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SPECIAL
Even the Best Laws Cannot Save Our Society. Here’s What We Need.
http://dailysignal.com/2017/12/13/even-best-laws-cannot-save-society-heres-need/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tds-fb

GENERAL INTEREST
The last Oldsmobile ever built is for sale
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2017/12/14/last-oldsmobile-ever-built-is-for-sale.html

Just what men need – a sex survey that kicks sand in our faces 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/14/men-sex-survey-scientists-abs-biceps-gender-stereotypes?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256603&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

Professor Says All Phone Calls Must Be Put On Speaker. One Student's Phone Call Scares The Daylights Out Of Him.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/24663/viral-video-professor-says-all-phone-calls-must-be-hank-berrien

ENVIRONMENT
'The Wrong Mine in the Wrong Place': Former Republican EPA Administrators Blast Alaska Mining Project 
https://www.ecowatch.com/pebble-mine-washington-post-2517193216.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c8554b4a40-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c8554b4a40-85328381

Record 129 Million Dead Trees in California 
https://www.ecowatch.com/dead-trees-california-2516943028.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c8554b4a40-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c8554b4a40-85328381

ARCHAEOLOGY
New underwater discoveries in Greece reveal ancient Roman engineering 
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/14/new-underwater-discoveries-in-greece-reveal-ancient-roman-engineering?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256603&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

TECHNOLOGY
Each U.S. Family Trashes 400 iPhones’ Worth of E-Waste a Year
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/e-waste-monitor-report-glut/

Electronic Waste https://www.ecowatch.com/electronic-waste-united-nations-2517390624.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c8554b4a40-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c8554b4a40-85328381Study Finds $65 Billion in Raw Materials Discarded in Just One Year 

DEFENSE
What if America Won a War and No One Cared?
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454655/isis-defeated-why-does-no-one-care?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202017-12-14&utm_term=NR5PM%20Actives

Hard Lessons from America’s Longest Wars 
https://breakingdefense.com/2017/12/hard-lessons-from-americas-longest-wars/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59367920&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--OJHGj_3D4Vag5cHgycmi6Ae5ygx3-N9QNxl_O2Y1ENeOkvAY48PZYO0OJdmWsnnooCLDbR80bskkMxlH03ahL0N6bxg&_hsmi=59367920

Russia Sharply Expanding Nuclear Arsenal, Upgrading Underground Facilities
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-sharply-expanding-nuclear-arsenal-upgrading-underground-facilities/

BIG BROTHER
The FCC must not give internet providers the keys to your online freedom
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/14/net-neutrality-fcc-mignon-clyburn?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256603&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

FCC Votes to Dismantle Net-Neutrality Rules
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/fcc-readies-unwinding-of-net-neutrality-regime-1513247401-lMyQjAxMTA3NDEwNDExMDQyWj/

The Latest: States warming up net-neutrality lawsuits 
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-the_latest_clyburn_blasts_fcc_net_neutrality_repea-ap/category/news

SOCIAL MEDIA
The new cold war: how our focus on Russia obscures social media's real threat 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/14/facebook-russia-social-media-propaganda?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=256603&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

NORK
North Korea's Second Most Powerful Official After Kim Jong Un Vanishes, Raising Fears of Execution
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-apos-second-most-152824446.html

POTUS
Why Trump Should Consider a Post-Twitter Presidency
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454638/donald-trump-twitter-he-has-won-social-media-battle?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171214_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

POLITICS
For Republicans, a Reckoning Is Coming
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454632/roy-moore-republicans-gop-reckoning-coming?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=171214_Jolt&utm_term=Jolt

Why I Secretly Wanted Moore To Lose: Brooks 2020!
http://www.freedomsback.com/why-i-secretly-wanted-moore-to-lose-brooks-2020

Democrats see chances of taking Senate in 2018 rise after Alabama 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/democrats-see-chances-of-taking-senate-in-2018-rise-after-alabama/article/2643440

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