memeorandum: University students demand philosophers such as Plato and Kant are removed from syllabus because they are white (Camilla Turner/Telegraph)

4:05 PM ET, January 9, 2017

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Patrick Healy / New York Times:

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Caroline Cunningham / Washingtonian:

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New York Times:

Meryl Streep's Golden Globes Speech — Turning attention away from her and toward Donald J. Trump, Meryl Streep used her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes to call out the president-elect for mocking a disabled New York Times reporter in 2015, and warned that a free press would need to be defended.

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Daily Mail:
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Reuters:

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Peter Hockaday / San Francisco Chronicle:

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Camila Domonoske / NPR:
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Joe Concha / The Hill:

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

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Barack Obama / Science:

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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:

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Military Times:

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Brenda Goh / Reuters:

Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end one China policy and China will take revenge — State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times sounded a warning to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday only hours after Taiwan's president transited Houston, saying that China would seek to “take revenge” should Trump renege on the one-China policy.

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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:

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John Bresnahan / Politico:

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New York Times:

Marches and Identity Politics Are Futile — Angie Morelli, a small business owner in Las Vegas and a student at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, is a Marine Corps veteran and a former delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic convention. — I have been an activist for years.

Camilla Turner / Telegraph:

University students demand philosophers such as Plato and Kant are removed from syllabus because they are white — They are the said to be the founding fathers of Western philosophy, whose ideas underpin civilised society. — But students at a prestigious London university are demanding …

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The Guardian:

We were ethics lawyers for Bush and Obama. Trump's cabinet hearings must be delayed — The Senate plans to hold confirmation hearings before all nominees' financial disclosure reports and ethics agreements are finalized. That's a dangerous move — s the former White House ethics counsels …

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:

Eric Trump: It's ‘probably not’ the right time for Trump Org deals in Russia — The Trump Organization will “probably not” pursue business deals in Russia in the next few years, Eric Trump told Argentina's La Nacion in Uruguay last week. — “For years we've looked at deals in Russia …

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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:

Fiat Chrysler says Trump had nothing to do with its jobs announcement — The company says it has already invested $9.6 billion in the U.S. and created 25,000 jobs since 2009. — On Sunday, FCA US, the parent company of Fiat and Chrysler, announced that it will spend $1 billion to expand plants …