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Kids are using Trump’s words to bully their classmates Feb 20, 2020

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Michael Scherer on the heated Nevada Democratic debate. And John Woodrow Cox andHannah Natanson talk about how President Trump’s rhetoric has affected bullying in American schools.
Read more: Mike Bloomberg made his prime-time debut at the Democratic debate in Las Vegas — and he didn’t get a warm welcome from the other candidates.
The president’s rhetoric has changed the way hundreds of children are harassed in American classrooms.
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ICE is using therapy notes to deport young immigrants Feb 19, 2020

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Hannah Dreier on how Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses therapists’ notes to keep young immigrants detained. Damian Paletta discusses how the coronavirus is affecting American companies. And Ishaan Tharoor on the Nordic governing Bernie Sanders loves so much.
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Notes from therapists who work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement can be used against detained young immigrants in court.
The coronavirus is disrupting manufacturing in China. That’s not great for American companies such as Apple and Nike.
Why some think the “Nordic model” could be a version of the American Dream.
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The profane ‘wit and wisdom’ of Mike Bloomberg Feb 18, 2020

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Political investigative reporter Michael Kranish on Mike Bloomberg’s long history of alleged sexism and profanity. And Travis DeShong describes a new kind of card game meant to make even people at dinner parties more vulnerable.
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Newly uncovered documents show Mike Bloomberg’s long history of alleged sexism and profanity in the workplace.
Don’t like people, or even yourself? Try a vulnerability card game.
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The loves and scandals of President Harding Feb 17, 2020

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Steamy love letters. Jazz. Scandal. Psychics. Newspapers. The Hope Diamond.
In this Presidents’ Day special from Post Reports, we revisit an episode of The Post’s “Presidential” podcast with host Lillian Cunningham. Cunningham and Nicole Hemmer of the University of Virginia's Miller Center helps guide us through the wild life and presidency of Warren G. Harding — and the interesting connection between his presidency and The Washington Post.
Read more:Listen and learn more by checking out the Washington Post podcast “Presidential” — a deep dive into the life and legacy of every U.S. president.
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How a non-binary teen claimed their identity Feb 14, 2020

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Tara Bahrampour on what coming of age looks like for a non-binary teen. And, revisiting the wisdom of George Washington with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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Becoming Eli: Getting their parents to accept their new name means everything to this non-binary teen.
The wisdom of the first president, with Doris Kearns Goodwin, who spoke with Lillian Cunningham, host of The Post’s “Presidential” podcast.
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Coronavirus: An epidemic of misinformation Feb 13, 2020

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Kim Bellware on how disinformation about the coronavirus is spreading online. Danielle Paquette on the drawdown of Firestone’s factories in Liberia, where the tire company has been central to the economy. And Rick Maese takes us inside a Tokyo dojo.
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As the coronavirus spreads, so does disinformation about the outbreak, stoking fears and racism.
The tire company Firestone has a long, complicated history with Liberia. The drawdown of its factories is devastating workers there and causing a seismic chasm in the country’s economy.
Tokyo will host the 2020 Olympics, but Japan’s iconic sport will be absent from the lineup. Only men are allowed to compete professionally, but some women are pushing their way in.
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The politicization of the Justice Department Feb 12, 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Matt Zapotosky reports on the fight for independence within the Justice Department after Attorney General William P. Barr intervened in the sentencing guidelines for Roger Stone. Political reporter Aaron Blake breaks down the New Hampshire primary results, and what they mean for the Democrat’s race for the White House. And columnist Monica Hesse says that questions of Elizabeth Warren’s electability are a self-fulfilling prophecy for her supporters.
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Four prosecutors quit after Attorney General William P. Barr shortened Roger Stone’s sentencing request, one sign of turmoil engulfing the Justice Department.
Sanders takes the New Hampshire primary. Can he keep up the momentum to Nevada?
Since 2016, the question of a candidate’s electability has mutated into an abstract panic over whether any woman can be elected in 2020.
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The CIA’s ‘coup of the century’ Feb 11, 2020

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Greg Miller on how governments all over the world got played by the CIA. Simon Denyer and Lenny Bernstein on the increasingly desperate situation aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess. And Griff Witte says there are few signs of President Trump’s “blue-collar boom’ in New Hampshire’s poorest city.
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‘The intelligence coup of the century’: For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries.
The increasingly desperate situation aboard the cruise ship Diamond Princess, where cases of coronavirus have doubled.
‘We’re hurting’: In New Hampshire’s poorest city, few signs of Trump’s ‘blue-collar boom.’
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What Trump’s company charges the Secret Service Feb 10, 2020

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Eugene Scott weighs the stakes of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. David Fahrenthold reports on what Trump’s companies are charging the government. And Teddy Amenabar reflects on the gendered perceptions of 2-in-1 shampoos.
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The still-crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates faces its next contest: the New Hampshire primary. Will it narrow the field at all?
The Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at President Trump’s properties. That’s according to federal records and people who have seen the receipts.
The Internet’s proof that men don’t care about grooming: 2-in-1 shampoos. But their bad reputation may be undeserved.

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‘Unshackled and unleashed’: Trump, post-acquittal Feb 07, 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Philip Rucker describes what the presidency could look like post-impeachment. And ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards, Sarah Hashemi considers whether gendered categories should be eliminated from award shows.
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Historians and legal experts say President Trump’s acquittal could have profound ramifications for what future presidents consider permissible conduct.
The Oscars have a gender problem. Non-binary actors have some solutions.
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