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[Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community] RESIST STICKERS Unprecedented. Unimaginable. And, unacceptable. Common Dreams is distributing #NotNormal RESIST stickers as a small but effective means of protest. We hope to create a symbol and help begin to build a community of resistance. Please [order some stickers] to share with your friends, co-workers, and family. --------------------------------------------------------------- News & Views | 12.29.16 Featured...   [5 Resistance Resolutions] by Bob Burnett We must focus. We must resist       News...   [Damning Investigation Finds Trump's Philanthropy Largely a "Facade"] by Lauren McCauley One of the Trump Foundation's most consistent causes was Donald Trump himself         [Climate Kids Demand Testimony From Exxon's Tillerson in Landmark Lawsuit] by Deirdre Fulton "As CEO of ExxonMobil, Tillerson has unique personal knowledge of the fossil fuel industry's historical relationship with the federal government"         [Theresa May Seeks to Pull UK from European Convention on Human Rights] by Nadia Prupis Unelected prime minister to run in 2020 on bid to cut ties with outside judicial system and replace Human Rights Act with regressive rules         [Thanks to Congress, Trump Will Have Nearly Unlimited Power to Wage War] by Deirdre Fulton "Trump will have a free hand to use the law meant for the perpetrators of 9/11 to wage war around the world, fashioning it to different enemies at his command"         [Water Protectors Target DAPL Builder's Profits to "Sink This Sucker"] by Nadia Prupis Opponents hope stalling the project could hurt Energy Transfer Partner's bottom line enough to cancel the pipeline's construction         [Trump Takes Credit for New Sprint Jobs He Had Nothing To Do With] by Lauren McCauley ...and the corporate media lets him     [more news...]  Views...   [Obama's Support for International Law Draws Bipartisan Ire] by Stephen Zunes There will be little in the way of checks and balances to deter Trump from his dangerous foreign policy agenda         [Another, More Beautiful America is Rising. Trump Will Be Resisted] by Rebecca Solnit American people will stand up for ideals of humanity, from lawyers and tech workers to the Californian senate         [No More Holiday Gifts for Repressive Regimes] by Medea Benjamin The U.S. is selling weapons to a country that's killing a child every 10 minutes. That has to stop         [Justice Jumping Genres] by Brian Bienkowski A historic year for environmental justice saw government failures in Flint, a resurgent Native voice, and a merging of movements. We're watching where it’s headed in the new year       [Reducing Inequality in the Trump Era] by Josh Hoxie With Washington looking hopeless, it's up to local communities to close the gap between the richest and the rest         [2016 Year-Ender: We're In For A Wild Ride] by Gwynne Dyer This is change on the scale of the (first) industrial revolution, and you can’t fight it. But then, you really don’t need to     [more views...] Newswire... - [NAACP Calls on Senate to Block Sessions for Attorney General] - [CAIR-NY Applauds NYPD Decision to Allow Muslim, Sikh Officers to Wear Beards and Turbans] - [CAIR Condemns Racist, Neo-Nazi, Pro-Trump Vandalism of Va. Little League Complex] - [Our Children's Trust: Youth Seek to Obtain Testimony from Rex Tillerson in Constitutional Climate Lawsuit] [more newswire...] --------------------------------------------------------------- Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, Maine 04112. [Find us on Facebook] | [Follow us on Twitter] Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. [www.commondreams.org] This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to the Daily News & Views. [Click here to manage your email preferences.]