FOCUS: Davos 2018
Assad Is Still Defended By Russia. The United States Controls the Eastern Half of Syria. Iran Has Militias Everywhere. Turkey Just Invaded. The War Is Far From Over.
Der Spiegel – What Comes after War in Syria?
Trump Doubles Down, Offers Citizenship for 1.8 Million Dreamers
Bloomberg – Trump Sets High Price for Democrats on Immigration Deal
A Big Win, But Non-Partisan Redistrict Commissions, Coupled With Neutral Parameters, Would Avoid These Legal Battles
The Economist – Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court invalidates the state’s congressional map
EPA Looking Into Water Tainted With Cancer-Causing Chemical
The Intercept – EPA Orders Testing for GenX Contamination Near Chemours Plant in West Virginia
The Intercept – New Teflon Toxin Causes Cancer in Lab Animals
What’s The Best Way to Disperse Shadows? Shine A Little Light On Them. Sort of Like When Sanford Said He Was “Hiking the Appalachian Trail.”
McClatchy – Sanford wants you to see classified memo on Trump campaign
Okay, NSA, Find Me a Recipe for Shepherd’s Pie
The Intercept – Finding Your Voice
Hilarious, But I Assume He Already Has One
Yahoo News – The Guggenheim Tried to Lend Trump a Gold Toilet Instead of the Van Gogh He Asked For
Dollar Continues to Fall
CBS News – In unusual move, team Trump talks down the dollar
Eastern Cougars Extinct. Sorry Lads.
Yale Environment 360 – Cougars Officially Declared Extinct in Eastern U.S., Removed from Endangered Species List
The Gap Between What We Know and What We Think We Know
The Guardian – Oldest known human fossil outside Africa discovered in Israel
Physical Assault Still Accepted As Psychological Treatment in Many States
New York Times – I Was Tortured in Gay Conversion Therapy. And It’s Still Legal in 41 States.
The Internet Continues To Erode Legacy Media
Huffington Post – Dan Rather Launching Weekly Show With The Young Turks
The Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy
The Intercept – The Dead Enders
The Intercept – An Insurgent Campaign Is Targeting the Very Heart of the Chicago Democratic Machine – and Just Might Win
State of Opportunity 