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Neptune Statue Too Hot for Facebook, Trump Wants Congress to Fund Border Wall, Alexa—Order Dinner: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 1.6.2017 9:45 AM


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    Donald Trump's transition team signaled that the U.S.-Mexico border wall should be funded by the United States through the Congressional appropriations process.

  • Congressional Democrats plan to contest the validity of Trump's election at the Capitol today.
  • A photo of a classical sculpture of Neptune that stands in a Bologna, Italy, public plaza has been deemed too "sexually explicit" by Facebook.
  • Amazon's digital assistant Alexa can now order dinner in select cities.
  • Bills filed this week in Texas and Virginia would require people to use the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex.
  • Researchers have been unable to replicate older studies showing that watching porn diminishes the love one feels for a romantic partner.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.