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Garrison Keillor | Don't Take Lunacy Too Seriously 
Garrison Keillor. (photo: Wisconsin Public Radio) 
Garrison Keillor, The Cap Times 
Keillor writes: "I'm on this bus because I'm living the dream of every 75-year-old American male to travel around with a band and put on shows." 
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The History of White Supremacy in America 
Carl Skutsch, Rolling Stone 
Skutsch writes: "With the reimposition of white supremacy in the South, the original Klan faded away. In the early 20th century, however, it was reborn as a Protestant nativist movement." 
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Trump Administration Fall Out: Billionaire Advisor Carl Icahn Resigns Amid Controversy 
Bobby Ilich, International Buisness Times 
Ilich writes: "Perhaps lost amid the high-profile exit of chief strategist Steve Bannon, financier Carl Icahn, the wealthiest of Trump's circle, announced he would no longer serve as a special advisor on financial regulation after criticism from biofuel advocates and Democratic lawmakers claimed his policy recommendations could help his own investments." 
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Mylan Paying $465M to Settle Claims It Overcharged for EpiPens 
Rachel Roubein, The Hill 
Roubein writes: "Thursday’s announcement puts to rest claims that the drugmaker charged Medicaid more money by misclassifying the EpiPen as a generic drug. Brand-name drugs pay higher rebates to the Medicaid program than generic drugs." 
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Evil Tech Bro James Damore Says Being Conservative Is Like Being "Gay in the 1950s." 
Clio Chang, New Republic 
Chang writes: "In today's white man filling your news feed, Damore, who was recently fired from Google for circulating a sexist memo, told Business Insider that he was the subject of ideological discrimination against conservatives." 
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Anger Simmers in Philippines Over Duterte's Drug War 
Romeo Ranoco, Associated Press 
Ranoco writes: "Mourners at the funeral of a Philippine man who police shot dead protested his innocence on Sunday, the latest sign of rising anger over President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody campaign to stamp out drugs." 
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Solar Eclipse Presents First Major Test of Power Grid in Renewable Era 
Ruthy Munoz, Reuters 
Munoz writes: "As Monday's total solar eclipse sweeps from Oregon to South Carolina, U.S. electric power and grid operators will be glued to their monitoring systems in what for them represents the biggest test of the renewable energy era." 
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