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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Thursday, August 31, 2017

RSN: Actually Trump's Pardon Powers Are Not Absolute





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Actually Trump's Pardon Powers Are Not Absolute 
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has been looking into Paul Manafort's lobbying work and financial transactions, including real estate deals in New York. (photo: Jeff Chiu/AP) 
Josh Dawsey, Politico 
Dawsey writes: "Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on its investigation into Paul Manafort and his financial transactions, according to several people familiar with the matter." 
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Trump Would Slash Disaster Funding to the Very Agencies He's Praising for Harvey Response 
Lisa Rein, The Washington Post 
Rein writes: "As he toured rising floodwater in Texas on Tuesday, President Trump effusively praised his administration's Hurricane Harvey response, an effort he began touting on Twitter last weekend even before the storm made landfall." 
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Trump's New Tax Scam: Selling Plutocracy as Populism 
Bess Levin, Vanity Fair 
Levin writes: "On Wednesday, Donald Trump will kick off his tax-reform campaign with a speech in Missouri, where he is expected to sell his plan - or his idea for a plan, anyway - as a boon for the middle class." 
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Harsh 'Sanctuary Cities' Law 
Al Jazeera 
Excerpt: "A federal judge has temporarily blocked Texas' tough new 'sanctuary cities' law backed by the White House that would have allowed police to inquire about immigration status and impose jail time for not cooperating with federal immigration authorities." 
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Death by Opioids: Nevada Is About to Execute a Guy With Fentanyl 
Taylor Dolven, Vice News 
Dolven writes: "While Attorney Jeff Sessions is waging war on opioids, the Nevada Department of Corrections has secured fentanyl - a powerful opioid at the center of the crisis - to use in an upcoming execution." 
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Trump's Tough New Sanctions Will Harm the People of Venezuela 
Mark Weisbrot, The Hill 
Weisbrot writes: "The Trump administration announced new, unprecedented sanctions against Venezuela on Friday that are designed to cut off financing to Venezuela." 
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Can the World Come to Its Senses on Nuclear Weapons? 
Bunny McDiarmid, Greenpeace 
McDiarmid writes: "As the last few months has revealed, the majority of the world's nuclear warheads are in the hands of men for whom the idea of using them is becoming thinkable." 
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