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January 20, 2018

With Government Shutdown, Republicans Reap What They Sow

Richard Wolffe The Guardian

It takes a special type of hypocrite to accuse your opponents of hypocrisy for following in your footsteps

January 20, 2018

It’s The (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech

Zeynep Tufekci Wired

Ist Amendment of the US Constitution engraved on a stone tablet

Many noble old ideas about free speech don’t compute in the age of social media. The notion that a “marketplace of ideas” will elevate the truth is flatly belied by the virality of fake news and the fact that the marketplace is no longer public.

January 19, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | Jan 19, 2018

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So Stupid It's Not Funny: Trump's Crackdown on Legal Immigration. Johnny Cash Sings "Man In Black" for the First Time. The Case for Potential Trump Money Laundering. How Machines Learn. Not A President, Not Yet A Dictator.

So Stupid It's Not Funny: Trump's Crackdown on Legal Immigration

January 19, 2018

As Congress works to pass immigration reform, the Trump administration tries to curb legal pathways to immigration and citizenship.

Johnny Cash Sings "Man In Black" for the First Time

January 19, 2018

The Case for Potential Trump Money Laundering

January 19, 2018

Rachel Maddow reads some of the highlights of the newly released transcript of the House Intelligence Committee testimony of Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS.

How Machines Learn

January 19, 2018

How do all the algorithms around us learn to do their jobs?

Not A President, Not Yet A Dictator

January 19, 2018

In light of the one-year anniversary of the crappiest day of our lives – the inauguration of Donald J. Trump – we examine how democracy is holding up to his daily assault.

January 19, 2018

'Dossier' Testimony Leaves Breadcrumb Trail for Mueller

Natasha Bertrand Business Insider

Glenn Simpson gave Congress investigators pointed answers about Russian money laundering, organized crime, and whether Trump could be susceptible to blackmail. The result is a long trail of breadcrumbs for investigators probing Trump's relationship with Russia.

January 19, 2018

Is Warming in the Arctic Behind This Year’s Crazy Winter Weather?

Jennifer Francis The Conversation

Seriously cold: The ‘bomb cyclone’ freezes a fountain in New York City.

What role does warming – specifically the warming ocean and air temperatures in the Arctic – play in this warm-West/cool-East weather pattern? Here's the explanation.