QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"There’s nothing wrong with me psychologically."
DYLANN S. ROOF, at the start of the penalty phase of his trial for killing nine people at a church in Charleston, S.C. 教会で9人殺害した被告が「自分は精神的に何も悪くない」と！
JANUARY 05, 2017
（０）EDITORIAL：Republicans Are Courting（招く、～にあう） Disaster on Health Care
After years of attacking Obamacare they still aren’t ready to repeal it. They’re about to do so anyway.
（１）Senate Republicans Open Fight Over Obama Health Law
President Obama made a rare trip to Capitol Hill to defend the Affordable Care Act, as the Republican-led Congress took the first step toward undoing significant parts of it.
（２）Mexicans Are the Nafta Winners? It’s News to Them
Donald J. Trump likes to say the trade pact has helped Mexico at the expense of American workers. But for many Mexicans, life is the same struggle as ever.
（３）Republicans’ 4-Step Plan to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
Though much remains unclear, a determined Republican president and Congress can gut President Obama’s signature accomplishment.
（４）Trump and Julian Assange, an Unlikely Pair, Unite to Sow Hacking Doubts
Mr. Trump used comments by Mr. Assange, the WikiLeaks founder long reviled by many Republicans, to buttress（支持する） his questioning of the conclusion that Russia was at fault.
（５）In Turkey, U.S. Hand Is Seen in Nearly Every Crisis
Like the failed coup in July and the assassination of Russia’s ambassador in December, the New Year’s Day nightclub massacre is suspected of being a C.I.A. plot.
（６）Dylann Roof, Addressing Court, Offers No Apology or Explanation for Massacre
He insisted that he didn’t have a mental illness as he spoke during the sentencing phase of his trial over the killings at a church in Charleston, S.C.
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2756, The Bill of Rights
What is included in the Bill of Rights and how does it protect our individual liberties?
The Bill of Rights is composed of what? 権利章典はどこにある？
a. the Federalist Papers
b. the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
c. the first ten amendments to the Constitution 憲法の最初の10この修正
d. the Declaration of the Rights of Man
Good job! Choice c is correct.
