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February 17, 2017

Sidney's Picks: The Mar-A-Lago Blues, the ACA, and Sinking Mexico City

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The Best of the Week’s News

How much does Trump’s lavish lifestyle cost taxpayers?
A “manufactured crisis” for the Affordable Care Act
Are the Trump Organization’s days numbered under New York law?
Will climate change sink Mexico City?
GOP-backed bill could decimate public sector unions in Iowa

February 10, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Sessions, Voting, and the Dominican Republic

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The Best of the Week’s News

Evelyn Turner tried to help black people vote, and Jeff Sessions tried to jail her
The Trump Organization looks to the Dominican Republic, despite a promise to forgo foreign deals
Kellyanne Conway flouted federal ethics law with Ivanka “commercial”
Unplugged: Critical Federal Energy Regulatory Commission offline until further notice

February 3, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Meet DCReport, Fight Weasel Words

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

DCReport is an exciting new project that goes beyond parsing what politicians say to expose what they actually do
“Reforming,” “revamping,” “fixing”: Weasel words for cutting Social Security
Congressional Republicans balk at Trump’s border wall.
What the Women’s Marchers can learn from the Tea Party.

January 27, 2017

Sidney's Picks: McSecretary's Hearing Postponed; Facebook Strikes at Fake News

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Confirmation hearings for the would-be McSecretary of Labor have been postponed for the third time.
Donald Trump is firing off executive orders without consulting the agencies charged with implementing them.
Emoluments-A-Lago doubles its membership fees after inauguration.
Facebook acts to stem the tide of fake news.

January 20, 2017

Sidney's Picks: The Resistance

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Donald Trump Has No Mandate–Sad!
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ”Victory does not guarantee respect”
Trump’s DC hotel is an ethics nightmare and his business conflicts areunconstitutional
Legendary muckraker, Trump biographer, Wayne Barrett dies at 71

January 13, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Chaffetz' Banana Republic BS, Madoff's Hot Chocolate Racket

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The Best of the Week’s News

Rep. Jason Chaffetz threatens to investigate the government watchdog who called out Trump’s conflicts of interest.
Miami-Dade airport employees say they lost their jobs for denouncing unsafe working conditions.
Bernie Madoff cornered the hot chocolate market in prison.
Why “identity politics” is a red herring.

January 6, 2017

Sidney's Picks: A Preview of Coming Travesties at DOL, State, and Beyond

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The Best of the Week’s News

Trump’s McSecretary of Labor is poised to reverse historic gains in wage and hour protections
Trump wants all Obama-appointed ambassadors out by Inauguration Day, even if that means leaving key posts empty for months
The House revives a 130-year-old rule allowing Congress to cut a federal employee’s pay to $1/year.
Benghazi Irony Alert: GOP senators want to hold U.S. diplomats hostage by slashing their security budget

December 16, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Brazil's Bitter Austerity, Court Halts TX Embryo Antics

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The Best of the Week’s News

Brazil signs a constitutional amendment that effectively freezes government spending for 20 years.
Future McSecretary of Labor wrote a privatization manifesto.
Nix the Forced Fetus Funerals: Federal judge puts temporary ban on Texas embryo kabuki.
President Obama vows to retaliate against Russia for tampering with U.S. election.

December 9, 2016

Sidney's Picks: Trump Picks McSecretary of Labor, Attacks Carrier Union Leader

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

Trump taps “grotesque” pick for Secretary of Labor, fast food exec Andy Puzder, whose conflicts of interest could rival those of his boss.
Carrier union leader attacked by Trump hits back at POTUS-elect for lying about jobs.
Ripping out dreadlocks: Investigation co-authored by Hillman Prize-winner exposes racism in New York State prisons.
500 migrants drowned, but no one investigated who killed them.

November 18, 2016

Sidney's Picks: "Choice" in Rapid City, Life After Pulse

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The Best of the Week’s News

“Choice” in Rapid City: Kiera Feldman’s moving account of a woman contemplating an abortion in South Dakota
How a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting overcame survivor guilt and rebuilt his life.
Civil rights leaders say voter suppression tipped the election for Trump.
What a Trump Supreme Court could mean for the union movement.

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Sidney's Picks: The Mar-A-Lago Blues, the ACA, and Sinking Mexico City

Sidney's Picks: Sessions, Voting, and the Dominican Republic

Sidney's Picks: Meet DCReport, Fight Weasel Words

Sidney's Picks: McSecretary's Hearing Postponed; Facebook Strikes at Fake News

Sidney's Picks: The Resistance

Sidney's Picks: Chaffetz' Banana Republic BS, Madoff's Hot Chocolate Racket

Sidney's Picks: A Preview of Coming Travesties at DOL, State, and Beyond

Sidney's Picks: Brazil's Bitter Austerity, Court Halts TX Embryo Antics

Sidney's Picks: Trump Picks McSecretary of Labor, Attacks Carrier Union Leader

Sidney's Picks: "Choice" in Rapid City, Life After Pulse

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