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Democrat Gil Cisneros pulls further ahead of Republican Young Kim, putting GOP House seat in peril
Democrat Gil Cisneros extended his lead over Republican Young Kim on Friday in California’s 39th Congressional District, depressing the GOP’s prospects for retaining its last House seat in Orange County.
Updated vote tallies released by election officials in Los Angeles and Orange counties showed…
Trump administration must return press pass to CNN reporter Jim Acosta

A judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately return White House press credentials to CNN’s Jim Acosta. The journalist’s press pass was revoked after a contentious press conference with President Trump.
Defense Lawyer Suggests a Thong Equals Consent — and Ireland Erupts
As they should – blaming victims is a crime! On Wednesday, hundreds of people in cities around Ireland protested victim blaming in the justice system’s handling of a sexual-assault case.
A Look Inside the Tactics of Definers, Facebook’s Attack Dog
The opposition research firm had focused on the internet company’s competition. But ahead of a Senate hearing it had a new target: senators.
Neo-Nazis Have No First Amendment Right to Harassment, Judge Rules
A lawsuit against the publisher of the website Daily Stormer for unleashing an online “terror campaign” against a Jewish realtor can proceed.
Facebook seeks to patent software for figuring out who lives together and profiling the household
Facebook Inc. is applying to patent software that it could use to create profiles of users’ households by making educated guesses about how many people live in the household, what their relationships to each other are, what interests they share and what electronic devices they use.
The system would…
New Yorkers Fear Using Public Benefits After Trump Threatens Policy Change
How cruel and inhuman can he be? We are finding out. It is wrong! It is evil.
As yet another wave of Trump-induced panic ripples through immigrant communities, some New Yorkers are opting out of food stamps, Medicaid, housing assistance, and other public benefits to which they’re legally entitled, out of fear that taking advantage of them will negatively impact their immigration status or that of a family member. [ more › ]
‘Moai are family’: Easter Island people to head to London to request statue back

Delegation from island, backed by Chilean government, will ask for return of statue British Museum acquired in 1869
Towering at the entrance of the British Museum’s Wellcome gallery is a 2.5-metre basalt statue from Easter Island. For indigenous Rapa Nui islanders, such statues – known as moai – carry the spirit of prominent ancestors and are considered the living incarnation of their relatives.
Next week, a delegation from the island – which has been part of Chile since 1888 and is officially known as Rapa Nui – will travel to London to request the moai’s return, emboldened by the backing of the Chilean government and the museum’s willingness to engage in talks for the first time since it acquired the statue in 1869.
Facebook told us it wasn’t a typical big, bad company. It is | Jessica Powell

The tech giant claimed to be bringing the world together for the benefit of humanity. The truth is far less palatable
Facebook, like so many companies in Silicon Valley, has always told us it was a different kind of company. Not so much a business really, but a social utility. That it was linking the world for the benefit of democracy, friendship and human connection.
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