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RSN: Jill Abramson | Billionaires Dream of Immortality. The Rest of Us Worry About Healthcare



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Jill Abramson | Billionaires Dream of Immortality. The Rest of Us Worry About Healthcare
Wanting to live forever is fundamentally selfish. It's obvious why immortality appeals to billionaires such as Peter Thiel. (photo: Getty)
Jill Abramson, Guardian UK
Abramson writes: "Although he has said the House version of the bill is too mean, he's happy to see his billionaire friends evade the government's hand in their pockets."
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18 States Sue Betsy DeVos Over Delay of Student Loan Protections
Michael Stratford, Politico
Stratford writes: "Eighteen states and the District of Columbia filed suit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Thursday over her delay of regulations meant to protect federal student loan borrowers defrauded by their schools."
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US Immigration Has Been Illegally Detaining and Deporting US Citizens for Years
Abhijan Barua, International Business Times
Barua writes: "A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the immigration practices of Miami-Dade County, Florida, said Garland Creedle, a U.S. citizen, had been illegally detained for deportation which violated his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights as well as Florida law itself."
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Activists Continue 'Welcome to Hell' G20 Protests in Hamburg
teleSUR
Excerpt: "'Welcome to Hell.' That's the greeting for U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders on Thursday from anti-capitalist protesters in Hamburg who aim to disrupt the July 7-8 G20 summit."
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Hobby Lobby to Pay $3 Million Fine Over Smuggled Iraqi Artifacts, Prosecutors Say
Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby has agreed to pay a $3m fine and forfeit thousands of smuggled ancient Iraqi artifacts that the US government alleges were intentionally mislabeled, federal prosecutors said."
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Lifting Roma Voices: Europe's First Roma Culture Center
Valerie Hopkins, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A new institute in Germany aims to give artists a space to 'reinvent' the image of the 12 million Roma people in Europe."
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Volvo Announces 'Historic End' to Combustion Engine, All Cars Going Electric
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "Volvo Cars announced Wednesday that every car it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking a 'historic end' to the internal combustion engine."
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