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RSN: A Wounded Child in Aleppo, Silent and Still, Shocks the World, Chicago Police Superintendent Seeks to Fire 7 Officers for Lying About Laquan McDonald Shooting,






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Frank Rich | Letting Trump Be Trump Is the Only Strategy Left 
Donald Trump. (photo: Getty) 
Frank Rich, New York Magazine 
Rich writes: "Trump is indeed beyond coaching, and, with Manafort sidelined, Trump is free to be Trump full-time again. Bannon and Ailes are both pugilists likely to pump his volume back up to the full Mussolini-Giuliani timbre. It may not make a difference come November, but I'd argue it's the only way for Trump to go." 
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Justice Department Says It Will End Use of Private Prisons 
Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post 
Zapotosky writes: "The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government." 
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Chicago Police Superintendent Seeks to Fire 7 Officers for Lying About Laquan McDonald Shooting 
Dan Hinkel and David Heinzmann, Chicago Tribune 
Excerpt: "Chicago's police superintendent has recommended that seven officers be fired for lying in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in October 2014." 
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NPR Host Demands That Assange Do Something Its Own Reporters Are Told Never to Do 
Naomi LaChance, The Intercept 
LaChance writes: "A major tenet of American journalism is that reporters protect their sources. Wikileaks is certainly not a traditional news organization, but Greene's persistent attempts to get Assange to violate confidentiality was alarming, especially considering that there has been no challenge to the authenticity of the material in question." 
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The Importance of Cheering for Caster Semenya 
Lindsay Gibbs, ThinkProgress 
Gibbs writes: "Over the last seven years, the narrative surrounding Semenya has taken on a life of its own. She's no longer viewed as a human being; she's merely a concept to debate." 
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A Wounded Child in Aleppo, Silent and Still, Shocks the World 
Camila Domonoske, NPR 
Domonoske writes: "The past several years have seen a flood of horrific photos from the war in Syria: starving children, wounded civilians, mourning crowds, devastated cities, the many dead. But this tiny moment in Aleppo has resonated in a new way." 
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Louisiana Flood 'Worst Natural Disaster' Since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross Says 
Kevin Kalhoefer, Media Matters for America 
Kalhoefer writes: "The major U.S. broadcast news networks have all ignored climate change in their nightly news coverage of Louisiana's recent record-breaking rainfall and flooding. The New York Times and The Washington Post, by contrast, have explained how the extreme weather and flooding in Louisiana are in line with the predicted impacts of a warming planet." 
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