income groups and students of color far more likely to be affected." 
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