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Lisa Chavarria / WFLD:
Chicago Police: 4 in custody after man tied up, tortured on Facebook Live — FOX 32 NEWS - Investigators are looking into a Facebook Live video shot on the West Side that shows a group of people holding a young man hostage. — Chicago police told FOX 32 that four people are currently in custody.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Vicious Hate Crime In Chicago Whitewashed By Press [Updated] — This is the Associated Press's innocuous report on a crime that occurred in Chicago on Tuesday, in its entirety: … Note that the AP makes no reference to the races of the people involved, and says it is too soon to tell whether the assault was racially motivated.
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Nereida Moreno / Chicago Tribune:
4 held in attack broadcast on Facebook that included anti-Trump profanities
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
4 held after Facebook video shows torture of disabled man by group railing against Trump, whites
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attacks of U.S. Intelligence on Russia Unnerve Lawmakers — President-elect increases criticism of agencies on Twitter, cites Wikileaks editor Julian Assange over Russian involvement — WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump's increasingly heated attacks against U.S. intelligence agencies …
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Reuters:
U.S. obtained evidence after election that Russia leaked emails: officials — U.S. intelligence agencies obtained what they considered to be conclusive evidence after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks through a third party …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Five things to watch for in Russia hearings — Russia's involvement in the U.S. election will take center stage in Washington on Thursday with two separate hearings in the Senate — including one behind closed doors. — The Senate Armed Services Committee will hear from intelligence officials …
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Ali Watkins / BuzzFeed:
The FBI Never Asked For Access To Hacked Computer Servers
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Nicole Gaouette / CNN:
GOP-led hearing on Russia hacks sets up conflict with Trump
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Trump and Julian Assange, an Unlikely Pair, Unite to Sow Hacking Doubts
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Drudge Report:
TUCKER NEW CABLE KING GETS 9 PM FOXNEWS — 2017 starts off with a BANG! as FOX NEWS executives will announce Tucker Carlson replaces the vacating Megyn Kelly at 9 PM ET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. — The dramatic move caps Carlson's rapid rise at the nation's top-rated cable channel.
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Don't Forget That Megyn Kelly Is a Racial Demagogue — The recent flattering coverage of her move to NBC leaves out the ugliest episodes of her work at Fox. — Megyn Kelly had a good 2016. Between her news-making stint as a Fox News debate moderator, a flattering profile in Vanity Fair …
Drew Altman / New York Times:
The Health Care Plan Trump Voters Really Want — This week Republicans in Congress began their effort to repeal and potentially replace the Affordable Care Act. But after listening to working-class supporters of Donald J. Trump — people who are enrolled in the very health care marketplaces created …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Schumer: GOP wants to ‘Make America Sick Again’
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New York Times:
Senate Republicans Open Fight Over Obama Health Law
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Jonathan Oosting / Detroit News:
Snyder fights for Medicaid plan in Obamacare repeal
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Los Angeles Times
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The GOP's quickly learning that governing is difficult — as is working with Donald Trump — Even though the GOP is about to control both the White House and Congress, they're still not free to do whatever they want. As they were reminded this week, congressional Republicans could still …
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Washington Post:
House Republicans revive obscure rule that could allow them to slash the pay of individual federal workers to $1 — House Republicans this week reinstated an arcane procedural rule that enables lawmakers to reach deep into the budget and slash the pay of an individual federal worker …
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Shibani Mahtani / Wall Street Journal:
When Donald Trump Tweets, It Is News to Sean Spicer
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Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
President Obama Awards Himself Distinguished Public Service Medal — On Wednesday, President Obama added another prestigious medal to his Nobel Prize collection when he had Defense Secretary Ash Carter award him with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
GOP aims to rein in liberal cities — After consolidating power in Washington, D.C. and state capitals under President-elect Donald Trump — , Republicans are moving to prevent large cities dominated by Democrats from enacting sweeping liberal agendas. — Republican state legislatures …
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Thomson IR:
Macy's, Inc. Announces Actions to Streamline Store Portfolio, Intensify Cost Efficiency Efforts and Execute Real Estate Strategy — Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) today announced a series of actions to streamline its store portfolio, intensify cost efficiency efforts and execute its real estate strategy.
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Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet:
At Least 50 Trump Electors Were Illegitimately Seated as Electoral College Members — More evidence surfaces as calls mount to challenge congressional ratification of Electoral College vote. — More than 50 Electoral College members who voted for Donald Trump were ineligible to serve …
Tonyheller / The Deplorable Climate Science Blog:
Earth Cooling At The Fastest Rate On Record — Global temperatures have plummeted this year at a record rate. Over the last ten months, temperatures have dropped more than three quarters of a degree, breaking the previous global cooling record set in 1999. — RSS_TS_channel_TLT_Global_Land_And_ Sea_v03_3.txt
Ev Williams / Medium:
Renewing Medium's focus — We've decided to make some major changes at Medium. — I'll start with the hard part: As of today, we are reducing our team by about one third—eliminating 50 jobs, mostly in sales, support, and other business functions. We are also changing our business model …
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