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Last year, President Trump repeatedly suggested a move equal to destroying NATO: the withdrawal of the United States. 1/21

“Even discussing the idea of leaving NATO—let alone actually doing so—would be the gift of the century for Putin.” 2/21

Eighteen other reasons the President of the United States may be a Russian asset. 3/21

A note-taker for Clinton and Yeltsin’s numerous meetings says Trump has been colluding with Russia for his entire administration. 4/21

The same president recently called in to a friend's TV show to say prosecutors should go after someone because “he has a personal battle with that person's son-in-law.” 5/21

Your weekly white paper: Racial resentment is reliably the largest and most precise predictor of attitudes toward immigration. 6/21

The UK Parliament will vote tonight on Theresa May’s much-maligned Brexit deal. 7/21

A yellow-vest reinterpretation of Delacroix's famous painting contains a code for about 1000 euros in cryptocurrency. 8/21

Michel Houellebecq, captain of France's decline industry, publishes a Yellow Vest novel—as always with terrible female characters. 9/21

A new essay by Houellebecq denounces Europe while praising Trump, his fellow nationalist. 10/21

Trump is just the latest example of a white supremacist using “Pocahontas” for their purposes. 11/21

A former Hill worker blasts the hypocrisy of insider Democrats trying to "rein in" Ocasio-Cortez. 12/21

More US coal-fired power plants were shut in Trump’s first two years than were retired in Obama's first term. 13/21

Skeptical journalists and scientists wonder if the sunscreen industry is more marketing than science. 14/21

Gillette faces backlash over a new ad campaign targeting toxic masculinity. 15/21

In the #MeToo movement, forgiveness carries great dangers for those in a position to offer it. 16/21

The walkout of 31,000 teachers union members in Los Angeles proved to be the massive disruption that many sought and many feared. 17/21

A food tour through the history of New York City crime. 18/21

Everything read or seen in 2018 by Steven Soderbergh. 19/21

A lovely short film by Kamau Bilal that’s done the festival circuit, about his little brother moving back home at age 23 to live with their parents. 20/21

Museums compete on Twitter to show each other their best ducks. 21/21

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