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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

Trump is reportedly NOT HAPPY with Mick Mulvaney after the acting White House Chief Of Staff tells reporters HELL YEAH Trump held back aid to Ukraine as quid pro quo.

Meanwhile, fighting erupts in Kurdish towns in Syria hours after Trump celebrates his so-called “ceasefire” deal with Turkey.

And lastly, researchers detail how slashing the Pentagon’s $750 billion budget could pay for Medicare for All and create a progressive foreign policy American’s actually want.

And our QUICKER QUICKIES HEADLINES:

New York City approved a sweeping $8 billion plan to close the troubled Rikers Island jail and replace it with four smaller jails by 2026.

The New York Times reports that America’s three largest opiod distributors, as well as two manufacturers, are in intense negotiations to settle thousands of cases worth $50 billion before a trial set to begin on Monday.

From the Guardian; street violence escalated in Barcelona, Spain, late on Wednesday, as protesters set cars on fire and threw acid at police officers in a third night of unrest following the imprisonment this week of nine pro-independence leader.

Elizabeth Warren says Facebook is actively helping Donald Trump spread lies and misinformation for profit after CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company's stance on not fact-checking political advertisements. Zuckerberg told the Washington Post Thursday that he will continue to defended Facebook's decision to allow politicians to post misleading advertisements, saying, “it’s something we have to live with.”