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William Boardman | Russians Hit Democracy Already Damaged by Republicans 
FBI Director James Comey looks on during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Russian actions during the 2016 election campaign. (photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) 
William Boardman, Reader Supported News 
Boardman writes: "FBI Director Comey let loose the mechanical rabbit of Russian interference and now all the political greyhounds are chasing it around a circular track is if it were a real quarry worth catching. That gives them all deniability for ignoring the bigger, fatter elephants in the room that actually need to be addressed." 
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Neil Gorsuch and the "Frozen Trucker" 
Jed Handelsman Shugerman, Slate 
Shugerman writes: "I have tried to be balanced in reviewing Judge Neil Gorsuch's record. In a post right after his nomination, I called his decision criticizing 'Chevron deference' (Gutierrez-Brizuela v. Lynch) brilliant, a thorough and deep defense of judges deciding 'what the law is' rather than deferring to agency officials." 
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Fear of Deportation Spurs Women to Drop Domestic Abuse Cases 
Heidi Glenn, NPR 
Glenn writes: "The Trump administration's talk of cracking down on undocumented immigrants has frightened many people living in the country illegally." 
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The Disturbing Secret History of the NYPD Officer Who Killed Eric Garner 
Jack Jenkins and Carimah Townes, ThinkProgress 
Excerpt: "On July 17, 2014, NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo wrapped his arms around Eric Garner's neck and squeezed." 
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Soaring Costs Force Cancer Patients to Skip Drugs, Treatment 
Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News 
Szabo writes: "John Krahne received alarming news from his doctor last December. His brain tumors were stable, but his lung tumors had grown noticeably larger." 
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US Furious Over Another Scathing UN Report on Israeli Abuses 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "A United Nations rights expert issued a scathing report criticizing Israel's policies Monday, just a few days after the world body withdrew a report that accused Israel of 'apartheid' against Palestinians after U.S. and Israeli pressure." 
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The True Legacy of David Rockefeller 
MintPress News 
Excerpt: "No one person encapsulates the enduring legacy of the 'robber barons' of the Industrial Age quite like David Rockefeller. Rockefeller, who died today at the age of 101, was the last surviving grandson of John D. Rockefeller, the oil tycoon who became America's first billionaire and the patriarch of what would become one of the most powerful and wealthiest families in American history." 
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