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Are the Wars in Syria and Iraq Finally Coming to an End?

Patrick Cockburn CounterPunch
The good news for 2018 is that with the defeat of Isis, the barbarous wars that have torn apart Iraq since 2003 and Syria since 2011 may finally be coming to an end. And now the winners and losers are emerging who will shape the region for decades.

Friday Nite Videos | Jan 5, 2018

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Camperforce | Documentary. Harry Belafonte | Zombie Jamboree. Reince Priebus Notes Confirm James Comey Story. Stephen Bites Into a Juicy New Book. All the Money in the World | Movie.

Reince Priebus Notes Confirm James Comey Story

NYT reporter Michael Schmidt talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's pressure on Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia probe, and Reince Priebus' notes confirming James Comey's testimony.

Stephen Bites Into a Juicy New Book

With an assist from Donald Trump's cease and desist order, Michael Wolff's bombshell book is spilling secrets and breaking sales records.

‘Every Era Gets the Boswell It Deserves’

Nausicaa Renner and Pete Vernon Columbia Journalism Review
Michael Wolff appears on the Today show on Friday, January 5, 2018
Wolff appears to have played a monster hand of access journalism poker, bluffing his way into the good graces of the administration by attacking mainstream reporters for critical reporting in the early months of the Trump presidency only to rake in the pot by producing a devastating account of those who considered him a sympathetic observer.

Resistance

Esther Cohen
Asked to addressed the word “resistance,” New York poet Esther Cohen responds “courage,” which is not what the teacher expects, which helps define “resistance.”