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U.S.

The Adopted Black Baby, and the White One Who Replaced Her

By JOHN ELIGON | Dec 7th 2017

Amid the simmering racial tensions of the time, a family in Illinois made a wrenching decision that sent a black girl and a white girl on diverging paths.

Doing the wrong thing.

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U.S.

Al Franken Announces He Will Resign from Senate Amid Harassment Allegations

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR and NICHOLAS FANDOS | Dec 7th 2017

The Democratic senator of Minnesota announced his plans to resign, a day after a sixth woman accused him of misconduct and dozens of his colleagues called for him to step down.

Al Franken has resigned.

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U.S.

For Trump, an Embassy in Jerusalem Is a Political Decision, Not a Diplomatic One

By MARK LANDLER | Dec 7th 2017

The president seemed to relish playing a familiar role: the political insurgent, defying foreign policy orthodoxy on behalf of the people who elected him.

Trump does not do diplomacy.

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Opinion

When the Truth Is Unconstitutional

By LINDA GREENHOUSE | Dec 7th 2017

The Supreme Court takes up regulated speech in doctors’ offices, an issue that cuts both ways in the context of abortion.

Linda Greenhouse has made her opinion clear

Never!

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Opinion

Trump Is Making a Huge Mistake on Jerusalem

By HANAN ASHRAWI | Dec 7th 2017

It’s not too late to reverse it.

Islam will remember.

The temple mount is not worth getting nuked.

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N.Y. / Region

On Sexual Misconduct, Gillibrand Keeps Herself at the Fore

By SHANE GOLDMACHER | Dec 7th 2017

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was the first in what would become a chorus of Democratic senators to call for their colleague Al Franken to resign.

Fine by me.

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Smarter Living

5 Cheap(ish) Things to Help You Have a Very Hygge Winter

By MICHELLE L. DOZOIS | Dec 7th 2017

Welcome to the latest edition of the Smarter Living newsletter.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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U.S.

Trump Jr. Won’t Provide Details of a Call With His Father

By SHARON LaFRANIERE and NICHOLAS FANDOS | Dec 7th 2017

Donald Trump Jr. claimed that his conversation with the president was protected under lawyer-client privilege because lawyers for both men were on the call.

An hostile witness.

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Opinion

Four Questions About American Greatness

By BRET STEPHENS | Dec 7th 2017

We must not lose sight of what really makes our country special in the modern world.

The U.S. was first.
It is not otherwise special.
"My father never broke a law in his life.  They passed a lot of laws after he did things."        John D. Rockefeller Jr. 

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U.S.

John Conyers’s Son Was Arrested This Year, Accused of Stabbing His Girlfriend

By YAMICHE ALCINDOR | Dec 6th 2017

Yes.

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