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Tim Dickinson | Trump, Cohen, Rudy and the $340,000 Question 
Rudy Giuliani. (photo: Mark Peterson/Redux)
Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Dickinson writes: "Earlier this week, Donald Trump's loose-lipped lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, made it clear that the president reimbursed his fixer, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 Cohen paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her pre-election silence about an alleged affair with Trump."
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Stormy Daniels talks to Donald Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, on SNL. (photo: NBC)
Stormy Daniels talks to Donald Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, on SNL. (photo: NBC)

Stormy Daniels Crashes SNL to Taunt Trump: 'A Storm's a-Comin', Baby'



Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "This week Saturday Night Live, already one of the president's least-favorite programs, kicked off its latest episode with its most star-studded cold open yet."
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Tear gas being used on protesters October 26, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. (photo: Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)
Tear gas being used on protesters October 26, 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. (photo: Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

How Tear Gas Epitomizes the Contradictions of Modern State Violence
Anna Feigenbaum, Jacobin
Feigenbaum writes: "Earlier this week, thousands of people joined a general strike in Puerto Rico's capital, mobilizing on Mayday to protest the crippling austerity that's been imposed on the island. In response, police fired rubber bullets and released choking clouds of teargas into the crowd."
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Mark Bright was the victim of a fake Facebook profile. (photo: Christie Hemm Klok/WP)
Mark Bright was the victim of a fake Facebook profile. (photo: Christie Hemm Klok/WP)

When a Stranger Takes Your Face: Facebook's Failed Crackdown on Fake Accounts
Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
Harwell writes: "Facebook in December offered a bold solution for its worsening scourge of fake accounts: new facial-recognition technology to spot when a phony profile tries to use someone else's photos. The company is now pushing its users to agree to expanded use of their facial data, saying they won't be protected from impostors without it."
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Obamacare sign-up. (photo: Getty Images)
Obamacare sign-up. (photo: Getty Images)

Trump's Efforts to Destroy Obamacare Is Causing Big Rate Increases for Virginia Insurance Marketplace
Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill
Weixel writes: "Two of Virginia's ObamaCare insurers are requesting significant premium hikes for 2019, according to initial filings released Friday."
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Over 5,500 mass graves have been uncovered following testimonies from witnesses and former paramilitaries. (photo: EFE)
Over 5,500 mass graves have been uncovered following testimonies from witnesses and former paramilitaries. (photo: EFE)

Colombia: 9,000 Paramilitary Victims Exhumed From Mass Graves
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The bodies of at least 9,000 victims of paramilitary forces have been exhumed from mass graves across Colombia since 2006, according to national authorities."
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Brock Long. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Brock Long. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FEMA Has the Worst Excuse for Leaving Climate Change Out of Its Strategy
Kate Yoder, Grist
Yoder writes: "FEMA has the worst excuse for leaving climate change out of its strategy. In March, after a year of record-shattering natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency released its long-term strategic plan."
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