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Stephen Eric Bronner | Trump's Worries 
Donald Trump. (photo: Mark Seliger)
Stephen Eric Bronner, Reader Supported News
Bronner writes: "Donald Trump is neither the first nor likely the last demagogue with a loyal mass base. He is also not the first 'man of the people' whom self-styled "pragmatic" elites believed they could control."
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'Fake News'? The Russia Investigation Is Getting Very, Very Real.
Amber Phillips, The Washington Post
Phillips writes: "President Trump keeps calling the Russia investigation 'fake news.' But with each passing week, the independent investigation into Trump's campaign ties to Russia is getting more real, not less."
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Trump Hands US Policy Writing to Shadow Groups of Business Execs
Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC
Kumar writes: "President Donald Trump, lacking trust in the speed, skill or loyalty of the government workers he inherited, is shifting the task of writing U.S. policy to a network of advisory groups stacked with business executives that operates outside of public view."
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Secretive Search for Man Behind Trump Dossier Reveals Tension in Russia Inquiry
Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "Two US congressional staffers who travelled to London in July and tried to contact former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele were sent by a longstanding aide to Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House intelligence committee and a close ally of the White House."
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Blackballing Kaepernick: Fear of the Black Athlete
Khaled A. Beydoun, Al Jazeera
Beydoun writes: "By blackballing Colin Kaepernick, NFL owners are telling all black athletes to stay silent and subservient."
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Tunisia Takes Landmark Step to Shield Women From Violence
Human Rights Watch
Excerpt: "The law on violence against women, including domestic violence, approved by the Tunisian parliament on July 26, 2017, is a landmark step for women's rights, Human Rights Watch said today."
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Climate Change Speeding Up in US, Leaked Government Report Finds
The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "The U.S. is experiencing rapid climate change, 13 government agencies say in an unreleased report obtained by The New York Times."
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