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Sun, Jan 17 2021

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Hello and welcome to my Nuzzel newsletter! I try to pick the most important stories of the day. Hope you enjoy the newsletter. Esther Wojcicki (Educator, journalist, IT & OER consultant)
Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump
The Washington Post – Elizabeth Dwoskin, Craig Timberg – Jan 16, 9:38 AM

Online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after several social media sites suspended President Trump and key allies last week, research firm Zignal Labs has found, underscoring the power of tech companies to limit the falsehoods…

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Far-right personality 'Baked Alaska' arrested in riot probe
Associated Press – Michael Balsamo – Jan 16, 8:52 AM

Shattered glass from the previous week's attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob is seen in doors leading to the Capitol Rotunda in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Shattered glass from the previous week's attack…

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A QAnon 'Digital Soldier' Marches On, Undeterred by Theory's Unraveling
The New York Times – Kevin Roose – Jan 17, 2:00 AM

Every morning, Valerie Gilbert, a Harvard-educated writer and actress, wakes up in her Upper East Side apartment; feeds her dog, Milo, and her cats, Marlena and Celeste; brews a cup of coffee; and sits down at her oval dining room table. Then, she…

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Trump to flee Washington and seek rehabilitation in a MAGA oasis: Florida
The Washington Post – Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker – Jan 16, 2:01 PM

In Florida — one of only two top battleground states Trump won last November — Trump will be living in a veritable MAGA oasis, to use the acronym for his “Make American Great Again” campaign slogan. South Florida has…

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Live updates: State capitols brace for right-wing violence; D.C. locks down ahead of inauguration
The Washington Post – Derek Hawkins, Tim Craig – Jan 16, 5:14 AM

Anxious officials across the United States have spent much of the week rushing to secure government buildings and fortify statehouses after an FBI bulletin warned that armed far-right extremist groups are planning to march on state capitals this…

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Analysis: Trump finishes with worst first term approval rating ever
CNN – Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN – Jan 16, 6:05 AM

(CNN) Poll of the week: A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that President Donald Trump's approval rating stands at 33%, while his disapproval is at 60%. An average of recent polls finds Trump with a 38% approval rating and 59% disapproval…

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Acting defense secretary orders NSA director to immediately install former GOP operative as the agency's top lawyer
The Washington Post – Ellen Nakashima – Jan 16, 3:40 PM

In November, Pentagon General Counsel Paul C. Ney Jr. named Michael Ellis, then a White House official, to the position of general counsel at the NSA, a career civilian post at the government's largest and most technologically advanced spy agency…

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Opinion | When Biden Becomes … Rooseveltian!
The New York Times – Nicholas Kristof – Jan 16, 11:41 AM

Soon after Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated in 1933, a visitor assessed the stakes of his New Deal proposal. “Mr. President, if your program succeeds, you'll be the greatest president in American history,” the visitor told him.

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Analysis: The 15 most notable lies of Donald Trump's presidency
CNN – Analysis by Daniel Dale, CNN – Jan 16, 5:08 AM

Washington(CNN) Trying to pick the most notable lies from Donald Trump's presidency is like trying to pick the most notable pieces of junk from the town dump. There's just so much ugly garbage to sift through before you can make a decision. But I'm…

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Acting secretary of defense orders NSA chief to install Trump loyalist as agency's general counsel
CNN – By Jeremy Herb, Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann and Zachary Cohen, CNN – Jan 16, 8:37 PM

(CNN) The acting secretary of defense is trying to install a Trump loyalist as the top lawyer at the National Security Agency, according to three sources familiar. Christopher Miller, who just two days earlier said he couldn't wait to leave his…

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