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Unsurprising news Leader of major Texas Anti-Abortion group arrested for soliciting a minor Mark Frauenfelder

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News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin

Business Apple's capitulation over Hong Kong protest app isn't new; and the NBA is racing it to the bottom Cory Doctorow

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Were police snooping on Women's March protesters' cellphones? Too many departments won't say Curtis Waltman

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crime Domestic surveillance the old-fashioned way: cameras installed on utility poles, watching your home Rob Beschizza

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