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RSN: Bernie Sanders: "I Am Deeply Concerned About the Role That Judge Gorsuch Will Play on the Supreme Court", I Ran George W. Bush's EPA - and Trump's Cuts to the Agency Would Endanger Lives





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Bernie Sanders: "I Am Deeply Concerned About the Role That Judge Gorsuch Will Play on the Supreme Court" 
Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Meredith Dake-O'Connor/CQ Roll Call/JTA) 
Chris Riotta, International Business Times 
Riotta writes: "Bernie Sanders slammed Senate Republicans Thursday for their unprecedented decision to 'go nuclear,' allowing for the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's pick to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, after the party successfully took the seat from former President Barack Obama in 2016." 
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Juan Cole | Trump Intervenes in the Great Mideast Civil War in Syria 
Juan Cole, Informed Comment 
Cole writes: "The likelihood is that Trump's cruise missile attack was a one-off action rather than the beginning of a full-scale campaign, and that while it may slightly demoralize the Syrian regime, it won't significantly alter the forces on the field." 
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Twitter Sues Homeland Security to Protect Anonymity of 'Alt Immigration' Account 
Camila Domonoske, NPR 
Domonoske writes: "Twitter is suing the Department of Homeland Security after the agency demanded to know the identity of the person behind the '@ALT_uscis' or 'Alt Immigration' Twitter account, one of several 'rogue' accounts ostensibly created by anonymous employees of the federal government." 
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Betsy DeVos Faces Protests as She Visits Her First Public University Since Becoming Education Secretary 
Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post 
Svrluga writes: "At Florida International University, the Miami New Times reported, she was confronted by a student yelling at her about her Cabinet position, while others outside chanted 'Protect our schools!' at her SUV as she left."
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Activists Fight North Carolina Law Barring Cities From Raising Minimum Wage 
Mike Elk, Guardian UK 
Elk writes: "Unlike in other states, where urban progressive enclaves have raised their minimum wage, activists in North Carolina are legally barred from doing so." 
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Here's How Undocumented Immigrants Are Living in the Shadow of Border Patrol Deep Within the US 
Adolfo Flores, BuzzFeed 
Flores writes: "Most Americans don't know that there is 100-mile zone that extends inland from the edge of the US, and within that zone, border patrol agents have the authority to stop and search motorists, for any reason, to investigate whether they are here legally. Though they can arrest and question people anywhere in the US. That means undocumented immigrants who have settled in small towns within the zone are under constant threat of being stopped, arrested, and immediately deported for something as small as a broken taillight." 
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I Ran George W. Bush's EPA - and Trump's Cuts to the Agency Would Endanger Lives 
Christine Todd Whitman, The Atlantic 
Todd Whitman writes: "There are a number of health risks inherent to the proposed budget cuts, thanks in part to Trump's promises to leave only 'a little bit' of federal regulations." 
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