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Robert Reich | As Bernie Prepares to Endorse Hillary, We Should Remember How Far He Pushed the Democrats
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "I was among those who argued Bernie should hold off endorsing Hillary until the convention nominates her (assuming it would nominate her) - because the moment he endorses he loses whatever leverage he might have to push her campaign and the Democratic Party in a progressive (that is, not the Democratic corporate and Wall Street) direction."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "I was among those who argued Bernie should hold off endorsing Hillary until the convention nominates her (assuming it would nominate her) - because the moment he endorses he loses whatever leverage he might have to push her campaign and the Democratic Party in a progressive (that is, not the Democratic corporate and Wall Street) direction."
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Eric Holder's Longtime Excuse for Not Prosecuting Banks Just Crashed and Burned
David Dayen, The Intercept
Dayen writes: "Eric Holder has long insisted that he tried really hard when he was attorney general to make criminal cases against big banks in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis. His excuse, which he made again just last month, was that Justice Department prosecutors didn't have enough evidence to bring charges."
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David Dayen, The Intercept
Dayen writes: "Eric Holder has long insisted that he tried really hard when he was attorney general to make criminal cases against big banks in the wake of the 2007 financial crisis. His excuse, which he made again just last month, was that Justice Department prosecutors didn't have enough evidence to bring charges."
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Seth Meyers: People Blaming Black Lives Matter for Dallas Need to 'Shut the F*ck Up'
Matt Wilstein, The Daily Beast
Wilstein writes: "John Oliver is on hiatus. Samantha Bee has the night off. Trevor Noah and Larry Wilmore are taking a break before next week's GOP convention. So on the Monday night after last week's sniper attack on Dallas police officers, it was left to Seth Meyers to tackle the story for all of late-night television."
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Matt Wilstein, The Daily Beast
Wilstein writes: "John Oliver is on hiatus. Samantha Bee has the night off. Trevor Noah and Larry Wilmore are taking a break before next week's GOP convention. So on the Monday night after last week's sniper attack on Dallas police officers, it was left to Seth Meyers to tackle the story for all of late-night television."
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Chelsea Manning Reassures Supporters After Failed Suicide Attempt
Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "US whistleblower Chelsea Manning has reassured supporters that she is 'glad to be alive' despite being hospitalized after a failed suicide attempt last week."
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Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "US whistleblower Chelsea Manning has reassured supporters that she is 'glad to be alive' despite being hospitalized after a failed suicide attempt last week."
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Co-founder of Minuteman Vigilante Border Patrol Gets 19 Years in Arizona Prison for Sex Abuse
David Schwartz, Reuters
Schwartz writes: "The co-founder of the vigilante border patrol group known as the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps was sentenced on Monday to 19 1/2 years in an Arizona prison for molesting a five-year-old girl who was the friend of his daughter, prosecutors said."
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David Schwartz, Reuters
Schwartz writes: "The co-founder of the vigilante border patrol group known as the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps was sentenced on Monday to 19 1/2 years in an Arizona prison for molesting a five-year-old girl who was the friend of his daughter, prosecutors said."
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Bahamas Tells Young Men to Exercise Caution With US Police
Merrit Kennedy, NPR
Kennedy writes: "The Bahamas is advising its young male citizens traveling to the U.S. to 'exercise extreme caution' in their interactions with police, following two recent high-profile police shootings of black men."
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Merrit Kennedy, NPR
Kennedy writes: "The Bahamas is advising its young male citizens traveling to the U.S. to 'exercise extreme caution' in their interactions with police, following two recent high-profile police shootings of black men."
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Republican Platform Declares Coal Is Clean
Rebecca Leber, Grist
Leber writes: "The Republican platform committee met in Cleveland the week before the Republican National Convention to hammer out the party's policies in a Trump era. Not to be outdone by Democrats, who approved the party's strongest platform language yet on climate change this weekend, Republicans have gone as far as possible in the other direction - by endorsing coal as clean."
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Rebecca Leber, Grist
Leber writes: "The Republican platform committee met in Cleveland the week before the Republican National Convention to hammer out the party's policies in a Trump era. Not to be outdone by Democrats, who approved the party's strongest platform language yet on climate change this weekend, Republicans have gone as far as possible in the other direction - by endorsing coal as clean."
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