News Roundup for December 16, 2016

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Here's your morning news roundup. Let Outspeak heal your Star Wars fever.

1. National Geographic just put a trans person on their cover for the first time. This is a huge step forward for visibility surrounding gender. Bravo. More here.

2. Obama has pledged to take action against Russia for the cyber attacks that took place during the 2016 presidential election. How can we implicate Trump? More here.

3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is unbelievable. We saw it last night. Watch the trailer here.

4.
Sweden is so incredible at recycling that it has reportedly run out of trash. Maybe they could take care of the dumpster fire that is the United States. More here.

5. A Chinese warship seized a U.S. drone from waters in the South China Sea. Pentagon officials have demanded that they return the unmanned vessel. Didn't they see Arrival? More here.

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