Trump plan to gut civil service triggers pushback https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plan-gut-civil-service-triggers-pushback-by-unions-democrats-2023-12-22/

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‘We make magic here’: the Amazon community creating a future out of chocolate https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/20/amazon-community-creating-a-future-out-of-chocolate

Kamala Harris Says Trump’s Xenophobic Immigrant Comments Have ‘Rightly’ Been Compared To Hitler

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-donald-trump-comments-compared-to-hitler_n_6582686be4b085747d67a011

Takeaways from Colorado’s historic ruling that Trump is ineligible for office based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’ https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/takeaways-trump-colorado-supreme-court-14th-amendment-insurrection

Argentina's president warned of a tough response to protests. He's about to face the first one https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-protests-economy-social-groups-c1b7d6506769f1331c37db6e16fe29a1

"Shocking!!" said no one with function above the brain-stem:

House Speaker Johnson among US politicians with ancestral ties to slavery https://www.reuters.com/world/us/house-speaker-johnson-among-us-politicians-with-ancestral-ties-slavery-2023-12-20/

Judge rejects key points of Trump’s defense in NY civil fraud case in bad sign for former president https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/politics/engoron-trump-denial

Google will pay $700M in antitrust settlement reached with states before recent Play Store trial loss https://apnews.com/article/google-android-play-store-apps-antitrust-settlement-e4e2f422baa846c66deac90c7866c5fd

US Vice President Harris to ratchet up fight for abortion access as 2024 looms https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-vice-president-harris-ratchet-up-fight-abortion-access-2024-looms-2023-12-19/

Imran Khan deploys AI clone to campaign from behind bars in Pakistan https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/18/imran-khan-deploys-ai-clone-to-campaign-from-behind-bars-in-pakistan

Hong Kong's activist publisher to stand trial this week under Beijing's crackdown on dissidents https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-crackdown-dissidents-cb2fee8ebfb49c0a963b0b2cdaa32092

Trump repeats 'poisoning the blood' anti-immigrant remark https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-repeats-poisoning-blood-anti-immigrant-remark-2023-12-16/

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Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims https://apnews.com/article/mormon-church-investigation-child-sex-abuse-9c301f750725c0f06344f948690caf16

US research advances on alternative to bomb-grade uranium in Navy vessels -documents https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-research-advances-alternative-bomb-grade-uranium-navy-vessels-documents-2023-12-06/

Swiss Banque Pictet pays $123 mln for helping clients evade US taxes https://www.reuters.com/world/us/switzerlands-banque-pictet-admits-hiding-billions-us-tax-authorities-2023-12-04/

In the Amazon, Indigenous women bring a tiny tribe back from the brink of extinction https://apnews.com/article/brazil-indigenous-women-climate-rainforest-tribe-0fa79e0a604d5f96394352e5500b516c

U.S. bank CEOs expected to protest regulation push before Congress https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-bank-ceos-expected-protest-regulation-push-before-congress-2023-12-04/