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TIL Senator Marco Rubio's brother-in-law, Orlando Cicilia, stored cocaine in a house where Marco lived. In an interview with Jorge Ramos, he reacted angrily when asked about it (qu.ax)
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TIL Marco Rubio's brother-in-law, Orlando Cicilia, stored kilos of cocaine in the house where Marco Rubio lived

Orlando Cicilia was one of the top drug traffickers in Florida, and was sentenced to 35 years in prison for distributing $15 million worth of cocaine

After Cicilia's early release from prison in 2000, Marco Rubio used his influence as Majority Whip of Florida's House of Representatives to help his brother-in-law obtain a real estate license

https://www.vox.com/2015/12/31/10695274/marco-rubio-orlando-cicilia-real-estate

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/12/marco-rubio-lobbied-for-drug-trafficking-brother-in-laws-real-estate-license.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/12077899/Marco-Rubio-helped-cocaine-dealer-brother-in-law-get-an-estate-agents-licence.html

In an interview with Univision's Jorge Ramos, Rubio reacted angrily when asked about it

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First a peerage, now a plum job—why does Boris keep promoting Charlotte Owen? (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)
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Alan Rusbridger: Our water is polluted. Why is it so hard to hold anyone responsible? (www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)
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Excellent journalism.

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Kashmir is focus of arrests after Delhi car blast linked to ‘terror module’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Blast from confiscated explosives at police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir kills nine (www.theguardian.com)
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‘His role is to recruit’: the Sheffield-based propagandist for Sudan’s RSF militia (www.theguardian.com)
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Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows (www.theguardian.com)
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James Watson: Titan of science with tragic flaws (www.science.org)
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When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey Epstein (www.thecrimson.com)
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When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey Epstein (www.thecrimson.com)
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House Speaker Lisa Demuth launches Republican bid for Minnesota governor (www.mprnews.org)
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Food company CEO Patrick Knight enters Minnesota governor’s race as GOP candidate (www.mprnews.org)
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